https://www.realcty.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Ctyer&feedformat=atomRealCTY - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T20:35:03ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.34.1https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=CTY_Shirts&diff=53749CTY Shirts2021-01-09T06:29:23Z<p>Ctyer: </p>
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<div>CTY shirts are worn at CTY during the sessions. At the end of the session, many people write messages on the shirt in sharpie as a remembrance of their time there. <br />
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Note that in years past, there were different designs on the shirt and it was just black but for a different logo type each time, but in more recent years it has just been the Johns Hopkins logo and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth on the shirt. The last year of this was the summer of 2010 when CTY created the present shirt design.<br />
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These are the CTY shirt colors from different years, you can add more if you know any:<br />
* 2020: Dark Slate Grey with white lettering<br />
* 2019: Forest Green with white lettering (Also says 40th Anniversary)<br />
* 2018: Garnet Red with white lettering<br />
* 2017: Pale Blue with White lettering<br />
* 2016: Dark Blue with Blue lettering<br />
* 2015: Bright Orange with White lettering<br />
* 2014: Yellow with Black Lettering<br />
* 2013: Green with White lettering<br />
* 2012: White with Blue lettering<br />
* 2011: Blue with White lettering<br />
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* 2010: [[Image: Shirt2010.jpg]]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Blammo_God&diff=53709Blammo God2020-11-20T16:53:23Z<p>Ctyer: /* Los Angeles */</p>
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<div>The Blammo Gods of CTY are the administrators of the game of Blammo. They are in charge of signups for Blammo, keeping track of and assigning targets, answering questions about the game, bringing and providing spoons, etc. They run the game.<br />
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Blammo Gods may have helpers, sometimes referred to as Blammo Angels, that help with the strenuous logistics work involved in running the game (or just get the Gods food during mealtimes).<br />
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Depending on how the Blammo God chooses to run things, it is possible for them to play themselves, and even win.<br />
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Because they are the Gods, they get to decide the rules - where and when is a safe zone, what counts as a legal kill, whether projectile Blammos, custom weapons, or other fancy stuff is allowed, etc. <br />
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While in theory the Blammo Gods should run the game fairly (randomly assigning targets), they have often been known to bend the rules. This can include allowing players to request targets, rigging selection so players get people they know, bringing players back to life, and allowing their friends immunity.<br />
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Session 1 Lancaster usually has two Gods that run separate games, which are merged during Final Blammo, while Session 2 Lancaster has a single God. The relic is a mustachioed stuffed yellow spoon named [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory]]. The position is passed down at Passionfruit, with the new God(s) being initiated in a shower of blammo spoons.<br />
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==Blammo Gods==<br />
Below, Blammo Gods who have resided over games are listed by year, site, and session. Please add any missing Blammo Gods that have previously resided over games.<br />
(A list of Blammo Gods can also be found [[Blammo#Lancaster|here.]])<br />
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===Lancaster===<br />
Session 1:<br />
* ∞.1: [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory Spoon]]<br />
* 07.1: Zev Hurwich<br />
* 09.1: Elena Karras<br />
* 11.1: Rudy Garcia and Alex Kohanski<br />
* 12.1: Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob<br />
* 13.1: Ankita Satpathy and Alex Lesnik<br />
* 14.1: Eric Wan and Bonnie Nguyen (when Mahishan Gnanaseharan did not return)<br />
* 15.1: Annika Hildebrandt and [[User:Zoe|Zoe Zmola]] (originally Michelle Dashevsky)<br />
* 16.1: Drew Genuit and [[User:Shprinkles|Victoria "Shprinkles" Provost]] (when Lynnette Jiang could not return)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:sienzala|Sienna Axe]] and [[User:Aidan|Aidan Parker]] (when Jack Frey could not return)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Hillary|Hillary Mak]] and Michael Kissane<br />
* 19.1: [[User:Lindsey.russ|Lindsey Russ]] and [[User:naomilovesspoons|Naomi Abramowicz]]<br />
* 20.1: Myrah Charles and [[User:Riyakishen|Riya Kishen]]<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 05.2: Mama Will Colmer<br />
* 06.2: Rachel Todd<br />
* 07.2: Laney<br />
* 10.2: Sam Fomon and Declan Kennedy<br />
* 11.2: Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire<br />
* 12.2: Sam Ngan and Mindy Cheng<br />
* 13.2: Sam Ngan and Ashley Wang<br />
* 14.2: [[User:AmigurumiGirl|Sharon Lin]]<br />
* 15.2: Samantha Pancoe<br />
* 16.2: Allie Voltaggio<br />
* 17.2: Michael Zhang ([[User: willChu|Will Chu]] did most of the work)<br />
* 18.2: Caroline Zhao<br />
* 19.2: [[User:AnnabelleJ|Annabelle Hinks]]<br />
* 20.2: [[User:MaiaHubscher|Maia Hubscher]]<br />
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===Saratoga Springs===<br />
At Saratoga Springs, the session one Blammo God is a member of the Royalty. The relic is known as the Blammo God Crown, a cardboard and duct tape crown with a ring of plastic spoons around it. While all the other three session one members of the royalty have authority over Blammo, the Blammo God's decisions in regards to rules and kills are final. The position of Blammo God is tied to one of the Emperor slots and is subsequently passed down at Passionfruit when naming new Royalty. The relic of the Session Two Blammo God is a giant spoon that was first brought to SAR by Alisha Ukani in 2012.2. Since then, it has been passed down to Blammo God successors in a Spoonicorn ceremony at Passionfruit. For session two the winner of Blammo, if they accept, becomes Blammo God for the next year. If they decline Blammo God is given to second place and so down the line.<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 13.1: RA Jamie Jung<br />
* 14.1: Charlotte Keely and Katie Miles (Empresses) <br />
* 15.1: Griffin Badalamente (Emperor) <br />
* 16.1: Duncan, Carly, Byron, Viky (Royalty)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:AlexBrasileiro|Alexandre Jabor]] (Mr. Blammo God), Gabe, Kaiya and Zivia (Royalty)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Juniorlin.7|Nelson Lin]] (Mr. Blammo God Melon Jr.), [[User:Kaiti Filippou|Kaiti Filippou]], and [[User:Daxuie|Daniel Xu]] (Royalty)<br />
* 19.1 [[User:Robert Sheng|Robert Sheng]] (Mrs. Blammo God), Eric Krieger, [[User:gramos|Gia Mar Ramos]], and [[User:Noorsingh19|Noor Singh]] (Royalty)<br />
* 20.1 Jack Schaeffer (Blammo God), Max Tanksley, [[User:Dotdoesstuff|Dorothy Zhou]], Neya Kidambi (Royalty)<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 12.2: Alisha Ukani<br />
* 13.2: Kimberley/Kimmy Katz<br />
* 14.2: Alex Goodisman<br />
* 15.2: Jake Garso<br />
* 16.2 Maeve Brammer<br />
* 17.2: [[User:Hgrauer|Hannah Grauer]]<br />
* 18.2: Brooke Avery<br />
* 19.2: [[User:MedusaHead5|Rhys Bloom]] (given by the elected, Ashley Jakubowicz)<br />
* 20.2: [[User:Dan.Olevsky|Daniel Olevsky]] (Cancelled)<br />
* 21.2: [[User:Dan.Olevsky|Daniel Olevsky]]<br />
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===Los Angeles===<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 2008.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2009.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2010.1: ?<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2015.1: None<br />
* 2016.1: Jalen Sur and Thomas Brooks<br />
* 2017.1: Nilisha Baid and Zofia Borowska<br />
* 2018.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Amanda Nguyen<br />
* 2019.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Elise Kim<br />
* 2020.1: Allison Nguyen, Amanda Chen, Corey Wang<br />
* 2021.1: Allison Nguyen, Alana Reyes, William Yu, Miles Kottler<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 2008.2: Emma M. and Lyra<br />
* 2010.2: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Mexican Jesus<br />
* 2013.2: Caitlin H.<br />
* 2014.2: Colin S.<br />
* 2015.2: Cameron T. and Kiki K.<br />
* 2016.2: [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P.]], Jessica Z., and Cameron T.<br />
* 2017.2: [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]], Pearson M., and [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S.]]<br />
* 2019.2: Olivia Wong, Lysander Schmit, and Jocelyn Shek<br />
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===Baltimore===<br />
* 2009.2: Sam Goldstein<br />
* 2010.1: None<br />
* 2010.2: Trinity<br />
* 2011.2: Karl Heinlein?<br />
* 2012.1: None<br />
* 2012.2: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]]<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Colin Song and many others<br />
* 2015.2: Milo<br />
* 2016.1: Cancelled<br />
* 2017.1: Banned<br />
* 2017.2: Banned<br />
* 2018.1: Banned<br />
* 2018.2: Banned<br />
* 2019.1: ?<br />
* 2019.2: Amanda Chen (banned)<br />
* 2020.1: ?<br />
* 2020.1: Victoria Lam (no Blammo, just a site-wide, admin-approved game)<br />
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===Carlisle===<br />
* 2010.2: Max H.<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Carl<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: ?<br />
* 2014.1: Tony Topol, Karan Tandon, and Jason Mickenberg<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Andrew Javems<br />
* 2015.2:<br />
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===Princeton===<br />
* 2010: Race Archibold and Benjamin Boult<br />
* 2011: Logan Phillips, Arthur Dashan, Julia Tanaka, ???<br />
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===Easton===<br />
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Session 1<br />
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* 2017.1: Aja Saldana (Demigods were Austin Szatrowski and Hannah Cohen)<br />
* 2018.1: Austin Szatrowski, Ryan Burns, Richie Conte, and Kiley Rubright<br />
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Session 2<br />
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* 2013.2: Kyle Eve-Townsend and Braxton Jones<br />
* 2014.2: Dean Dijour and Jake Lawyer<br />
* 2015.2: Matt Hom and James Kim<br />
* 2016.2: Matt Hom and Andrew Crisol<br />
* 2017.2: Sophia Phaltankar, Meagan Wong, Phillip Alexeev<br />
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===CLI SFSU===<br />
* 2007: Peter Treadway<br />
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===Bristol===<br />
* 2016.2: Justin (JZ) Zhao, Haeju Jeong, Justin (Adel) Adel, Sangmin (Sang) Lee</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=53708Los Angeles2020-11-20T16:50:06Z<p>Ctyer: /* Tradition History */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, 17.2 and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
<br />
*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
<br />
*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
<br />
*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
<br />
(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
<br />
*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
<br />
*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
<br />
*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
<br />
*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
<br />
*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
<br />
*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
<br />
*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
<br />
*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
<br />
*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
<br />
*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
<br />
*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''19.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was messed up because no one knew what was going on. Many cannon songs were omitted like Forever Young, Cotton eye Joe. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water day - Featured various activities such as water kick ball, and an activity dedicated to Kevin the glove!!!<br />
***Movie Night - UP was the chosen movie for session 2. Popcorn was passed out.<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Frisbie Scrimmage - People were put into teams and then there was a knockoff tournament. And then there was an all-stars team who played vs the staff team.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme:) American Pie was messed up, with everyone leaving in the center too early. Still, a bunch of songs was left out<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunter games - It was rotational activities between teams(each comprised of 2 halls) and it ended in a rock-paper-scissors showdown between three halls. And the winner were the game theory class...(what a coincidence).<br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people. RAs did a lip-synchs and a boxing match at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: Aveneesh was host...<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Many many many cannon songs were missed out, especially everytime we touch.<br />
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*'''20.1/20.2'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to COVID-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores. MAJOR SHOUTOUT to 20.1 Holy Trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda. We love you guys!!<br />
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*'''21.1/21.2'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled once again due to COVID-19. Our hearts go out to all the nomores and nevermores. A special thanks to our 21.1 and 21.2 holy trinity's. We love you all!!<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2021 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
*2021 Will Yu<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
*2021 Alana Reyes<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to COVID-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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'''21.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled once again due to COVID-19. We are so so sad for our nomores and nevermores, especially our 21.1 Holy Trinity. We like you, we love you, we CTY you.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=53707Los Angeles2020-11-20T16:48:28Z<p>Ctyer: /* Order of Activities */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, 17.2 and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''19.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was messed up because no one knew what was going on. Many cannon songs were omitted like Forever Young, Cotton eye Joe. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water day - Featured various activities such as water kick ball, and an activity dedicated to Kevin the glove!!!<br />
***Movie Night - UP was the chosen movie for session 2. Popcorn was passed out.<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Frisbie Scrimmage - People were put into teams and then there was a knockoff tournament. And then there was an all-stars team who played vs the staff team.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme:) American Pie was messed up, with everyone leaving in the center too early. Still, a bunch of songs was left out<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunter games - It was rotational activities between teams(each comprised of 2 halls) and it ended in a rock-paper-scissors showdown between three halls. And the winner were the game theory class...(what a coincidence).<br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people. RAs did a lip-synchs and a boxing match at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: Aveneesh was host...<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Many many many cannon songs were missed out, especially everytime we touch.<br />
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*'''20.1/20.2'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to COVID-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores. MAJOR SHOUTOUT to 20.1 Holy Trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda. We love you guys!!<br />
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*'''21.1/21.2'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled once again due to COVID-19. Our hearts go out to all the nomores and nevermores. A special thanks to our 21.1 and 21.2 holy trinity's. We love you all!!<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2021 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
*2021 Will Yu<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
*2021 Alana Reyes<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to covid-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=53554Los Angeles2020-07-22T22:35:27Z<p>Ctyer: /* Holy Ghost */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''20.1'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to covid-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores. MAJOR SHOUTOUT to 20.1 Holy Trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda. We love you guys!!<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2021 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
*2021 Will Yu<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
