Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Happy Wednesday Rangers,
Ahhh, the weekly events drill to keep you in the know:

Announcements:
Romero House
Application for Romero House are available in the UM office starting
on Friday, Feb 17th. Stop by the office with any questions.

Surveys
There’s a good chance that one of two surveys are out there sitting
in your e-mail box.  (Hopefully you’re not going to have both of
them.)  They are:

Survey #1:  Noel Leviz.  (This survey came from Stephanie Prochazka.)
You can win one of several $50 gift cards to Amazon.com.  Look for it
in your e-mail box.  Your feedback will provide Regis with insights
about the aspects of your experience which are MOST important to you
as well as how satisfied you are with them. Ultimately your responses
will help the leadership determine what is working and what is not
working at this institution - from the most important perspective of
all - our students.

Survey #2:  NSSE: The National Survey of Student Engagement.
Freshmen and Seniors - tell us about your college experiences. Are
you engaged?  (And nope, we’re not nosing around your personal lives
- we want to see if you’re involved - in campus!)   Your responses to
the 2012 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) will provide
important information for improving student success at Regis. Now
through April 2012, watch for an e-mail containing your login
information sent by NSSE, or have it sent to you by visiting
https://www.nssesurvey.org/login.cfm.

Events!!  (And we’ve got a lot of things going on - so there’s going
to be a lot of scrolling on a smart phone to get through them all.)

Wednesday - Tonight!
Matt Buelt will be performing tonight at The Colorado Solo Artist
Awards!  Do you like live music and awesome concerts full of funky
tunes? Come see some of Denver’s best rising local talent including
Bill McKay keyboardist of the famous Denver bluegrass band Leftover
Salmon!  The show is tonight at 8pm at Cervantes Ballroom 2635 Welton
Street Denver, Colorado.   Student Activities has purchased ten
tickets for the show - drop by the office and pick one up.

Thursday
Meet the Industry Night: Edward Jones
Edward Jones Ranks No. 2 on FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to
Work For 2010” List.  Meet a representative from Edward Jones and
find out why they were voted one of the top companies to work for in
2010.  Find out more about their company and the opportunities
available to you.  Wouldn’t we all want to work for the top company
in 2010?
RSVP to careers@regis.edu.  Loyola Hall, room 2.  5pm to 6pm.

Conscious Capitalism! Finding Meaningful Purpose in Business.
Derek Scarth, Managing Partner of Inspire Capital Partners and Board
Member of the John J. Sullivan Endowed Chair for Free Enterprise at
Regis University will be presenting about the concept of Conscious
Capitalism.  Main Hall 333, 6pm to 8pm.

A Conversation with Grace Stiles.
Grace Stiles is the founder of Stiles African American Heritage
Center in Denver.  She will share her experiences as an educator and
curator of an exciting visual learning tool to experience African
American history.  Come hear the fascinating story of how her dream
became a reality and a landmark in Denver’s historic Five Points
neighborhood.  6pm, Dayton Memorial Library by the Fireplace.
Sponsored by the Diversity Office and BSA in honor of Black History
Month.

Thrills
Spring Break Bingo!  Prizes, prizes, prizes!  $500 gift card to
Southwest Airlines for the Spring Break of your dreams (as long as
you’re not going to Tahiti), $250 in Nuggets tickets, and a ton of
other gift cards to get you out and about Denver.  (We would’ve done
this last week - but there’s a number of guys on campus that would’ve
won a Cheesecake Factory gift card and used it for Valentine’s Day
and trust me, that’s not cool.)  Check out the video at RUConnected.
Main Café, 10pm.  Brought to you by RUSGA/PAC.

Friday
Free Friday Movie!  The poll is up and running on RUConnected.

Geeks Who (usually) Drink
The New Friday’s 4 series at Walkers Pub opens with Denver’s
favorite trivia contest “Geeks Who Drink”.  It may be trivia, but
it’s not trivial.  Isn’t it about time that knowledge you impress
people with on a regular basis starts paying off?  Great prizes and
we’ll have floats and popcorn.

Poetry Club Open Mic Night
Do you have great new (or polished) material?  Poetry, Slam poetry or
your favorite musical medium all welcome here.  7pm, Walkers Pub

Saturday
Do you think that you are the BEST FIFA player at Regis?!? Walkers
Pub is sponsoring a FIFA 12 (xbox 360) tournament from 1pm - 4pm. It
is free to everyone, and any skill level is encouraged to come.
Winner will receive a $15 gift card to Chipotle, and second place
will receive a $10 gift card to Chipotle. If anyone has an XBOX 360
and controllers that they could lend to the pub for this event,
please contact Jake at Brant607@regis.edu.

