Happy Dalloween!

I love Halloween/Dalloween! It's a great time of year to take a break from everything crazy and let yourself be creative with your costume and have a good time with friends.

Tonight there are two parties that all Dalhousie students should head out to (and I'm not just saying that because of my position with the DSU - I am saying it because both parties are amazing and I know from several years of experience!).

Tonight the Grawood will be celebrating 'Dalloween'. The annual Halloween party that will be at capacity all night with a wide range of costumes. It's a huge bar with great music and dance floor. So if you want to go out dancing tonight make sure you head to the Grawood!

The TRoom is also hosting a Halloween party tonight! There will also be trivia (Friday staple), and a costume contest. The TRoom is great for anyone who wants to go out but doesn't want the typical club scene (dancing and laser lights).

So whether you want to kick up your claws and dance the night away or take your fangs out for a fun night with friends the DSU bars have something for you!

For more information on the events check out our facebook groups:

Grawood Halloween Party

TRoom Halloween Party

Hanging out on Sexton Campus

I am here!

As you can see from my post below I was unable to make my office hours yesterday for Sexton Campus (and was very upset about that!). But today I feel much better and am currently sitting in the DSU's brand new Sexton Campus office!

It's been a pretty slow morning - I have had one student come in to see me (to borrow scissors to help make her Halloween costume). But I am expecting things to pick up this afternoon when Engibeering starts.

I'm very happy to see that the office hours of all the folks that will be using the office have been posted on our whiteboard. The sign outside the office (which matches the DSU signs in the SUB) is fully completed. I was also speaking with our Director of Facility Operations yesterday and he let me know that we have ordered 4 chairs for the office to allow for guest seating.

We are also waiting for the new door to come in - the new door will be more accessible because it will allow for a wheelchair to get through (the current door does not allow for this).

So all in all the office is doing well and I am very happy to be here for our Sexton students.

Wisdom Teeth Troubles

I want to start off by apologizing for not being on Sexton Campus this morning for my office hours. I had my wisdom teeth out last week and have been having a very slow recovery. I woke up this morning with a pounding headache and was not able to come into work until around 1:30 this afternoon.

I am holding office hours on Sexton Campus at our new office tomorrow.

I have also passed along my Sexton office hours to our VP Internal to post so that our Sexton students know when they can reach me.

Again my sincere apologies for not being able to make my office hours this morning.

Recycling in the SUB

It had been brought to my attention a little while ago that there was not proper recycling outlets in the SUB, there was no receptacle for paper to be placed in to be recycled on the ground level of the SUB.

I took a look at the bins on the ground floor and quickly realized that we did have the recyclabes, compost, and garbage sections but nothing for paper. I forward my concern along to our Director of Facility Operations and asked him to consult with facilities management to see if we could add a bin for paper.

I am proud to announce that today we now have 2 bins for paper to be placed into - one is in the Tim Horton's area of the SUB and the other is by the Grill area.

It's great that students are bringing forward their concerns and that we (the executive and staff) are able to work towards making life at DAL better for them.