How student involvement is perceived in the workplace

Tuesday, March 29th - LAMP's IMPROV(e) Your Summer Event

If you're wondering what to do over the summer, you'll want to come to this event.

Also, we have the AWESOME and incredibly funny Improv team from Western visiting us again! (You remember them, right? They opened our kick-off event way back in September)

Looking for a place to study for exams?

Hey LAMP,

What's with all the snow, eh? As deceiving as it is, spring exams are just around the corner! If looking for a place to study during the winter exams was off-putting, don't worry, we've got your back--T.I and Keri Hilson style

....ANYWAYS

To help you with your studies, we've booked a study room on various dates for you to use, that way you don't have to worry about jockey-ing for a seat in Weldon.

If you do use these rooms, please be mindful of other people who are studying there as well! And be sure to clean up after yourself.

April 9 - UC 212, 10am-7pm

April 13- UC 287, 10am-7pm

April 14- UC 220, 10am-7pm

April 20- UC 287, 10am-7pm

April 21- UC 287, 10am-7pm

Healthy Living Tips

Anyone make a resolution to eat/be healthier in 2011 and on?

Here's a quick tip sheet made by the Engineering team that will help keep you in line with living healthy.

CoffeeHouse Thank yous

A belated post entry, but a huuuuge

THANK YOU

to all who came out on Sunday, March 6th for LAMP's CoffeeHouse! And especially our performers!

Thanks to your generous donations and raffle ticket purchases, we raised $200 for Unity Project!

We hope you enjoyed the show :)

edit: Check out the pictures from some of the performances that night!

Out in the Office - March 16th

Out in the Office is an exciting new initiative brought to you by Pride Western and The Student Success Centre. This conference-style event is intended to provide a safe space for students to dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with being open about your sexual orientation and gender expression/identity in the workplace.

Details of the event can be found here.

Listening to Gaga as I write this...coincidence?

Living off campus/Cooking

For those who are living off campus next year (or at least have access to a kitchen), you'll most likely face the daunting task of cooking.



Don't worry though, it's not as bad as you think it is! If you were thinking of asking your parental units to stock your freezer with pre-cooked meals...well that's good for the first month or two, but even as much as your parents love you, they'll undoubtedly start to get frustrated. And believe it or not, cooking/baking is a great stress reliever.

The most difficult part about cooking is probably trying to come up with something to make, so here's a list of sites that you'll want to bookmark. Everything from apps to blogs that will help you navigate around the culinary world.



Foodgawker is an excellent resource for cooking ideas. It pretty much acts like a database of recipes. An added bonus is that it gets updated pretty much every day. Most blogs have step by step photo instructions too. A word of caution though, you'll start to feel hungry after the second page.

Allrecipes.com: classic site, plenty of recipes and reviews from people who have tried them. And if you don't know what to make, try Allrecipes.com's app, Dinner Spinner. You can input the ingredients that you have and what not, very helpful.

Other sites to check out:

• Epicurious.com: Similar to Allrecipes.
  
• Food Network: note the 'Quick and Easy' tab at the top. Very important for students.
  

I Wish I'd Known Sooner #5 - Saving your work

I'm skeptical to have this entry as a "I Wish I'd Known Sooner"...it might fit better as "I Wish I'd Listen" instead, regardless, it's good to know.

Let me just put it out there:

BACK UP YOUR WORK BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR COMPUTER!

This is not a sight you want to see:

And then trying to turn your laptop back on, only to learn that it won't turn on? Not fun.

Let me tell you a story of how my laptop crashed on me, twice.

The first time happened in first year near the end of the semester. I was between assignments (just finished one, had to start on another) when the blue screen of death appeared before me on my HP. I had yet to hand in my essay on turn it in and spent the rest of the semester writing my other essay on my friends' computer and the computer labs.

Two years after that was the last leg of my HP. It was April and I was working on my final paper for my Advertising course. It had to be 7 pages and I was 5 pages through with it. And guess what happened? The motherboard (whatever that is) was a goner.

Moral of the story: back up your work.

LAMP's ITR Info Day - March 8

Hey LAMP! If you have questions about ITR and what courses to take for next year, you will want to check out this event on Tuesday. It's a drop-in, so come by between classes.

Also, check back the blog regularly...we'll be posting course reviews from your lovely Peer Mentors (MIT has some posted today!). Course descriptions from UWO's academic calendar are nice, but it's kind of bland...