Make a Journal – THIS THURSDAY!!!!!
November 29
2:00-1:15
Berry Hall Activity Room

Pam Niesslein will be repeating her very popular Journal Making Workshop. You’ll leave the session with a personalized Journal that will make a great gift (for you or someone else). Note: This is mine from the summer and I have filled it with many moments I can now savor!!

We’ll have lots of materials available for you to make a great journal…even if you think you’re not creative, this session will show you that you are!

Basket Making
December 4 and 6
1:45-1:15
Berry Hall Activity Room

$5 Material Fee (approximate)

Join Basket Maker Dorinda Harmon. She’s thinking of cornhusk angels – “good for gifts, tree-toppers, or you know it never hurts to have an angel hanging about” – but she is open to suggestions! If you have attended Dorinda’s sessions before, you know that she’s a great teacher and the session is full of fun and laughter. This is the one I gave as a gift last year with an iTunes gift certificate in it!

Boxes and Bags
December 11
12:00-1:00
Berry Hall Activity Room

Need just the perfect Box or Bag to house a special gift? Join us to craft and decorate some individualized boxes and bags. A fun array of materials will be provided. Guys…this would be perfect for that perfect gift!

Origami Ornament
December 13
12:00-1:00
Human Resources Conference Room

Regina Semko will lead us in making an Origami Crane.  The Crane or “tsuru” in Japanese is one of the oldest birds on earth and has a long history in Japanese tradition and legends. Cranes stand for peace, happiness, eternal youth and long life. They are used in Japanese weddings, as cranes mate for life and are devoted to their partners. Folded paper cranes are given to wish a speedy recovery to those ill. It is said that 1,000 folded paper cranes will make a wish come true.

A selection of pretty papers will be available.

And last but not least…don’t forget to check out the recipes website and send recipes! http://cofc.edu/hr/recipes/recipes.htm

For more information contact:
Linda A. McClenaghan
Training Specialist
Human Resources
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29451
843 953-8238

via Email | Dr. Brian McGee | Department of Communication
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Presidential candidate and U.S. Representative Ron Paul will speak as part of the Department of Communication’s Bully Pulpit Series on Tuesday, November 27, at Physicians Auditorium on the College of Charleston downtown campus.  The event begins at 2:00pm.

A ticket is required to attend this event.  All tickets are free.  A majority of all available tickets will be distributed to College of Charleston students.  Tickets cannot be reserved via phone or e-mail contact.

Beginning on Monday, November 26, at 10:00 am, students, faculty, and staff of the College may pick up tickets for this event at the Stern Student Center Information Desk on a first-come, first-served basis.  A College of Charleston photo ID is required to pick up tickets.  Until all tickets are distributed, each student, faculty, and staff member may have up to two tickets.  The Information Desk will end ticket distribution no later than 4:00pm on Monday.

Beginning on Tuesday, November 27, at 10:00am, any remaining tickets will be distributed to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.  No more than two tickets will be distributed per person.  A notice will be posted at the Stern Student Center once all tickets are distributed.

For more information about the Bully Pulpit Series, see www.cofc.edu/bullypulpit.  Please address questions about Representative Paul’s visit or the Bully Pulpit Series on Presidential Communication to the Department of Communication at 843.953.7017.

For additional information contact:

Dr. Brian McGee
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Communication
College of Charleston
66 George Street (Office at 5 College Way)
Charleston, SC 29424
o 843.953.5906
f 843.953.7037

innotek VirtualBox is a very nice virtual machine environment.  It’s mostly limited to Windows (all the way back to DOS) and Unix/Linux, but it’s easy to use and works well (not to mention free).  They say they’re working on Mac support.

This could be a great solution for someone who absolutely must run that Windows 98 (or DOS) application that won’t run under XP.

More about  VirtualBox at: http://www.virtualbox.org/

via Email | Office of Campus Scheduling
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Faculty and Staff Members:

The Office of Student Life is pleased to announce the creation of the Office of Campus Scheduling. As of November 15, 2007, this area is prepared to receive reservation requests for use of the following facilities/spaces on campus for the remainder of the 2007-2008 academic year:

*Stern Student Center (including the Ballroom, meeting rooms and conference rooms)
*Stern Center Garden
*Physicians Auditorium (for non-academic use)
*Physicians Promenade
*Cougar Mall
*Rivers Green (behind Addlestone Library)

To submit a reservation for any of the spaces listed above, please contact Ed Short at shorte@cofc.edu or 953-5726.

A list of campus facilities and facility managers is below which includes contact information for other available spaces on the C of C campus.

College of Charleston Faculty/Staff Facility Reservation Contact List

Wal-Mart’s $200 PC – sold out by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes — About two weeks ago, Wal-Mart began selling $200 Linux-based PC. The initial run was around 10,000 units. Now Wal-Mart is sold out. Has Linux now found a niche?

If Wal-Mart’s recently released $200 PC sounds like a potentially great deal but you’re not sure about ditching your current operating system for the inexpensive, Linux-based Ubuntu box, head over to the developer’s web site and download the bootable gOS LiveCD (or rather DVD, at 728MB). The gOS operating system sports an emphasis on web applications, with desktop shortcuts to tons of Google Apps, Facebook, Wikipedia, and other webapps built directly into the desktop.

To download gOS and burn it to CD visit: http://www.thinkgos.com/downloads.html

If your interested in what’s new and happening in software land visit lifehacker’s featured download archives at: http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-download/

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