July Building Meeting

There will be a building meeting on Thursday July 17th! It will be at 6:00 PM. Please meet next to the mailboxes. I hope to see you all there!

Thirsty Thursday!

Thirsty Thursday

When: Thursday April 24th
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: Montgomery Lounge

Come and join the party... the drinks are on us!

Building Meeting!

There will be a building meeting on Thursday, April 17 at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be beside the mailboxes, and it should not last longer than a half hour. Please make it if possible. Thanks!

Spring Term "Office" Hours

Wally's Office Hours for Spring 2008

• Mondays 7-9 PM
• Tuesdays 4-5 PM
• Thursdays 2-4 PM

During these times, I will more than likely be in my room, 302. Feel free to stop by if you have any issues or just want to visit.

March Letter

March 15, 2008

Dear King Albert Residents,

Greetings once again from Wally, the RA. Hope everyone has had a wonderful term and is ready for Spring Break. With the end of the term upon us, there a few matters to discuss.

First of all, starting this Sunday at 10:00 PM, we will be beginning 22 Hours of Quiet Hours for finals week. During this time, please be respectful of your neighbors who may be studying for exams or working on papers. If you have the urge to make noise, please only do so during the hours of 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Thank you and good luck on your finals!

Of course, with finals week here, that means that Spring Break is right around the corner! During that week, the Montgomery Desk will have limited hours. They’ll be open from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM each day of that week, and from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM on Saturday. Normal hours will resume on March 31^st, the first day of Spring Term.

During the month of April, Housing will be conducting the re-contracting process for next year. Information should be distributed in the near future. If you are interested in living on campus for the 2008-2009 school year, please be on the lookout for advertisements regarding this matter with more information and make sure to re-apply on time.

Finally, I just want to remind you once again to please check out the King Albert Blog at http://kingalberthall.blogspot.com. The website contains information about upcoming programs and information about the building.

Good luck on finals and have a wonderful spring break!

Sincerely,

Wally

International Women's Day: Xena Style

Do YOU want to be like Xena?
Do you want to kick butt and take names later??

Join us and our fabulous guest Billie Anger, as she gives a free crash course in self-defense in celebration of International Womens Day! Enjoy free food and drinks while watching a few butt-kicking episodes of the timeless, classic TV show Xena the Warrior Princess!

Date:	Sunday, March 9, 2008
Time:	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:	Montgomery Lounge

Soul Food Dinner Letter from Debo

Dear Residents & students, 2/1/2008

On Sunday February 24^th Debo and the Reslife Department presents: The Soul Food Dinner program! Because of the event being catered, it is wise to have a sign-up sheet to see how many people will possibly be attending this wonderful event. The Soul Food Dinner will be hosted in the Science Building 2 Lounge Area beginning at 5pm and ending approximately around 8pm. The food that will be served will be food that is traditionally served in African American homes during holidays, special occasions and to celebrate freedom and justice. With the food served, there is history behind it like with most customs and traditions. Debo and his staff humbly invite you to this most joyous occasion! The Soul Food Dinner program will provide a great opportunity to try different foods and also learn a little about some of the most prominent African American figures in American History. They are the Unsung Heroes & Heroines of today and yesterday because although they have made tremendous contributions to our very existence, we are often left in the dark about exactly what those ideas, inventions, trademarks or simple suggestions were or presently are.

To enjoy this program, we ask that you sign up on your RA’s door or at the Montgomery or Ondine front desks (especially if you live off campus) on the sign up sheet provided beginning February 1st. There are only 25 spots per floor/building/desk depending on where you are and you have until Sunday February 17^th to sign up or before spots fill up on the sheets. Those of you who are on the sign up sheet will be issued an invitation or pass that you must bring to the event and show it to the RA’s who will be serving food on that day. You are ONLY allowed to sign up once and ONLY on your particular floor so for instance, if you are a 4^th floor resident in Broadway and the list is full you are not able to go to any other floor and sign up. The only exception to this rule is if for instance you live on a particular floor and your floor has filled up, but by Friday the 15^th if you have not signed up by then you are able to sign up on other floors that have a list that has not been filled. Please be courteous and we hope to see you there and contact your RA to check for available openings in case your floor/building is filled! Thanks-You!

If you have any questions please contact your RA or give Debo the Area Coordinator a call at 503-725-2452. Thank-You!

Sincerely,

Debo Powell & the Residence Life Staff!

Groundhog Day Bowl-O-Rama!

Come join us this Saturday, February 2nd, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM in the Smith Basement for Groundhog Day Bowl-O-Rama! This event is free! We'll have 4 bowling lanes, 2 X-Boxes, and 2 pool tables reserved! Come on out for an awesome day of fun, and lets bowl for Spring!

