Usually in the spring, we have an ice cream social in our community center. We always run out of supplies and the head count of residents who attend is always around 150. It brings people out of there caves and allows them to socialize over some nice ice cream.

S.E.P.I.A - 3 years and running strong another RA and I have been running sepia, SPOKEN EXPRESSIONS PROVIDED in an INTIMATE ATMOSPHERE. simply put its an open mic for poets, musicians, testimonials or any other form of free expression. very good atmosphere, replace the light bulbs with green, red and blue lightbulbs to add a coffee house feel, light snacks like finger foods and juices. A very nice event for students to get out and express their intellect and artistic creativity.

During midterms and finals, a lot of people complain that they wish they were kids again when all they did was watch cartoons and eat cookies, etc. - let them for a few hours!

This program is both fun and informative. Its a program that is both informative about STD's and fun with favorite sex positions, things to say during sex, etc.

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This is a great program to build floor community rather than just hang out and watch TV. Set a time and date (Sunday perhaps) and have the floor go to a soup kitchen and volunteer as a group for a meal. It helps the community and builds bonding between the floor - both because they work together and they feel like there was something accomplished.

A great and program is going to a career fair as a group. My school hosts a number throughout the year and there is somthing about getting ready together (girls are generally supportive, and in my experience guys joke around about how bad each other looks). When going down to the actual fair it provides a level of support for each other and also builds a fair amount of community in the process.

This is a great program to promote religious diversity/awareness. Ask your floor what kind of religious services they have been to in the past and see if there is a common type of service they have never been to. If there is one (which there probably is) go as a group and attend a service of a different faith. Afterwards, talk as a floor about what they enjoyed most about it, what they didn't understand or what was confusing.

This is a great program to do with seniors. Many people are going to be looking for housing after school, so we arranged for a realtor who specialized in apartments to come and talk with us. We also had a loan/mortgage officer come and speak and combined they told us what to look (and look out) for, how to spot a good spartment, what to look for in a lease contract, what average prices were, etc. It was extremely beneficial for residents.

Especially for Sophomore/Juniors - We had one of the members of our academic advising service come in to help students discuss what was involved when declaring various majors, what common traits were, and how they should go about declaring their majors. For the most part, the sophomores thorourghly enjoyed it because many were lost with the process.

A really good idea for the beginning of the year is to get a co-ed floor together for a game of Battle of the Sexes. This board game is a great way to show people how stereotypes are common and how they can hurt a person's feelings, even if it's meant only as a joke. Not only does this give people a lot of laughs but this is especially great for freshman halls. Having single sex floors go against each other is an easy way to break the ice and have a good time