Heartland Humane Society 5/21/2010 Saturday, May 22 from 9am to 12pm Make a Difference in the life of a deserving animal. This is a community service event and Heatland will document your hours. Individuals will be tasked with “socializing”, dog-walking, kennel duty, special projects, and love. Lunch at Papa’s Pizza will be afterwards. Sign up in THE GEM office today! Heartland is just south of Downtown, close to Papa’s Pizza and the Alternative Foods Co-Op. (East on Monroe to 4th on 4th/Hwy 99, take the first right after Papa’s Pizza onto SW Twin Oakes Circle. Go straight into their driveway. Address: 398 SW Twin Oakes Circle)

"Murderball" 5/21/2010 Tuesday May 25 @ 7PM Join us in the 2nd floor lounge for "Murderball" Rugby-playing quadriplegics compete for the Paralympics gold medal in this documentary about an amazing sport and the strong-willed athletes who participate in full-contact rugby using specially designed wheelchairs.

Movie Night on April 9th 3/24/2010 Friday, April 9, 2010 we will be watching "Garden State", in honor of National Garden Month. Come join us in the 2nd floor lounge. Snacks will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Nirvana Indian restaurant is now open! 3/21/2010 This is an additional location to the Nirvana restaurant on 9th Ave just South of Circle Blvd. They are located on the ground floor and accessible through the lobby as well as from the exterior. Hours will be from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday-Friday. Join us in saying Hello to the crew from Nirvana - and try their version of Fast Food!

Next Movie night on March 23 3/16/2010 Next Movie: March 23, 2010. We'll be showing Super Size Me, while we munch on a lot of popcorn and candy... Hope to see you there!

The Gem Newsletter, March 2010 3/11/2010 Click Here to download the new issue of The Gem Newsletter.

New Parking Rules 2/17/2010 Along with the changes in the office we also have made a change to the parking lot. The Gem now has several reserved parking spaces for employees in the Southwest corner of the lot. 1 space is reserved 24 hours a day for emergency response parking. The other spaces are only reserved during office hours. Each space has a sign explaining the restricted hours. A vehicle parked in one of these spots within the restricted time will be ticketed by The Gem and if necessary will be towed. For our benefit as well as your own please keep this in mind when choosing a space.

Next Movie Night - "Bolt" 2/16/2010 Next Movie: February 23, 2010. We'll be showing Bolt, to commemorate National Dog Biscuit day. Hope to see you there!

Composting update 2/10/2010 The Gem Housing office is currently researching the possibility of onsite composting! If you have suggestions or valuable information that would help in our decision making, please stop by the housing office and share it with us. At the Gem we are in the process of reducing our resource consumption. We have started reducing our paper consumption by submitting the newsletter online. Also, we are actively working to conserve electricity. We would like to encourage you to help us reduce our footprint!

Movie night at the Gem 1/28/2010 Next Movie: February 12, 2010. We'll be showing Gettysburg, in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Hope to see you there!

Composting at the Gem 1/28/2010 In a college environment it is easy to allow refuse to build up. One of the easiest ways to decrease your refuse is to compost organic materials. Currently we do not have composting facilities on site but you can take organic refuse to the Student Sustainability Center 738 SW 15th Street, (541) 753-4072 . For more information about ways to dispose of organic waste and other ways to become more sustainable, check out the OSU Student Sustainability Initiative.

New Event at the Gem 1/27/2010 Here is a new event for The Gem, twice monthly movie nights! It is a fun experience to enjoy a movie together with a bit of candy and snacks. Take a look at the movie schedule for the remainder of the academic year and come join us! “The Gem” Movie Nights through May 2010: *Friday, February 12th: “Gettysburg” (Abraham Lincoln’s birthday) *Tuesday, February 23rd: “Bolt” (National Dog Biscuit Day) *Friday, March 12th: “Mr. Holland’s Opus” (National Music in Schools Month) *Tuesday, March 23rd: “Music of the Heart” (National Music in Schools Month) *Friday, April 9th: “Garden State” (National Garden Month) *Tuesday, April 27th: “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” (William Moseley’s birthday) *Friday, May 14th: “Citizen Kane” (original release month for this movie in 1941) *Tuesday, May 25th: “Saints & Soldiers” (ode to Memorial Day)