Wally's Winter Term Office Hours

Here are my office hours for this term!

Mondays - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Tuesday - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursdays - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

22 Quiet Hours

Remember that with Finals next week, we have 22 hours of Quiet Hours until Saturday December 8th. Please respect your neighbors who may be trying to study through out the day. Good luck to everyone on Finals!

Turkey Day Potluck

Hey everybody! I just wanted to inform you all of a potluck that is going to be taking place for Thanksgiving. It'll be located in the Montgomery Lounge and start at 3 PM! There is a flyer on the bulleting board by the mail boxes. Hope to see some of you there!

Game Day 07!

Star Trek Saturday

Mark your calendars for November 10th!

October Letter

Dear King Albert Resident,
Greetings once again from Wally, the RA. I realize that it has been sometime since I’ve sent out a building letter, and I apologize about that. Luckily, there hasn’t been too much to talk about since the last one.
First things first, I need to inform all of you of my “Office Hours”. During these times, I will more than likely be available in my room, 302, if you need me. They are the following:
Mondays 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Tuesdays 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Wednesdays 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Of course you can always call me at 503-471-7808 or email me at dyerj@pdx.edu.
As some as you may have noticed, I recently posted some signs concerning the importance of maintaining your smoke detector. It is imperative for your safety and the safety of your neighbors that you make sure your smoke detector is in proper working order. If you are having issues with your smoke detector, please contact a member of the ResLife staff, and we will gladly help you or feel out a work order yourself at http://www.pdx.edu/housing/.
Now that we have that covered, I need to remind you of a few policies here in the King Albert. As always, quiet hours are from 10:00 PM until 8:00 AM the following day. During this time, please keep the volume on your audio devices low and please respect your neighbors who may be trying to sleep or study. Additionally, we have courtesy quiet hours 24 hours a day, so please try to not be excessively loud during those times.
If you do have issues with a neighbor being loud, I and the rest of the RAs in the area ask that you please try to speak with your neighbor before resorting to the On Call phone. By doing so, you are helping to establish a stronger community in the King Albert. Of course, if that does not work or it is an on going problem, feel free to contact the On Call RA at 971-246-1388.
Next up, we need to talk about the guest policy. You are allowed to have guest stay for five consecutive nights and no more than ten days in a month. If you have someone who needs to stay longer, please contact the Housing Office located on the second floor of the Broadway building. If your guest is found to be staying longer, then he or she will be considered an illegal resident, and you will be documented. This situation has appeared to be a problem in recent weeks here in the King Albert, and it needs to come to an end.
The final policy I wish to address is pets. The only pets allowed in the King Albert are cats, fish, guinea pigs, turtles, hamsters and fish. All of those with the exception of the cats are only allowed to live in ten gallon tanks or something smaller. No other pets are allowed in the building even on a temporary visit, so if you have a friend or family member visiting you with a dog, the dog needs to stay outside. Thank you for your cooperation.
Now let’s move onto a more fun topic: programs! If any of you have an idea for a program that you would like to this term or even in the winter, please email me the idea. I would love to work on something that you want to do!
One on going program I’ve been doing is the Sunday night game night where we play board and card games such as Settlers of Catan and Guillotine. Several of you have expressed interest in coming, but with it being held in Montgomery, there has been difficulty getting you into that building. To remedy this problem, from now on, I will meet by the mail boxes here in King Albert at 7:50 PM and walk over with anyone who is interested. In addition, there will also be a much larger game day on either Saturday November 17 or Saturday November 24 in celebration of National Games Week!
There will be many more wonderful programming happening in November, but at this point, I am still in the early planning stages of most of them. Once again, if you have any ideas, please contact me with them! These programs are supposed to be for you!
Two final notes. First there were issues with the hot water in the building over the weekend. If this happens again, please contact the On-Call phone at 971-246-1388. They will then contact the proper people to handle the situation.
The last thing I have to say is to make sure to check out kingalberthall.blogspot.com. I will try to keep it updated with information about events and issues in the building. Hopefully keeping us all more in the know! Thanks!

Wally's Office Hours

If you're looking for me this term, I will more than likely be available in my room 302 for the following hours:

Mondays - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Tuesdays - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Wednesdays - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Of course you can also always call me at 471-7808 or email me at kingalberthall@gmail.com.

Thanks and have a great day!

Greetings!

Greetings residents of King Albert Hall! This blog will serve as a way for me to share information with you about what is going on in the building! Hopefully this way we have a more efficient way of distributing information to each other. Also, anytime I pass out a newsletter, I will also post it here. Thanks and see you soon!