Feeling The Chill?

Feeling The Chill?

We don't want you to get frozen while you're trying to study! 

Swing by and grab some hot chocolate and a pastry on Tuesday and Wednesday of Finals Week. We will have muffins, fig newtons, and danishes of various flavors. 

See you then!

Halo: Cryptum

Halo: Cryptum

Description*

Halo: Cryptum: Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting is a young rebellious Forerunner. He is a Manipular, untried—yet to become part of the adult Forerunner society, where vast knowledge and duty waits. He comes from a family of Builders, the Forerunners’ highest and most politically powerful rate. It is the Builders who create the grand technology that facilitates Forerunner dominance over the known universe.  It is the Builders who believe they must shoulder the greatest burden of the Mantle—as shepherds and guardians of all life.  Bornstellar is marked to become a great Builder just like his father.  But this Manipular has other plans.

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Where to Find It and Borrowing Time

Halo: Cryptum is shelved as PS3552.E157 H35 2011. 

As a book it can be found on Bookstack 3 - Shelf 17. This book can be checked out for a period of 2 weeks for students, faculty and staff.  

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

EGO VISION Tournament Champions
They Won Free Lunch! 

Team Ego Vision achieved VICTORY in the first ever 
IADT Vegas Game Tournament. 

Overall, they placed 3rd in Super Smash (Joey), 1st in Trivia Logo (Alexis), 3rd in Wii Bowling (Alicia), 1st in Jenga (Jordy), 1st in Mortal Kombat (Jordy), 4th in Uno (Joey), 1st in Black Ops (Dan) and 4th in Bop-It (none). 

Tournament Rankings:

Team Ego Vision: 22 points

Team D.J.O.J.: 20 points

Team TBA: 19 points

Team Goofed Up: 10 points

Start planning your teams now for the next Tournament next Term!

Tournament Update: Day Four

Day Four Tournament Update

Video Game Update: Black Ops

Three rounds of Black Ops showed the world who was the best! Dan of Team Ego Vision came in first, barely beating Javier of Team TBA by 1 point. Dakota of Team D.J.O.J. came in third with Nick of Goofed Up Derp Troop rounding out with fourth. 

Game Update: Bop-It

Dakota and Javier of Teams D.J.O.J. and TBA went head to head in a fast-paced action packed game of Bop-It. In the end, Dakota won a decisive victory, netting his team 5 points. Javier of TBA came in second, earning 3 points.  

Goofed Up Derp Troop

Meet Your Tournament Contenders!

Introducing team Goofed Up Derp Troop! 

Team Goofed Up Derp Troop is made up of Alicia Canizales, Thomas Harper, Nick Something and Jose Something.

Make sure to swing by the game room each day this week (M-Thurs) from 11am - Noon to cheer on your favorite team. Can you predict the Ultimate Tournament Champion?

Day Three Tournament Updated

Day Three: Tournament Update 

Video Game Update: 

First Place in Mortal Kombat went to Jordy from Team Ego Vision.

Coming in Second was John David playing for Team D.J.O.J.

Coming in Third was Ian for Team TBA: To Be Awesome. 

Board Game Update: 

Uno was fast paced as the players stacked Draw 2 cards on each other. 

Going out First in an Early win was John David of Team D.J.O.J. who strategically played and scored the 5 points for his team. 

Second out was Ian of team TBA: To Be Awesome. 

He was quickly followed by Thomas of team Goofed Up Derp Troop which put them in Third Place. 

Left with all the cards was Fourth Place player Joey of Ego Vision. 

The current rankings are: 

Team Ego Vision held onto FIRST PLACE with 17 points! 
Team D.J.O.J. moved up to SECOND PLACE with 14 points. 
Team TBA is on THIRD PLACE with 13 points. 
Team Goofed Up Derp Troop is in FOURTH PLACE with 10 points.

Meet D.J.O.J.

Meet Your Tournament Contenders!

Introducing team D.J.O.J - They're Killing It! 

Team D.J.O.J. is made up of Dakota Bunch, Jason Hall, Obie Luna and John Darryl Smith.

Make sure to swing by the game room each day this week (M-Thurs) from 11am - Noon to cheer on your favorite team. Can you predict the Ultimate Tournament Champion?

Tournament Update

Tournament Update 

Video Game Update: 

With scores of 223 and 179, Jason took home victory for Team D.J.O.J. in Wii Bowling.

Coming in Second was Alicia for Team Goofed Up Derp Troop with 178 and 133.

Coming in Third was Alexis for Team Ego Vision with 147. 

Coming in Fourth was Jason for Team TBA: To Be Awesome with 123.

Board Game Update: 

The Jenga Warm Up Round was crazy as we eliminated Nick from Team Goofed Up for switching hands, Jason from team D.J.O.J. for running out of time, and then Jason from team TBA knocked the edge of the table after completing his turn - causing the whole tour to collapse and leaving Jordy from Team Ego Vision with an easy Victory. 

