Fall 2025

GREENWINGS ECO-BRICKING DRIVE

• Green wings is excited to announce our Eco-bricking Drive during which Halls will compete to submit the most Eco bricks from September 20th - February 20th!! 

• An Eco brick is a cleaned plastic water bottle filled with non-biodegradable waste. These bricks will be used as building blocks for the SPL garden beds project. The collection sites are labeled boxes in the art studio entry way and Woolworth. The hall that collects the most bottles will win a donut party.

HALLOWEEN WITH SAB

• Mark your calendars for our Halloween Dance on 10/25, which will feature our annual costume contest (including prizes sponsored by Chicken Bee)! 

• We also will have campus wide trick-or-treating on Wednesday, 10/29!

VISITORS AND 'CUTTING THROUGH'

• I've seen the majority of folks announcing their guests, whether it be family or another student here, and I thank everyone who has been doing that! I'm hearing that some students are using our hall and the back stairway as a means to get to other places on campus, instead of exiting out the front main hall doors, as well as not remaining with their guests while they are on hall. 

• I'd like to give you a reminder that folks who do NOT live on this specific hall should NOT be on this specific hall without an escort. Even if they live on campus, and know their way around the hall, you should be with your visitor at all times. 

  • • You should meet them at the door, announce them, walk them to your room or the lounge, stay with them while they are on hall, and then walk them out the front hall doors when they are ready to leave. This goes for students as well as off campus visitors.

    • This is for your safety as well as the safety of residents on other halls. You may be a stranger to a resident on another hall, and your hall-neighbors should want to keep you and their peer safe. 

• Please remember that while we are a small campus, over 600 students is still a lot! Not everyone knows everyone. A stranger is still a stranger, whether they go here or not. Each resident on their hall deserves to feel safe, and an unaccompanied stranger can feel unsafe. 

• This also goes for you visiting other halls! If you are going up or down to visit someone on 1st or 3rd Beall, you should be exiting out the front hall door, waiting for the resident to come get you, and staying with them the entire time. 

• This also means no one should be using the back staircase as a means to get to other places on campus - i.e. using the staircase and walking through 3rd Beall to get to the 3rd floor, or coming up the staircase to get to the 2nd Floor. the back stairwell is an emergency exit, and we should be treating it as such. 

HAUNTED HILL

• First and Second Hill will be turning Hill House into an interactive haunted house experience on the evening of Saturday, October 18th. The line will begin in ground Hill at 8 PM and will close at 10:30 PM. This year's theme is Alien Invasion.

•  "As you all know, an unknown flying entity has crashed into the Hill House roof, leading to necessary repairs. Please join our laboratory team as we investigate the otherworldly beings and make contact with alien life for the first time!"

HUNT KITCHEN

• Please clean up after yourself and others when you are done using Hunt Kitchen. This morning (Monday), the kitchen was a wreck: lots of dirty dishes left in the sink, food spills all over the stove, trash on the floor and counters. If we can't take care of the kitchen on weekends, in between professional housekeeping and SAB campus service cleaning up, then we may have to close the kitchen from Friday afternoon through Monday morning. We know that this would have a big impact on students who rely on the kitchen for cooking their meals, especially Hunt students, but we can't have the kitchen continue to be left in such bad shape. If you're invested in keeping Hunt Kitchen for all, please clean it up! You are welcome to stop by anytime and make sure that it is tidy and to help clean up if needed, particularly if you live in Hunt and want to check it out after curfew.

OUTDOOR PING PONG TABLE

• Enjoy our new outdoor ping pong table in the ETC Courtyard! 

• Please avoid using it as a dining table so that we don't leave spills, crumbs, messes, etc. on it and be sure to leave those brightly-colored paddles out there with the table so everyone can enjoy it. 

• We are already missing our blue paddle; please return it to the table if you find it.

IVIS GUIDELINES

• This Friday, October 17th, from 9 - 10:30pm, we will have an IVIS! Our theme is Halloween-y, so be sure to decorate your doors and rooms spookily ... if you dare!

• No All Hall like we would do in the past - I'm trusting you all to efficiently complete Housekeeping Thursday night in preparation!

• Please remember the following guidelines for this event:

  • • No more than 8 people in a room at a time! This is a fire and emergency hazard. 

    • All hall and room lights must be on at all times!

    • Room doors must stay open at 90 degrees at all times!

    • Keep your room closed and locked for the entire event if not opening your room for the IVIZ! You may come and go if you'd like to attend other events on campus, but you DO need to lock your door behind you!

    • Keep your noise level to a degree that it does not disturb your neighbors, which includes the usage of speakers!

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Wednesday 10/15 after check - Trivia Night with 3rd East in Woolworth! Come play random trivia Kahoots and Gimkits with 3rd East! If you'd like to attend, please wait for me on hall so I can make you a pass and take you to Woolworth!

• Friday 10/17 9 - 10:30pm HALLOWEEN IVIS! Please refer to the guidelines posted above for this event, and if you haven't decorated and would like to, please make sure to do so!

• Saturday 10/18 3-5pm - Trip to Firefly Farm! A former 2nd Beallian's family owns a farm that they turn into a Haunted House during October! Think pumpkins, spooky barn maze, and more! "A sprawling 26 acres of rolling hills, friendly animals, beautiful flowers (and more flowers), and the highest quality fruits, vegetables, and a nut or two, grown using sustainable farming methods." If you'd like to learn more, you can visit their website HERE. 11 seats, met in Blobby, wheels up at 3:10 or before!

