College Courtyard Apartments January 2012 Newsletter

Happy New Year!

The New Year has arrived and we are looking forward to a happy and prosperous 2012 for everyone. As you settle into the spring semester, remember to be considerate of the other residents and keep noise to a minimum. We know that all of you hope to benefit greatly from your college education and to do that it is important to have a pleasant and peaceful study environment. We wish all of you the best for the coming year. Study hard and bring home those A’s.

Nevada Men’s Basketball Schedule

Idaho                            January 5

Utah State                     January 7
San Jose State             January 12
Hawaii                          January 14
Nebraska-Omaha          January 17
Fresno State                 January 21
New Mexico State         January 26
Louisiana Tech              January 28

Nevada Women’s Basketball Schedule

UNLV                           January 02

Cal State Bakersfield     January 10
Fresno State                 January 14
Idaho                            January 19
Utah State                     January 21
Hawaii                          January 26
San Jose State             January 28

(Home games in bold)

Your Free Parking Is a $400 Value

Parking at the University of Nevada is expensive. Silver permit parking is real expensive. The annual fee to park in a silver permit lot is $400. The parking lot at the southwest corner of Sierra and 11^th is silver permit parking. Right across the street is the College Courtyard Apartments. Our residents enjoy the value of silver permit parking for free. Go to unr.edu and find the parking permit and fee map to compare.

Street Parking

If you park on Seminary Street, remember to pick up your new street parking permit from the office. The permits issued at the beginning of the fall semester expired on December 31, 2011. We don’t want to you get a ticket so please stop by the office and get your new permit.

Watch Your Step

During the winter months we make every effort to keep the sidewalks and stairs free of snow and ice (we sure do it snows some day). 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.

Interesting Fact: Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men.

Please Don’t Drink and Drive

Your safety is important to us. Please don’t drink and drive. If you drink alcohol (please be 21 years of age and older) get a designated driver or walk home. Don’t ruin your life with a DUI or worse, death of yourself or others. It’s not worth it.

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.

Interesting Fact: The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.

Need More Storage Space?

The College Courtyard has storage lockers available for rent for only $25 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 Rebecca for more information.

Interesting Fact: The building formerly known as the Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building.

Free DSL is a $360 Value

In this economy, every dollar saved can help pay for books and tuition. That’s why living at the College Courtyard Apartments is the best value for University of Nevada students. We offer free DSL to every bedroom. That free DSL would cost you $360 per year at other apartment complexes or rental houses. 

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 Interesting Facts: Although diamond is the hardest substance on Earth, when heated to 763ºC (1404ºF) it vanishes. A bit of CO2 is released, but not even ash remains.

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.

Interesting Fact: Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

 2012/2013 School Year

Residents wishing to stay at the College Courtyard after their current lease expires must inform Rebecca by March 1, 2012.  If notice is not received by March 1^st 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. Please note, we will not be raising rent for students who re-sign leases before March 31, 2012. Thank you for choosing us as your home.

Interesting Fact: It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.

Interesting Fact: Scuba divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.

 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..