Sunday
Swing Dance Club Organizational Meeting!
8:45pm in the Chapel Basement.  Questions?  Contact Hannah Jones or
Mandy Fillipi.

And, of course, “Chuck Norris knows Victoria’s secret.”

Have a great week!

In His Service and Yours,
Dave Law
Director of Student Activities

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

No Snow Day tomorrow Regis Rangers

Here’s what’s going on this week at the U:

Announcements:
Can Regis University take home the Top Amateur Moment this year?
Vote for Nikki Haberkorn’s walkoff homerun to win the RMAC
Championship last season! Follow this link to vote for senior Nikki
Haberkorn’s walkoff homerun to win the RMAC Championship last season.
Her video is up for the Top Amateur Moment Presented by Pinnacol
Assurance. Haberkorn is up against Regis Jesuit Olympic swimmer Missy
Franklin and Denver University Men’s Lacrosse making the NCAA Final
Four. http://www.top9moments.com/voting-amateur-moment/

Walker’s Pub Hours.
The new space is OPEN and the general feedback has involved a lot of
jawdropping (this seems generally good). The space will be open for
hanging out, watching TV, playing shuffleboard, hockey, pool, and the
like from 8am to 11pm. The Walkers Pub is open from 3pm to 9pm
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday’s hours
are from 3pm to 10pm.

Student Body Elections!
Want to make a difference at Regis? DO IT! Applications for RUSGA
student body president, vice president, and chief justice are now
available in the RUSGA office as well as the Office of Student
Activities. Applications are due back Wednesday, February 15th by
5:00 PM. If you have any questions, please contact Josh Kniss, RUSGA
student body president, at kniss998@regis.edu.

And now what’s happening:

Tonight! Walkers Pub. Blackhawks vs. Avalanche.
Katie King is gathering the Chicago faithful in the Pub and watching
the game. The game starts at 7pm, so the puck has already dropped.
This reminds me - if you’re a fan of a team in the NHL or NBA and
want to circle up the faithful for an evening in the pub, let me know
and I’ll put it in the e-mail. (Heck, maybe you all want to watch
Idol or Glee together and we can do that too…)

Wednesday February 8th
What do Tomatoes have to do with Slavery: The Story Behind the Food
What do tomatoes have to do with slavery? How does your cheeseburger
contribute to climate changes? How does Bon Appetit drive market
changes toward sustainability?
For the answers, attend Wednesday’s session by S.K. Piper, Bon
Appetite’s Fellows.
Mountain View Room 4:30pm-6pm Made from scratch snacks provided by
Bon Appétit-limited seating so please RSVP to lmatheny@regis.edu

Wednesday Night
Outdoor Adventure Film Series Presents: “All I Can”. It’s a ski
film. You live in Colorado. You should come. 8pm. Walkers Pub.

Thursday Night
PAC Presents “Minute to Win It”. You’ve seen the show. You get to
win great prizes for talents that you didn’t know you had. You’re
smart enough, you’re good enough, and doggonit people like you! (SNL
reference from the 90’s.) Video up at RUConnected.

Friday Movie
The voting is up on RUConnected for Free Friday Movie Tickets.
Perhaps it will go along these lines: “A long time ago, in a galaxy
far, far away….”

“Chuck Norris is the only person that can punch a Cyclops between the
eye.”

Have a great balance of the week. Don’t forget to drop in and check
out the new pub space. I think you’re gonna like it. Well done
RUSGA.

Thursday, 2 February 2012...He's Back!

Dear Regis Rangers

It turns out that I’m using a list from last semester - so if you’re
getting this and have graduated, transfered to Kansas, or are
otherwise not at Regis this semseter - hang on and I’ll get a new
list next week. Otherwise:

Announcements:

SNOW. Really, there’s apparently going to be a lot of it coming in
the next twenty four hours. If you want to know if there’s going to
be a school delay or closure (and I’m not saying there will be one)
get signed up for RU Alert. It’s easy to do - go to the log in page
for Insite and click on the button “Emergency Message Sign Up”.