• Sunday 10/19 3:30 - 5:30pm - Scrap Exchange! Thanks for being patient with me! You know it, you love it, you wanna go! 11 seats, meet in Blobby, wheels up at 3:40 or before!

• Friendly reminder about the 2BL Annual Door Decorating Contest ALL THIS MONTH! On October 29th after check, your leadership team will walk the hall and judge participating doors, with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winner! Some parameters for the contest are:

  • • Please refrain from gorey, bloody, and otherwise offensive material. 

    • Fairy lights/Christmas lights are ok, especially if they are battery operated. We want to avoid plugs/cords going under or over the door if possible!

    • Please do not cover your door more than 50% with paper or otherwise flammable products. This is due to the fire code! If you have any questions about this specifically, please let me know!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Mid Autumn Block Party is 8-10pm this Friday on Hill Street!

RLA ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None!

FALL ONE ON ONES

• One on Ones (1:1's) are quick, 20-30 minute conversations with me to make sure you're alive and breathing, and provide a quiet space for feedback, to ask questions, and for us to get to know each other a little more. 

• These meetings are required, so please take a moment to check out the sign up sheet and find a time slot that works best for you. 

• You will receive a Google Calendar invite from me that will include either the location of our in person meeting. One on Ones can occur anywhere on campus, so please be sure to read the gCal invitation!

• Please click THIS LINK to sign up for a 30 minute slot with me. Many of you have not signed up for a slot. If none of these slots work for you, please reach out to me individually!

2BL TV UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

• You should notice all the wires and cables and things from the TV are on the table under the TV. I am actively working to replace our TV, so please do me a favor and do not mess with or take any of the cords away, maintenance might need them when they replace our TV!!

PLEASE SEND ME PICTURES!

• Please send me photos that y'all have taken of each other that you want printed out and put up on the memories wall! 

• Please!! It's fun!!

AMAZING RACE

• 2nd West and SAB invites you to join us on a race around Durham on Saturday, October 11th. In the Amazing Race: Bull City Edition you will be challenged to race by foot and public transport throughout Durham. The race begins at 1:00pm when the first clue will be sent to participants' email addresses; from there teams must solve clues to discover the next location they are racing to. Along the way they will also have to complete challenges, as they learn more about Durham! Teams of two or three from across campus can SIGN UP HERE.. 

• Please sign up by 5pm on Wednesday, October 8th, so that we can prepare materials for the correct number of teams. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ross Knight.

SUSTAINAFALL AND CARBON CLOSET

• Join the SPLs this Friday, October 10th at 4pm on Hill Street for a fall Sustainability celebration! We'll have plant cuttings, tote bag painting, pelican's snoballs, and our carbon closet clothing swap! Be sure to donate any clothes you want to give a new life and come out to get some new-to-you items!

DORM SENATOR SELECTIONS

• It's time to elect Dorm Senators! Juniors AND Seniors are eligible to be Dorm Senators. Be sure to read through the email from SG Elections for all information!

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Monday October 6th 9-10pm: College Application Workshop in the Lounge! Don't forget that I have an English MA, and would be more than happy to workshop, edit, or help brainstorm for your college applications! Juniors, feel free to use this time as a workshop for anything you're working on, as well!

• Wednesday October 8th 10:10 - 11:15pm: Presentation Night in the Lecture Hall! Presentation Night is a fan favorite at NCSSM, and we do have a couple parameters to follow to ensure the event goes smoothly and nicely!

  • Please keep your presentations:

    • Under 10 minutes

    • Appropriate for school, your topic shouldn't be something you wouldn't want your grandma to be in the audience for 

    • Based on something you're knowledgeable or passionate about, or both

  • If you have any questions about how Presentation Night works, please let me know!

• Thursday October 9th 9-10pm: RLA Led Spooky Door Decks in the Lounge! We will have pre-made and blank Door Decks for you, based on the spooky season!!

• COMING UP: 2BL Annual Door Decorating Contest is ALL THIS MONTH! Each year, Fall is 2BL's favorite season, and we thrive decorating our doors and the hall! On October 29th after check, your leadership team will walk the halls and judge participating doors, with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winner! Some parameters for the contest are:

  • • Please refrain from gorey, bloody, and otherwise offensive material. 

    • Fairy lights/Christmas lights are ok, especially if they are battery operated. We want to avoid plugs/cords going under or over the door if possible!

    • Please do not cover your door more than 50% with paper or otherwise flammable products. This is due to the fire code!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• SPL Sustainafall is this Friday!! It's going to be super fun, there's a drop off location for clothes in the art studio and Woolworth!

• Saturday at 4pm in the Lecture hall the Marine Protection Club is hosting a documentary!!

• ANAR GOT A 100 ON A PHYSICS QUIZ LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

• Chinese dance rehearsal at 8pm in the ETC Courtyard, it's for the Block Party!

• Spectrum Block party is the 18th! 

• This Friday, PCCs and Counseling is hosting a lunch event for World Mental Health Day! There will be free self care bags and free snacks outside the PFM. There will also be Pet Pals from 3-4pm on Friday, and tons of crafts and games and snacks!

