Ad Astra will have a very special Vegan Thanksgiving Feast this Friday in celebration of friendship, community, and the lives to chicken and dairy cows! Several house members will cook the meal from scratch, using some recipes they've tried before and some new recipes obtained at the NASCO institute in Michegan earlier this month.
This will be the first major social event hosted at the Ad Astra house since our "Dress as Your Patron Deity" party towards the beginning of the school year.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
NASCO
Ad Astra sent a small delegation to the NASCO institute last week. They all came back very excited and full of new ideas on how to improve the House. We look forward to hearing from Deacon, Ezra, and Jena on co-op improvements in the coming weeks.
New Toilet
After 5 weeks of running downstairs every time nature called, upstairs Ad Astrans have a brand-spanking-new toilet! This state-of-the-art waste disposal system has a dual flush. That means less water for #1 and more for #2. Yay conservation! (Of course, the mellow yellow policy still applies).
Not only do we have a new toilet, we installed it ourselves. The night before buying the toilet, UKSHA director Aaron Paden removed the toilet from the floor and set it in the bathtub. It then fell to Ian and Jena to carry it down to the dumpster. The smell was... not good. The next day, Aaron arrived at our house with the new toilet. He and Jason carried it upstairs and did the bulk of the installation, while Chelsea and I assisted with tool retrieval (once you're wedged in that space, you're not getting out easily). But oh no! The toilet was too high for our old water supply line. Deacon found a box of random supply lines in the shop, but none of them fit. Thus, it was left until tomorrow, when I could run to Cottin's Hardware and get a new supply line. A little twist, a turn of a knob, and presto! The upstairs people are very, very happy. Oh, and it' super slick, too. You flush with a button on the top of the tank instead of the standard lever. Snazzy.
Not only do we have a new toilet, we installed it ourselves. The night before buying the toilet, UKSHA director Aaron Paden removed the toilet from the floor and set it in the bathtub. It then fell to Ian and Jena to carry it down to the dumpster. The smell was... not good. The next day, Aaron arrived at our house with the new toilet. He and Jason carried it upstairs and did the bulk of the installation, while Chelsea and I assisted with tool retrieval (once you're wedged in that space, you're not getting out easily). But oh no! The toilet was too high for our old water supply line. Deacon found a box of random supply lines in the shop, but none of them fit. Thus, it was left until tomorrow, when I could run to Cottin's Hardware and get a new supply line. A little twist, a turn of a knob, and presto! The upstairs people are very, very happy. Oh, and it' super slick, too. You flush with a button on the top of the tank instead of the standard lever. Snazzy.
Our new Glacier Bay Elongated Dual Flush High Efficiency 1.1/1.6 GPF All-in-One Toilet
Posted by Beth
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Ad Astrans in the News
Current resident Jason Hering has been working to save the Wakarusa Wetlands. Check out these news articles:
Lawrence Journal-World- Trafficway Opponents Seek KU Roadblock
University Daily Kansan- Demonstrators Hope Stop Wetland Road Talks
Posted by Beth
Lawrence Journal-World- Trafficway Opponents Seek KU Roadblock
University Daily Kansan- Demonstrators Hope Stop Wetland Road Talks
Posted by Beth
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