Cmdr Laura Issia

central air, because I'm sick of being confined to the rooms with window units. (blasted humidity) ketchup or mustard?

Well, there goes the brilliance theory, Travis. :D Welcome to STSF, Wing-of-no-Wing! If you haven't already, read through the Help, FAQ, Rules, and Tips from the Moose sections. After that, the best way to learn is really by doing. Check out the schedule for an Academy that's convenient for you, and just drop in. It's best to arrive several minutes before the hour so that everything can get set up and the sim can start as close to the hour as possible. Don't worry too much about making mistakes; the purpose of the Academies is to learn by practicing. You are also welcome to come and just observe if you like, and you can also watch an advanced sim to see how our experienced players do it. Welcome, and I hope you enjoy simming with us!

toast

Holy Hand Grenade

enjoy

^ Clearly, likes Tarantino.

Microsoft

sounds you don't want to hear on the bridge or from your doctor

Bad Music

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Hmm... ::pokes around the site a bit curiously:: I played medical officers for several years, and found that having some real medical sites handy was useful -- WebMD is basic and usually easy to follow, eMedicine.com is about emergency medicine but very technical, and Gray's Anatomy is great for pulling impressive sounding jargon out but otherwise a little dense for sim use. ;-) Try 'medical reference' in your favorite search engine.

Well, lately I've unearthed a box of my old childhood favorites in the process of cleaning, so I've been reading through some of those, and discovering that there are those you never outgrow. However, on the older end of the scale... *LotR, of course. I had to purchase new copies, having read the old ones to tatters. (Hey, I've had 'em since I was 6!) *Newton's Cannon and sequels, by J. Gregory Keyes. I'm still working my way through the third one. They're as scientific as the title would lead you to believe, but if you can follow Trek technobabble, you should have no trouble. *Elizabeth Kerner's Song in the Silence and sequels, if you like Dragons. *Also Dragonish -- Bertin's The Last Dragonlord and Dragon and Phoenix *Working my way through Mists of Avalon, I had to start it over because I put it down too long and lost my place. ::sigh:: *More fodder for my Arthurian kick -- Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset and it's sequel/prequels. I read The Silver Branch and The Eagle of the Ninth way back in 5th grade without realizing they belonged to a set, now I'm trying to work my way through them all. I also read Sir Thomas Malory recently, but that wasn't for pleasure. ::chuckle:: *Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool *In non-fiction, Simon Singh's Fermat's Enigma and The Code Book. I actually liked the latter more than the former. *I'm also reading Ben Franklin's autobiography.

*5 dorms with 2 bathrooms per floor (approximately 25-35 people per floor). 3 dorms with jack-and-jill bathrooms (that is, two rooms share one) *Excellent food with wide variety. Several campus eateries. Option to leave campus if desired. *Freshmen 2 or 3 per room. All other years singles. (When I went through. Rising class numbers now have sophmores in doubles, though). Options like 2-room quads and suites (each with own bath). *Yeah, well, they have you over a barrel, what do you expect? *Fined for damages. *Theoretically could be inspected, actually only at check-in, check-out, and one for safety violations (overloaded outlets, halogen lamps, heavy objects over bed -- earthquake region) during Winter Break. *Drinking allowed if 21 with your door closed. Or under, if you don't get caught. *Smoking allowed in 4 dorms, forbidden in 4. Can only smoke in room with door closed. (The door rules on both of these have to do with public/private space regs... drinking and smoking can't be done in 'public' residential spaces.) *However many guests you wanted, as long as you don't leave them unattended in the dorm. Overnight stays limited to 72hours (after which they had to leave for 24 and then could come back... some people basically had live-in SOs under that rule) *Health insurance required, but full-time student still covered under parents' family plan. *2 RAs per dorm -- basically 1 per floor. *Phone jack provided in each room, you bring the handset. Voicemail, on-campus calls, and local calls free. Long-distance charged to individual. *"Microfridge" deal with supplier -- unit about 4' with separate fridge and freezer sections, and a microwave. The idea being that the fridge shuts off while the nuke's in use, a power supply thing. Or bring your own fridge. Small electrical appliances (coffeepot, electric kettle, etc) fine, no microwaves or open heat sources. *M-F Breakfast, Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. M-R Midnight Snack. W - Afternoon Tea. Weekends and Holidays Brunch and Dinner. All you can eat everything. *Thrown out over Winter and Summer Break, can stay Fall, Thanksgiving, and Spring if desired. *Generally only the one bed to worry about. *Conduct ignored as long as the neighbors didn't complain to the RAs and nothing was burning, exploding, or demolishing the building.

To reply to several at once -- Where in the world are these rent numbers coming from? I've been apartment-hunting lately and not finding anything that cheap, I tell you! Most co-ed dorms are single-sex rooms, co-ed floors, halls, or buildings. Some places do have co-ed rooms, though. When I was at college, there were no co-ed rooms, but there were co-ed suites -- singles or doubles sharing a living room and bath, usually with 6-10 people per suite. And where are dorms strictly regulated? I lived in the most 'strict' set of dorms on campus (multiple colleges, multiple policies -- it's kinda a long story), and that was just on the basis of us having keycard locks and an escort policy, so no off-campus people could physically enter the dorms without a student escort, and you had to keep your guests in line-of-sight and not let them wander the halls alone. Beyond that, you could do anything you wanted, as long as you didn't burn the dorm down. (Or paint your walls. Man, the fines for that...)

It's not a bad idea to watch episodes specifically looking for 'normal' interactions. They're usually quick moments, because what's good ship protocol and what's good TV are rather different, but there are some really great examples of how smooth problem-solving can run.