*2021 Alana Reyes<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to covid-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=53553Los Angeles2020-07-22T22:34:34Z<p>Ctyer: /* Son */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''20.1'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to covid-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores. MAJOR SHOUTOUT to 20.1 Holy Trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda. We love you guys!!<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2021 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
*2021 Will Yu<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to covid-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=53552Los Angeles2020-07-22T22:33:21Z<p>Ctyer: /* Father */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''20.1'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to covid-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores. MAJOR SHOUTOUT to 20.1 Holy Trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda. We love you guys!!<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2021 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to covid-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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<div>This page is a record of well-known, beloved, and/or despised LMU staff and the many stories collected about them.<br />
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==Instructional Staff==<br />
===Brian Talbot===<br />
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Brian Talbot teaches Logic and has been teaching this course since 2003 and perhaps earlier. He is famous for his call at handoff, "LLLLOOOOOOO[deep breath]GGIIIIIIC." <br />
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In 10.2, Brian taught Ethics. The handoff call was changed to, "EEEEEEEEEE[deep breath]THIIIIIIIICS!" His students, at closing ceremony, shouted the Ethics call, which soon broke out into a chant of "E-THICS! E-THICS! E-THICS!" much to the amusement of the parents who had shown up to watch the ceremony. His students deny that a Logic call has ever existed.<br />
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In his other life, he is the Big Fat Genius, author of a guide to the Law Student Admission Test (LSAT) [http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Guide-LSAT-Logic-Games/dp/0976395908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278964025&sr=8-1]. He has helped many students get into law school. He also holds a JD.<br />
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===Tengiz Bibilashvili===<br />
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Better known as Dr. B, he taught physics for 10.1. Being from the country Georgia, he has a most charming accent. He makes words as simple as "Genius" or "Jeebers"--his typical response to his students--sound hilarious and deep at the same time. As awesome as this accent is, his jokes and wave dancing are even better. But perhaps the best talent he possesses is his artistic prowess. With his brilliant drawing of a 2-D dog or his "students" (which were usually squares) he captured the camera memory of everyone. Being a good sport, he went along with the surprise party his class threw him and provided them many good inside jokes. Though he brainwashed his students with physics and gave them tests "for fun", he is dearly loved and the best teacher the world will ever see. If you need to pronounce his name, thinking of it like one goose, ten geese. This is now his class's signature chant: ONE GOOSE--TENGIZ!<br />
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==Residential Staff==<br />
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===The Borings===<br />
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'''The Borings''' are a group of famous RAs at [[LMU]].<br />
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CTY LMU students and alumni know the three Boring brothers as inseparable from the CTY identity. Chris, Jesse, and Jason Boring are the most respected and legendary RAs to have been employed at the site, and are known for running the best activities, many of which are long-running. Examples include Sparkleball and More Active Than Sleep But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat. Along with their "adopted brothers and sisters," RAs Tom Ryan, Jake Benninger, Jess "Stumpy" Bonnlander, Nate "Hairy" Stern, and Mary Rieg, the Borings have dominated the site since 2001 and remain a student favorite.<br />
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Famous Boring moments include Jesse's bedtime song written for his hall in 2003 ("Sleepytime in Jesse's Hall"), the painful waxing of Jason's leg in 2005, and Mary accepting an annual challenge to eat a snail, slug, or worm.<br />
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One year, Jesse Boring and his hall participated in the [[Talent Show]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaikuTRuRwU as shown here], and as part of the act Jesse ripped off his CTY shirt in macho style. A member of Jesse's hall poured cereal and milk into the hollow between Jesse's ribs and ate it. As any LMU student knows, most of the female population of CTY LMU is in love with the Boring Brothers. For example, Mary Rieg's hall (the Latin girls) serenaded Jesse's hall with songs, such as "Tearing Up My Heart" by N'Sync, in exchange for the shirt Jesse had ripped off, which they gave as a get well present to Jen, a member of their hall who had been hospitalized. Later Jesse sprayed the shirt with his cologne as a bonus. Strips were torn from the shirt and every girl from Latin Session 2 2004 has a piece of Jesse Boring's shirt with his cologne (Curve for Men, if you want to know) on it.<br />
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====History====<br />
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Jesse was unable to attend CTY 2005, but Tom ran an activity called "Jesse Boring Worshipping" in order to generate interest for Jesse's surprise visit. <br />
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In 2006, Jason, Jake, and Mary were RAs (edited by Tom Ryan). Jesse and Chris couldn't attend, the latter because he got married and now lives on a huge homestead with his wife. Chris has offered to let Tom live on his land (as a sharecropper?), but Tom has not accepted the offer. Tom was also absent from LMU and everyone was sad. By everyone I mean Tom Ryan. He cried since he missed everyone. Also, some members of the instructional staff hung a sign in a window of their apartment that read "KAREN: BRING BACK THE TOOL," which became a source of controversy when members of the LMU administration misinterpreted the sign as more than a shoutout to Baltimore and Site Coordinator Karen Weeks to rehire Tom.<br />
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In 2007, Jesse became the academic counselor at the Lancaster site and Jason became the Dean of Residential Life at LMU. Jake served as an SRA (thus Jason's deputy). Mary TA'd for [[Crafting the Essay]] A at LMU. Tom was still back in Odessa, but his Robot Wars creation continued to play out at LMU and at [[Lancaster]]. Up in Santa Cruz, two RAs ran "Glue Stuff to Tom and Jason" (except they renamed the activity after themselves) during 2007.1, except there wasn't enough glue, so the RAs got covered in streamers, twigs, plastic bottles, and and expensive low-tac blue masking tape.<br />
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In 2008, Jason was the only Boring Brother at LMU, though he was as amazing as ever. He said he "might" return for 2009.<br />
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In 2009, Jason didn't return, due to grad school taking up his time. His name was shouted in session one by a group of traditionalists [It was more like one person trying to get everyone else to do it.] after "the father, son, and holy ghost" in all three American Pies. [Because the person that started this double sessioned in 2009, this spread to session two, and by the end of the session, the entire nevermore circle yelled "and Jason Boring."] Jason lucked out and avoided the fracas from H1N1.<br />
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In 2010, Jason returned as the Dean of Residential Life at LMU. Staff in LMU Conference Services breathed a sigh of relief.<br />
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Between summer 2010 and summer 2011, Tom Ryan III (who was like a brother to the Borings) passed away. A roast was organized by the Boring Brothers to celebrate Tom's life near his home in Odessa. Former RAs traveled from all over to attend (one came from California).<br />
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In 2011, Jason returned as the Dean of Residential Life at LMU, with Gerardo Martinez, another old-timer. He says the food has gotten better.<br />
"and Jason Boring" is now a tradition.<br />
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===Dane Holding===<br />
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In 08.1, the RA for the CODE B boys named [[Dane Holding|Dane Alexander Holding]], was an active part of several new traditions, including Bananaphone and "HI DANE." "HI DANE" was then brought to 08.2 by [[User:Emmatheduck|Emma M.]], a doublesessioner. Her group of friends adopted "HI DANE" as their own, with one person, [[User:kimcheeeee|Allegra C.]], even saying "Hi, Dane!" into a microphone at the 08.2 [[Talent Show]], and again the following year. Dane Holding has since become an LMU legend. "HI DANE" is a popular phrase, and Bananarchy is a traditional activity. He is noted for having started several traditions, including Bananaphone and Hi Dane, as well as running creative activities such as the Gulag, Battle Royale, and Resident Evil. He attends Allegheny College in Western Pennsylvania. In 2013, Dane became an SRA.<br />
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====Halls====<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
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Dane's 08.1 Hall consisted of the Cryptology guys, including RealCTYers Declan M., Auston S., and Dillon D. His hall was noted for claiming 2nd floor Rosecrans as the Totalitarian Theocracy of Daneistan after being assigned Egypt as a country for Olympics Day. Dane's hall quickly decided that Egypt as a country was rather lackluster, and hence claimed 2nd floor Rosecrans as their own micronation. Banners and flags were made, and Olympics Day was stormed. Other notable events included Dane's CTY Policy Flowchart, which systematically broke down CTY rules based on the reasons behind them. Dane drew a picture of a squid rather than paying attention during Cryptology, which caused strained relations with the Cryptology teacher for the remainder of CTY. Van M. also started an (irritating) CTY tradition of greeting Dane with "Hi Dane!", a tradition that has lasted all the way to 09.2. Dane considers this to be a form of heckling. Dane also made an impressive showing at Gladiator Battles, utilizing a huge cardboard hammer constructed by Van M. and Brandon C. named Justice. Dane, however, fell when teammate Serhat turned against him.<br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
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In 08.2, Dane's hall was made up of the Computer Science class, including David Levi [Theremin kid] and John Xia [known for his raving.] Because of doublesessioners, along with the fact that Van had told every second sessioner he knew to say Hi to dane, the HI DANE tradition carried on. At first, it was just with the PCTYD-ers, but after Jackie Allegra C. said it into a mic during the talent show, it spread like wildfire, resulting in a very irritated Dane.<br />
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The Bananaphone Activity continued into this session. This session, Dane ran popular activities like "Bananaphone," including <br />
"Resident Evil," "Battle Royale," "The Gulag," and many others. <br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
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In 09.1, Dane's hall had the Chemistry A and Chemistry B kids. Notable CTYers in Dane's hall included Pancho and Max Coleman, who looked like Zac Efron. A statistical anomaly was RealCTYer Declan M., who was in Dane's hall for two consecutive years. The Totalitarian Theocracy of Daneistan survived in the altered form of "Daneistan (Like Pakistan)", presumably so as not to be confused with "Dane is tan". Daneistan claimed the study room at the end of Dane's hall as territory; the full name was posted along the glass windows on one side of the room. Pancho (from Chile) became famous for starting off phrases with "In my country...", as well as his political incorrectness, for example: "In my country two men in the same bed is a sign of homosexuality... In my country, two women in the same bed is a sign of success." Pancho was also Dane's hall's "celebrity" during Movie night. Dane's association with Bananaphone continued into 09, with a rendition at the talent show as well as a group hug during the last dance when Bananaphone was played, a hug Dane later described as "intensely uncomfortable." Dane's hall was assigned the sloths for "Survival of the fittest" day, and Dane photoshopped a sloth head over his own head on the Daneistan flag, and passed this out in the form of badges, which were then titled things like "Sloth Overlord", "Darth Sloth", or "Slothimus Prime". Dane's hall then walked around drawling "Sloooth, slooooth, ugggh it's a slooth!"<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
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Dane's hall in 09.2 consisted of, among others, the Logic class and the Philosophy of Mind class. Notable CTYers in his hall included Reid [Chef hat Kid] and Micheal [Big Mike!]. His hall was known for their cheer- a long, drawled out "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane." Dane's godliness continued, spawning activities like "Bananarchy," or "The Dane Exhibit." He also ran activies like "Protest," "Battle Royale," and "Resident Evil." Dane was also murdered by Chris Lee on the first sunday, but came back from the dead shortly afterward.<br />
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The Bananaphone tradition continued. Dane ran an activity called "Bananarchy," but because his speakers had died, it looked like the activity was doomed- until an ukulele was brought forward. All was well. <br />
In 09.2, Dane and fellow epic RA Chris lock seemed to have a rivalry [stemming from Chris Lock's desire/need to be more epic than dane so he could be on RealCTY.] The defining moment of this rivalry was when, on the last wednesday, Dane's Bananarchy stormed Chris Lock's mystery activity with a loud rendition of bananaphone. To counter this, Chris lock and his minions started screaming, "Down with Dane!" Ukuleles went flying, children screamed, RAs looked smugly at each other.<br />
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====Activities====<br />
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'''Bananaphone'''<br />
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From 08.1-13.2, Dane ran Bananaphone (later renamed "Bananarchy"), which consisted of the entire activity walking around and serenading other activities with Raffi's "Bananaphone" through a megaphone. This included walking across the trench activity and other similarly hazardous activities. In 13.2, participants received collectible copies of the Bananaphone lyrics, signed by Dane himself. 13.2 was also notable in that one CTYer brought a banana hat, which Dane wore along with RA Taylor's golden robes.<br />
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'''The Gulag'''<br />
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In 08.1, 08.2 and 09.1 Dane ran the Gulag in which participants were given bread for rations, had to march from location to location, were given mandatory 'haircuts' and had to make a 'house' out of sponges. At the end the RA Eric tried to stage a rebellion against Dane but it failed.<br />
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'''Battle Royale'''<br />
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In this activity, Dane handed out random items and basically told students to attack each other with them. Some of the items were useful, like Trench balls, Pool Noodles, Frisbees, Hula Hoops [which rendered a trench ball useless], and some were useless, like pipe cleaners, cotton balls, popsicle sticks, and a bucket. After a while, certain areas of the playing field would become deadly, and as the playing field got smaller, people became more vicious. Also, saying Hi to Dane too many times would also kill you.<br />
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'''Resident Evil'''<br />
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In Resident evil, Dane lead a large group of <s>minions</s> zombies and attacked other activities in amusing, and somewhat bizarre, skits. Dane had his characteristic cricket bat [made out of duct tape and cardboard...?]. This activity was always run with Jon Stutte, and even C-bad joined the fight in 09.1.<br />
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"'Holding Hands'"<br />
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In 13.1, RA Chucho held an activity called "Holding Hands," which was an excuse for couples to go to the bluff and make out. In 13.2, Chucho ran the same activity, but there was another "Holding Hands" on the activity sign-up sheet. There was no apparent difference between the two, except that the second was run by Dane and the TA Cory. As it turned out, the name "Holding Hands" referred not to the act of holding the hands of another person, but rather to the hands of Dane Holding and his sister, Cory Holding. The activity included viewing a slideshow of images of the Holdings' hands, making masks out of pictures of said hands, and bothering the other Holding Hands activity. At the end, all who participated were said to have honorary Holding hands.<br />
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===Tommy Smith===<br />