• Join hall intramural frisbee team! Join the group-chat by talking to Caroline!

RLA ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None!

HOUSEKEEPING REMINDERS

• Please do not put your personal trash from your personal room into the Lounge or Bathroom trash cans. This is unfair to the people who are taking out the trash as it makes the bags fuller, heavier, and more difficult to maneuver, when you can take out your own trash!

• This Thursday, the trash will be taken out by someone on hall for Housekeeping. Please do NOT empty your personal fridges/pantries/snacks and other items into the lounge trash can in preparation to leave campus for the weekend. Please wrap up your own trash and walk it down to the trash cans by the PEC before you leave on Friday. I am more than happy to provide small trash bags if that will assist. You are also more than welcome to go with the folks on Trash or Recycling that week if that will help!

• Please remember to tell the RLA on Housekeeping that you have completed your Housekeeping, so they can check you off! We will soon have a cute little sign that will tell you what RLA is on what duty, so it'll be easy for you to be checked off. 

FALL ONE ON ONES

• It's 1:1 season!! One on Ones (1:1's) are quick, 20-30 minute conversations with me to make sure you're alive and breathing, and provide a quiet space to provide feedback, ask questions, and for us to get to know each other a little more. 

• These meetings are required, so please take a moment to check out the sign up sheet and find a time slot that works best for you. 

• You will receive a Google Calendar invite from me that will include either the location of our in person meeting. One on Ones can occur anywhere on campus, so please be sure to read the gCal invitation!

• Please click THIS LINK to sign up for a 30 minute slot with me. More slots will be released on Monday, October 13th, if none of the currently slots available work for you, however, if a slot DOES work for you, please be sure to grab it!

EXTENDED REMINDERS

• IF YOU KNOW YOUR FALL BREAK PLANS NOW, PLEASE PUT IN AN OVERNIGHT ORAH PASS RIGHT NOW! 

• Remember that your pass must include:

  • • WHERE YOU ARE TRAVELING

    • WHO YOU ARE TRAVELING WITH

    • HOW YOU ARE GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION

• Residence halls will be closing for Extended at 5:00pm on Friday, 9/26 and reopen at noon on Sunday, 10/5. 

• Students whose rides will arrive later than 5:00pm on Friday are asked to wait with their belongings in Bryan Lobby.

• I need you to submit an Overnight Orah pass by WEDNESDAY 9/24 AT NOON!! This is so we have time to check passes and ensure the information is correct, and get a guardian approval.  

• If you have specific questions about checkout procedures for extended weekends, you should speak to me or a CC on duty. 

• Any students going somewhere other than home and leaving with an individual other than a legal guardian will need to check out with a CC at Bryan desk before leaving campus, in addition to filling out their Orah pass.

• Any students returning to either campus after 10:00pm curfew on Sunday, 10/5 will also need to check out at Bryan desk.

• PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE APPROVAL NOTE FROM MYSELF OR ANOTHER CC! 

  • • We use the notes to ask for more information, ask for a re-submission if needed, and to let you know whether or not you need to sign out at Bryan desk with the individual signing you out. 

    • Please remember that an Extended or Break is the ONLY time when you can sign out with an Overnight pass WITHOUT signing out at Bryan desk!

EXTENDED CHARTER BUSES

• Extended Weekend Charter Buses - Charter buses will be on campus Friday at 3:15 to begin loading luggage and boarding.  

• All students riding must be on the bus by 3:45.  

• Buses will be at the following locations: Watts Circle - Charlotte North and Charlotte South, Bryan Circle - Wilmington and Asheville. 

• If you are not sure if you are on the roster to ride, you can email charterbuses@ncssm.edu.

EXTENDED AMTRAK AND GREYHOUND

• If you are going home for extended via Amtrak or Greyhound bus, please submit a pass in Orah select "Train" and stop by Bryan desk to schedule transportation to the train/bus station. Remember to submit your pass at least 48 hours in advance. 

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Wednesday September 14th 9 - 10pm - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Button Making in the Lounge! Even if you only have a moment in that hour, come make a custom or pre-made button pin based on Bullying Prevention! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Tomorrow from 5-6pm there's an ASL forum in Beall 1!

• Tomorrow from 8-9pm (possibly) the Catholic club in one of the Beall rooms!

• There are a BUNCH of college visits this week! You can check the Counseling Instagram or the NCSSM Google Chat for more information!

• Wednesday during lunch outside the PFM there will be some prompts to complete with chalk!!

• Come to PHA Thursday 8-9pm!

• Come to Lucha Libre 8-9pm! They're gonna be teaching a salsa! It is NOT too late to sign up for any LAF practices!

• Tomorrow from 8-9pm in Mod 1 lounge there is a Christian Girl meeting!

• Tomorrow 8:30-9:30pm is Nachle meeting in PFM Pit!

RLA ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None!

HALL AGREEMENT

• It's here and printed! Your leadership team compiled all the statements given to us into condensed statements that reflect what the hall wants in a community. Everyone should feel reflected by the agreement!

• It will be posted/hung up by the large info board poster, so either before you leave the lounge, or sometime in the next few days, please sign the agreement!

• Remember that this is a living document and if needed, we can go back in and edit the wordings, add things, subtract things, etc. If you have any questions about the agreement, please let Axel know!

