Spencer Koobatian comes to talk about one of his projects: a zombie love story.

What's a Pow Wow and Why Should You Go??
A Pow Wow is a social cultural gathering of singers, dancers, Native American crafts & food with Inter-tribal Dancing, when dancers perform/compete in traditional regalia to the beat of their drummers.

Let's make First Floor A Dorm Right Side Hallway and Lounge better looking! Post an idea and we'll all vote on the best to paint together with food and music and merriment!

Need to know where to take furniture, how to check out, get an extension? Never fear! A magic sheet to tell you all!

Come join us for a night of laughs, pizza, and movies! Invite your friends, or come on your own, this is one that you don't want to miss!

Draw, write, color, scribble, just express yourself!

Show off your passion by putting it on your shirt. Bring your shirt and we'll show you how to screen print it.

Come make your very own mutant stuffed animal to love and cherish!

Worried about enrolling in classes for Fall or Summer? Bring your laptop to the Baobab Lounge to talk to a Merrill Peer Advisor and work it out! (Snacks included!)

A passive that explores incredible people (artists, musicians, athletes, and activists) who identify as both trans and black; a journey through a hundred years of history.

Visit the fun and interactive Museum of Art and History (MAH), and peruse other local art exhibits open along Pacific Ave.!

On Friday, watch the widely acclaimed movie "Mosquita y Mari," about two young women who fall in love (followed by Q and A with the director Aurora Guerrero!).--Humanities 206, 6pm. Then, on Saturday, come down to the moat to do face paint and walk with Merrill during PRIDE! (11am)

Take a towel and dye it with a glorious rainbow pattern! Any other items are welcome, too. (The active part of a sustainability program to reduce paper towel waste!)

Enjoy the lovely weather with your 5th floor friends and a game of "reverse hide-and-seek" or "sardines"! No experience necessary.

This is the passive component of a two-part sustainability program to reduce the amount of paper towel waste Merrill generates!

Why should the moat be the only thing that gets painted? Stop by to get a temporary henna tattoo!

This is a passive event. I have placed information on non-violent communication tools throughout my halls and hung a paper for students to write practice sentences which fit the NVC model.

Moving off Campus next year? Want to get to know Santa Cruz a little better? Come to the Farmer's Market field trip

1st and 2nd floor will unite to meet and discuss HOW TO MOVE OUT of college. What should be done? What should not be done? What is a college student to do!!!!!!
Then we will bond and enjoy mass amounts of PIZZA from Woodstocks!
Pizza and Information: Name a better evening!

In this activity, residents will interact and have some time to express themselves, achievements and photos. This activity will begin with each hall working independently then coming together and having one united Fridge.

Time to walk for a good cause... Relay for Life of UCSC is an event that the American Cancer Society hosts to raise funds and walk for awareness. Join your RA for breakfast at Cowell/Stevenson and walk the OPERS track for a great cause with the Merrill team.

Informational Passive about the history of Gay Pride and the activities during the month

Confused about housing for next year? Check out the information put up around the hall to learn more.

Confused about classes? Come meet with peer advisors in B Dorm Dungeon and also enjoy delicious snacks!

Come enjoy Wall-e and learn about what we can do to help keep our planet green

Let's watch Wall-E help clean up the planet, and then learn what can do too!

Come support the UCSC Dance Team by coming to the Spring performance at Porter Dining Hall. The evening will be fun filled and exciting.

Faux Shaux is a gender expression drag performance done in partnership with the UCSC Women's Center. it is an opportunity for anyone to perform an expression of gender in epic proportion.

Lean how comic books have addressed social justice issues.

We are starting the quarter off with a BBQ behind B-dorm. Free food and fun games. We will also work on beautifying the area behind A-dorm

We will be doing iron on shirts for our hall. We will have a custom logos and then residents will be able to add on other designs.

We will be participating in the city of Santa Cruz Pride march where we will show our support for LGBTIQ community.

Come enjoy some delicious baklava and learn the origins and history of the sweet treat.

Explore local farms and gardens, while traveling green and cruising aboard your self-powered bicycling machine!

Explore the Seymour Center in a special behind-the-scenes tour! See dolphins, otters and seal lions and learn about how they're trained and used for research in our own Monterrey Bay!

Adventure into UCSC's own back yard! We will explore into Pogonip and visit the rock gardens and koi pond.

Have you been searching for a rewarding, high-paying job but making no progress?