Tommy Smith was an RA at LMU through the late 90s and early 2000s. He instituted "More Active Than Sleep (But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat)". Jesse Boring picked up the activity, then passing the torch to a former resident-turned-RA named David Abravanel. In 2008 and 2010-2012, Jason Boring ran the activity.<br />
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===Christian===<br />
06.1 to present, an awesome RA, and now SRA Christian (alias C-Bad) was worshipped.<br />
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===Chris Lock===<br />
Chris Lock, during second session, became a popular RA after the Protest activity, in which three girls in the Desmond 330's hall declared that "Chris Lock belonged to them." He is best known for his interesting turn as Dane's Butler, or the epic Bananarchy vs. Chris Lock Fan Club clash that happened on the last Wednesday.<br />
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===Taylor Mitchell===<br />
Taylor Mitchell became an RA at LMU in 2011. Taylor, a former CTYer himself (at Hawaii and Carlisle) was instrumental in taking care of tradition. He hosted activities such as "CTY Canon" and tried to get more canon songs played at the dances. Taylor can be recognized by his long white (and sometimes gold) robes.<br />
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===Luis Antonio===<br />
In 2014, a treebender named Luis Antonio became an RA. The discovery of Luis' abilities made by Gabriel Apoj, Andrew Pang, Anson Tsang, Mustafa Khan, and Young Zheng led many students to respect and worship the trees on campus, and many times, students could be heard yelling "LUIIIIISSSS!" In 2016, Luis returned to the LOS site after a two-year absence. He led the team of RAs to a 3-1 victory against Chile at the World Cup 16.1 weekend activity. He is most known during summer 16.2 for his Starbucks Odyssey activity in which he destroyed the hopes and dreams of 88 students (His excuse was that he didn't expect so many people when he didn't put a cap on how many people were allowed to participate in the activity). In 16.1 & 16.2, both his halls won casino night. Thus where he got the nickname “el chapo”. He was hated by many, but loved by many more. By the end the of summer, he was referred to as “The G.O.A.T.” for his enthusiasm and role as the hype man. His hall in 16.2 may or may not have locked him out of his room as a "prank" after failing to duct tape his door shut the night before. He also won both Casino Nights in 2016.<br />
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===Jon Kraus===<br />
JON KRAUS has been RA'ing since 2012 and is a LEGEND. Creator of KBBQ, Tiny Fez Club, Secret Activity, Amerifan, and everything else.<br />
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===Chucho===<br />
Chucho has also been integral in keeping tradition alive at LOS. Known for his bright forearm tattoo, man bun, curly mustache, and colorful shoes, He's freaking amazing and a huge part of LOS culture. He always rapped Lucenzo's part in LMU canon 'Danza Kuduro" In 15.1, he was the sole wielder of glow sticks for the first two dances. He always shuffled in the middle of student circles whenever "Everyday I'm Shuffling" came on. The leader of the two salsa dancing weekly activities in 15.1, Chucho was a good Spanish dancing man and a legendary RA.<br />
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===Chris Adames===<br />
Chris Adames was an RA who started and kept many traditions alive at the Los Angeles Site. He was the RA who brought over the "Wobble" from Santa Cruz, where he first began working for CTY as an RA. (The song is now considered Canon) He was also the creator of the student-favorite activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles", where students rap against each other with satirically written verses in a fashion that imitates the viral videos. At the RA Superhero Fashion Show (16.1), he donned no costume. He was introduced as "Mr.Steal Your Girl" Though never properly acknowledged, it was Chris who kept traditions alive in 16.1 after a new flood of RAs arrived at the site. He organized the KBBQ rally that year and pushed for "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" to be held again- even after 'the incident' at the last dance of 15.1. After not many canon songs were played during the first two dances, Chris helped organize the third dance so that former RAs (Parke, Rory, Chucho, and Jordan) could come back in order to teach CTYers the canon songs and their dances. Sadly, 16.1 was his last session working as an RA. At 16.2, he attended the second dance.<br />
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===MemeSquad===<br />
In the summer of 2017, Tristin Sabatini, Sebastian (Cbass) Saw, Eric Davis, known to other staff members as "MemeSquad", took part in 2 challenges that tested both their will, determination and most importantly their stomachs. First is the 100 nugget challenge where Sebastian ate 50, Eric ate 33 and Tristin ate 17. The second challenge was a challenge of honor. This challenge was faced by Tristin and Tristin alone. The challenge was the 100 clam challenge. He finished 100 clams in 35 minutes. Challenges are recommended to be completed as a new tradition for Ra's. Also as one final Hurrah, the members of Meme Squad obtained the U-Rule and passed it within the group until it came to the last day where Tristin Sabatini obtained it and will hold it for the full year.<br />
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===Robert Bustamante===<br />
During 17.2, the Baby CTY final dance had a faulty sound system. When American Pie was to be played, the YS SRA Robert Bustamante took the initiative and sang American Pie without any music. Rob will forever be remembered as legendary.<br />
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===David Alejandrino===<br />
David has been a key part of the revival of many traditions at LMU, and even just keeping the traditions alive. He has been at los for 2018, 2019, and 2020 so far. David is known for being the best dancer ctyers have ever seen. He often runs activities related to dancing and performs in the talent show. He always helps the holy trinity to keep the traditions alive because he was a ctyer himself. CTY at LMU is so much better because of David. We hope he returns for many more years. He will forever be one of the most renowned RAs this campus has ever seen.<br />
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===David Alejandrino===<br />
David has been a key part of the revival of many traditions at LMU, and even just keeping the traditions alive. He has been at los for 2018, 2019, and 2020 so far. David is known for being the best dancer ctyers have ever seen. He often runs activities related to dancing and performs in the talent show. He always helps the holy trinity to keep the traditions alive because he was a ctyer himself. CTY at LMU is so much better because of David. We hope he returns for many more years. He will forever be one of the most renowned RAs this campus has ever seen.<br />
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==Miscellaneous==<br />
*Ariella C. (alias Oreo) has, as of 2011, begun a website interviewing the RAs of LMU Session 2 2011, including the Great Dane.<br />
http://radiscussions.blogspot.com/<br />
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*This site is home to a few emerging stars, among them, Von Tha Don, Amy Coleman, and many more who've all contributed to the site's amazing atmosphere.<br />
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[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)]]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Staff:LOS&diff=52846Staff:LOS2020-04-16T00:42:30Z<p>Ctyer: /* Robert Bustamante */</p>
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==Instructional Staff==<br />
===Brian Talbot===<br />
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Brian Talbot teaches Logic and has been teaching this course since 2003 and perhaps earlier. He is famous for his call at handoff, "LLLLOOOOOOO[deep breath]GGIIIIIIC." <br />
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In 10.2, Brian taught Ethics. The handoff call was changed to, "EEEEEEEEEE[deep breath]THIIIIIIIICS!" His students, at closing ceremony, shouted the Ethics call, which soon broke out into a chant of "E-THICS! E-THICS! E-THICS!" much to the amusement of the parents who had shown up to watch the ceremony. His students deny that a Logic call has ever existed.<br />
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In his other life, he is the Big Fat Genius, author of a guide to the Law Student Admission Test (LSAT) [http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Guide-LSAT-Logic-Games/dp/0976395908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278964025&sr=8-1]. He has helped many students get into law school. He also holds a JD.<br />
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===Tengiz Bibilashvili===<br />
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Better known as Dr. B, he taught physics for 10.1. Being from the country Georgia, he has a most charming accent. He makes words as simple as "Genius" or "Jeebers"--his typical response to his students--sound hilarious and deep at the same time. As awesome as this accent is, his jokes and wave dancing are even better. But perhaps the best talent he possesses is his artistic prowess. With his brilliant drawing of a 2-D dog or his "students" (which were usually squares) he captured the camera memory of everyone. Being a good sport, he went along with the surprise party his class threw him and provided them many good inside jokes. Though he brainwashed his students with physics and gave them tests "for fun", he is dearly loved and the best teacher the world will ever see. If you need to pronounce his name, thinking of it like one goose, ten geese. This is now his class's signature chant: ONE GOOSE--TENGIZ!<br />
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==Residential Staff==<br />
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===The Borings===<br />
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'''The Borings''' are a group of famous RAs at [[LMU]].<br />
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CTY LMU students and alumni know the three Boring brothers as inseparable from the CTY identity. Chris, Jesse, and Jason Boring are the most respected and legendary RAs to have been employed at the site, and are known for running the best activities, many of which are long-running. Examples include Sparkleball and More Active Than Sleep But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat. Along with their "adopted brothers and sisters," RAs Tom Ryan, Jake Benninger, Jess "Stumpy" Bonnlander, Nate "Hairy" Stern, and Mary Rieg, the Borings have dominated the site since 2001 and remain a student favorite.<br />
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Famous Boring moments include Jesse's bedtime song written for his hall in 2003 ("Sleepytime in Jesse's Hall"), the painful waxing of Jason's leg in 2005, and Mary accepting an annual challenge to eat a snail, slug, or worm.<br />
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One year, Jesse Boring and his hall participated in the [[Talent Show]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaikuTRuRwU as shown here], and as part of the act Jesse ripped off his CTY shirt in macho style. A member of Jesse's hall poured cereal and milk into the hollow between Jesse's ribs and ate it. As any LMU student knows, most of the female population of CTY LMU is in love with the Boring Brothers. For example, Mary Rieg's hall (the Latin girls) serenaded Jesse's hall with songs, such as "Tearing Up My Heart" by N'Sync, in exchange for the shirt Jesse had ripped off, which they gave as a get well present to Jen, a member of their hall who had been hospitalized. Later Jesse sprayed the shirt with his cologne as a bonus. Strips were torn from the shirt and every girl from Latin Session 2 2004 has a piece of Jesse Boring's shirt with his cologne (Curve for Men, if you want to know) on it.<br />
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====History====<br />
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Jesse was unable to attend CTY 2005, but Tom ran an activity called "Jesse Boring Worshipping" in order to generate interest for Jesse's surprise visit. <br />
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In 2006, Jason, Jake, and Mary were RAs (edited by Tom Ryan). Jesse and Chris couldn't attend, the latter because he got married and now lives on a huge homestead with his wife. Chris has offered to let Tom live on his land (as a sharecropper?), but Tom has not accepted the offer. Tom was also absent from LMU and everyone was sad. By everyone I mean Tom Ryan. He cried since he missed everyone. Also, some members of the instructional staff hung a sign in a window of their apartment that read "KAREN: BRING BACK THE TOOL," which became a source of controversy when members of the LMU administration misinterpreted the sign as more than a shoutout to Baltimore and Site Coordinator Karen Weeks to rehire Tom.<br />
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In 2007, Jesse became the academic counselor at the Lancaster site and Jason became the Dean of Residential Life at LMU. Jake served as an SRA (thus Jason's deputy). Mary TA'd for [[Crafting the Essay]] A at LMU. Tom was still back in Odessa, but his Robot Wars creation continued to play out at LMU and at [[Lancaster]]. Up in Santa Cruz, two RAs ran "Glue Stuff to Tom and Jason" (except they renamed the activity after themselves) during 2007.1, except there wasn't enough glue, so the RAs got covered in streamers, twigs, plastic bottles, and and expensive low-tac blue masking tape.<br />
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In 2008, Jason was the only Boring Brother at LMU, though he was as amazing as ever. He said he "might" return for 2009.<br />
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In 2009, Jason didn't return, due to grad school taking up his time. His name was shouted in session one by a group of traditionalists [It was more like one person trying to get everyone else to do it.] after "the father, son, and holy ghost" in all three American Pies. [Because the person that started this double sessioned in 2009, this spread to session two, and by the end of the session, the entire nevermore circle yelled "and Jason Boring."] Jason lucked out and avoided the fracas from H1N1.<br />
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In 2010, Jason returned as the Dean of Residential Life at LMU. Staff in LMU Conference Services breathed a sigh of relief.<br />
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Between summer 2010 and summer 2011, Tom Ryan III (who was like a brother to the Borings) passed away. A roast was organized by the Boring Brothers to celebrate Tom's life near his home in Odessa. Former RAs traveled from all over to attend (one came from California).<br />
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In 2011, Jason returned as the Dean of Residential Life at LMU, with Gerardo Martinez, another old-timer. He says the food has gotten better.<br />
"and Jason Boring" is now a tradition.<br />
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===Dane Holding===<br />
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In 08.1, the RA for the CODE B boys named [[Dane Holding|Dane Alexander Holding]], was an active part of several new traditions, including Bananaphone and "HI DANE." "HI DANE" was then brought to 08.2 by [[User:Emmatheduck|Emma M.]], a doublesessioner. Her group of friends adopted "HI DANE" as their own, with one person, [[User:kimcheeeee|Allegra C.]], even saying "Hi, Dane!" into a microphone at the 08.2 [[Talent Show]], and again the following year. Dane Holding has since become an LMU legend. "HI DANE" is a popular phrase, and Bananarchy is a traditional activity. He is noted for having started several traditions, including Bananaphone and Hi Dane, as well as running creative activities such as the Gulag, Battle Royale, and Resident Evil. He attends Allegheny College in Western Pennsylvania. In 2013, Dane became an SRA.<br />
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====Halls====<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
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Dane's 08.1 Hall consisted of the Cryptology guys, including RealCTYers Declan M., Auston S., and Dillon D. His hall was noted for claiming 2nd floor Rosecrans as the Totalitarian Theocracy of Daneistan after being assigned Egypt as a country for Olympics Day. Dane's hall quickly decided that Egypt as a country was rather lackluster, and hence claimed 2nd floor Rosecrans as their own micronation. Banners and flags were made, and Olympics Day was stormed. Other notable events included Dane's CTY Policy Flowchart, which systematically broke down CTY rules based on the reasons behind them. Dane drew a picture of a squid rather than paying attention during Cryptology, which caused strained relations with the Cryptology teacher for the remainder of CTY. Van M. also started an (irritating) CTY tradition of greeting Dane with "Hi Dane!", a tradition that has lasted all the way to 09.2. Dane considers this to be a form of heckling. Dane also made an impressive showing at Gladiator Battles, utilizing a huge cardboard hammer constructed by Van M. and Brandon C. named Justice. Dane, however, fell when teammate Serhat turned against him.<br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
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In 08.2, Dane's hall was made up of the Computer Science class, including David Levi [Theremin kid] and John Xia [known for his raving.] Because of doublesessioners, along with the fact that Van had told every second sessioner he knew to say Hi to dane, the HI DANE tradition carried on. At first, it was just with the PCTYD-ers, but after Jackie Allegra C. said it into a mic during the talent show, it spread like wildfire, resulting in a very irritated Dane.<br />
