Hey everyone, welcome back to the Messenger Mic
Dev. My name is Harper and I'm here with Mackenzie
and we have a guest speaker, Student Life Ambassador
Saraya. Hi, thank you guys for introducing me.
My name is Saraya and I'm happy to be here with
you guys. Thank you so much for having me. Thank
you for being here. So Raya is a part of Student
Life, she's the Student Life Ambassador, and
this upcoming week, starting November 10th, is
Anti -Bullying Week, and we thought what better
way to bring attention to Anti -Bullying Week
than to have the Student Life Ambassador herself
here to just give us a brief rundown of what's
going on and how to support Anti -Bullying Week.
Well, yeah. So... Let's start off with coming
up, I think it was like November 10th or 11th,
you have the Kindness Tree. Tell us more about
that. Yeah, so this is the second year that we
are holding this event. We call it kindness tree.
So anti -bullying used to be only one day event
that we used to host in the student lounge. But
then next year we changed that we made it that
three day long event. So the first two days,
which would be Monday and Tuesday, we have the
kindness tree. It's going to be in the student
lounge at GB 154 from 8 a .m. to 5 p .m. So the
concept behind that is that we are building a
tree on the wall. basically and then students
can come over and then write good messages, positive
messages to their peers or whatever they feel
like. We kind of try to spread kindness words.
That's why we call it kindness tree. They can
write it on the socks and then they can put it
on the tree and that's why we call it kindness
tree but we call it socks tree as well. So yeah
that's the concept of that and then they can
also grab a snack so whenever you guys have time
come over write a message and grab your snack.
Is there a reason why there are socks? Yes. So
last year, it was just leaves. It was the tree
leaves, regular tree leaves. But then this year,
one of my co -workers, Celine, told us that the
theme for anti -bullying is socks, the power
of goodness. So basically, the concept of that
is that individuals who are being bullied are
often individuals who are also different and
unique in their own way. And so one of the main
reasons that people call them out is because
of their uniqueness and difference. And so we
thought maybe we could spread awareness that
being different is not a bad thing. So that's
why we brought odd socks and we kind of like
put the whole theme around the anti -bullying
event about socks and odd socks this year. Nice.
And then afterwards, you said there's another
event on the 12th, the sock out bullying event.
So what's going to happen there? So it's also
a sock themed and in that event is basically
like so Monday and Tuesday We have kind of this
passive event that they can come write the message
get their snacks but then on a Wednesday we have
more of an active and interactive events where
It's gonna happen from 12 to 2 and it's still
in GEB 154 so the student lounge they can come
in We are gonna have socks, but then you're gonna
have snacks inside the socks And so what they
can do is they can choose the socks they want
and then take the snacks out of it then decorate
the socks in an odd way like they can become
they can be as creative as they want in decorating
their socks and Just you know show their uniqueness
in the socks that they can wear nice. That's
honestly such a cool way to Bring everyone together
decorating socks I mean you guys have seen maybe
at the Oak Park mall. There's a whole Store dedicated
to crazy socks. Oh, yeah to be you Mm -hmm I
love that too. It's so fun and such a cool way
to I mean promote anti -bullying and Just to
help people feel connected instead of apart and
then I know the student life is a big part of
the co -lab and student lounge, but do you guys
have any other upcoming events or is November
just for the anti -bullying week? We do have
some other events from our social team that you
guys can find it on get involved I know one of
them is the caddy issues that they just had tabling
for that today It's basically like golf. I guess
they're doing mini golf and golfing So make sure
that you guys are coming to that event as well
I'm not too sure of other events from social
team, but I'm part of certain art team And I
thought maybe it's also a good place to talk
about certain art team So the certain art team
stands for six will assault research team and
drug and alcohol research team and we are a part
of student life. So basically we do host events
around the topic of sexual assault, we do suicide
prevention day which was 98 day this semester,
we do topics of anti -bullying, we also had a
sober fast party on October so these are the
kind of events that we host and anti -bullying
is one of them. Wow. Well, thank you so much
for coming on our podcast. I know it was so last
minute. I just, I grabbed her out while she was
decorating the tree and I was like, please be
on the podcast. But we really appreciate you
coming on the podcast and just telling us more
about what Student Life does for Johnson County
Community College and how we can participate
this week for the anti -bullying week. Yeah.
Thank you so much for having me. I'm happy I
could share some words about anti -bullying and
I'm waiting for you guys in the event. Hey guys,
welcome back. We just said our goodbyes to Saraya
and we are so pumped for Anti -Bullying Week.
We do have a little bit of news for upcoming
events and things to do around campus that aren't
events. There are about a bunch of club meetings
that you are welcome to go check out and look
into. You know, yoga and the weightlifting room
is always available. They do yoga every week.
the weightlifting room coming up is 6 a .m. to
whenever on weekdays. But you're always welcome
to go check those out. We both have a little
bit of a list on our phones to talk about what's
coming up this week. And I'll have you start
out with the decomposing pumpkins. Decomposing
pumpkins. Yes, compost your pumpkins. The Student
Basic Needs Center, you can donate one item,
and they will compost your pumpkin for you. So
you will just drive up, and it is in the parking
lot by the police academy. And you drive up,
drop off whatever thing you want to donate, and
they will compost your pumpkins. And this is
going from November 3rd to December 5th. Yeah.