Do you have a job but feel you’re just going through the motions?

Are you called to a life of travel and adventure, but feel chained
to your desk or cubicle?

Do you want your life to have more meaning and purpose?

Chris Guillebeau wrote this book for you

Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations – and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back.

I will lead my residents to the weekly screening at the Film and Digital Media. The weekly Wednesday night films are accompanied by a lecture from a professor and a screening of the film. I will circulate the titles of the films to my residents and pull their interest for them to attend. These films are centered around social diversity and justice issues.

The film chosen is Jean-Luc Godard's 'Here and Elsewhere'. This film is a 1970 pro-Palestinian film. This is part of Godard's transitional period into his experimental video work. One of the faculty members will introduce the film and create a deeper multicultural understanding of the Palestinian cause.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071646/

Come read the boards in the halls informing you of HOW to move off campus (an how the SCHOOL can help) - through the on Campus Community Rentals Office! THE CAMPUS CAN HELP!

Gather in your hall lounge and learn some information about cinco de mayo and grab dinner at tacos moreno after with other hallmates

Freshman year of college is an amazing adventure. Immortalize these memories with us by crafting a Freshman Year Time Capsule! Bring photos, mementos, and memories. Scrapbooking supplies, time capsule boxes, and art stuff will be provided.

Come join us on an educational, hands-on tour of the very local Chadwick Gardens! Visit the only cats on campus! Pick some delicious fruits and veggies for yourself! Find out where all those yummy Farm Fridays at the dining hall come from!

Come enjoy a nice home-cooked meal this Saturday, right at Merrill. Classical Mexican dishes, no walking to 9/10. Win-win.

Learn how to make a greener planet through interactive displays in the hallways!

Reminisce about the happenings of this year, your first year in college! Write a letter to yourself which you will get a year from now! How different will you be in a year's time?

Come play board games or Magic The Gathering with your friends. We will be playing in the A Dorm 4th floor right side lounge. After midterms, everybody could use a break.

Exercise your communication skills before having a hearty barbequed meal!

Learn about what choices you should be making with your sex life and why these choices will keep you safe!

Come bring your own piece of clothing to Moat Day that you want to tie dye! Also learn about the history of Tie-dying.

Adventure to Año Nuevo State Park during the peak of Elephant seal breeding season! Participate in a naturalist-guided tour of the gorgeous California coastline.

Super Origami Fun Time, where you learn to Origami. We have Origami Paper, Origami Book, and Origami Learning Opportunity.

For residents of Merrill's Substance Free Floor, Spring quarter hall meeting plus snackage, friendship bracelet-making and hairwraps!

Do you love baklava? Have you never tried its amazing goodness? Well, you're in for a treat! Come learn about, bake and enjoy this delicious, Turkish treat!

An exciting camping adventure into the Los Padres National Forest at Arroyo Seco, open to all Merrill college residents!

Come and create your own button to support Pride month!

This is a passive event about the difficulties challenging mobility-limited people on the UCSC campus and the various resources available to them.

Join us as we explore the Santa Cruz Flea Market nearby Dominican Hospital. Find decorations to liven up next year's housing. Familiarize yourself with what your community has to offer. Bring $1.50 for entrance fee as well as some spending money.

A passive event that explores the origins of this National Holiday.

A passive event on proper move-out procedures and how to reduce waste in the process of leaving the dormitories.

An end of the year gathering to celebrate the school year and the coming summer.

A performance of music from Turkey, Greece and the Balkans.

Time to end the quarter with a trip to San Francisco: Japantown, Ghiradelli Chocolate Square and other fun locations in the Bay Area.

You're invited to Charlie E. Merrill's 5th birthday party! Enjoy your favorite foods at the last college night of the year! Join us for this Merrill dinner at the Crown/Merrill Dining Hall.

Off campus students can pick up their tickets at the Merrill College Office.

For differently-abled needs, please contact Merrill Activities at 459-3357.

A dance to celebrate the GLBTQQI community as a part of May Is So Gay. All are welcome!

This event is free.
For differently-abled needs, contact Merrill Activities at 459-3357

Enjoy the beautiful weather and come tie dye on the B-dorm 5th floor deck!

Come destress before finals by spending your day at the beach

Passive about good move out practices

A passive about the background of saint patrick's day

Take residents to see the No Look Pass film screening hosted at Merrill Cultural Centre.