ROOMMATE AGREEMENTS

• Communication is the single most important factor in building good relationships with your roommate(s). By working with each other, creating a roommate agreement will help you and your roommate(s) begin the process of discussing issues that have often been found to be sources of conflict. 

• Be honest with yourself and your roommate(s) now, so issues can be addressed before they arise and enter the discussion with an open mind and be prepared to compromise whenever reasonable. 

• All doubles and triples must submit a roommate agreement by September 15. Only one resident in the room must complete the form, but all residents in the room must contribute!

• If you have any questions or would like help with your agreement, please stay after this meeting or find me during Room Inspections!

ORAH REMINDERS

• For Day/Local passes, please write in your companion(s) if you're walking/biking/etc. off campus.

• You should not be logging in with your family's accounts to endorse Orah passes. We want to be sure that your families are aware of your travel plans and that endorsement step is how we trust that families are onboard with those plans. If we can't trust that those endorsements are coming from your family, then we'll contact them each time going forward to get verbal permission for those passes. 

• Your family can reach out to Justin (plummer@ncssm.edu) or ITS (ithelp@ncssm.edu) for support with Orah.

COMMUNITY REMINDERS

• In-room and noise on hall: 

  • • You've spent the first few weeks of the school year getting acclimated to life on hall and the flow/schedule of school life. Over the past couple of weeks, we've noticed a lot more noise on hall at night, especially late at night. A large amount of this is coming from students violating the in-room curfew, which we set in place to encourage folks to start winding down their day and heading to bed at a more reasonable hour. Being loud at night has a bigger impact than you might realize in terms of how many students and employees are disrupted by your volume and excitement. Almost every hall's group agreement explicitly mentions noise at night being a concern and something that each hall will avoid. We've given lots of reminders about this up until now, but that doesn't seem to be changing the behavior as readily as we'd like and we really want to support those group agreements' requests and aspirations. CCs on duty will be more likely to charge students being disruptive at night or violating in-room curfew with Minor Violations so that the student, their family, and their support team can be informed about what's going on and offer support in ways that can address the behavior more directly.

• Check guidelines: 

  • • We rely on each student signing check for themself to account for every student each night. You cannot ask your RLA or someone else in line to sign check for you. Similarly, you should not sign check for someone else, even if you see them on hall; they need to sign check for themself. Since this connects to one of our highest priority, everyone's safety and well being, having someone else sign check for you or you signing check for someone else is considered a violation of the Code of Student Violation, and potentially a Major Violation,  since it gets in the way of us accurately accounting for all students at the end of each day. 

RUN FOR JUNIOR SENATOR

• Class of 2027 - Nominations are now open for Junior Senator (JSen!) In order to be placed on the primary ballot you must do the following: 

  • • Complete the nomination form

    • Submit your petition to Bryan Lobby with the required number of signatures from the junior class

    • Attend one of the Junior Senator Information Meetings

    • Attend the official Student Government Senate Meeting

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Tuesday September 8th 10:10pm - Capture the Flag with 3rd Bryan! Please come down to Bryan Desk if you'd like to play so Vanessa can put in passes for you!

• Wednesday September 9th 10:10pm - Grilled Cheese with 2nd Bryan in the PFM! Dairy Free options will be available, please let me know if gluten free options are needed!

• Friday September 12th 11:10pm - Gaga Ball with 2nd West! Please come down to Bryan Desk if you'd like to play so we can put in a pass for you!

• Saturday September 13th 1:30pm - 2:30pm - Axel available in the Lounge for Family Day! If any families would like to come say hello or have any questions or concerns, I'll be in the lounge!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Koffeehaus is on the 25th 4:45 - 5:45pm! Please pull up!

• Tomorrow, college visits in ETC Auditorium at 5:30pm, but you can drop in at any time! No registration for this one needed!

• Wednesday, 4:15pm NC State will be in the Lecture Hall, then 5:15pm Yale, and seniors, 8-9pm is a college app work session in Hill Lounge led by Elizabeth!

• Thursday, Case Western University at 5:15pm, then Tulane is at 4:15pm Royall Boardroom!

• Tomorrow from 5-6pm, there's an ASL forum run by Emily Bryan in Beall 01, and after that, from 8-9pm is the SMATHLICS club! (Sorry if I spelt that wrong!)

• Submit to Stentorium! Pictures, articles, anything! By September 11th! You can submit as a Guest Contributor! Reach out to Lily Galapon and she'll help with any questions!

• Blue Mirror submissions are due tomorrow! You can submit audio, visual, photos, poems, anything you can think of!

• Public Health Association is this Thursday 8-9pm in Woolworth! They'll be making cards for Duke Hospital!

• Reach out to your Humanities teachers if you have any art or submissions for a gallery about the US Constitution! They will have more information about this event! 

• Next week Monday 7pm, the Marine club is having their second meeting! 

RLA ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None!

Enjoy your night off!

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Saturday 9/6 5-6pm - Chick Fil A Food Run!! There are 11 seats, first come first serve, meet in Blobby!

• Sunday 9/7 2 - 3:30pm - Scrap Exchange Trip! A Durham Staple! The Scrap Exchange is great if you're crafty, into recycling and reusing, and supporting local artists! There are 11 seats, first come first servce, meet in Blobby!

HALL PHOTOS

• If you've taken pictures in the past two weeks and you'd like me to print them for our memories wall, send them to me tonight!