Speaking of donations, we also have the... Oh
no, where'd it go? Yes. The food drive. Which
is going on right now all the way up to December
22nd. So you can donate to support the Student
Basic Needs Center and raise awareness about
food insecurity. And this is happening in GEB
153. So you will have time to get your canned
goods and also your pumpkins will be... Composted
composted before Thanksgiving I was gonna say
like You have time to get even like new pumpkins
if you have carved pumpkins from Halloween But
I don't know if it's just my family. I would
always turn them so they have them Yeah, so like
you have the carve side and then after Halloween
until Thanksgiving you just turn them around
So they just look like pumpkins. I carved the
backside of mine, too But upcoming, we also have
the veteran honor tree starting November 3rd
up to the 25th of November. It will be in a student
center atrium. It's for those who have served
and for those that we should remember. Then we
also have circuit mechanics tilt in Yardley Hall,
November 7th for 730 to 930. So it will be the
day we post this. Go look at some. I believe
it's like acrobatics. That sounds cool. It does
sound super cool. Upcoming in the Yardley Hall
after that, we have the Opus 76 Quartet with
Alexander Markov playing the violin. It's in
Yardley Hall, starts at 2 p .m., lasts till 4
p .m., and you can get tickets online. But most
tickets are cheap if not free for students. Okay,
so Veterans Day is coming up next week November
11th So the veteran and military connected student
club is having a breakfast at 830 a .m. To 11
a .m. On Tuesday So you can get a full free breakfast
in Cav Central With bacon and eggs biscuits and
gravy and all the trimmings it says There is
also the Veterans Day card writing project and
that will be on Tuesday, November 11th from 11
a .m. to 1 p .m. in COM Atrium. There is also
the International Festival which is happening
Wednesday, November 12th and that is going to
be in the Science Building in 103. So you can
see a mix of different cultures and countries
and you don't even have to leave the campus So
check it out All right upcoming. We also have
the JCV JC SVA Johnson County SVA You can join
JC SVA in comms 305 on November 10th 8 a .m.
To 4 p .m. To celebrate the United States Marine
Corps And then like we said, we have the kindness
tree also happening on November 10th from 8 a
.m. To 5 p .m. I Had an idea guys what? We really
need to debrief about what happened in the Bodker
black box leader For those who didn't tune into
last week's episode We may or may not have caught
a ghost on camera Why do you sound so unsure
about this? I'm not unsure. I just, I'm not a
ghost person. I actually don't even like Halloween.
I don't even like Halloween. I don't. I actually
hate spooky season. I'm also more of a Christmas
fan myself. It just, it brings me so much joy,
but I mean, I always feel like I'm missing out
with Halloween to get FOMO. I just, I like to
dress up, you know, but not... Not, you know,
like a Halloween -style type deal. I just like
the cosplay. I don't want to just, like, dress
up as a witch or something. Like, no. I don't
want to do that. I want to do something from
anime. And I don't like Halloween because it's
too scary and I don't like scary things. That's
why I was a bunny. I thought that was cute. Exactly.
I'm looking at you like, girl, I don't know what
the fuck you're talking about. I don't like speaking
to ghosts. Yeah. I'm so sorry. Please don't fire
me. Please. This is a bad word. And Zach gave
me the stink eye. Oh well. No. Okay, so in all
seriousness, we really do need to talk about
that. Okay, here's my take. Alright. I think
it may or may not have been real. You were there.
I know I was there. The light flickered. Yes.
It said Bodker. I know, I heard it. What radio
station would say Bodker? I don't know. I don't
know. You never know. Maybe they were talking
about it. I don't know. I mean, the guy is so
popular they named a theater after him. Nobody's
talking about Bodker Black Box Theater. Like
no radio station is It's okay Why are you so
such a non -believer if that did happen? Like
I'm not no I'm not saying that it didn't happen.
I just don't want to acknowledge that it happened
Okay, I was gonna say I do agree. It was it it
felt a bit silly at the beginning Yeah, I'm like
we were just we were playing phasmophobia. We
were just walking around Nothing was gonna happen
but then something did happen. I think it's because
we got theater students involved, including Zach.
Zach and Landon were really the only ones who
were able to directly communicate with it. Yeah.
Because it did say Zach's name. And you thought
it was saying Harper, but it was saying Harvey.
It could be just saying Harvey. Because we did
some research a - afterwards, which is faulty
on our part, but we didn't want to know. We didn't
want to have those words implanted in our brains
already to look out for, if that makes sense.
