Stockbridge hosts week of service, fun
Residence Life focuses on programming throughout year
Stockbridge Hall kicked off its second annual Stockbridge Week yesterday.
The events will last through Sunday and range from service projects in the community to a football game against Churchill Hall.
“ We wanted to celebrate the quality of life here, because it really is a good place to live, and people really enjoy living here,” Stockbridge hall director Jason Medders said.
Medders got the idea for Stockbridge Week from a friend in graduate school who did similar events in his building.
He presented the idea to the resident assistants in Stockbridge and then to hall government.
“ RAs are the ones that do the majority of the programs. All of the programs during Stockbridge Week, except for one, are either driven by RAs or hall government,” Medders said.
Two events that will greatly affect the Fargo community are the service projects during the week at Dorothy Day House and the Great Plains Food Bank.
“ We’re actually going to the location and working there,” Medders said.
Residents are also looking forward to the football game in the snow against Churchill hall. Last year, Churchill won the Ice Bowl, so Stockbridge is looking forward to the rematch.
“ Stockbridge Week is the climax of the year for us. We bring our best to this,” RA Shawn Parisian said.
Stockbridge Week is just a small part of what RAs do during the year, though.
RAs spend about 30 hours a week planning events and spending time with residents in the hall.
“ We do spend a lot of time doing community-building programs, like we’ll have people in here watching movies,” Parisian said.
Community building is stressed when RAs go through training.
Rebecca Loney, assistant director for leadership and community development in the department of residence life, trained hall directors in that area, as well as in the LAW curriculum, which stands for leadership, academic and wellness.
RAs try to keep the curriculum in mind when designing their programs.
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What exactly makes Chuck Norris such an icon?
It could be the fact that he has one of the greatest beards on earth, or that his selfless acts are contributions to America’s youth, which make him a fantastic role model.
I’d also add that he can beat anybody on the Total Gym.
But this begs the question: how much longer can Norris keep this up?
Most actors his age are gray-haired and are taking on less-active roles in movies.
I’m willing to wager that Norris will never stop.
He may have retired from competitive martial arts fighting, but he’ll still be in the public eye.
I’d bet that Norris will have enough air in his tank to appear in movies for another 15 years.
Whether or not his roundhouse kicks will be as powerful then remains to be seen.
Chuck Norris should not only have a star on Hollywood, but he should have a statue of himself in every U.S. city with a population greater than 500,000 people (with the exception of Texas, which I feel should rename Dallas to “Norris”).