Learn how to become an active listener while becoming more educated about Earth Day and how to be more proactive in promoting sustainability. Also come plant a plant!

There is a HUGE white empty board in your wall.... WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT! From one word to massive sentences. Write what ever comes to mind. Then check your emails for the word and thought could that might define you or the hall! - See our similarities and our differences! Tell the Boards Who You Are!

Join us for a exciting scavenger hunt through Merrill as you learn about sexy safe-sex facts! Afterwards, join Merrill RAs Annie and Matilda in the Cantu Center to make valentines for your friends and decorate delicious sugar cookies!

Join your 5th floor bros and make a beautiful mural in the right-side lounge! No painting experience necessary.

Make beautiful valentines and collages for your friends, lovers, and family! Cookie decorating will also be available! (Taking place in the scenic Cantu Center behind A-Dorm.)

Students will have a blast taking the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and finding out what their personality inventory is.

Come along for the ride as we watch Philadelphia and learn about misrepresentations of homosexuality and how we can stand up in opposition of discrimination against the LGBTI community!

A passive program about ways to reduce stress such as yoga & stretching techniques and sleep information

Come enjoy food, music, crafts, tie-dying, and fun while watching this years new murals go up in the Merrill Moat! A fun day for the whole Merrill Community!

A small list of important upcoming dates for housing along with some spring snacks, condoms, and tea to start the quarter.

A passive event on how to become more informed about how drinking can impact your health and warning signs of alcohol poisoning before Spring Break

Need to work this summer but don't know where to start? Check out this passive with information about how to locate jobs and use resources such as the career center?

A local and organic college night with food showcasing the neighborhoods of San Francisco. Come and enjoy this themed dinner with your fellow Merrillites!

A truth about global warming will be explained and ideas of our changing Earth and the effects humans and pollution have on our planet

Healthy Recipes for cooking. Students will learn how to have a balanced diet by reading information spread along hall.

It is that cold time of year! Fortunately, C-dorm has a fantastic fireplace that can be used to keep its residents toasty and warm. Come out and learn important aspects of fire and fire safety.

Greetings Merrill Students,

The search for a new Merrill Provost has resulted in two candidates for the position. As you know, the Provost is the academic leader for the College, and your input into the selection of the next Provost is very important.

On behalf of the Merrill Provost Search Committee, you are invited to attend open forum/interest sessions for the candidates. This time is set aside for you to get to know the candidates and explore their candidacy for this crucial position.

*Meet Elizabeth Abrams on Monday, April 9, 2012 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.

*Meet Kathy Foley on Monday, April 16, 2012 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Baobab Lounge.

Open to all Merrill students.

Come with your questions and a pen or pencil. There will be forms provided for written comments for the Search Committee.

For more information, please call 459-5836. Thanks in advance for your participation!

Join us on a trip to the fantastic UCSC Orchestra for an amazing performance by our students and staff

A fun movie night with your hallmates, some special presenters, and a movie!

Join us for this life changing presentation, part poetry and part theater about the fabulous vagina!

Come join your friends to make traditional Mexican Empanadas! Bake, eat and hang out with your friends! Make sure to bring a favorite recipe for the hall cookbook!

Take a trip to the beach and enjoy a nice bbq and while we are there help sustain natural habitats by picking up some trash.

I will place postings in both halls with information on local and organic food and how they support sustainability when compared to industrial agriculture.

This is a passive where my residents will be answering facts about themselves, then I will post facts of each person anonymously in the halls, and whoever can correctly guess whose facts belong to who gets a piece of candy.

Student artwork art show showcasing pieces which reflect issues facing the Congo. Featuring guest speaker Amani Matabaro, founder of the non-profit Action Kivu. "Prints for Congo. Prints for change."

Study abroad information on application and opportunities posted all around my two hallways!

This is a passive event highlighting key points for maintaining a healthy relationship.

Double Bingo Boards, Double Languages, Double Fun

An incredibly informative experience dealing with communication and the art of active listening. Don't miss it!

A passive program presentation exploring the life and works of the Brothers Grimm. Wander through this interactive exhibit which addresses the history of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and gives you a glance into their work as well as addressing gender roles, changing interpretations and historical context

A passive event where you will be introduced to the different holidays and observances around the world

A passive event exploring the evolution of this popular instrument. From its beginnings in the Middle-East, to its jump from Morocco to Spain and into medieval musics, lutes of all kinds have gone through various incarnations. Its most popular is the guitar.