DO'S, DON'T'S, AND DONUTS

• Come to the PFM Blue Lounge from 4-5pm TOMORROW (8/26) for the first Do, Don't, and Donuts of the year - we will focus on Building Friendships and the "Two Week Rule"!

SENIOR PHOTOS

• Senior photos will be August 25-27 from 12 - 6 pm in the ETC Lobby. Strawbridge (our picture company) offers 3 backgrounds; casual indoors, casual outdoors, and formal photos. Proofs will be emailed to the NCSSM family email within 3 weeks. The email with proofs will include information about selecting the senior photo we will use in the yearbook. Families should share the proofs with their student and select a photo as quickly as possible. We ask that students with last names beginning with the letters A-H come on the 25th, last names beginning with the letters I-R come on the 26th, and last names beginning with the letters S-Z come on the 27th. 

JUNIOR PHOTOS

• Junior photos will be taken on September 2nd from 12-6 pm in the ETC Lobby. Proofs will be emailed to the NCSSM family account within 3 weeks. Juniors can come whenever they are free between 12 and 6 pm for their photo. Once you receive the picture proofs, you can order the picture package of your choosing. 

STUDY HOURS REMINDER

• Study Hours are from 8:00 to 9:30 PM during first quarter. 

• During Study Hours, because of the emphasis on creating a quiet period of time in order to assist students in adjusting to new academic demands, students should be in a location conducive to study and should not be outside in non-lit areas, playing games, or socializing. 

• During study hours, students are also expected to refrain from watching television, playing video games, or partaking in any activity that is not related to academic pursuits at NCSSM. (p. 35 of the Student Handbook)

• Clubs should not be holding meetings during study hours!

TAKE A MOMENT AT CHECK!

• Please be sure you are taking an extra moment to sign check in the right box each night - this includes in the correct date's column, as well as in your designated row!

PFM AFTER HOURS

• In order to allow PFM staff to thoroughly clean the cafeteria at the end of the day, students will not be permitted in the space immediately after dinner concludes. Students may return to the space at 8:30pm Mon-Fri and 7:30pm Sat-Sun.

ORAH REMINDERS

• Be sure to make a pass and sign out anytime you're leaving campus. If you are going to miss curfew, travel more than 30 miles from campus, or be gone overnight, you have to make a pass but you also have to go to a CC office to sign out before leaving campus. 

• Please take a moment to look at the notes left on your Orah pass - usually, myself or another CC will remind you to stop at Bryan, or if there's any pertinent information you need to know about your pass, we'll put it there!

• We've heard the Bryan NFC tile isn't working but we've tested it a few times this week and it seems to be working fine. Make sure you follow these steps to end your pass via an NFC tile: 

1. Open the Orah app.
2. Select New.
3. Click the Orah logo icon that pops up right above the bottom part of the screen.
4. The app will then prompt you to scan the tile, and voila, you're checked back into campus and your pass has been ended.

• If you have any issues with Orah, or the NFC tiles specifically, please email Justin (plummer@ncssm.edu) and he'll be happy to help troubleshoot it with you. The electronic sign out info site may also answer any questions or issues you're having.

EXTENDED REMINDERS

• Residence halls will be closing for Extended at 5:00pm on Friday, 8/29 and reopen at noon on Monday, 9/1. Students whose rides will arrive later than 5:00pm on Friday are asked to wait with their belongings in Bryan Lobby.

• By noon this Wednesday 8/27, all students will submit an Overnight Orah pass for their extended weekend travel plans. 

• You should indicate where you are going for the break, who you are traveling with, and how you are getting to your destination. If you have specific questions about checkout procedures for extended weekends, you should speak to me or a CC on duty. 

• Any students going somewhere other than home and leaving with an individual other than a legal guardian will need to check out with a CC at Bryan desk before leaving campus, in addition to filling out their Orah pass.

• Any students returning to either campus after 10:00pm curfew on Monday, 9/1 will also need to check out at Bryan desk.

EXTENDED WEEKEND CHARTER BUSES

• Extended Weekend Charter Buses - Charter buses will be on campus Friday at 3:15 to begin loading luggage and boarding.  All students riding must be on the bus by 3:45.  

• Buses will be at the following locations: 

  • • Watts Circle - Charlotte North and Charlotte South

    • Bryan Circle - Wilmington and Asheville

• If you are not sure if you are on the roster to ride, you can email charterbuses@ncssm.edu

EXTENDED WEEKEND AMTRAK AND GREYHOUND

• If you are going home for extended via Amtrak or Greyhound bus, please submit a pass in Orah select "Train" and stop by Bryan desk to schedule transportation to the train/bus station.

ALL ORAH PASSES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 12PM NOON ON WEDNESDAY! IF YOU KNOW YOUR EXTENDED PLANS RIGHT NOW, PUT IN A PASS RIGHT NOW!

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Wednesday 8/27 10:10pm - Dodgeball with 1st Beall in the Gym! Let's have some healthy competition with our downstairs neighbors in the gym! I will come on hall and gather folks who'd like to go!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Rocketry Club is meeting Wednesday!

• Robotics has their first club meeting at 4pm in the Engineering Suite Tuesday!

• On Wednesday at lunch in the PFM blue lounge, the PCCs will be hosting a Letter to your Future Self!

