The UCSD life...during midterms!

Meal of the week: a ten second review of dining hall food

Chicken Udon $5.25. Tender chicken with udon noodles, bean sprouts, green onions and seaweed.
When/where: Lunch, 11/10, OVT
Delicious? Yes, there's nothing like hot soup on a chilly day. The chicken was flavorful, the soup just a tad too salty. Worth the price? Not quite--I'm a small eater, and yet this bowl just filled me up. I bet my male friends went foraging for extra morsels after this lunch.

I'm in the middle of my studies for Midterms: Round 2. One of my biggest issues the week before Midterms: Round 1 was finding a nice place to study without distractions. If my suite wants to party it up or my roommates want to watch Glee with a bunch of friends (like last night!), I have to find other places to curl up with my chem text. The most obvious study place is Giesel:

...unfortunately, as a first year living in the Marshall residence halls, the walk to Giesel can be rather far. My friends introduced me to the lounge at the top of my dorm building, and I definitely like how it's just four short flights of stairs or an elevator ride away.

Cozy, quiet, and empty. My RA lives just outside, too, and he stops by now and then just to check up on us every now and then. Get to know your RA and don't be afraid to ask them for anything! Mines is full of all sorts of valuable and interesting information :)

My favorite reading chair in the library...

Another great study area close to Marshall is the IR/PS library in ERC. It's a small, two story building that's a little out of the ways, and no one can give clear directions to it ("walk down a sketchy path," "somewhere near RIMAC," "kind of near I-house..."). As I had to ask so many people for directions to this one cozy library, I'll try to describe the path best I can. From the intersection of Pangea and Scholar's Drive North, walk through the Great Hall and up the stairs. Crossing the small street, there's a narrow walkway that takes you to the entrance of the IR/PS library. Alternatively, you can walk up Ridge Walk until you see it on your left!

It's back to studying (at the lounge :P) for me. Hope everyone does well on their midterms!

You only see these kinds of sunsets in movies--or at UCSD.

-Rosanne

Finals Week Approaching...

Greetings,





I hope you are all having an enjoyable week! Wow, the quarter will soon have its end in just about three weeks! This is a good time of reflection (and studying of course).


There are some great places on campus in which to get alone and think or study ~.~





The Knoll grass in Muir outside of Main Gym is of course a most popular location for reflection and sun-basked studying.


The Treehouse Lounge in the Old Student Center is loaded with comfortable furniture and views of trees.


The Neighborhood Community Garden behind the Che Cafe also offers chairs to reflect in and maybe you'll catch one of the gardening folks who will swoop you into some gardening action!


The Pepper Canyon Farm is also growing! Check out the ambience and green going on down the path behind Outback Adventures and Pepper Canyon Hall.

If you would like less scenic places, I recommend the first floor of Geisel in the Social Sciences & Humanites Library. They have a bunch of computers for all your internet needs.

Please remember to take care of yourself and eat healthy these coming weeks. There will be two farmers' markets coming to you!

Tuesday is the large Farmer's Market located in Town Square (by the Student Services Center).

• 10 A.M.- 2P.M.
  

On Wednesday will be the Farm2U put on by Housing and Dining.

• May 26~ Roger's


• June 6~ Foodworx


• 3:30-6:30 P.M.

Please email me if you'd like more places I can recommend or comments or just a hello!





Remember to breathe easy and take care of yourself. Take in the sun and warmth of friendship.







Love,


Jessica

I gotta EAT! Find out HOW to know WHERE to go and WHEN.

In between studying, you gotta eat!

I'm sure many of you already know the hours your favorite Dining Services (DS) restaurants are open-- in fact, you might even plan your day around these hours to ensure you have a chance to grab a meal.

In case you didn't know... Dining hours change during holiday breaks. Some even change during Finals week!
One of my favorite dining halls is Cafe Ventanas in ERC. The location is close to where I live (The Village), so it's super convenient. If you don't happen to live near there, but want to check out Cafe Ventanas one of these days, their regular hours are:

• M-F: 7am to 9pm

• Sat-Sun: 10am to 9pm

But the hours change on these holidays:

Veteran's Day:

• 11/11: 10am - 9pm

Thanksgiving Break:

• 11/25: 7am - 1:30pm
• 11/26-11/28: Closed
• 11/29: 5pm - 9pm

Winter Break:

• 12/12: 7am - 1:30pm
• 12/13-1/2: Closed
• 1/3: 12pm - 9pm

I called Cafe Ventanas at 858-534-0567 to ask if the hours are different during Finals week. I spoke with the manager, Daniel, who assured me they keep their regular hours, but will be closed the last Saturday of finals.

The dining hall managers are super cool people that are there to help you guys. So take advantage of the opportunity to voice your opinion to them, or just to let them know what an awesome job their doing! : )

It's beneficial to be as aware of dining hours as you are of library hours.

Curious to see who the other managers are? You can find their pics, contact info, and the hours of operation for the other 10 or so dining halls and markets on campus by visiting:
http://hdh.ucsd.edu/diningservices/hours.asp

Hang in there guys! More than halfway through fall quarter, and you're doing great!

~Hilary *Compost Queen*

Midterms and Busses

So the majority of midterm rush is over, (yay!) there are still those lingering classes that waited to the last moment to test (uhg), but for the most part they are done. If your wondering, mine went well, as I hope yours did too. Now I was wondering what made your midterm rush easier?

Personally, I studied primarily at CV, Canyon Vista. I was able to get some food, and sit in front of the fire and go through my notes, and books. When I did my group studying, I invited everyone to the study room at my Resident Hall, it was fun (at least for the amount of studying we got done). It was really nice, because of the white boards that are in our study room.

Where did you study? Let me know, comment or email me amcooper@ucsd.edu.

So amongst all this rabid studying, I got sick. I actually had to go to my doctor on the other side of San Diego. I don't know about you, but I don't have my truck here on campus, its just too expensive to keep it here on campus for occasional (at best) use. So here I was stuck on campus and I was scheduled for an urgent care visit. I panicked. My first instinct was to call my dad, he was 4 hours away at work, so after he calmed me down, he reminded me I could take the bus. So I prepared to leave, but had to figure out which busses and how much it would cost. Well the all encompassing Google helped me out =D

1.Go to http://maps.google.com/ it allows you to enter to addresses (kind of like mapquest).

2. Select get directions on the left.

3. Enter point A as, 9350 Campus Point Dr La Jolla, CA 92037. And point B as where ever you'd like to go.

4. Then select public transit on the drop window (default says by car).

5. It then shows you bus routes that leave campus (and times). You can now get where ever you wanted to go (or as close as it can).

Its super amazing if you ask me, but maybe I am just a noob lol.

Anyways, I knew the buses that touched campus were free but did you know all of the San Diego buses are free? I didn't know till they didn't ask me to pay.

I was later informed by the HDH people I work with that in that Housing and Dining pays for us to have all the public transit in San Diego (that yellow sticker on your ID). Pretty niffty, if you ask me.

Anyways, good luck with those last finals, give me some feedback and have a good week!

Angela =]