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__Countdown – Only **5** days until VillaFest__.
 * VillaFest Is Almost Here**

What are doing this Friday and Saturday? Here’s a suggestion: Enjoy a Happy Hour, Midnight Madness, Haunted Trail and Bonfire on Friday, followed by the Fest of VillaFest, athletic games, a Bull Roast and nationally recognized illusionist Mike Super on Saturday. Visit < [|www.stevenson.edu] > to see the full VillaFest line-up. Buy your tickets now for **Mike Super**. Budget-friendly price, too: $8 each, $20 for four; $10 at the door. Pick up tickets at the Student Union, Student Activities Office and Bookstore today.

As part of “this movie I seen one time,” the Bob Dylan Film Festival, enjoy this week’s selection, “Don’t Look Back,” an insightful documentary of Dylan’s 1965 British tour and his last solely acoustic performances.
 * Movie: Bob Dylan Film Festival**
 * Date:** Tuesday, Oct. 14
 * Time:** 3:30 p.m.
 * Place:** Academic Center, Room 12, Greenspring

Want to know more about University restructuring? Attend the University Restructuring Task Force meeting.
 * University Restructuring Task Force Meeting**
 * Date:** Thursday, Oct. 16
 * Time:** 4:30 p.m.
 * Place:** Exchange, Greenspring

Times are tough for many people in our community. Reach out and help through these three community-building opportunities open to all faculty, staff and students. To sign up or for details, contact **Kayla Tufares**, extension **2357** or < ktufares@stevenson.edu>
 * Give Back the Stevenson University Way Times Three**

For someone who is homeless or living in a shelter, a sandwich may mean all the difference. Give whatever time you can to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that will be picked up by the Salvation Army and distributed to homeless individuals and people living in Baltimore City shelters.
 * 1) Make It A PB & J Day**
 * Date:** Friday, Oct. 17
 * Time:** 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
 * Place:** Rockland, Room B, Owings Mills

Fine-feathered or not, you’re invited to join Stevenson’s first Turkey Trot. Winners of the trot – a brisk walk or slow jog – will have a Thanksgiving gift basket donated in their names to area families in need. Turkey costumes are encouraged – be creative with feathers and more. Winners will be selected by special panel of Stevenson judges.
 * 2) Turkey Trot for A Good Cause**
 * Date:** Sunday, Oct. 19
 * Time:** Noon to 12:30 p.m.
 * Place:** Greenspring campus

Put your leadership and organizational skills to good use during Stevenson’s Building A Community Day, held to support Waverly-based Youth Dreamers. The day-long effort will fix up a home that the youth organization will use for meetings and events. As a team leader, you will organize a group of about 10 Stevenson University students. Transportation provided.
 * 3) Be a Team Leader for Building A Community Day**
 * Date:** Saturday, Oct. 25
 * Time:** 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In October, the whitetail deer, known as Odocoileus Virginianus, begin their mating rituals. With the onset of hormones, the deer lose the caution and wariness for which they are so well known. As a result, they are likely to run out on the road unexpectedly.
 * Deer Alert: Be Careful Out There**

All the roads surrounding Stevenson University are prime candidates for a collision with a deer. Protect yourself. Be watchful of the farm fields in the area, especially during the early morning at dusk. Deer are most active at these times because of their nocturnal feeding and mating.

Anticipate that a deer will run in front of you. Lower your speed, check the fields regularly on both sides of the road, and use high-beam headlights at night. Avoid tailgating the vehicle in front of you – leave yourself room to avoid a collision.

Although beautiful, whitetailed deer are an unpredictable variable in an equation for disaster on the roads. You can’t remove the deer from Greenspring Valley. So, we need to learn to live with them. Please drive carefully.


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