• Entholpy is having their first meeting Wednesday night! 9-10 in ETC Lobby! LAF Rehearsals start next week! Great for beginners!

• Wednesday 8pm in Woolworth, UNISEF is meeting! Then Thursday at 7:30pm, they're having a Food Drive Interest meeting! And then! Right after! In the ETC Dry Lab Public Health Association is meeting, where you can learn about public health and get a Popsicle!

• All computer science clubs/groups are meeting in the lecture hall at 8pm tomorrow!

RLA ANNOUNCEMENTS

• If you're reserving a shower, please do not do so! If there are things hanging outside a shower you would like to use, please set a 5 minute timer from when you found it, and if the student has not come back and gotten their things, you have permission to move their items and use the shower. 

• Please do not leave your personal trash in the hall trash can. You should be taking your own personal trash out to the dumpsters yourself! Food waste may be thrown out in the Hall Trash. 

• Please make sure you're taking your personal items our of the bathroom. We understand you may forget things, but it creates unnecessary clutter and it is difficult to complete Housekeeping when items are left behind! This includes in the showers themselves and on the hooks!

UPDATED SUNDAY LIBRARY HOURS

• The Library is open on Sundays 12pm-8pm.

• Please remember that there are lots of spaces on campus for you to study if you are not looking for a quiet space, such as the Woolworth Room, outside seating across campus, Hunt Main Lobby before Check, the IT Suite, and more!

SPEAKER USE

• We do not allow speaker use outdoors for club or social events on a regular basis. We reserve speaker use for SAB and club events on an occasional basis while supervised by staff. Due to the location of our school, we are always focused on being good neighbors and regular amplified sound on campus would impact our neighbors negatively. We still get complaints due to our occasional use of sound but it is easier to respond and get support from neighbors because it is not a nightly occurrence.

AMTRAK SCHEDULE/ING

• On Duty CCs are able to provide transport to the Amtrak station between 8am and 9:30pm.  If you require transport outside of those hours, Uber is an option, but you will still need to put in an Orah pass and sign out at Bryan Desk.

CHECK

• Just a friendly reminder that check is at 10pm Sunday-Thursday and 11pm Friday and Saturday. Please remember it is your responsibility to make it on hall on time, and that missing check for any reason without prior notification of an on duty CC may result in a minor violation. 

• Please utilize any of the following strategies for ensuring you make check on time:

  • • Set an alarm on your phone for 10:55/11:55pm

    • Find a "Check Buddy" in someone on hall or your roommate

    • Ask your roommate to wake you up at check time if you're deciding to take a nap

    • Refrain from showering close to check time

    • Utilize Early Check if you know you won't be able to stay up till check time

CAFETERIA REMINDERS

• It is your responsibility to take your dishes to the dish room and your trash to the trash can. 

• The Cafeteria staff is working hard to feed everyone in a timely manner and their job does not include clearing the tables of dishes and trash. 

• This is a moment when thinking about what is best for the community includes reminding friends at your table to clean up after themselves. 

• This also includes making sure that items in the cafeteria stay in the cafeteria. 

HALL AGREEMENT ACTIVITY

• We are going to pass out some index cards and writing utensils! You do NOT have to write your name or any other identifiable information on this paper.

• Please write 1-4 statements on this index card that YOU think are most important for a Hall Agreement. Please include vague and specific statements, and please take this seriously! They can be a little goofy, but they should be statements, guidelines, or beliefs that you want to hold each other to throughout the year. 

• Your leadership team will compile these statements into 10-12 encompassing statements, and we'll go over them next week. If everyone agrees, I'll print out agreement and we will all sign it!

• Some examples, if you're having trouble thinking of them, might be:

  • • We will always be there for each other.

    • We will pick up after ourselves in common spaces. 

    • We will respect boundaries. 

    • We will delegate the removal and eradication of critters and beings with more than 4 legs to those on hall whomst feel comfortable doing said removal. 

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Thursday 8/21 5:30pm - Food Run! There are 11 seats, first come first serve, please meet in Blobby! If you'd like to order something and tag along to pick it up, please let me know in advance so I can ensure we can make it there!

• Saturday 8/23 6 - 7:30pm - Letter To Your Future Self in the Lounge! Whether you're a junior or a senior, you're bound to learn ooddles about yourself this year. Write some questions to your future self, talk about what you're into now, and your hopes for what this year will bring. I'll keep these letters for you, and give them back at the end of the year!

• Sunday 8/24 3 - 5:30pm - Trip to New Hope Commons! In this Durham development there is a Walmart, 5 Below, Dollar Tree, Hot Pot restaurant that just opened, a NY Pizza, Jason's Deli, Dick's Sporting Goods, Barnes and Noble, and a Best Buy! If you're looking to grab something from any of these stores or just get off campus for a while, there are 11 seats, and we'll meet in Blobby, first come first serve!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Wellness Wednesdays during Lunch - this Wednesday is a CommonApp work session with PCCs and Counselors in the Hill Lounge at 8pm! There will be snacks!

• Please remember to replace the toilet paper roll if you are the one to finish it! Please do not set it on top of the empty roll. If you do not know how to change the toilet paper rolls, find somebody who does know!

• Please don't forget to take your hair off the shower walls or in the drain. You can grab a paper towel and wipe it off with that, and check the floors!

• Robotics interest meeting tomorrow (8/19) in Woolworth!