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The Bananaphone Activity continued into this session. This session, Dane ran popular activities like "Bananaphone," including <br />
"Resident Evil," "Battle Royale," "The Gulag," and many others. <br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
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In 09.1, Dane's hall had the Chemistry A and Chemistry B kids. Notable CTYers in Dane's hall included Pancho and Max Coleman, who looked like Zac Efron. A statistical anomaly was RealCTYer Declan M., who was in Dane's hall for two consecutive years. The Totalitarian Theocracy of Daneistan survived in the altered form of "Daneistan (Like Pakistan)", presumably so as not to be confused with "Dane is tan". Daneistan claimed the study room at the end of Dane's hall as territory; the full name was posted along the glass windows on one side of the room. Pancho (from Chile) became famous for starting off phrases with "In my country...", as well as his political incorrectness, for example: "In my country two men in the same bed is a sign of homosexuality... In my country, two women in the same bed is a sign of success." Pancho was also Dane's hall's "celebrity" during Movie night. Dane's association with Bananaphone continued into 09, with a rendition at the talent show as well as a group hug during the last dance when Bananaphone was played, a hug Dane later described as "intensely uncomfortable." Dane's hall was assigned the sloths for "Survival of the fittest" day, and Dane photoshopped a sloth head over his own head on the Daneistan flag, and passed this out in the form of badges, which were then titled things like "Sloth Overlord", "Darth Sloth", or "Slothimus Prime". Dane's hall then walked around drawling "Sloooth, slooooth, ugggh it's a slooth!"<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
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Dane's hall in 09.2 consisted of, among others, the Logic class and the Philosophy of Mind class. Notable CTYers in his hall included Reid [Chef hat Kid] and Micheal [Big Mike!]. His hall was known for their cheer- a long, drawled out "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane." Dane's godliness continued, spawning activities like "Bananarchy," or "The Dane Exhibit." He also ran activies like "Protest," "Battle Royale," and "Resident Evil." Dane was also murdered by Chris Lee on the first sunday, but came back from the dead shortly afterward.<br />
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The Bananaphone tradition continued. Dane ran an activity called "Bananarchy," but because his speakers had died, it looked like the activity was doomed- until an ukulele was brought forward. All was well. <br />
In 09.2, Dane and fellow epic RA Chris lock seemed to have a rivalry [stemming from Chris Lock's desire/need to be more epic than dane so he could be on RealCTY.] The defining moment of this rivalry was when, on the last wednesday, Dane's Bananarchy stormed Chris Lock's mystery activity with a loud rendition of bananaphone. To counter this, Chris lock and his minions started screaming, "Down with Dane!" Ukuleles went flying, children screamed, RAs looked smugly at each other.<br />
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====Activities====<br />
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'''Bananaphone'''<br />
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From 08.1-13.2, Dane ran Bananaphone (later renamed "Bananarchy"), which consisted of the entire activity walking around and serenading other activities with Raffi's "Bananaphone" through a megaphone. This included walking across the trench activity and other similarly hazardous activities. In 13.2, participants received collectible copies of the Bananaphone lyrics, signed by Dane himself. 13.2 was also notable in that one CTYer brought a banana hat, which Dane wore along with RA Taylor's golden robes.<br />
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'''The Gulag'''<br />
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In 08.1, 08.2 and 09.1 Dane ran the Gulag in which participants were given bread for rations, had to march from location to location, were given mandatory 'haircuts' and had to make a 'house' out of sponges. At the end the RA Eric tried to stage a rebellion against Dane but it failed.<br />
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'''Battle Royale'''<br />
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In this activity, Dane handed out random items and basically told students to attack each other with them. Some of the items were useful, like Trench balls, Pool Noodles, Frisbees, Hula Hoops [which rendered a trench ball useless], and some were useless, like pipe cleaners, cotton balls, popsicle sticks, and a bucket. After a while, certain areas of the playing field would become deadly, and as the playing field got smaller, people became more vicious. Also, saying Hi to Dane too many times would also kill you.<br />
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'''Resident Evil'''<br />
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In Resident evil, Dane lead a large group of <s>minions</s> zombies and attacked other activities in amusing, and somewhat bizarre, skits. Dane had his characteristic cricket bat [made out of duct tape and cardboard...?]. This activity was always run with Jon Stutte, and even C-bad joined the fight in 09.1.<br />
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"'Holding Hands'"<br />
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In 13.1, RA Chucho held an activity called "Holding Hands," which was an excuse for couples to go to the bluff and make out. In 13.2, Chucho ran the same activity, but there was another "Holding Hands" on the activity sign-up sheet. There was no apparent difference between the two, except that the second was run by Dane and the TA Cory. As it turned out, the name "Holding Hands" referred not to the act of holding the hands of another person, but rather to the hands of Dane Holding and his sister, Cory Holding. The activity included viewing a slideshow of images of the Holdings' hands, making masks out of pictures of said hands, and bothering the other Holding Hands activity. At the end, all who participated were said to have honorary Holding hands.<br />
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===Tommy Smith===<br />
Tommy Smith was an RA at LMU through the late 90s and early 2000s. He instituted "More Active Than Sleep (But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat)". Jesse Boring picked up the activity, then passing the torch to a former resident-turned-RA named David Abravanel. In 2008 and 2010-2012, Jason Boring ran the activity.<br />
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===Christian===<br />
06.1 to present, an awesome RA, and now SRA Christian (alias C-Bad) was worshipped.<br />
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===Chris Lock===<br />
Chris Lock, during second session, became a popular RA after the Protest activity, in which three girls in the Desmond 330's hall declared that "Chris Lock belonged to them." He is best known for his interesting turn as Dane's Butler, or the epic Bananarchy vs. Chris Lock Fan Club clash that happened on the last Wednesday.<br />
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===Taylor Mitchell===<br />
Taylor Mitchell became an RA at LMU in 2011. Taylor, a former CTYer himself (at Hawaii and Carlisle) was instrumental in taking care of tradition. He hosted activities such as "CTY Canon" and tried to get more canon songs played at the dances. Taylor can be recognized by his long white (and sometimes gold) robes.<br />
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===Luis Antonio===<br />
In 2014, a treebender named Luis Antonio became an RA. The discovery of Luis' abilities made by Gabriel Apoj, Andrew Pang, Anson Tsang, Mustafa Khan, and Young Zheng led many students to respect and worship the trees on campus, and many times, students could be heard yelling "LUIIIIISSSS!" In 2016, Luis returned to the LOS site after a two-year absence. He led the team of RAs to a 3-1 victory against Chile at the World Cup 16.1 weekend activity. He is most known during summer 16.2 for his Starbucks Odyssey activity in which he destroyed the hopes and dreams of 88 students (His excuse was that he didn't expect so many people when he didn't put a cap on how many people were allowed to participate in the activity). In 16.1 & 16.2, both his halls won casino night. Thus where he got the nickname “el chapo”. He was hated by many, but loved by many more. By the end the of summer, he was referred to as “The G.O.A.T.” for his enthusiasm and role as the hype man. His hall in 16.2 may or may not have locked him out of his room as a "prank" after failing to duct tape his door shut the night before. He also won both Casino Nights in 2016.<br />
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===Jon Kraus===<br />
JON KRAUS has been RA'ing since 2012 and is a LEGEND. Creator of KBBQ, Tiny Fez Club, Secret Activity, Amerifan, and everything else.<br />
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===Chucho===<br />
Chucho has also been integral in keeping tradition alive at LOS. Known for his bright forearm tattoo, man bun, curly mustache, and colorful shoes, He's freaking amazing and a huge part of LOS culture. He always rapped Lucenzo's part in LMU canon 'Danza Kuduro" In 15.1, he was the sole wielder of glow sticks for the first two dances. He always shuffled in the middle of student circles whenever "Everyday I'm Shuffling" came on. The leader of the two salsa dancing weekly activities in 15.1, Chucho was a good Spanish dancing man and a legendary RA.<br />
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===Chris Adames===<br />
Chris Adames was an RA who started and kept many traditions alive at the Los Angeles Site. He was the RA who brought over the "Wobble" from Santa Cruz, where he first began working for CTY as an RA. (The song is now considered Canon) He was also the creator of the student-favorite activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles", where students rap against each other with satirically written verses in a fashion that imitates the viral videos. At the RA Superhero Fashion Show (16.1), he donned no costume. He was introduced as "Mr.Steal Your Girl" Though never properly acknowledged, it was Chris who kept traditions alive in 16.1 after a new flood of RAs arrived at the site. He organized the KBBQ rally that year and pushed for "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" to be held again- even after 'the incident' at the last dance of 15.1. After not many canon songs were played during the first two dances, Chris helped organize the third dance so that former RAs (Parke, Rory, Chucho, and Jordan) could come back in order to teach CTYers the canon songs and their dances. Sadly, 16.1 was his last session working as an RA. At 16.2, he attended the second dance.<br />
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===MemeSquad===<br />
In the summer of 2017, Tristin Sabatini, Sebastian (Cbass) Saw, Eric Davis, known to other staff members as "MemeSquad", took part in 2 challenges that tested both their will, determination and most importantly their stomachs. First is the 100 nugget challenge where Sebastian ate 50, Eric ate 33 and Tristin ate 17. The second challenge was a challenge of honor. This challenge was faced by Tristin and Tristin alone. The challenge was the 100 clam challenge. He finished 100 clams in 35 minutes. Challenges are recommended to be completed as a new tradition for Ra's. Also as one final Hurrah, the members of Meme Squad obtained the U-Rule and passed it within the group until it came to the last day where Tristin Sabatini obtained it and will hold it for the full year.<br />
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===Robert Bustamante===<br />
During 17.2, the Baby CTY final dance had a faulty sound system. When American Pie was to be played, the YS SRA Robert Bustamante took the initiative and sang American Pie without any music. Rob will forever be remembered as legendary.<br />
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===David Alejandrino===<br />
David has been a key part of the revival of many traditions at LMU, and even just keeping the traditions alive. He has been at los for 2018, 2019, and 2020 so far. David is known for being the best dancer ctyers have ever seen. He often runs activities related to dancing and performs in the talent show. He always helps the holy trinity to keep the traditions alive because he was a ctyer himself. CTY at LMU is so much better because of David. We hope he returns for many more years. He will forever be one of the most renowned RAs this campus has ever seen.<br />
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==Miscellaneous==<br />
*Ariella C. (alias Oreo) has, as of 2011, begun a website interviewing the RAs of LMU Session 2 2011, including the Great Dane.<br />
http://radiscussions.blogspot.com/<br />
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*This site is home to a few emerging stars, among them, Von Tha Don, Amy Coleman, and many more who've all contributed to the site's amazing atmosphere.<br />
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[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)]]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Ctyer&diff=52845User:Ctyer2020-04-14T19:59:41Z<p>Ctyer: </p>
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<div>CTY is quite literally my life. It is the place where I have met my best friends, the people who showed me I am important, that I should stay on this world, and saved my life. I know I am only truly happy at CTY. I am hopefully a five year freak if CTY session 2 is not canceled due to covid-19.</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=The_Game&diff=52844The Game2020-04-14T19:49:30Z<p>Ctyer: /* Rules at Los Angeles (LMU) */</p>
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<div>[[The Game]]. It's the game that everyone is playing. It's the game that if you think about the game you lose. It's the game with several variations.<br />
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It's also the game from which Randall Munroe, author of [http://www.xkcd.com/391/ xkcd], claims he has freed the world.<br />
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By the way, you just lost the game. <br />
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==Rules at Lancaster==<br />
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The rules of The Game are numbered six at [[Lancaster]], and this numbering is given more importance at the site than any other.<br />
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# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lose" (or "I lose the Game," or "I lost the game," or something similar. "I lose" is used occasionally). <br />
# After losing, you get a thirty minute grace period in which you cannot lose.<br />
# If you die within this grace period, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die outside of this grace period, you get a [[The Patch|patch]], but you do not win. The only person known to be eligible for a patch at the current time is [[Phil Gunn]]. Some other possible patch wearers include Phoebe Wang, Aidin Jones, and Jessi "Tarpy" Miller.<br />
# After losing, or at any other time, if any other person asks you about the game then you must tell them about the rules of the game.<br />
# TO KNOW THE GAME IS TO PLAY THE GAME (this should be said in a deep, ominous voice).<br />
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Allegedly, if you die on your birthday, you win. Which conveniently would make Shakespeare a winner, but otherwise is not particularly interesting. Most believe this rule to be a lie.<br />
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In reference to an event of staggering embarrassment for a young couple from LAN.05.2, the phrase "I lose" is often accompanied at Lancaster with a "fingerjob." The fingerjob is performed using the first three fingers of the left hand to stroke the extended index finger of the right hand, or by clamping the three said fingers onto the right index finger repeatedly. Technically, however, this is actually a completely different game that is only lost when one thinks about the explicit details describing said event.<br />
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Apparently, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, The Game was actually played such that only one person could lose every half hour; nobody who heard that person lose could lose for another half hour. The RAs of that era tend to tell students that they are playing "the wrong game." In addition, there was a t-shirt that a few RAs wore which said "You Just Lost" on the back<br />
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===The Patch===<br />
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It has been suggested that, if someone asks "What's a [[The Patch|patch]]?" or a similar question after the explanation of Rule 4, the line "We're working on the patch" become a standard answer, because:<br />
# it's true, and<br />
# it mimics the response of software developers to the pointing out of a bug in the software, i.e., "We're working on a patch for that."<br />
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===The Post-Game===<br />
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A small number of students at LAN 07.1 began playing "The Post-Game" which worked in a very similar manner to The Game. All rules of The Game were transferred, except that one could only lose The Post-Game after losing The Game. After the traditional "I lose!" announcement upon losing The Game, Post-Game players would add, "I also lose The Post-Game." Despite efforts to popularize this new game, The Post-Game failed to become a success; its future at CTY remains in doubt.<br />
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===We Won===<br />
