College of Pharmacy: Relay for Life

Monday, March 22, 2010

Euchre Tournament: Yoo-kur, not ooo-kree

First off, pronunciation of "euchre" for the non-midwesterners (i.e. Californians) out there: yoo-kur. Rhymes with nuker and puker. It's not ooo-kree, ee-yoo-chree, or ee-yook. (\'yü-kər\) if you want to be all techniboring.

Second off, PDC will be hosting it's second Euchre Tournament tomorrow, March 23rd, with all proceeds going towards Relay For Life. We have pretty sexy prizes for the winners and runner-ups: trophies, gift cards, travel mugs, coozies, and window clings. See the flyer and sign up your team NOW!

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Third off, here are the Ten Commandments of Euchre by noted euchre master Harvey Lapp

Thou shalt not pass a biddable hand.
Thou shalt counteth upon thy partner for one trick.
Thou shalt not trumpeth thy partner's ace.
Thou shalt trumpeth thy partner's king.
Thou shalt leadeth trump to thy partner's order.
Thou shalt not leadeth trump to thine opponent's order.
When thou hath ordered trump, leadeth thy right bower to smite thy foes.
Ordereth not the right bower unto thy partner's hand unless thou canst go alone.
Goeth alone whenever thou canst, unless thy team hath eight or nine points.
Thou shalt not complaineth about the cards the Lord thy Euchre God hath bestowed upon you.

Source (<-- Dr. Berardi would be so proud)

Just FYI, everyone is playing for second place, since my partner Brad and I will be taking the crown again.

-EZ

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Penny for your thoughts?

Ladies and gents, we are midway through penny wars (ending March 29th), and I have some pretty pics on our progress. Again, the rules are coins are positive and paper is negative.

THE CHEMICAL WASTE JARS:

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It's the P1's vs. the P2's vs. the P3's. Apparently the faculty/staff and P4's have much better things to do than to help find the cure for cancer. On a different note, who put BCE on the P2 jar?? Someone told me it stands for 'Best Class Ever,' but I have no cited sources to back that up. Fairly accurate though if I do say so myself.

THE CHEMICAL WASTE JARS (ALTERNATIVE VIEW)

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As you can see, the P1 jar is pretty full...OF DOLLAR BILLS! Don't be deceived though, because the P2/BCE jar has a Jackson and two Hamilton's wreaking papery havoc on the coins. Those conniving P1's... At this point, I think the P3's are winning, despite their lack of jarry goodness, mainly because the P1's and P2's are both deeeeeeeep in the negatives.

PS Whoever lost a silver ring with diamond-like stones, approximately size 7 and 1/2, please go to the office to claim. The message has been on the whiteboard for weeks, and I need room to play tic-tac-toe

-EZ

Fundraisers Update

Check out this list of upcoming fundraisers:

Euchre Tournament: March 23rd
Penny Wars: P1 vs P2 vs P3 duke it out until March 29th
Blue Leprechaun Bar Night: March 26th
Mia Zas: March 31 from 4-10pm
bd's Mongolian Grill: April 6th at 6pm
Bucketing
RFL Jail: On-site fundraiser
Selling purple ribbons: On-site fundraiser

For those of you interested in our past fundraisers:

Bake Sale: $284.24 (Heads: Liz Kelly and Alison Van Kampen)
Bucketing: $537.38 and counting (Head: Dominick Rutherford)
T-Shirt Sales: $258.13 (Heads: Jenni Cena and Jenna Bognaski)

Our top 5 fundraising individuals. Can you compete?

Melinda Tran: $410.01
Carrie Zechmeister: $290
Philip Kong/Kelly Louie: $280 (I dunno about this pairing up business...)
Bernard Marini: $260
Tess Lin: $250

Again, every $20 raised gets an entry into the raffle for a $50 gift card and two $25 gift cards.

-EZ