• Show up and out to the Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer tomorrow (8/19)!

Welcome to 2nd Beall!

Please visit this site each week if you are looking for detailed information that was discussed during Hall Meetings. Please find and visit any links that pertain to you. 

My name is Axel Battista (he/him) and I am the Community Coordinator for 2nd Beall! Our hall theme is BEALLEMENTALS, inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender. Our Residential Life Assistants are Esu Tamir (she/they), Calli Johnson (she/her), and Adaa Aggarwal (she/her).

Please feel free to text, call, Google Chat, or email me 24 hours a day. I work the night duty shift, 7:30pm-1:30am, so I may be unable to respond to messages from 5am-12pm. I am the most responsive to texts and gChats. 

IMPORTANT CAMPUS PHONE NUMBERS:

AXEL'S DIALPAD: (919) 416-2823

BRYAN DESK: (919) 416 - 2825

CAMPUS SAFETY: (919) 416 - 2911

Durham Campus Safety officers are here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Learn their names, say hello to them, ask them questions! They are lovely folks and help everyone on campus out a lot! They wear dark blue polos and are easy to spot. 

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THIS POWERPOINT:

 2nd Beall Orientation + Opening Information 

HERE, YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GONE OVER IN OUR JUNIOR, SENIOR, AND HALL MEETINGS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REFERENCE THIS PPT AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 

EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS FOR 2ND BEALL:

• You are expected to come to every Hall Meeting, promptly after Check, every Monday. 

  • • Find more info in the section below!

• You are expected to carry out each of the tasks on the Room Inspections sheet on your front door. 

  • • Find more info in the section below!

• You are expected to complete your Housekeeping, when you are assigned it.

  • • Housekeeping is Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, with alternating tasks and weeks. It is split so that half the hall is "on" one week, while the other half of the hall is "off," and each week will alternate. You will additionally never have the same task two Housekeeping weeks in a row. 

    • You are expected to complete your Housekeeping assignment correctly and efficiently. If you are ever unsure how to complete a task, find an RLA or a Senior, and they can help you. Not understanding how to do Housekeeping is NOT a reason to not do it at all, or do it poorly. 

    • Please check the Housekeeping Sheets the Sunday of your "off" week, so you can see what task you have for the following week. Your RLAs and I will work hard to ensure the names are changed prior to dinner time. 

    • We'll talk more about Housekeeping tomorrow night at our Housekeeping Tutorial, but I did just want to make this point since during move in you may be accumulating a lot of trash and recycling: PERSONAL TRASH AND RECYCLING SHOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PEC DUMPSTERS YOURSELF. Personal trash is NOT to be tied up and put in Bathroom or Lounge trash cans, nor is personal recycling to be put in any communal recycling bins. 

• I expect our Hall to be clean and orderly. 

  • • While this includes completing Housekeeping when assigned, I do not want personal items strewn over our hall and lounge. Personal items, when brought outside your room, should return to your room when you leave the area. Similarly, if you are eating anywhere on Hall, you should clean up after yourself, and throw away your own trash. 

    • We are not a hall that thinks "it's not mine, it's not my responsibility." If you see a piece of trash on the floor, throw it away! 

• I expect you to attend (at least some) programs!

  • • Now, I do not expect you to attend every single program myself and your RLAs host every month! 

    • However, I do expect attendance at some, as not only are these great opportunities for you to get to know each other, but they are great stress-relieving opportunities, off campus opportunities, learning opportunities, and more!

• I expect you to be friendly, community driven students!

  • • Second Beall is regarded as a very close knit hall. I want to keep that going this year! 

    • Learn each other's names quickly!

    • Figure out some class similarities, and what subjects students are good at! (For example, two Juniors on hall may have the same Chemistry class and not even know it. Or, a senior might be a Biology wizard, but you wouldn't know unless you asked!~)

    • Spend time in the Lounge, or keep your door open sometimes! This allows you to meet others as they are, casually and with no pressure. I myself will be doing the same thing, so that you all can get to know me, too!

    • Seniors, take the time to get to know the Juniors, and assist them with things they might be unsure about. 

    • Juniors, take the time to get to know the Seniors, and share in your new experience here at NCSSM. 

• Be respectful of others and their property.

  • • What are some examples of how we can do this?

MORE INFO ABOUT HALL MEETING, ROOM INSPECTIONS, AND HOUSEKEEPING:

• You can expect to have a Hall Meeting every Monday evening immediately after check, unless I notify you otherwise. These are mandatory as a student at NCSSM. You should NOT early check on a Hall Meeting night unless discussed with me before hand. 

• If you know you are going to miss Hall Meeting, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to let me know in advance, and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to read the Meeting Notes here. Meeting Notes often include reminders, dates and times for events campus and hall wide, and pertinent Academic Calendar information. 

• You can expect Room Inspections immediately after Hall Meeting, unless I notify the hall otherwise. Please familiarize yourself with the expectations on the sheet on the middle of your door to know what I am looking for when doing Room Inspections. 

  • • The highlights of this list include:

      • • Clear pathway to the door.

        • Dirty dishes are not strewn across the desk and/or other areas of the room. 

        • Food containers, packages, or pieces not strewn across the desk and/or other areas of the room. 

        • No prohibited items.