During Lancaster 10.2, [[User:lthreed|Matt Kolosick]], came up with the idea to shout "We Won," in replace of "I lose". The reason for this being that on the day in which the idea came to be, prop 8 had gotten overturned. In a matter of hours it had caught on, and for the rest of the day "We Won" could be heard throughout the campus. We WON!<br />
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==Rules at Carlisle==<br />
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The Game was a game played primarily by the [[Cult of Godzilla]]; however, it quickly spread throughout campus in 06.2. Of course, everyone is playing The Game, but all members of the Cult were definitively cognizant of that fact. The Game was in existence at CAR 05.2, at least in The Sixties, so it predates the CuoGo, but the group is responsible for its popularization. By 10.1, the Game was mainstream enough that everyone noticed when someone hung up a sign saying "You just lost the Game" in his window. And thus, lost the Game, every time they passed by.<br />
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===General Rules===<br />
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There are slight differences between the Cult and the General rules, mainly in that the general rules are less comprehensive:<br />
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# You are always playing The Game. <br />
# Every time you think about The Game, you lose for half an hour. <br />
# Dying outside of your grace period gives you one point.<br />
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===Cult of Godzilla Rules===<br />
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The rules of the version of The Game that the Cult played are as follows:<br />
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# You are playing The Game. <br />
# If you remember you are playing The Game, you lose The Game.<br />
# All losses of The Game must be announced. (But most of the Cult plays with the variation that announcing is not necessary if you lose because someone else announced that they lost.)<br />
# After losing The Game, there is a 30 minute grace period, in which you cannot lose the game. (One member of the Cult of Godzilla, Olivia, got fed up with the grace period one day, and decided on a new rule: Grace periods are for squares. While this is an optional adaptation, it has been picked up on by most of the Cult, which happily loses every five minutes or so with no restrictions involved.)<br />
# If you die within this period, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die outside of this period, you get a point. RA Ian is winning The Game, with 5 points, as he's been pronounced clinically dead 5 times. (Unfortunately, the definition of "clinically dead" has changed since he died, from a stopped heart to a blank brainscan.)<br />
# If you die within the period, and then inexplicably come back to life as a zombie, you are NOT allowed to play, as you have lost forever (and forever is a loooooooong time).<br />
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Also, if you haven't by now, you lose The Game. Maybe again.<br />
<br />
In [[Beginning Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]] (CAR.06.01), of which many members of the Cult were a part, The Game became a source of major class disruption, with one half of the class attempting to make the other half lose The Game. This resulted in "total and utter bannination" of the game in the classroom. This rule was not greatly enforced, as both the instructor and the TA both secretly enjoyed The Game.<br />
<br />
It was on the last full day of CAR 07.2 that The Game was protested at the Mock Protest activity. Their chants of "Why choose to lose?" and "The Game is lame!" were stuck in many heads for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, few people were convinced, despite the poster claiming that The Game hates puppies.<br />
<br />
==Rules at Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
<br />
Many people play The Game at Los Angeles Session 2, and a few at Session 1. It has many different variations. There are much less rules at LMU due to the lack of tradition. <br />
<br />
# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by yelling "I lost the game!"<br />
# If you know about The Game, you must play The Game<br />
<br />
A variation on The Game was created by Brian, the [[Math Logic|Logic]] Instructor, during 08.2. He apparently got fed up with The Game, and created another Game where if you think about murder, you lose. It has a relatively small following and has resulted in cries of "I lost the other game" or "I'm thinking of murder" after someone has lost The Game. The Murder Game can also be called the Puppy Game, because the Ethics class likes to discuss burning puppies, or the Forrest Game, because an 08.2 CTYer named Forrest was nicknamed Puppy.<br />
<br />
While never played during CTY, but played a lot inside the Post CTY Depression chat room between many of the first and second sessioner LOSers are some of the following games: The anti game (you win); the post game (you lose); the match (you win if you think of it by yourself, but lose if someone else reminds you of it); the banana game (you thought of bananaphone); and saying HI DANE. People who play many of the games but are too lazy to list them all every time they lose sometimes just say "Lose cycle."<br />
<br />
==Rules at ECPI College of Technology==<br />
<br />
Most of the various ECPI campuses across the East Coast follow the same basic rules.<br />
<br />
===Virginia Beach Campus===<br />
<br />
# To know The Game is to play The Game. Once you know about The Game, you can't stop playing.<br />
# Knowing and not playing is living in denial. You play The Game whether you want to or not.<br />
# You lose The Game when you think about The Game. If you think about The Game but don't realize you lost, you still lose The Game.<br />
# When you lose, announce your loss. There is no grace period, and by proxy, everyone within hearing distance loses. This is unavoidable. If no one is around to announce it, you still lose.<br />
# The only way to win is to forget, and to know you won is to lose. To win, you can't know you won.<br />
# Tom Cruise is permanently banned from ever winning. He knows why. Even if he doesn't know about The Game, he loses.<br />
# Chuck Norris ALWAYS WINS, even if he thinks about The Game. If you've beaten Chuck Norris at The Game, it's obvious you don't know the rules of The Game.<br />
# If you die while thinking about The Game, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die without thinking about The Game, you win. However, in the afterlife, you keep playing, so you lose if you remember.<br />
# There is no rule 10.<br />
# If someone asks about The Game, you must explain The Game, and that the individual has now lost The Game, as well as everyone within earshot.<br />
# The point of The Game is to get more people to play The Game. Winning and losing is not important, but finding new and creative ways to make people lose The Game is.<br />
<br />
The Game has been played at the Virginia Beach campus since at least 2005. Any other campuses may have played it; if you are from another campus, please list yourself here.<br />
<br />
===The Match===<br />
<br />
A very recent offshoot of the game is the Match. It was created at CTY [[Princeton]] in 2008. The rules are simple: if you think about the match, you win the match, you must announce this, and everyone else loses. No one may win more often than every thirty minutes. People often keep track of their match records. This has become intrinsically linked to the Game; a shout of "I just won the match!" often follows the lament "I just lost the Game!"<br />
<br />
==Rules at Saratoga Springs==<br />
<br />
<br />
# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lost The Game" (or something similar, although "I lost The Game" is used almost ubiquitously). <br />
# After losing, you get a thirty minute grace period in which you cannot lose.<br />
# If you know about The Game, you must play The Game, although this rule is not usually enforced at Saratoga<br />
# If you are a Nevermore, or Forevermore, and you think about The Game, you win, and may loudly declare this to be so. (Session 2 only)<br />
<br />
At Saratoga, when someone announces that they have lost The Game, other people around them also announce their loss of The Game. CTYers frequently announce their loss of The Game when watching movies in Gannett Auditorium, during sad, emotional, quiet, or romantic scenes.<br />
<br />
At 18.1 a group of people often chose to ignore the thirty minutes grace period, much to the chagrin of others.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
[[The Really Game]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
* [[Wikipedia:The Game (mind game)|Wikipedia article on The Game]]<br />
* [http://losethegame.com/ Official Homepage of The Game]<br />
<br />
===The Game on Facebook===<br />
<br />
There is an application on Facebook called [http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2221892791 "The Game Notifier".]<br />
<br />
===Game Losing Boxers=== <br />
<br />
Extremely relevantly, there are game-losing boxers, which everybody absolutely needs to have for BLT.<br />
<br />
{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
{{Things we like}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Traditions]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster]]<br />
[[Category:Carlisle]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster Traditions]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=The_Game&diff=52843The Game2020-04-14T19:48:59Z<p>Ctyer: /* Rules at Los Angeles (LMU) */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[The Game]]. It's the game that everyone is playing. It's the game that if you think about the game you lose. It's the game with several variations.<br />
<br />
It's also the game from which Randall Munroe, author of [http://www.xkcd.com/391/ xkcd], claims he has freed the world.<br />
<br />
By the way, you just lost the game. <br />
<br />
==Rules at Lancaster==<br />
<br />
The rules of The Game are numbered six at [[Lancaster]], and this numbering is given more importance at the site than any other.<br />
<br />
# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lose" (or "I lose the Game," or "I lost the game," or something similar. "I lose" is used occasionally). <br />
# After losing, you get a thirty minute grace period in which you cannot lose.<br />
# If you die within this grace period, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die outside of this grace period, you get a [[The Patch|patch]], but you do not win. The only person known to be eligible for a patch at the current time is [[Phil Gunn]]. Some other possible patch wearers include Phoebe Wang, Aidin Jones, and Jessi "Tarpy" Miller.<br />
# After losing, or at any other time, if any other person asks you about the game then you must tell them about the rules of the game.<br />
# TO KNOW THE GAME IS TO PLAY THE GAME (this should be said in a deep, ominous voice).<br />
<br />
Allegedly, if you die on your birthday, you win. Which conveniently would make Shakespeare a winner, but otherwise is not particularly interesting. Most believe this rule to be a lie.<br />
<br />
In reference to an event of staggering embarrassment for a young couple from LAN.05.2, the phrase "I lose" is often accompanied at Lancaster with a "fingerjob." The fingerjob is performed using the first three fingers of the left hand to stroke the extended index finger of the right hand, or by clamping the three said fingers onto the right index finger repeatedly. Technically, however, this is actually a completely different game that is only lost when one thinks about the explicit details describing said event.<br />
<br />
Apparently, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, The Game was actually played such that only one person could lose every half hour; nobody who heard that person lose could lose for another half hour. The RAs of that era tend to tell students that they are playing "the wrong game." In addition, there was a t-shirt that a few RAs wore which said "You Just Lost" on the back<br />
<br />
===The Patch===<br />
<br />
It has been suggested that, if someone asks "What's a [[The Patch|patch]]?" or a similar question after the explanation of Rule 4, the line "We're working on the patch" become a standard answer, because:<br />
# it's true, and<br />
# it mimics the response of software developers to the pointing out of a bug in the software, i.e., "We're working on a patch for that."<br />
<br />
===The Post-Game===<br />
<br />
A small number of students at LAN 07.1 began playing "The Post-Game" which worked in a very similar manner to The Game. All rules of The Game were transferred, except that one could only lose The Post-Game after losing The Game. After the traditional "I lose!" announcement upon losing The Game, Post-Game players would add, "I also lose The Post-Game." Despite efforts to popularize this new game, The Post-Game failed to become a success; its future at CTY remains in doubt.<br />
<br />
===We Won===<br />
During Lancaster 10.2, [[User:lthreed|Matt Kolosick]], came up with the idea to shout "We Won," in replace of "I lose". The reason for this being that on the day in which the idea came to be, prop 8 had gotten overturned. In a matter of hours it had caught on, and for the rest of the day "We Won" could be heard throughout the campus. We WON!<br />
<br />
==Rules at Carlisle==<br />
<br />
The Game was a game played primarily by the [[Cult of Godzilla]]; however, it quickly spread throughout campus in 06.2. Of course, everyone is playing The Game, but all members of the Cult were definitively cognizant of that fact. The Game was in existence at CAR 05.2, at least in The Sixties, so it predates the CuoGo, but the group is responsible for its popularization. By 10.1, the Game was mainstream enough that everyone noticed when someone hung up a sign saying "You just lost the Game" in his window. And thus, lost the Game, every time they passed by.<br />
<br />
===General Rules===<br />
<br />
There are slight differences between the Cult and the General rules, mainly in that the general rules are less comprehensive:<br />
<br />
# You are always playing The Game. <br />
# Every time you think about The Game, you lose for half an hour. <br />
# Dying outside of your grace period gives you one point.<br />
<br />
===Cult of Godzilla Rules===<br />
<br />
The rules of the version of The Game that the Cult played are as follows:<br />
<br />
# You are playing The Game. <br />
# If you remember you are playing The Game, you lose The Game.<br />
# All losses of The Game must be announced. (But most of the Cult plays with the variation that announcing is not necessary if you lose because someone else announced that they lost.)<br />
# After losing The Game, there is a 30 minute grace period, in which you cannot lose the game. (One member of the Cult of Godzilla, Olivia, got fed up with the grace period one day, and decided on a new rule: Grace periods are for squares. While this is an optional adaptation, it has been picked up on by most of the Cult, which happily loses every five minutes or so with no restrictions involved.)<br />
# If you die within this period, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die outside of this period, you get a point. RA Ian is winning The Game, with 5 points, as he's been pronounced clinically dead 5 times. (Unfortunately, the definition of "clinically dead" has changed since he died, from a stopped heart to a blank brainscan.)<br />
# If you die within the period, and then inexplicably come back to life as a zombie, you are NOT allowed to play, as you have lost forever (and forever is a loooooooong time).<br />
<br />
Also, if you haven't by now, you lose The Game. Maybe again.<br />
<br />
In [[Beginning Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]] (CAR.06.01), of which many members of the Cult were a part, The Game became a source of major class disruption, with one half of the class attempting to make the other half lose The Game. This resulted in "total and utter bannination" of the game in the classroom. This rule was not greatly enforced, as both the instructor and the TA both secretly enjoyed The Game.<br />
<br />
It was on the last full day of CAR 07.2 that The Game was protested at the Mock Protest activity. Their chants of "Why choose to lose?" and "The Game is lame!" were stuck in many heads for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, few people were convinced, despite the poster claiming that The Game hates puppies.<br />
<br />
==Rules at Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
<br />
Many people play The Game at Los Angeles Session 2, and a few at Session 1. It has many different variations. There are much less rules at LMU due to the lack of tradition. <br />
<br />
1. If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by yelling "I lost the game!"<br />
2. If you know about The Game, you must play The Game<br />
<br />
A variation on The Game was created by Brian, the [[Math Logic|Logic]] Instructor, during 08.2. He apparently got fed up with The Game, and created another Game where if you think about murder, you lose. It has a relatively small following and has resulted in cries of "I lost the other game" or "I'm thinking of murder" after someone has lost The Game. The Murder Game can also be called the Puppy Game, because the Ethics class likes to discuss burning puppies, or the Forrest Game, because an 08.2 CTYer named Forrest was nicknamed Puppy.<br />
<br />
While never played during CTY, but played a lot inside the Post CTY Depression chat room between many of the first and second sessioner LOSers are some of the following games: The anti game (you win); the post game (you lose); the match (you win if you think of it by yourself, but lose if someone else reminds you of it); the banana game (you thought of bananaphone); and saying HI DANE. People who play many of the games but are too lazy to list them all every time they lose sometimes just say "Lose cycle."<br />