So what we come to find out, whenever I was like,
did it say Harper? Could have just been saying
Harvey, because we were asking what its name
was, and I heard Harv. I was like, does that
say Harper? Oh my God. I thought it was saying
my name. It could have been. Could have said
Harper. It could have said Harvey, but his name
is Harvey vodka and I Have a spare box with me
right now Don't even oh my gosh, but we are doing
a part two with the president of Johnson County
Community College Yeah She won't be joining us
this time. She has to work unfortunately, but
we're gonna do just like a short little walkthrough
maybe We are trying to figure out where to post
this and how long the episode will be but we're
really Excited to see his take on I'm excited
to see it. I want to see our president doing
things with students. I think that'd be nice
Yeah, if you guys want to see the president participate
with us in more student -led activities. Let
us know We are so excited to scare him to ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha do you have to do it you will
laugh for me? Mwa ha ha ha. Are you talking about
right now? How about when you do the video? But
we could do evil laughs right now. Go ahead.
Yeah, no you go first. I just did mine Forget
my laugh, we're gonna edit this audio out and
we're gonna overlay onto the video later. Oh
my gosh. You heard my laugh, we heard hers. Hers
is way better. Okay, okay. Anyway. Sorry. There
was an evil laugh contest at a convention I went
to. Those were some really good evil laughs.
Really? Yes. I can't do it. I can't like they
were like in the depths of their souls like I
don't know Oh guys, I have news Mackenzie's cars
broken down again. It's not broken down She just
didn't have any break pads. No, I have big breads,
but I Just need new tires and I may or may not
need new brakes. I don't think I need no breaks
personally So we will be taking my car going
forward for any adventures off campus. We can
still take my car. I'm not gonna drive. She's
safe. Nope. Alright. Does your car have a name?
No. We've talked about this. We've talked about
naming our cars on this podcast. Did we? Yeah.
I named my car immediately when I got it. What'd
you name it? Shimmer. Is it a girl? Yeah. Zach,
what's your car's name? Charlie. Charlie got
Charlie and shimmer you need a name a White Volkswagen
Seems like a boy name. Huh? White Volkswagen
is a boy name, isn't it? Mm -hmm. That's what
I need my car white Volkswagen, okay My cousin
Zach I'm not a Volkswagen. Are you a Mazda then?
I didn't name my car my name either. If you had,
if you had to, and this can be our question for
the day, if you had to be a car, what car would
you pick? Oh God, you guys go first. Do you have
something that pops in your head? Um. I would
be a Pontiac. Tempest? I don't even know what
it is. I forgot. Wait, let me look. Because there's
a specific one. I feel like I would be a white
370Z. What? What is that? White 370Z? Personally,
the black 370Zs look sleek. A Pontiac G6. Girl
your way way better than that I just like these
ones either that or um I like my car if I could
be my car. I would You know that car from Supernatural
the show the Dean that's me as a car Why can
I see it though that's me as a car Yeah, yeah
that car in it perfect The car from Supernatural?
The show? I don't know if you know what I'm talking
about. Anyway. A Chevy Impala! That is you! That
is you! That's me! Oh my gosh. Wait, wait, wait.
I hope you can see that. That's me. I'm, I'm...
Zach, have you figured it out yet? What are you?
I don't know. I feel like I'd be... I said, I
think... Maybe like a Chevy. I think a Mazda
would be fine. It would just not be my current
Mazda. It'd be a newer one. Okay. It would be
one with a sunroof. You do have a sunroof. I
see it. I do have a sunroof. Would you guys put
stickers on your bumpers and all that? I already
do. Well, not yet. I guess not on my bumpers.
On your back window. I don't have any stickers
on my car. I have two stickers on my car. I have
an octopus in my windshield. Do you have anything
hanging from your mirror? My graduation cap tassel.
Nice. That thing is, like, ruffled. What? No!
It's, like, unraveling. I don't know. Oh, OK.
Ruffled? Ruffled. I'm sorry. My mind is moving
very slow nowadays. I don't know what's going
on. It's fall. It gets dark at 5 p .m. now. Happy
Daylight Savings! It happened last week. Did
you watch it? Did I watch Daylight Savings? Yeah,
did you watch the clock go from 2 a .m. to 1?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I meant. If that
happened, technically, did I stay up later than
I did? Yeah. That's so scary. Have you guys seen
Community? I panic like Obed panics for daylight
savings time. I like get picked out. But all
of my clocks somehow right now match the time.
I didn't change them. I just changed the one
in my car today on the way to Big Biscuit. Mine
matches. I just never changed it in my car. The
only one I changed was the one in my microwave.
I just changed my microwave. I don't even know
if those changed. Anyways, I think that's all
we have for today. Unfortunately, it's getting
a bit short with episodes, but we hope to hopefully
have an additional bonus episode with Zach the
president of the school and maybe Mackenzie.
That's what I thought was gonna happen in the
theater. I thought something was gonna touch
me That's so creepy that were to happen. I don't
think we have anything demonic or creepy Like
I think we just have someone who likes to watch.
I feel like he's like protecting The theater
just make sure nobody gets hurt. Yeah, I mean
Hey, if you feel if you go into the where are
we the Polsky and you feel something? He's there.
It's vodka Harvey vodka is in the Polsky theater
We have proof watch our video right watch our
video I'm so sorry. I'm chill Alright, thank
you guys so much for watching. We will catch
you in our bonus episode, and if you don't go
there. We'll catch you next week