• MORE HOUSEKEEPING INFO

  • • You can expect Housekeeping every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings immediately after check. This is checked by the RLAs, and if you are going to be off campus while you are on Housekeeping, you should let an RLA know. 

    • Housekeeping is split so that half the hall is "on" one week, while the other half of the hall is "off," and each week will alternate. You will additionally never have the same task two "on" Housekeeping weeks in a row. 

    • Please check the Housekeeping Sheets the Sunday of your "off" week, so you can see what task you have for the following week. Your RLAs and I will work hard to ensure the names are changed prior to dinner time. 

    • You should NOT early check the night of Housekeeping, unless discussed with myself or an RLA before hand. 

    • Housekeeping tasks SHOULD NOT BE COMPLETED BEFORE CHECK. The only exception is Trash and Recycling, which SHOULD be completed before check. 

    • PERSONAL TRASH AND RECYCLING FROM YOUR ROOM SHOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PEC DUMPSTERS YOURSELF. Personal trash is NOT to be tied up and put in Bathroom or Lounge trash cans, nor is personal recycling to be put in any communal recycling bins. 

HALL AGREEMENT:

• Please be thinking about some expectations/standards/statements you think would work best for a Hall Agreement!

• Juniors were read the Rights and Responsibilites for Community Living at our meeting yesterday, and Seniors should remember those statements from last year. While these statements apply to all halls and spaces on campus, each hall has the opportunity to tailor an agreement to their specific learning and living environment. 

• Next Monday, August 18th, we will collect a list of statements that will turn into a Hall Agreement that we can post on hall and hold each other to throughout the year. 

• A Hall Agreement is a visual way for residents to indicate which values they think are most important when living in a residential community, unique to us. It can also be a working document, one that changes throughout the year as we see fit! 

• Some examples may include:

  • • We will delegate the removal of critters and bugs towards those that feel comfortable with said removal. 

    • We will keep the Lounge tidy and organized, and ensure community items and utilities in the lounge are returned as we found them. 

    • We will be respectful of student's favorite showers, and take turns when necessary.

    • We will ensure language used on hall is appropriate, non-offensive, and inclusive of all students.

REMINDERS:

• There are 4 bed rails at the front of the hall near the Phone Booth. If you want/need one, please take one! Any that are left over by tomorrow night at check will be taken away. 

• Be respectful of each other and each other's property. Items that belong to someone on hall should be borrowed and returned in the state they were given to you. 

• Bullying/taunting/intimidation is NOT PERMITTED OR TOLERATED, on hall or on campus. Practical jokes, pranks, offensive language, etc,. are not permitted on hall or online. 

VISITOR POLICY:

• Visitors can only access building lobbies to sign you out, or you can meet with them outside on campus. 

• Visitors MUST BE ACCOMPANIED by their Hosts the ENTIRE TIME they are on campus, and this includes your guardians. 

• All visitors MUST BE ANNOUNCED if they are being brought on hall, i.e. "FAMILY ON HALL," "DAD ON HALL," "SISTER ON HALL," "FRIEND ON HALL," etc.

• Off campus visitors are NOT PERMITTED on hall unless you have a legal guardian with you. 

• Students from an AMAB Hall (Hunt and Hill) are NOT PERMITTED on 2nd Beall under any circumstances, unless during an IVIS (Inner Visitation). 

PROGRAMMING/EVENTS

• 2nd Beall hosts a myriad of programs each month! Some of these are innerhalls, in which we gather with another hall on campus and sometimes these programs are hosted by another CC. All community guidelines are applicable even when you are with another hall or CC. 

• We want to hear from you! If at any point during the year you have an event you'd like to see happen, please submit them HERE, or tell me or an RLA!

• While I cannot accommodate every suggested event or it's preferred time, I do my best to work with the academic schedule and your interests, while also following the guidelines I have in place. 

• Each week, there will be a section dedicated to 2nd Beall Programming at the end of Hall Meeting notes. 

• If you have not already added the 2nd Beall Programming Calendar to your individual Google Calendar, please scan the QR code under the large hall whiteboard calendar to do so. 

CONVOCATION:

• Tuesday, 8/12 4-5pm in the Auditorium. 

• We will gather and walk together to the Auditorium around 4:45pm. This is because we have assigned seating so we sit as a hall. 

• Immediately following Convocation, we will gather on Watts Porch and take some Hall Photos! If you have a Polaroid or a fancy camera, feel free to bring that!

• Immediately following Convocation is a picnic dinner on Bryan Lawn. 

• Students are expected to dress appropriately for this event - pants, button-down, collared shirt, non-athletic shoes, dresses, skirts, etc., are recommended.

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Housekeeping Tutorial - IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING! Mandatory for all students, seniors and juniors. 

• Game Night in the Lounge - Immediately following check tomorrow, 8/11!

• Convocation - 4-5pm Tuesday 8/12! Mandatory for all students. Dress attire required. 

• Hall Photo on Watts Porch - Immediately following Convocation on Tuesday, 8/12!

• Pancakes with 1st Hill in 1st Hill Lounge - 10:05-11pm Wednesday 8/13! If you would like to attend this event, please wait near the hall phone booth and I will walk us over!

• Schedule Coloring in the Lounge - 9-10pm Thursday 8/14!

• Hall Dinner at Lime and Lemon - 5-7pm Saturday 8/16! Your RLAs will walk you to Lime and Lemon, and show you around 9th St!