<br />
==Rules at ECPI College of Technology==<br />
<br />
Most of the various ECPI campuses across the East Coast follow the same basic rules.<br />
<br />
===Virginia Beach Campus===<br />
<br />
# To know The Game is to play The Game. Once you know about The Game, you can't stop playing.<br />
# Knowing and not playing is living in denial. You play The Game whether you want to or not.<br />
# You lose The Game when you think about The Game. If you think about The Game but don't realize you lost, you still lose The Game.<br />
# When you lose, announce your loss. There is no grace period, and by proxy, everyone within hearing distance loses. This is unavoidable. If no one is around to announce it, you still lose.<br />
# The only way to win is to forget, and to know you won is to lose. To win, you can't know you won.<br />
# Tom Cruise is permanently banned from ever winning. He knows why. Even if he doesn't know about The Game, he loses.<br />
# Chuck Norris ALWAYS WINS, even if he thinks about The Game. If you've beaten Chuck Norris at The Game, it's obvious you don't know the rules of The Game.<br />
# If you die while thinking about The Game, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die without thinking about The Game, you win. However, in the afterlife, you keep playing, so you lose if you remember.<br />
# There is no rule 10.<br />
# If someone asks about The Game, you must explain The Game, and that the individual has now lost The Game, as well as everyone within earshot.<br />
# The point of The Game is to get more people to play The Game. Winning and losing is not important, but finding new and creative ways to make people lose The Game is.<br />
<br />
The Game has been played at the Virginia Beach campus since at least 2005. Any other campuses may have played it; if you are from another campus, please list yourself here.<br />
<br />
===The Match===<br />
<br />
A very recent offshoot of the game is the Match. It was created at CTY [[Princeton]] in 2008. The rules are simple: if you think about the match, you win the match, you must announce this, and everyone else loses. No one may win more often than every thirty minutes. People often keep track of their match records. This has become intrinsically linked to the Game; a shout of "I just won the match!" often follows the lament "I just lost the Game!"<br />
<br />
==Rules at Saratoga Springs==<br />
<br />
<br />
# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lost The Game" (or something similar, although "I lost The Game" is used almost ubiquitously). <br />
# After losing, you get a thirty minute grace period in which you cannot lose.<br />
# If you know about The Game, you must play The Game, although this rule is not usually enforced at Saratoga<br />
# If you are a Nevermore, or Forevermore, and you think about The Game, you win, and may loudly declare this to be so. (Session 2 only)<br />
<br />
At Saratoga, when someone announces that they have lost The Game, other people around them also announce their loss of The Game. CTYers frequently announce their loss of The Game when watching movies in Gannett Auditorium, during sad, emotional, quiet, or romantic scenes.<br />
<br />
At 18.1 a group of people often chose to ignore the thirty minutes grace period, much to the chagrin of others.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
[[The Really Game]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
* [[Wikipedia:The Game (mind game)|Wikipedia article on The Game]]<br />
* [http://losethegame.com/ Official Homepage of The Game]<br />
<br />
===The Game on Facebook===<br />
<br />
There is an application on Facebook called [http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2221892791 "The Game Notifier".]<br />
<br />
===Game Losing Boxers=== <br />
<br />
Extremely relevantly, there are game-losing boxers, which everybody absolutely needs to have for BLT.<br />
<br />
{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
{{Things we like}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Traditions]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster]]<br />
[[Category:Carlisle]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster Traditions]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=The_Game&diff=52842The Game2020-04-14T19:45:16Z<p>Ctyer: /* Rules at Los Angeles (LMU) */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[The Game]]. It's the game that everyone is playing. It's the game that if you think about the game you lose. It's the game with several variations.<br />
<br />
It's also the game from which Randall Munroe, author of [http://www.xkcd.com/391/ xkcd], claims he has freed the world.<br />
<br />
By the way, you just lost the game. <br />
<br />
==Rules at Lancaster==<br />
<br />
The rules of The Game are numbered six at [[Lancaster]], and this numbering is given more importance at the site than any other.<br />
<br />
# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lose" (or "I lose the Game," or "I lost the game," or something similar. "I lose" is used occasionally). <br />
# After losing, you get a thirty minute grace period in which you cannot lose.<br />
# If you die within this grace period, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die outside of this grace period, you get a [[The Patch|patch]], but you do not win. The only person known to be eligible for a patch at the current time is [[Phil Gunn]]. Some other possible patch wearers include Phoebe Wang, Aidin Jones, and Jessi "Tarpy" Miller.<br />
# After losing, or at any other time, if any other person asks you about the game then you must tell them about the rules of the game.<br />
# TO KNOW THE GAME IS TO PLAY THE GAME (this should be said in a deep, ominous voice).<br />
<br />
Allegedly, if you die on your birthday, you win. Which conveniently would make Shakespeare a winner, but otherwise is not particularly interesting. Most believe this rule to be a lie.<br />
<br />
In reference to an event of staggering embarrassment for a young couple from LAN.05.2, the phrase "I lose" is often accompanied at Lancaster with a "fingerjob." The fingerjob is performed using the first three fingers of the left hand to stroke the extended index finger of the right hand, or by clamping the three said fingers onto the right index finger repeatedly. Technically, however, this is actually a completely different game that is only lost when one thinks about the explicit details describing said event.<br />
<br />
Apparently, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, The Game was actually played such that only one person could lose every half hour; nobody who heard that person lose could lose for another half hour. The RAs of that era tend to tell students that they are playing "the wrong game." In addition, there was a t-shirt that a few RAs wore which said "You Just Lost" on the back<br />
<br />
===The Patch===<br />
<br />
It has been suggested that, if someone asks "What's a [[The Patch|patch]]?" or a similar question after the explanation of Rule 4, the line "We're working on the patch" become a standard answer, because:<br />
# it's true, and<br />
# it mimics the response of software developers to the pointing out of a bug in the software, i.e., "We're working on a patch for that."<br />
<br />
===The Post-Game===<br />
<br />
A small number of students at LAN 07.1 began playing "The Post-Game" which worked in a very similar manner to The Game. All rules of The Game were transferred, except that one could only lose The Post-Game after losing The Game. After the traditional "I lose!" announcement upon losing The Game, Post-Game players would add, "I also lose The Post-Game." Despite efforts to popularize this new game, The Post-Game failed to become a success; its future at CTY remains in doubt.<br />
<br />
===We Won===<br />
During Lancaster 10.2, [[User:lthreed|Matt Kolosick]], came up with the idea to shout "We Won," in replace of "I lose". The reason for this being that on the day in which the idea came to be, prop 8 had gotten overturned. In a matter of hours it had caught on, and for the rest of the day "We Won" could be heard throughout the campus. We WON!<br />
<br />
==Rules at Carlisle==<br />
<br />
The Game was a game played primarily by the [[Cult of Godzilla]]; however, it quickly spread throughout campus in 06.2. Of course, everyone is playing The Game, but all members of the Cult were definitively cognizant of that fact. The Game was in existence at CAR 05.2, at least in The Sixties, so it predates the CuoGo, but the group is responsible for its popularization. By 10.1, the Game was mainstream enough that everyone noticed when someone hung up a sign saying "You just lost the Game" in his window. And thus, lost the Game, every time they passed by.<br />
<br />
===General Rules===<br />
<br />
There are slight differences between the Cult and the General rules, mainly in that the general rules are less comprehensive:<br />
<br />
# You are always playing The Game. <br />
# Every time you think about The Game, you lose for half an hour. <br />
# Dying outside of your grace period gives you one point.<br />
<br />
===Cult of Godzilla Rules===<br />
<br />
The rules of the version of The Game that the Cult played are as follows:<br />
<br />
# You are playing The Game. <br />
# If you remember you are playing The Game, you lose The Game.<br />
# All losses of The Game must be announced. (But most of the Cult plays with the variation that announcing is not necessary if you lose because someone else announced that they lost.)<br />
# After losing The Game, there is a 30 minute grace period, in which you cannot lose the game. (One member of the Cult of Godzilla, Olivia, got fed up with the grace period one day, and decided on a new rule: Grace periods are for squares. While this is an optional adaptation, it has been picked up on by most of the Cult, which happily loses every five minutes or so with no restrictions involved.)<br />
# If you die within this period, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die outside of this period, you get a point. RA Ian is winning The Game, with 5 points, as he's been pronounced clinically dead 5 times. (Unfortunately, the definition of "clinically dead" has changed since he died, from a stopped heart to a blank brainscan.)<br />
# If you die within the period, and then inexplicably come back to life as a zombie, you are NOT allowed to play, as you have lost forever (and forever is a loooooooong time).<br />
<br />
Also, if you haven't by now, you lose The Game. Maybe again.<br />
<br />
In [[Beginning Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]] (CAR.06.01), of which many members of the Cult were a part, The Game became a source of major class disruption, with one half of the class attempting to make the other half lose The Game. This resulted in "total and utter bannination" of the game in the classroom. This rule was not greatly enforced, as both the instructor and the TA both secretly enjoyed The Game.<br />
<br />
It was on the last full day of CAR 07.2 that The Game was protested at the Mock Protest activity. Their chants of "Why choose to lose?" and "The Game is lame!" were stuck in many heads for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, few people were convinced, despite the poster claiming that The Game hates puppies.<br />
<br />
==Rules at Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
<br />
Many people play The Game at Los Angeles Session 2, and a few at Session 1. It has many different variations.<br />
<br />
1. If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lost the game!"<br />
<br />
A variation on The Game was created by Brian, the [[Math Logic|Logic]] Instructor, during 08.2. He apparently got fed up with The Game, and created another Game where if you think about murder, you lose. It has a relatively small following and has resulted in cries of "I lost the other game" or "I'm thinking of murder" after someone has lost The Game. The Murder Game can also be called the Puppy Game, because the Ethics class likes to discuss burning puppies, or the Forrest Game, because an 08.2 CTYer named Forrest was nicknamed Puppy.<br />
<br />
While never played during CTY, but played a lot inside the Post CTY Depression chat room between many of the first and second sessioner LOSers are some of the following games: The anti game (you win); the post game (you lose); the match (you win if you think of it by yourself, but lose if someone else reminds you of it); the banana game (you thought of bananaphone); and saying HI DANE. People who play many of the games but are too lazy to list them all every time they lose sometimes just say "Lose cycle."<br />
<br />
==Rules at ECPI College of Technology==<br />
<br />
Most of the various ECPI campuses across the East Coast follow the same basic rules.<br />
<br />
===Virginia Beach Campus===<br />
<br />
# To know The Game is to play The Game. Once you know about The Game, you can't stop playing.<br />
# Knowing and not playing is living in denial. You play The Game whether you want to or not.<br />
# You lose The Game when you think about The Game. If you think about The Game but don't realize you lost, you still lose The Game.<br />
# When you lose, announce your loss. There is no grace period, and by proxy, everyone within hearing distance loses. This is unavoidable. If no one is around to announce it, you still lose.<br />
# The only way to win is to forget, and to know you won is to lose. To win, you can't know you won.<br />
# Tom Cruise is permanently banned from ever winning. He knows why. Even if he doesn't know about The Game, he loses.<br />
# Chuck Norris ALWAYS WINS, even if he thinks about The Game. If you've beaten Chuck Norris at The Game, it's obvious you don't know the rules of The Game.<br />
# If you die while thinking about The Game, you lose forever.<br />
# If you die without thinking about The Game, you win. However, in the afterlife, you keep playing, so you lose if you remember.<br />
# There is no rule 10.<br />
# If someone asks about The Game, you must explain The Game, and that the individual has now lost The Game, as well as everyone within earshot.<br />
# The point of The Game is to get more people to play The Game. Winning and losing is not important, but finding new and creative ways to make people lose The Game is.<br />
<br />
The Game has been played at the Virginia Beach campus since at least 2005. Any other campuses may have played it; if you are from another campus, please list yourself here.<br />
<br />
===The Match===<br />
<br />
A very recent offshoot of the game is the Match. It was created at CTY [[Princeton]] in 2008. The rules are simple: if you think about the match, you win the match, you must announce this, and everyone else loses. No one may win more often than every thirty minutes. People often keep track of their match records. This has become intrinsically linked to the Game; a shout of "I just won the match!" often follows the lament "I just lost the Game!"<br />
<br />
==Rules at Saratoga Springs==<br />
<br />
<br />
# If you think about The Game, you lose, and must loudly declare that you lose, by saying "I lost The Game" (or something similar, although "I lost The Game" is used almost ubiquitously). <br />
# After losing, you get a thirty minute grace period in which you cannot lose.<br />
# If you know about The Game, you must play The Game, although this rule is not usually enforced at Saratoga<br />
# If you are a Nevermore, or Forevermore, and you think about The Game, you win, and may loudly declare this to be so. (Session 2 only)<br />
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At Saratoga, when someone announces that they have lost The Game, other people around them also announce their loss of The Game. CTYers frequently announce their loss of The Game when watching movies in Gannett Auditorium, during sad, emotional, quiet, or romantic scenes.<br />
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At 18.1 a group of people often chose to ignore the thirty minutes grace period, much to the chagrin of others.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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[[The Really Game]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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* [[Wikipedia:The Game (mind game)|Wikipedia article on The Game]]<br />
* [http://losethegame.com/ Official Homepage of The Game]<br />
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===The Game on Facebook===<br />
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There is an application on Facebook called [http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2221892791 "The Game Notifier".]<br />
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===Game Losing Boxers=== <br />
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Extremely relevantly, there are game-losing boxers, which everybody absolutely needs to have for BLT.<br />
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<div>[[Cross-dress Day]], known as '''Drag Day''' or '''Gender Bender Day''' or '''Clothing Swap Day''', depending on site (and, in fact, not known as "Cross-dress Day" at any site), is a set day that occurs once per session on which it is traditional for students (and sometimes RAs) to cross-dress. It occurs on different days at different sites, and is often associated with ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. Normally, students exchange clothes with a friend of the opposite gender, although some bring their own clothing.<br />
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Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, there is general not a great deal of parental complaint about this tradition. Recently, however, some sites have been trying to put an end to Cross-dress Day, usually resulting in protests.<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
