{"id":723,"date":"2013-12-04T16:26:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T23:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/?p=723"},"modified":"2013-12-04T16:26:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T23:26:57","slug":"important-information-winter-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/2013\/12\/04\/important-information-winter-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Information for Winter Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UHDS Residents,<\/p>\n<p>Below is a reminder of important dates and information to be aware of as Fall Term comes to a close:<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Break Housing<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>All OSU residence halls and cooperative houses will remain open during Winter break at no additional cost.\u00a0 If you are planning to stay for any period of the break beginning December 14<sup>th<\/sup> through Sunday, January 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014, please sign up for Break Housing so that our Residential Education and Public Safety staff are aware of who will be in the building. This will also help us best serve students over the break with the appropriate custodial levels in the bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p><b>To sign up for break housing, go to your MyUHDS account (<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/uhds.oregonstate.edu\/myuhds\/\">https:\/\/uhds.oregonstate.edu\/myuhds\/<\/a> <b>) and select \u201cBreak Housing\u201d. The deadline has been extended to sign up until Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please remember that winter term meal plan money will not be loaded until January 1, 2014. If you need to add money to your meal plan over the break period, please add it to your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/orangerewards\/\">Orange Rewards<\/a>\u00a0account. Dining center hours for winter break can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/foodatosu\/\">http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/foodatosu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> Health and Safety Room Inspections<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>UHDS staff will be doing health and safety checks of every room to make sure that there are no health or safety\u00a0issues present, including waste in the trash, windows left open, or appliances plugged in (curling irons, extension cords, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><b>Health and safety checks will be begin at 1 PM on Friday, December 13<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/b>If you want to be present for your room check, schedule a time with your Cooperative Director or Resident Assistant prior to December 13<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this information, please contact your R.A., C.D., Resident Director or area Service Center. You can also contact our main office at 541-737-4771 Monday \u2013 Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Please have a safe and enjoyable Winter Break!<\/p>\n<p><i>UHDS Staff<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>C<\/strong><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">hecklist \u2013 To Complete before you leave for Winter Break:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Remove all perishable items and unplug your refrigerator <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 13px\">at least 24 hours before you leave<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">.\u00a0 Be sure to place a towel or two under it to catch the water while it defrosts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Securely close and lock all windows.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Pull all blinds\/drapes into a closed position.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Open heater valve (valve should be turned to the left).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Unplug all electrical devices (including computers, hair dryers, curling irons\/straighteners, holiday lights).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Remove all garbage and recycling, as well as any perishable items, and dispose of them in the outside dumpsters and recycling bins. There will be a $45 charge if staff has to remove garbage from a room.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Remove any fire hazards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Turn off clock radios\/alarms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Take trays, dishes, etc. back to the dining centers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Return any lounge furniture or other room\u2019s furniture to the place of origin. Failure to do so will result in a charge and an incident report being filed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Turn off all lights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Lock your door behind you as you leave.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Take your keys\/student ID card home with you and remember to bring them back so you can get into your room.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UHDS Residents, Below is a reminder of important dates and information to be aware of as Fall Term comes to a close: Break Housing All OSU residence halls and cooperative houses will remain open during Winter break at no additional cost.\u00a0 If you are planning to stay for any period of the break beginning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3243,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/uhdsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}