Recycling in the residence halls and apartment complexes is made easy for everyone! If you live in a residence hall, you have access to blue recycling bins which are located in a community location on your floor. Each floor has a recycling chair which is in charge of bringing the recycling from the blue bins out the CyCytes. This means, your only job is to collect recycling, rinse containers and then place the recycling in the labeled blue bins. You will be able to recycle redeemables, plastics, paper and wetboard. If you are a person living in the apartment complexes, you are able to bring your recycling right to the CyCytes. CyCytes are single sort green bins and there are many objects that you can recycle (see signs in and around the apartment community on what you can and can’t recycle.)

Tips for successful recycling:

1. Don’t let your recycling build up. Bring it to your bins on a regular basis.

2. Create a recycling box in your room where you can store recycling until you are able to bring it to the bins.

3. Rinse out all containers to prevent pest problems.

4. Let your recycling chair know if the bins become full.

5. Think before you throw something away. Many things that you would normally throw away can actually be recycled!

But, the DOR blog was designed to go beyond all of this. We understand that you get what the Department of Residence is all about. Of course, we want to see you graduate, but we also want your experience here to be memorable, something you carry with you for the rest of your life. So, we are going to do all that we can to enhance your experience here.

Enter the blog. We’re not here to berate you about signing up for on campus opportunities. We’re here to help you find exactly what you want your Cyclone experience to be. Let us be your guide throughout the year to figuring out what being a Cyclone really means.

I’m talking about tips and insider recommendations, things that you don’t just run across because you’re here. For example, you’ve just arrived on campus. You’re moving in to your room or apartment. Everybody tells you to leave your door open for a while, to let people see you as you walk by, but what is most likely to get people to stop and talk to you? (Insider tip coming…) Your stuff! People are most likely to stop and talk to you if they see something they can talk about, so make sure to bring plenty of items that express who you are.

Not sure how to arrange all of your kickin’ stuff? We’ll have have interior design tips from dorm room experts. Feel like you want to get involved in something but have no idea what? We’ll offer up some suggestions based on your personality. Want to know what’s going on in other residence halls and apartment communities? Our hall directors will be letting you know the ins, outs, ups, and downs of their halls.

Want to take the Cyclone experience by the horns and make it your own? Of course, you do. We’re just here to give you a bigger bull.