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At Lancaster, Cross-dress Day is always on '''Second Saturday'''. It is usually referred to as "drag day", and is celebrated before lunch, before all the guys realize how annoying girls clothing can get. Many also attend the Saturday carnival in drag.<br />
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Second Saturday is also ''Rocky Horror Picture Show'' Night, when nomores act out "[[The Time Warp]]" and "[[Sweet Transvestite]]." In 2012.1, "Sweet Transvestite" was replaced by "Over at the Frankenstein Place". 2012.2 acted out "Science Fiction/Double Feature" in place of "Sweet Transvestite." As of 2013.1, the second song is "Hot Patootie", due to admin complaints about the sexuality of Sweet Transvestite.<br />
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[http://imgur.com/a/njzbf Nico Vallone in a queen of hearts dress made out of cards at LAN 14.1]<br />
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==Carlisle==<br />
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At Carlisle, this day is only referred to as '''Clothing Swap Day''' and in past years as '''Drag Day''', and occurs on '''Second Tuesday'''.<br />
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Generally, Clothing Swap Day is the most-participated in day of all dress-up or theme days. Often, the night before, during [[Meet Market]], a pair of about the same size exchange clothing. The next day, they put on the clothing of a gender different than that which they present as and strut their stuff. The ballerinas are incredulous at the sight of the swaps, much to the amusement of CTY campers. The ballerinas have been known to take photos of CTY campers with or without their permission. As of 16.1, RAs dictated that one was not allowed to make fun of or imitate physical traits of others, i.e. drawing on stubble, stuffing, lowering/highering your voice, etc. People who do not typically wear bras often do, which can alter the way one's chest looks. Clothing and makeup are traditionally the only things that change on each person. The dress code still applies on Clothing Swap Day. Many people shed their apparel by activities, if they wish to participate in a physical activity. <br />
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In 2018, Carlisle adopted the name Clothing Swap Day, replacing Drag Day. Although this change was initially met with pushback from returning campers, once students learned of the tradition's origins as a protest, they, for the most part, were respectful of the change and of the history of the tradition, outlined below. Now, students may still take part in the traditional manner to their own level of comfort, but the definition has extended to mean 'wearing clothes that you wouldn't normally wear'. Some students dress up as abstract concepts like galaxies or don't participate altogether. No matter the level or manner of participation, Carlislians are generally supportive of each other and each others' boundaries.<br />
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[http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c141/BBeltballerina/IMG_0207.jpg CAR.05.2]<br />
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[http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n264/alaska27acid/eyecandy.jpg CAR.05.1]<br />
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[http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n264/alaska27acid/boytoy.jpg Another of CAR.05.1]<br />
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===Origins of Clothing Swap Day===<br />
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The origins of Clothing Swap Day actually have nothing to do with Sound of America; in fact, there were several years where Clothing Swap Day and SoA overlapped. According to the Traditions activity of 18.2, in 97.2, Pierre(?) only brought jeans to the site, which can get very hot and humid. He then borrowed skirts and/or dresses from one of his classmates to try to beat the heat. The administration promptly cracked down, forcing him to change, on the grounds that they had heard angry complaints from parents via the Baltimore office about cross-dressing at CTY. Allegedly, this was actually an excuse fabricated by the Dean of Residential Life.<br />
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After this incident, a mass protest was held by the students, with many wearing signs throughout the day that said 'I AM NOT OFFENDED' as well as swapped clothing. In subsequent years, the theme spread, and Clothing Swap Day was born. During the few years when their time on campus overlapped, the Washington Redskins found Clothing Swap Day particularly amusing.<br />
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==Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)==<br />
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At Skidmore, Cross-dress day is referred to as '''Drag Day/Gender Bender Day''', and occurs on Second Wednesday. As Saratoga is known for its extremely intense Tradition Days, the majority of the campus participates in Drag Day. People can be seen exchanging clothing two days before Drag Day, and Quad time during the night before Drag Day is often filled with people running back to their dorms and back to the Quad for last minute clothing exchanges.<br />
Due to the camp sharing it's cafeteria with a ballet camp and summer college students, the Rinas and Rinos and college students all are greatly amused and occasionally horrified when they realize that the person they're flirting with isn't actually a boy/girl during Drag Day.<br />
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During 13.1, SRA Kenny acknowledged Drag Day the preceding Tuesday after a movie. His announcement "Tomorrow is Drag Day." to the camp was met with applause and cheering from the students. He used the moment to remind campers that all round curves must be covered, whether it be booty or breast. The RA's also were told to remind "gurlz" and girls to dress "appropriately", though it that can somewhat ironic considering a teenage boy wearing yoga pants, a V-neck and cardigan along with lipstick and mascara is probably not appropriate in most social situations.<br />
According to the Dining Hall staff of 13.1, their favorite tradition day is Drag Day and find it to be completely hilarious and occasionally ask each other whether a patron is male or female. One cook that worked at The Diner said this CTYer's hot pink nails were "lovely" and "expertly done". One female janitor also taught the proper way to sit while wearing a dress and how to cross one's leg or ankles to prevent any "goods" from being accidently revealed.<br />
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As of 15.1, what used to be known as "Drag Day" is now "Wacky Wednesday" due to the transphobic implications of drag shows. It still consists of exchanging clothes with the opposite gender, only now it is regarded as a more inclusive term to genderqueer people, and those who don't fit within the gender binary.<br />
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As of 16.1, we thought "Wacky Wednesday" wasn't quite right (it was created very, very last minute). We changed the name to "Clothing Swap Day" so it has no implications of gender but is still an accurate description of the day. Future generations, feel free to change it again, because nothing will have the same ring to it as "Drag Day" did, but this is the best we could think of.<br />
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==Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
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Cross-dress day is called '''Drag Day''' at LMU. It occurs on the second Tuesday. Boys often swap clothes with girls during [[Social Time]] the night before. As other summer camps are usually going on at the time, students at the site have the pleasure of telling the Kobe kids or other sports camps the various reasons why they've decided to cross dress. Many girl CTYers are approached by Kobe campers asking "Is that person standing next to you a boy or a girl, the one in the dress?"<br />
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In 11.1, Drag Day occurred on the last day of the Korean Church Convention. The Koreans were dazzled by the sight of LMU-ers in their full glory. Many guys had painted their nails and decided to wear revealing clothing, like off-shoulder tops, halter-neck dresses and short skirts, complete with hair accessories and make-up. Unlike at other sites, some RAs' acknowledged this event and one brave RA even used this event as a discussion during that night's hall meeting, promoting awareness and tolerance.<br />
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==Loudonville (Siena)==<br />
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At Siena, Cross-Dress day is separated into two distinct events: Fairy Princess Day and Macho Man Day. The first occurs on Second Tuesday, and is when guys cross dress, while the second is on Second Wendsday, for girls.<br />
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During 08.1, Siena College held its orientation at the beginning of July, resulting in large groups of Christian college freshmen being present for Fairy Princess Day. Needless to say, the cross-dressing teenagers attracted significant notice, mostly in the form of mostly blank, slightly horrified stares.<br />
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==Baltimore==<br />
[[Image:Drag Day 08 2 at JHU.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Drag Day at 08.2]]<br />
During 07.1, Drag Day was virtually nonexistent. Only five or six kids participated (one of them on the wrong day). <br />
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Baltimore's Drag Day in 08.1 was impromptu and organized wholly by the students because JHU administration wanted nothing to do with it and RAs were forbidden from cross-dressing. But in the end, Drag Day came through and many students participated in this spectacular event. Fake 'marriages' happened throughout the day and many hearts were broken as "boys" dumped "girls" and other confusions happened. <br />
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08.2 also held a smaller Drag Day. <br />
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In 09.1, Drag Day was pointedly held on Second Wednesday, although RAs were still forbidden to "encourage OR discourage it". This came through although only about 1 in every 10 kids dragged. Paul's hall was forbidden from participating "because it might be insulting" although most other halls were not expressly forbidden. Many sights including too-tight skirts could be seen. <br />
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In 10.2 however, Drag Day was a huge hit, it occurred on the second Wednesday and many minidresses, miniskirts, girls so G they were almost H, and hot "gurlz" could be seen. The RAs were strictly prohibited to encourage OR discourage it, again. <br />
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During 11.1, Drag Day was held on the second Monday. Students spread the word almost a week in advance, and the exchange of clothing happened up until that Monday. RAs pretended not to know about the event, and neither endorsed nor discouraged it, again. Boys were seen in skirts and dresses, some in heels and a bra, though the exchange of underclothes has been forbidden in the past years. Many more girls participated than boys and some were mistaken for actual boys (which they were delighted about). This was the birthday of "swag walks" and "bro food". <br />
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Drag Day in 11.2 occurred on the second Tuesday. RAs' again pretended to know nothing about it, whereas the instructional staff did say some things about it, especially the LAWP class, as they were about the discuss gay rights. There was a lot more participation this year, compared to 10.2. We did freak a couple lax bros' out with the sight of nevermore Jaime in a halter-neck, Mexican dress, nevermore Kyle in jeggings and tight T-shirt, and the jaw-dropping looks created by many other courageous men.<br />
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Drag Day in 18.2 was on the second Wednesday. It was called Cross-Dress Day, even though the Princess of the Blood had said very clearly that she didn't want it to be called that as it had negative connotations and implied a gender-binary system. Many other students and RAs shared this opinion. However, the administration still called it Cross-Dress Day and used the phrase "opposite gender" many times. Despite this, there were still quite a few participants once the spirit day came around.<br />
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==Easton==<br />
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At Easton, Cross-dress Day is on the last Wednesday.<br />
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*08.1 a couple of the girls and boys halls had their own unoffical cross dress day on the second weds instead of the last.<br />
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*08.2 On this cross-dress day, legendary Easton CAAmpers Brian Herrera and Toni Braxton were reprimanded for their dress. Toni Braxton was forced to change into normal male's attire because they were "disrespecting Lafayette property". Apparently, sexually pleasing a Lafayette golfcart (while nevermore girls Nadya Spice and Steph Dunn take advantage of the photo-op) is inappropriate, and results in the removal of the privilege to dress like the opposite gender. Brian Herrera, however, was punished for being just too sexy. Apparently, his outfit was too revealing. He was forced to change just like Toni and Octavio. Brian, in fact, did not comply. He instead wore his cross-dress day clothes underneath men's clothing and took off the cover-up during Rob Lovering's most amazing Bioethics class. [[BIOETHICS ''B.A.M.Fs'']]<br />
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*09.2 Cross-dress has been cancelled, being replaced with a "T-Shirt Signing Wednesday." Cross-Day day was apparently "offensive", because apparently there were cross-dressers on campus. Though some returning students dressed up for these days, many people did not, and just wore their CTY shirts instead. However, some returning female CAAmpers, such as Carolyn Byington and Leila Kurman, still decided to celebrate cross-dress day by wearing dresses and drawing crosses on their hands. Also, male camper Nikhil Varma dressed up in a dress for much of the day. The administration had no problem with their choice of how to celebrate this day! Easton CAAmpers of the future are encouraged to explore new and exciting ways to participate in SPIRIT WEEK!<br />
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*10.2 Cross Dress day is still not allowed, however no-mores and nevermores Sam Lawyer, Tony Satryan, Nikhil Varma, and a few others still dressed up for this event. During mid-morning after breakfast, they were escorted out of the quad by SRA's Kelly and Seth, with everyone clapping and applauding them for this event. They were not punished, but they had to change. Though it was more common than the previous year and still not permitted, we still encourage students to keep the original traditions going.<br />
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*15.1 By this point, Cross-Dress Day was allowed again. Aja Saldana was forced to change for wearing a strapless dress.<br />
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*16.1 Oscar Moreno swapped with his girlfriend Vanessa Aguiar, and wore a crop top and short shorts, to the amusement of his hall. Vanessa wore khaki shorts and a Vineyard Vines buttondown. The day was officially called Wacky Wednesday, and admin forbid RAs from endorsing cross-dressing.<br />
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*16.2 Wes Kim and Trinity Liang switched. Wes wore short shorts that were shorter than his underwear, and Trinity looked like a street basketball player with baggy Nike shorts, an Adidas t-shirt and a backwards Nike "Just Do It" hat. The day was officially named Wardrobe Wednesday, because "wacky Wednesday," came off as a microaggression to some. RAs promoted cross-dressing, unlike 16.1.<br />
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*18.1 Many RAs participated in drag day. It is the first time in recent memory that RAs are allowed to participate.<br />
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[[Category:Traditions]]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=52838Los Angeles2020-04-09T01:21:32Z<p>Ctyer: /* Order of Activities */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''20.1'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to covid-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores. MAJOR SHOUTOUT to 20.1 Holy Trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda. We love you guys!!<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to covid-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=52837Los Angeles2020-04-09T01:20:45Z<p>Ctyer: /* Tradition History */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
<br />
*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
<br />
*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
<br />
*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
<br />
*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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<br />
*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''20.1'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to covid-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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'''20.1'''<br />
*CTY was canceled due to covid-19. However, we would still like to honor the holy trinity: Allison, Corey, and Amanda who we all know would've done amazing at keeping the traditions alive.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a convenient location. However, the beds are high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". To spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to Dodge Ball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was much like Dodge Ball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did it. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to sit on the steps instead of dancing. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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*'''20.1'''<br />
