M A Y 2 0 1 0 E D I T I O N the Varsity Vibes The Second Installment Laundry Loads A lot of you will have noticed that our Laundry system appears to be different! Surprise! All those 20 cent coins you have been saving are now redundant and the use of $1 and $2 coins are in fashion. Load Costs are now: Hands up who thought it would never get here? ME! $3 for a washing load & $2 for a drying loads As promised, our second newsletter is here – and may I say earlier than first assumed. Every body seems to be battening down the hatches in preparation for exams (sigh) and all appears to be quiet on the home front – so, I thought I might stir things up a little with some news that will blow you all out of the water. Have I got your attention? Good! Read ahead…and don’t forget to look out for our monthly prize! That’s a saving of almost $2 for every load you do! That’s heaps more money into your piggy bank! Save the Date! Study week th th 7 – 13 June We imagine campus will be pretty quiet during this week. Exam Period th th 14 – 27 June Tip: Fish is great brain food! And Rosemary is good for memory. Ripe Noosa 29th May The Cat Empire, Grinspoon, Birds of Tokyo, You am I and more! Totaling $5 for the package deal! We are still changing money over for you in the office, so feel free to stop by for cash in all those 20 cent coins! SPRING 2012 The Notice Board As the semester wears on a few minor things have popped up that need to be remembered – just think of it as a ‘friendly reminder’. Staying or Going? Letters and Notices were sent out this week to find out which of you lovely tenants are extending your leases or are saying goodbye to Varsity. Please let us know as soon as possible as we are filling up at rapid speed for next semester. Those of you who have returned your forms, please make sure you come in and book your inspections. These inspection times are filling up fast! Glass in the Pool Area Last time we had glass smash in the pool, it was closed for 2 days! Please guys, keep the glass out! Not only does it cost you a fortune ($50 fine for you or your guest) but it also costs management $200! Guests We are still getting some surprised faces when we charge people $10 for an overnight guests. Remember: you must sign your guests in AND out otherwise you’ll either be breached (if security finds you with un-signed guests) or you’ll be charged for not signing them out (because to us, it looks like they had a sleep over). If security aren’t in the office when you go to sign them out, just dial ‘4’ on your phone and let security know your guests are going home. Your Carbon Footprint Global warming is being blasted at you left, right and center and we are all aware that it’s happening, so let’s do something about it. Make sure when you leave your unit, your lights are off and so is your fan (open a window for airflow). If when you take your rubbish out to the bin and its full – out it in another bin! PEACE MAN! 2 SPRING 2012 Ok – mundane stuff is out of the way! Wanna know the good news? Recreation Hall Make Over! Surf Trip? As most of you may be aware by now – we have decided to do a much-needed make over on our dull and listless recreation hall! While the colour scheme and new improved lighting will be decided by yours truly, we are letting you guys decide what you want to see in there! Jump onto www.varsityapartments.com.au and complete our rec hall survey! We want your feedback! Obviously we have a budget and cant go too extreme – but we can at least jazz it up a bit and make it a bit more entertaining! So get online and start voting! Who’s in? We are thinking, seeing as we missed out on the National Identity Party – we would plan a little trip to the beach as an end of semester celebration. We were thinking surfing lessons (for those Internationals who haven’t tried it yet), a game of touch footy on the beach and a sausage sizzle. That way, even if it rains, we are already in the water! We won’t plan or book anything until we know who’s in so let us know either by facebook (just add Varsity Apartments), emailing [email protected] or in person! Recipe of the Week Cheap and easy which frees up your money for the more important things 1 Chicken Breast 1 Can of cream of mushroom soup 1 mushroom Fettuccini 1 onion Vege oil 3 Place pasta in saucepan in water to boil. Dice onion, mushroom and chicken and place in frying pan with vege oil until browning. Pour in cream of mushroom soup to frying pan and allow to simmer for 10 mins. Once pasta is cooked, put in bowl and pour contents of frying pan onto pasta. Add salt, pepper and cheese to taste. SPRING 2012 Notice board continued Garbage Bins When taking your rubbish bags out the bins at the front – you stop, tilt your head and try to figure out which bins are for what? Yellow lids are recycling only! I know some of you are rolling your eyes..WE KNOW you say…but it seems your forgetting haha so please remember garbage green recycling yellow. Car for Sale Holden Barina 2004 3 Door Hatchback for sale. Its only got 89956km’s on the counter and still had 8 months registration. It’s an auto with central locking, power windows, CD player/radio, cruise control and more! In great condition!! $10,000 negotiable. Please email [email protected] if you have any more questions. Study Period/Exams We wish you all the best of luck with your study and exam preparations, we know this is a very stressful time for students and we hope that this surf trip will be a good way to blow of some steam once exams are over. So please be mindful in the next few weeks about respecting other peoples study time. The World Wide Web…site Varsity Apartments is going global AND getting ‘new school’. We now have a fully functional website that we need your stories, feedback and photos on, so please feel free to submit stuff at the office you want to go on the website. Also add Varsity Apartments on facebook to get all the updates and the occasional incentive ;) 4 THE VARSITY VIBES MAY 2010 May Babies Ariana Appleton, Catherine Freeman, Jack Bailey, Nils Berkmeier, Dimitri Krenz, Rose McMeel, Chris Bergmann, Wilhelm Koschade, Swantje Tongers, Laura Hulet, Julia Demmelhuber, Anthony Tibauldi, Lindsey Davis, Anna Schropp, Stephanie Chalaturnyk, Wayne Airey, Nils Hubert, Cassandra Stanford, Katharina Kuhn, Aaron Ford, Derek Laursen, Bronwyn Sawyer, Elisabeth Pankin, Rachel Rankin, Megan Oldfield, Taylor Cross, Hayley Kermond, Kate Sheales, Clancy Hurst, Llona Bensmann, Yun Ee Jung, Sarah Petrowsky, Sarah Poste, William Dowell, Jacob Gear, Ashleigh Milham, Clement Renard, and Grace Gowers. To test how many of you have now joined up to Varsity Apartments on facebook, our next exciting give away will be updated on there! Make sure you watch out for Varsity updates with our monthly prizes (hint: pay particularly close attention to Friday and Monday)