Then it was game time...

First eliminated, and therefore coming in Fourth was Goofed Up Derp Troop who was eliminated for running out of time!

Second to be eliminated, and therefore coming in Third was Jason for Team D.J.O.J. who was eliminated for switching hands.

Then - it was down to the final two. Breaths were held - fans were turned off - and the room had a tense silence of anticipation as Jordy from Team Ego Vision and Jason from TBA went back and forth...

In the end - Jason from Team TBA knocked the table backing up after his turn causing the tower to collapse amid an explosion of moans and shouts from the onlookers. 

Coming in Second was Jason from Team TBA: To Be Awesome. 

Coming in First Place was Jordy from Team Ego Vision!

The current rankings are: 

Team Ego Vision in FIRST PLACE with 12 points! 
Teams TBA and Goofed Up Derp Troop are tied for SECOND PLACE with 9 points. 
Team D.J.O.J. is in FOURTH PLACE with 6 points.

Meet Ego Vision

Meet Your Tournament Contenders!

Introducing team Ego Vision! 

Team Ego Vision is made up of Joey Valdemar, Jordy Uy, Alexis Najera and Danielle Casing.

Make sure to swing by the game room each day this week (M-Thurs) from 11am - Noon to cheer on your favorite team. Can you predict the Ultimate Tournament Champion?

Tournament Rankings

Tournament Update 

Video Game Update: 

With a killing streak of 9 frags, Kyle took the FIRST PLACE win home for Team TBA!

Coming in Second was Thomas for Team Goofed Up Derp Troop.

Coming in Third was Joey for Team Ego Vision.

Board Game Update: 

Coming out of the gate strong, Alexis stole the FIRST PLACE win for Team Ego Vision owning the competition by getting 5 answers correct in record time!

Coming in Second was Alicia for Team Goofed Up Derp Troop. 

Coming in Third was Kyle for Team TBA. 

The current rankings are: 

Teams TBA, Goofed Up Derp Troop and Ego Vision tied for FIRST PLACE. Team D.J.O.J. is in Fourth Place.

Meet TBA

Meet Your Tournament Contenders!

Introducing team TBA: To Be Awesome! 

Team TBA is made up of Kyle Smith, Javier Morales, Jason Blomeyer and Ian Crawford.

Make sure to swing by the game room each day this week (M-Thurs) from 11am - Noon to cheer on your favorite team. Can you predict the Ultimate Tournament Champion?

Pie Day!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the table to enjoy Pumpkin and Pecan pie yesterday! We served over 500 slices of pie! We also went through 6 cans of whipped cream topping :)

The "grand winner" of pie night was Alicia who won herself a giant plate with 3 slices of pie and a pile of whip cream that would make anyone jealous! Way to go Alicia!

LRC Holiday Hours

The Learning Resource Center is open regular hours with the exception of being closed Thursday and Friday for the holiday. 
Holiday Hours:

Monday: 7:30am - 9:00pm

Tuesday: 7:30am - 9:00pm

Wednesday: 7:30am - 9:00pm

Thursday: CLOSED

Friday: CLOSED

Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Game Tournament

Next week the LRC and Student Services will be hosting a GAME TOURNAMENT! Monday - Thursday, from 11-12pm will be a variety of video and board games for your team to compete in. 
Create your team of 4 members and pick which games you are good at. Each team member can only play ONE video game and ONE board game - so choose your teams wisely! 
Winning teams will achieve fame, glory, and a free lunch!
Deadline to submit the names of your team members is Wednesday, November 21st. Deadline to submit your team picture is Monday, November 26th by 10am!
You can either fill out the Registration Form at school, or email Sam Leif with your team name and the names of your 4 team members.

Principles of Web Design

Principles Of Web Design

Description*
Principles of Web Design is the  features all-new sections on HTML5, CSS3, CSS page layouts, and enhanced navigation as well as technical updates and new screen shots throughout. Beginning with the Web design environment and the principles of sound Web design, readers will continue to planning site layout and navigation, and progress to Web typography, colors and images, working with CSS, and more

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Where to Find It and Borrowing Time

Item Name is shelved as TK5105.888.S583 2012. 

As a book it can be found on Bookstack 4 - Shelf 8. This book can be checked out for a period of 2 weeks for students, faculty and staff. 

About the Author*

Joel Sklar is an instructional designer and technical trainer specializing in HTML, XML, and web technologies. He has taught markup languages and web design to thousands of technical professionals in the New England area. Joel's consulting business offers a range of technical and design classes as well as customized courseware development.

Reviews*

By AMAZON Editorial:

"The approach in this proposal (user-centric web design) is something that I strongly agree with. It is why I have chosen this book over other web design books in my courses. I am excited about the new material about CSS positioning."

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Citations

Description, About the Author, and Review taken from AMAZON: AMAZON and BARNES AND NOBLE: BARNES AND NOBLE