Bethe residents sitting around a table at the first House dinner, smiling.

Bethe Connections: 2/3-2/10

Your one stop shop for things happening in Bethe and
beyond this coming week!

Bethe Engagements

Weekly House Dinner: Black History Month Celebration
West African-Themed Menu

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6pm-7pm, Bethe Dining

Soup
Roasted Sweet Potato

Salad
Healthy Style Salad Station
Lentil Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

Entrees
West African Vegetable and Rice Stew (Vegan)
Senegalese Beef Stew
Jollof Rice (Vegetarian)

Sides
Flatbread (Vegetarian)
Collard Greens (Vegetarian)
Roasted Carrots (Vegan)
Fried Plantains with Chili Sauce (Vegetarian)
Sweet Potato Fries

Desserts
Lime Cake Cupcake Display
Cornell Ice Cream

Open to only Bethe Residents from 6-7pm! Everyone else welcome to join at 7pm.

Bethe Continued Occupancy Application Due!

Friday, Feb. 10, 11:59pm, Housing Portal

Current Bethe Residents who are not Active Citizens and wish to continue to live must apply to be entered into the lottery.

Community Healing Spaces

Course Opportunities

UNILWYL 1416 - Learning Where You Live Course Spring 2023
Socially Just Leadership Development
Wednesdays, 7:30pm-8:30pm, HP Apartment (Bethe 125)

Instructors: HPD Andrew Hicks and HAD Perdita Das-Humphrey with various guest speakers and content experts

This interactive 1-credit course will provide West Campus students an opportunity to use an enhanced social justice lens to nurture their leadership development and push past performative allyship. Students will be challenged to reflect critically on their identities, learn the path from diversity to inclusion and justice, develop tangible skills and tools to interrupt injustice, and further their learning and understanding of social justice. Grading: S/U

Caring for Our Common Home: COLLIS Institute Programs Spring 2023

This semester, COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, an affiliate of Cornell United Religious Work, will be focusing on the environment and sustainability as concerns of religion and of science. Join us for a public screening and discussion of The Letter: A Message for Our Earth at 7 PM on January 26 (230 Anabel Taylor Hall), and sign up to participate in our non-credit course, "Science, Religion, and the Environment," led by Cornell University and Ithaca College instructors. More information at collisinstitute.org or e-mail Elizabeth Lyon Hall at ell67@cornell.edu

Cornell Health Updates

Start the semester strong
Establishing a foundation of self-care helps promote your mental health and support your academic success all semester long. Check out Cornell Health’s top 10 tips for thriving at Cornell, as well as their free workshops and resources to support your health and well-being.

CAPS spring counseling groups
Did you know that for many concerns, group support is as effective or MORE effective than individual counseling? CAPS offers free counseling groups to help students manage anxiety, depression, eating concerns, substance use, and more, with groups especially for students of color and LGBTQ+ students. See what students say about CAPS groups.

Hazing: Not just an innocent rite of passage
Joining a group, team, or organization should never jeopardize your physical or mental health. Most groups at Cornell don’t haze – and 91% of Cornell students say it's never okay to humiliate or intimidate new group members – but whenever new members join, there is the potential for hazing. Visit hazing.cornell.edu to see how Cornell defines hazing, review campus hazing violations, and learn how to report hazing online or get support for related concerns.

Beyond Bethe

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Important Reminders

Bethe House Office Hours

Mon-Fri: 9am-8pm
Saturday: 11am-4pm
Sunday: 5pm-7pm

*Hours may change. Please call the GRF on call (607-327-1729) for urgent situations and lock outs when the House Office is closed.

Please remember that you can always call
Cornell Public Safety at 607-255-111 at any time for emergencies!

Bethe House Office Phone: 607-255-7210

email: bethehouseoffice@gmail.com

As a reminder, please wait till your get an email from the House Office telling you that you have a package or letter. We are no longer utilizing our mailboxes and will be processing paper mail the same way we do packages. You will receive an email when you have letter mail to pick up at the House Office.

GRF On Call: 607-327-1729

The GRF On-Call phone is only turned on when the House Office is closed.

Reasons to call the GRF On-Call: lockouts after hours, neighbors are being noisy during quiet hours (sounds like a party), the electricity went out in your room, and other similar concerns that cannot wait until the House Office is open again.

Do not call the GRF On-Call to pick up a package from the House Office, to let your friend(s) into the building, or for anything that can wait until the House Office is open.

FOR EMERGENCIES CALL CUPD 607-255-1111, OR 911