Heads up, hero!   You're gonna need three things for chem lab this semester:  a LAB MANUAL, a LAB NOTEBOOK, a COMBINATION LOCK, and a CALCULATOR.

Lab Manuals are available for $20 at the Co-op.  You must have the Fall 2009 edition with the orange and white cover (see picture below).

Lab notebooks like the one pictured below are $14.50 from the Duplicating office in the main hallway of Welch (room 2.228) or $15 from the Co-op.  You don't have to have that exact same kind, but the one you get must have 100 DUPLICATE, NUMBERED pages.  Most students use 70+ pages by the end of the semester.

You can get a combination lock from the Co-op, from the CH204 stockroom, or from the Duplicating office in WEL 2.228.  Or just buy one anywhere that fine personal security devices are sold.  Gotta be a combination lock, not a padlock.

Make sure your calculator does exponents and logs.  Don't show up with a business calculator that will amortize your mortgage in two easy steps but won't allow you to calculate pH if your life depends on it. And don't come to class with a little pink Hello Kitty calculator that gives off a high-pitched beep every time you press a button.  (I know I shouldn't have to say these things, but guess what happens when I don't...)

Get it?

Got it!

Good.