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• If you commute and you're late, don't compensate by speeding or multitasking in the car. Common sen says it's better to be late than squished.
  
• If you park on campus, and it's dark and you're scared-call campus security at #300 or #333 from a campus phone. Security will escort you to your car, free of charge or ridicule!
  
• Park at the Tacoma Dome lot. It's free, and you can take the light rail to school. Suddenly you're urban chic!
  
• Yes, the campus police do give out parking tickets. Don't believe the myths.
  
• If you park in the Cragle Lot, you do not need to put your ticket in your car window.
  

• No cell phones! Turn them off, not just to "vibrate". Remember life before constant electronic stimulation?
  
• There is no need to force every person in a one-mile radius of your location to hear your cell phone conversation, so keep your voice down. Not everyone needs to know about Fluffy's trip to the vet.
  
• Along those lines, we don't want to hear about your sexual exploits, or lack thereof. Leave the gossip behind at high school, or save it for the local bar.
  

• Our library is small, but it rocks. Librarians are full of knowledge and helpful resources. Go find some.
  
• If you need help with writing or math, go to the Teaching and Learning Center in KEY 202. They will even proof your papers for classes. Check out their Web site and utilize the resources they offer. http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/ctlt
  

• When attempting to log on to a computer on campus, it goes as follows: Username:yourname@u.washington.edu. Yes, you need to type the entire address, including the u.washington part.
  
• If you are surfing the Web and you wouldn't want your grandmother to see what
  you're checking out, then don't surf those pages on school computers.
  

• When you're using your laptop in class to check baseball scores or MySpace, your classmates can see you! And some of us are tattletales.
  
• Cramming right before class is not a good idea. That study strategy may work for the first few weeks, but you'll regret it later.
  
• Almost all professors prefer 1-inch margins on your papers. When you open Microsoft Word, the blank document typically gives you 1.25-inch margins on the left and right. So if you think your paper is finally, FINALLY six pages? Check the margins again. Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT change your margins to anything other than 1 inch!
  
• If you have a question during class, ask! Please. Chances are at least one other person is wondering the same thing.
  
• LISTEN to what your professor is saying. Not only might the information show up on a test, but you're also paying for the class.
  
• Try not to fall asleep during class.
  

• Try to make acquaintances and friends in your classes. It's tough being a loner, especially if and when the class splits into groups.
  
• Even though their location is convenient, do try other coffeehouses besides Starbucks. Be daring.
  
• The following tip applies to every location in the whole wide world: Don't loiter near doorways or pack into hallways.
  
• We don't advise bar-hopping between classes. Our illustrious school does not offer a "barley and hops" concentration.
  

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