Tuesday, January 30, 2007

February 2007 College Courtyard Newsletter

Be a Good Neighbor

The goal of all of the residents of the College Courtyard Apartments is to achieve a quality education at the University of Nevada. An atmosphere that is conducive for studying is imperative. Please be considerate of your roommates and neighbors and keep noise to a minimum. It is in this environment that all of you will achieve academic success.

Nevada Men’s Basketball
Schedule

Louisiana Tech February 01
Hawaii February 03
Fresno State February 08
San Jose State February 14
ESPN Bracket Buster February 17
Idaho February 22
Boise State February 24
Utah State March 01

Nevada Women’s Basketball
Schedule

Louisiana Tech February 01
Hawaii February 03
Fresno State February 08
Utah State February 15
San Jose State February 17
Idaho February 22
Boise State February 24
Utah State March 1

(Home games in bold)

Meet Nicholas-Martin

College Courtyard Apartments new Manager is Nicholas-Martin Kearney. He recently relocated from Indianapolis where he managed a professional ballet company taking them on tour nationally and to China & Japan. His relocation to Reno is the successful culmination of an 11-year search for his birth family that has been living in the Reno/Sparks area for 40 years. He teaches Mindful Movements, a simple exercise program that focuses on the body-mind-spirit connection. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of A Rainbow Place, a community center that serves the GLBT community in Northern Nevada.

Visitor Parking

Beginning February 1, College Courtyard Apartments will no longer provide visitor parking passes for your overnight guests. Please direct your overnight guests to Oak Street (just south of 11th/Seminary) where they may park with no zone permit.
Those passes that have been issued already will need to be returned to the office ASAP to avoid incurring a fee. This decision was not easily made; many conversations between the owners and management took place. We regret any inconvenience this may pose for those residents who have not abused the privilege.

Useless Fact: In the U.S., 75% of the pencils sold are painted yellow.

Watch Your Step

During the winter months we make every effort to keep the sidewalks and stairs free of snow and ice. Never the less, please use caution after a storm. Use the handrails on the stairs and step carefully when on the sidewalk to the north of the building as it is steep and gets little sun.

Laundry Rooms Don’t Like Cold Weather

During the cold winter months it is important that the windows in the laundry rooms remain closed. Open windows may cause the pipes to freeze and cause considerable damage. This will force us to close the laundry rooms until they are repaired. None of us want that to happen so please be careful.

More Uselessness: The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.


Need More Storage Space?

The College Courtyard has storage lockers available for rent for only $20 per month. The 4’ by 5’ lockers are located on the second and third floors. These storage lockers are a great place to store skis, bicycles, or camping equipment. See Margaret for more information.

No
Smoking

The College Courtyard Apartments are non-smoking student residences. Smoking is prohibited in the apartments, on the walkways, balconies and the courtyard. Guests entering the apartments with a cigarette may extinguish them in the urns by the front gate.

Useless Fact: The TV show "Saturday Night Live" made its debut on October 11, 1975.

No Parking

The area in front of the dumpster is a no parking zone. Cars parked in the area in front of the dumpster are subject to towing. In addition, Reno Disposal writes down the license plate number of cars that block the dumpster and violators may have to pay for additional garbage pickups.

More Useless Facts: The Danish company Lego, which began in 1932, first manufactured ironing boards, and stepladders.


Vacuum

A vacuum is available for your use. If you wish to borrow our vacuum it can be checked out at the office. Please return the vacuum immediately after use, as other students may need to use it.

2007/2008 School Year

Residents wishing to stay at the College Courtyard after their current lease expires must inform Nicholas by March 1, 2007. If notice is not received by March 1st we will assume that you intend to vacate your apartment when your lease expires and we will begin the process of leasing it to new students.

Useless Fact: The average American eats 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime.

Watch the Gate

Please be very careful when driving through the garage gate. If the gate is going down, DO NOT try to slip under the gate. Once the gate begins to go down it will not stop if you press the button on the garage gate opener. It will only stop when it hits something and it could do considerable damage to both your car and the gate if this occurs. The gate is set to stay up an adequate amount of time for one car. You will be held responsible for any damage if the camera shows that you tried to slip through the gate inappropriately.

Useless Fact: The first email was sent out by Ray Tomlinson in 1971.

Look Both Ways

It is very important that all of you be careful when crossing Sierra Street. Even though the crosswalk is well marked many drivers are speeding or not paying attention to pedestrians. We are working with the City of Reno and we hope that a traffic light can be installed in the near future
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