Tonight was our hall-wide event sponsored by the Hall Council and run by the Community Advisors of Buchanan. It was called Mocktail Night, and it was an educational program on college student drinking, with facts, quizzes, mock cocktails, or “mocktails” such as virgin strawberry daiquiris and pina coladas. I was the drink master of the night, whipping out cups and using blenders like a pro.

Here we have Michelle and Nate, other Community Advisors in Buchanan, wearing our event tshirts. They said Buchanan Staff on the front, with BOUNCER on the back.

The great part about the program was not only the “drinking” games, such as ROOT beer pong, flippy cup withHAWAIIAN PUNCH, and quarters with SODA, but also the educational information that went into the event. We were educating not only about drinking but also safety at parties, and other things. Community Advisors all had a bag of skittles, and if anyone left their “red party cup” unattended at the event, we dropped a “roofie,” i.e. a colored skittle into their drink. When they discovered the skittle, they were required to give us one of their Buchanan Bucks, which are “currency” that we pass out when you promote community, shows good grades to Community Advisors, or attend hall or floor events. We are having a Buchanan Auction on Sunday, so my post will talk about that then.

I “roofied” about ten people who left their cups unattended, and I gathered about fifteen Buchanan Bucks. We had board games, a ROOT beer pong tournament bracket, and a flippy cup tournament as well. We also provided dinner- we had Jeff’s Pizza [the BEST pizza in Ames] for $1 per 2 slices, and free drinks, fruit, cookies, chips, etc. It was really fun, and it was a great way to end the semester before Dead Week [the week before finals where no extracurricular activities are allowed to meet, to help for studying].

I think we should make it an annual event, so I’ll make sure to post [if I am able to continue the blog next year, keep your fingers crossed!] about updates to the program!

In a couple of days, I’m organizing the hall-wide Buchanan Bucks Auction, but more about that on my post on Sunday! Have a great night, and as always,

Until next time,
Seanna

So, we found out our placements as a Buchanan Staff for next fall!

Drumroll, please . . .

I am back on Doolittle [1st floor]!

I am also the new Multicultural Liaison for the building.

Buchanan Hall is primarily transfer and international students, so we have different policies and approaches concerning our students. We have a variety of student types, from freshmen in the Entrepreneurship Learning Community to the two floors that are restricted for ages 21+, to the ISU Women’s Basketball Team on 5th floor. We have a lot of different kinds of students, so we as a staff need to cater to all those different types of people. As the Multicultural Liaison, I would work to promote events that would interest students from other countries who are studying at Iowa State this fall and next spring, with anything from lecturers in native languages, to cultural food meals, movie showings in languages, and orientation the residence hall for the beginning of the year. Also, review of policies that may be different in their home countries such as cleaning rooms, check out processes, mail, and other customs that we as a staff take for granted that we feel students should already know.

I’m very excited for the position, and I really enjoy working with advocate groups to help students find their place on campus and enjoy their time here at Iowa State University. We have three Community Advisors graduating this May, 2009, and so we will have three new additions to our staff next fall! It’s always great to meet new people, and we will meet them on our hall wide programming night this coming Friday, so I’m psyched!

Until next time,
Seanna

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