Career Fair
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Student Center, Main Café
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Whether you’re looking for a job, an internship, or just trying to
figure out what you want to do with your life - head over to the
Career Fair next Tuesday. They’ve got over 50 employers who have
already signed up! (And in this economy that’s a lot!) You can check
out the fab employers at www.regis.edu/careerservices. Click on
EVENTS. Chuck Norris will be accepting applications for “Son of
Walker, Texas Ranger” to be aired next year on FitTV. (Okay, I just
made that up…)

You’re now Composting.
The RUSGA Sustainability Committee has created a partnership with Bon
Appetit and Waste Farmers to bring a composting initiative to campus.
The direct action of scrapping your food scraps off of your plate in
the Main Cafe, Ranger Grille and the Claver Hall Starbucks is
regenerating soil with beneficial nutrients. What can you compost at
Regis? You can compost all food products, napkins, paper plates,
paper cups and much more! Learn about our composting program by
chatting with the volunteers near the composting bins.

Retreat, Advance, Retreat…
Finding God in All Things: A Pop Culture Retreat
Join us for good food and good movies at the Jesuit Residence. Fr.
Bart will help guide us through viewing popular movies with a lens of
finding God. Sign-up with a registration form and $10 in the UM
office by Friday, Feb. 3rd

The Return of the Highlander! That’s right the newspaper is
returning this semester. Applications are available at the Office of
Student Activities. They are due tomorrow!


Events:

Tonight!!!! Thursday Thrills brings you the comedy of Clinton
Jackson. The dude is so funny I laugh every time he smiles. (I
don’t know if that’s the greatest endorsement he’s ever had, but
you’ll watch him in the middle of his routine and you’ll do the same
thing.) You can find a video promo on RUConnect. 10pm, Dining Hall.
Brought to you by the good folks of PAC.

Tomorrow Night
Basketball!
Friday, 5pm Men’s game with Free Pizza at half-time followed by the
women’s game at 7pm. You’ll find it all at your Regis University
Coliseum!

Souled is playing the Oriental Theater on Friday night. Looking for
tickets? Find them at:
http://www.theorientaltheater.com/show/detail/54034#tickets

Friday Movie (if we’re physically able to get tickets from their box
office). Looks like it’s Chronicle. Find out more at RUConnected.

Saturday Night
Saturday, 5pm Men’s game no pizza, just plenty of hoops action.
Women’s game at 7pm. Note for people who read through all of these -
there will be a drawing for a Free iPad for anyone in Raucous Rangers
and who’s present for the game and at the drawing. That’s a pretty
sweet deal! Not in Raucous Rangers Yet??? You can join at the games
this weekend!

Sunday Night
Superbowl Party
Check out the New Walkers Pub, renovated by RUSGA and your student
activities dollars. We think you’ll think it’s money well spent.
Souled will be playing pre-game and doing a live half-time show.
(‘Cause not even I want to see Madonna perform in Indy.) The place
is opening at 3pm and the game is at 4:30pm. Free food until it runs
out. Brought to you by RUSGA and Weekend Programming.

Tuesday
Did you blow by the announcement for the Career Fair? Bummer. Well
here it is again.
Student Center, Main Café
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Whether you?re looking for a job, an internship, or just trying to
figure out what you want to do with your life - head over to the
Career Fair next Tuesday. They’ve got over 50 employers who have
already signed up! (And in this economy that’s a lot!) You can check
out the fab employers at www.regis.edu/careerservices click on
EVENTS. Chuck Norris will be accepting applications for “Son of
Walker, Texas Ranger” to be aired next year on FitTV. (Okay, I just
made that up.)

And of course, the reason you opened up this e-mail in the first
place:

Chuck Norris doesn’t play “hide-and-seek.” He plays
“hide-and-pray-I-don’t-find-you.”

Have a great - and safe - evening and weekend!

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Dear Regis Rangers,

Finals Breakfast TONIGHT
(Otherwise known as Brinner.) Drop your books, papers and take
homes, and head over to the Main Café tonight for a free food -
served up by your hard working RUSGA leaders and Student Activities
Staff. Doors open at 9pm and close promptly at 10pm. Bonus - the
“9th Annual Nog Off” eggnog drinking contest. We’re looking for
three (or four) contestants. Arrive early to sign up for the
contest.

TOMORROW NIGHT
Meet the Industry Night: Brocade
Wednesday, December 14, 5 - 6 p.m.
West Hall Conference Room
Brocade provides innovative networking solutions that help the
world’s leading organization transform their businesses. Come learn
about how you can build a career in sale with one of the “Top 100
Best Companies to Work For”. RSVP to careers@regis.edu

Announcements:
Spring Fitness Center Hours
Starting January 17th the Fitness Center will open at 6am on
weekdays. As a result your new Fitness Center hours will be
Monday-Thursday 6am-11pm, Friday 6am-6pm. Saturday and Sunday will
remain the same at 10am-8pm.

Compassion by the Book Textbook Drive
Collection boxes are going out for the annual Compassion by the Book
drive. You’ll see them all week. Compassion by the Book accepts
your donated text books and turns them into donations for a good
cause. Donations made last spring resulted in a check made out to
the Red Cross of Japan for Tsunami relief in the amount of $1400.00
and another made out to the Ethiopia Community School project in the
amount of $2800.00. This semester’s charity is the Comfort Café -
located on Tennyson and 40th. http://www.thecomfortcafe.net/ The
charity was selected by RUSGA.

Spring Break Trips
I know, it’s not even quite Christmas Break and we’re talking about
Spring Break Trips. However, you gotta know that we’ve got some
great adventure and service trips going out over Spring Break.
(Destinations include Costa Rica, San Diego, Moab, New Orleans and
Laredo, Texas among others.) Take a moment this week and dream about
something other than Finals at: www.regis.edu/adventurebreaks

For non-Broncos fans:
“The reason the Holy Grail has never been recovered is because nobody
is brave enough to ask Chuck Norris to give up his favorite coffee
mug.”

For Broncos fans:
“Tim Tebow doesn’t read defenses. He stares them down until they form
a path to the end zone.” (A Bronco’s fan would also know that
generally this is after 11 three and outs, with four minutes left in
the fourth quarter, down by two scores.)

Finish the semester strongly. Graduating Seniors - you will be
missed.

Wednesday, December 7

Happy Last Week of Classes Regis Ranger!

Kudos to the folks who have sculpted the large “snowperson” in the
quad. Nicely done.

Events this week:

Thursday
Christmas Posada! 6pm, Chapel
Christmas Posada this Thursday the 8th of December. We will be in the
chapel at 6pm to pray the rosary followed by the traditional
“Pidiendo Posada” or “asking of the lodging”. After that we will have
hot chocolate and bread followed by the breaking of the piñata in
front of the Jesuit House. It will be such a good time and
interesting insight for those who have never been to a Posada! Come
join us! Sponsored by Mi Gente.

Thursday Thrills
“Elf” 10pm, Ranger Grille. (No, Legolas is not going to be signing
any autographs in the Grille… it’s the movie… silly.)

Friday: Christmas Party in Walkers. 5pm to 8pm. Free food, Walkers
will be open, win great door prizes, and Souled will be playing to
close out the last day of classes. Sponsored by the Regis
Entrepreneur Club, Karl Dakin, Sullivan Chair and advisor. Be there,
be happy…

Saturday
Service Project Opportunity. RUSGA Community Involvement Committee
is wrapping presents and delivering them to the Argyle Seniors Center
on Saturday morning. Meet at 9am in the Student Center Lobby, where
you’ll get free breakfast, wrap gifts and then head over to meet the
Argyle residents. Space is limited, sign up in the Office of Student
Activities or at the sign up table in the lobby during the lunch
hour. Don’t worry about taking too much time off from studying -
you’ll be back between noon and 1pm.

Next Week:

Tuesday, 9pm to 10pm, Main Café
Finals Breakfast
Free food in the Main Café prepared by Bon Appetit and served by
student leaders from RUSGA and Student Activities. We’ll be having
the 8th Annual “Nog Off” egg nog drinking contest. (I know, can you
believe 8 years of competitive egg nog drinking???)

Free Coffee!
RUSGA Coffee Breaks - Sunday through Thursday, Dayton Memorial
Library, 8pm to Midnight. Servant Leadership in action!

Compassion by the Book Drive
Collection boxes are going out for the annual Compassion by the Book
drive. You’ll see them next week. Compassion by the Book accepts
your donated text books and turns them into donations for a good
cause. Donations made last spring resulted in a check made out to
the Red Cross of Japan for Tsunami relief in the amount of $1400.00
and another made out to the Ethiopia Community School project in the
amount of $2800.00. This semester’s charity is the Comfort Café -
located on Tennyson and 40th. http://www.thecomfortcafe.net/ The
charity was selected by RUSGA.

Expanded Fitness Center Hours start in the spring!
Beginning January 17th the Fitness Center will open at 6am on
weekdays. This means the hours of the Fitness Center will be
Monday-Thursday 6am-11pm, Friday 6am-6pm. Saturday and Sunday will
stay the same at 10am-8pm.

Historical note: 70 years ago today, Pearl Harbor Day.

Chuck Norris’ preferred shoe size is Italy.