**CTY was sadly canceled due to covid-19. Our hearts go out to all nomores and nevermores.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 [[User:Coreyjwang|Corey Wang]]<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played often. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but nobody participated, due to the fact that there was no notice and the themes weren't cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had much participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was a lot of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* A promiscuous student with the nom de guerre of “[[Chad]]” got caught getting intimate with a girl in the elevator of St. Robert’s Hall.<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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<div>The Blammo Gods of CTY are the administrators of the game of Blammo. They are in charge of signups for Blammo, keeping track of and assigning targets, answering questions about the game, bringing and providing spoons, etc. They run the game.<br />
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Blammo Gods may have helpers, sometimes referred to as Blammo Angels, that help with the strenuous logistics work involved in running the game (or just get the Gods food during mealtimes).<br />
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Depending on how the Blammo God chooses to run things, it is possible for them to play themselves, and even win.<br />
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Because they are the Gods, they get to decide the rules - where and when is a safe zone, what counts as a legal kill, whether projectile Blammos, custom weapons, or other fancy stuff is allowed, etc. <br />
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While in theory the Blammo Gods should run the game fairly (randomly assigning targets), they have often been known to bend the rules. This can include allowing players to request targets, rigging selection so players get people they know, bringing players back to life, and allowing their friends immunity.<br />
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Session 1 Lancaster usually has two Gods that run separate games, which are merged during Final Blammo, while Session 2 Lancaster has a single God. The relic is a mustachioed stuffed yellow spoon named [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory]]. The position is passed down at Passionfruit, with the new God(s) being initiated in a shower of blammo spoons.<br />
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==Blammo Gods==<br />
Below, Blammo Gods who have resided over games are listed by year, site, and session. Please add any missing Blammo Gods that have previously resided over games.<br />
(A list of Blammo Gods can also be found [[Blammo#Lancaster|here.]])<br />
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===Lancaster===<br />
Session 1:<br />
* ∞.1: [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory Spoon]]<br />
* 07.1: Zev Hurwich<br />
* 09.1: Elena Karras<br />
* 11.1: Rudy Garcia and Alex Kohanski<br />
* 12.1: Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob<br />
* 13.1: Ankita Satpathy and Alex Lesnik<br />
* 14.1: Eric Wan and Bonnie Nguyen (when Mahishan Gnanaseharan did not return)<br />
* 15.1: Annika Hildebrandt and [[User:Zoe|Zoe Zmola]] (originally Michelle Dashevsky)<br />
* 16.1: Drew Genuit and [[User:Shprinkles|Victoria "Shprinkles" Provost]] (when Lynnette Jiang could not return)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:sienzala|Sienna Axe]] and [[User:Aidan|Aidan Parker]] (when Jack Frey could not return)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Hillary|Hillary Mak]] and Michael Kissane<br />
* 19.1: [[User:Lindsey.russ|Lindsey Russ]] and [[User:naomilovesspoons|Naomi Abramowicz]]<br />
* 20.1: Myrah Charles and Riya Kishen<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 05.2: Mama Will Colmer<br />
* 06.2: Rachel Todd<br />
* 07.2: Laney<br />
* 10.2: Sam Fomon and Declan Kennedy<br />
* 11.2: Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire<br />
* 12.2: Sam Ngan and Mindy Cheng<br />
* 13.2: Sam Ngan and Ashley Wang<br />
* 14.2: [[User:AmigurumiGirl|Sharon Lin]]<br />
* 15.2: Samantha Pancoe<br />
* 16.2: Allie Voltaggio<br />
* 17.2: Michael Zhang ([[User: willChu|Will Chu]] did most of the work)<br />
* 18.2: Caroline Zhao<br />
* 19.2: [[User:AnnabelleJ|Annabelle Hinks]]<br />
* 20.2: Maia Hubscher<br />
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===Saratoga Springs===<br />
At Saratoga Springs, the session one Blammo God is a member of the Royalty. The relic is known as the Blammo God Crown, a cardboard and duct tape crown with a ring of plastic spoons around it. While all the other three session one members of the royalty have authority over Blammo, the Blammo God's decisions in regards to rules and kills are final. The position of Blammo God is tied to one of the Emperor slots and is subsequently passed down at Passionfruit when naming new Royalty. The relic of the Session Two Blammo God is a giant spoon that was first brought to SAR by Alisha Ukani in 2012.2. Since then, it has been passed down to Blammo God successors in a Spoonicorn ceremony at Passionfruit. For session two the winner of Blammo, if they accept, becomes Blammo God for the next year. If they decline Blammo God is given to second place and so down the line.<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 13.1: RA Jamie Jung<br />
* 14.1: Charlotte Keely and Katie Miles (Empresses) <br />
* 15.1: Griffin Badalamente (Emperor) <br />
* 16.1: Duncan, Carly, Byron, Viky (Royalty)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:AlexBrasileiro|Alexandre Jabor]] (Mr. Blammo God), Gabe, Kaiya and Zivia (Royalty)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Juniorlin.7|Nelson Lin]] (Mr. Blammo God Melon Jr.), [[User:Kaiti Filippou|Kaiti Filippou]], and [[User:Daxuie|Daniel Xu]] (Royalty)<br />
* 19.1 [[User:Robert Sheng|Robert Sheng]] (Mrs. Blammo God), Eric Krieger, [[User:gramos|Gia Mar Ramos]], and [[User:Noorsingh19|Noor Singh]] (Royalty)<br />
* 20.1 Jack Schaeffer (Blammo God), Max Tanksley, [[User:Dotdoesstuff|Dorothy Zhou]], Neya Kidambi (Royalty)<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 12.2: Alisha Ukani<br />
* 13.2: Kimberley/Kimmy Katz<br />
* 14.2: Alex Goodisman<br />
* 15.2: Jake Garso<br />
* 16.2 Maeve Brammer<br />
* 17.2: [[User:Hgrauer|Hannah Grauer]]<br />
* 18.2: Brooke Avery<br />
* 19.2: [[User:MedusaHead5|Rhys Bloom]] (given by the elected, Ashley Jakubowicz)<br />
* 20.2: [[User:Dan.Olevsky|Daniel Olevsky]]<br />
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===Los Angeles===<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 2008.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2009.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2010.1: ?<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2015.1: None<br />
* 2016.1: Jalen Sur and Thomas Brooks<br />
* 2017.1: Nilisha Baid and Zofia Borowska<br />
* 2018.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Amanda Nguyen<br />
* 2019.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Elise Kim<br />
* 2020.1: Allison Nguyen, Amanda Chen, Corey Wang<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 2008.2: Emma M. and Lyra<br />
* 2010.2: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Mexican Jesus<br />
* 2013.2: Caitlin H.<br />
* 2014.2: Colin S.<br />
* 2015.2: Cameron T. and Kiki K.<br />
* 2016.2: [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P.]], Jessica Z., and Cameron T.<br />
* 2017.2: [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]], Pearson M., and [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S.]]<br />
* 2019.2: Olivia Wong, Lysander Schmit, and Jocelyn Shek<br />
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===Baltimore===<br />
* 2009.2: Sam Goldstein<br />
* 2010.1: None<br />
* 2010.2: Trinity<br />
* 2011.2: Karl Heinlein?<br />
* 2012.1: None<br />
* 2012.2: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]]<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Colin Song and many others<br />
* 2015.2: Milo<br />
* 2016.1: Cancelled<br />
* 2017.1: Banned<br />
* 2017.2: Banned<br />
* 2018.1: Banned<br />
* 2018.2: Banned<br />
* 2019.1: ?<br />
* 2019.2: Amanda Chen (banned)<br />
* 2020.1: ?<br />
* 2020.1: Victoria Lam (no Blammo, just a site-wide, admin-approved game)<br />
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===Carlisle===<br />
* 2010.2: Max H.<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Carl<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: ?<br />
* 2014.1: Tony Topol, Karan Tandon, and Jason Mickenberg<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Andrew Javems<br />
* 2015.2:<br />
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===Princeton===<br />
* 2010: Race Archibold and Benjamin Boult<br />
* 2011: Logan Phillips, Arthur Dashan, Julia Tanaka, ???<br />
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===Easton===<br />
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Session 1<br />
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* 2017.1: Aja Saldana (Demigods were Austin Szatrowski and Hannah Cohen)<br />
* 2018.1 Austin Szatrowski<br />
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Session 2<br />
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* 2013.2: Kyle Eve-Townsend and Braxton Jones<br />
* 2014.2: Dean Dijour and Jake Lawyer<br />
* 2015.2: Matt Hom and James Kim<br />
* 2016.2: Matt Hom and Andrew Crisol<br />
* 2017.2: Sophia Phaltankar, Meagan Wong, Phillip Alexeev<br />
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===CLI SFSU===<br />
* 2007: Peter Treadway<br />
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===Bristol===<br />
* 2016.2: Justin (JZ) Zhao, Haeju Jeong, Justin (Adel) Adel, Sangmin (Sang) Lee</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=52436Los Angeles2019-12-05T06:19:13Z<p>Ctyer: /* Father */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar). The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike) and give them something different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate of everything they don't want. Potatoes are now only seen in two places: the mashed potatoes and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the edible selections of food were limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries". Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food had drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well). The pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best. There were occasionally suspicious food items, such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage" midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was overall okay. Lunch and dinner offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
The majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is nice for sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. <br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and don't have lounges for the most part. However, given that the climate at LMU is comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose much of a problem. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. RAs theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls. In 2019, Huesman was torn down.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls. In 2019, the construction that took place left the quad with only Doheny left.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits nine halls, three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits nine halls, three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame. During 2019, Sullivan was torn down, along with the Doheny Fountain. The staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South, much to the dismay of students. <br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seemed to love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors. In 2019, the staff and medical office moved to Del Rey South.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows into Doheny Courtyard. In 2019, the Huesman, Doheny and Sullivan courtyards were all torn down. <br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in the Desmond Courtyard, and on rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is a massive grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became greener over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is open for a select number of hours each day during class time, so Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls). [Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat)". The latter was held by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site since activities such as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Both students and RAs were a part of this country. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around was chaotic since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is wonderful and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might be the best activity ever held or a flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodge balls, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than doing dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' A daily activity that can vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, Casino Night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1, he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RAs Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song ("Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Teams were by class instead of by hall)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red. Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be creative. Majority of students were scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Whelan Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small black lights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. There was a disappointing lack of international music such as Vocaloid and K-pop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known to few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B defeated the other halls with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory (it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (The same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when there was no precedent and he felt like messin. Kids also were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. They were talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.) They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably entertaining but not hearable by the human ear. Afterward, students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RAs won as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received minute amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. About two RAs dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): There was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the option to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce occured. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The DRL's spoken word performance was notable and was widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and Blammo targets, but the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector, but the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows (stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Similar to last year. Classes were supposed to go around campus and take pictures, but most people ended up chilling in Starbucks. Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on Regent's Terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is becoming a session one tradition. Halls were paired up and assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were paired with a different RA to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret Menus were added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in Sunken Gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Due to the constant complaints, the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the RAs if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was messed up and RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle, much to the confusion of several RAs. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent show: There was a lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." Thank you to RA David for playing Seasons of Love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As usual, it was held on the final Thursday outside Whelan. However, they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light-up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. RA David made the playlist and it was the best dance out of the three. At 9:15, the slideshow was played and all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RAs, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an emotional night as always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to just sit on the steps and not dance. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
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===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. The last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but most people dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all-knowing and intellectually superior CTY students. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (starting in 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 [[User:Jocelyn Shek|Jocelyn S.]]<br />
*2020 Clarissa C.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
*2020 Claire (S.?)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 Corey Wang<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Silvia F. (Replaced Olivia W.)<br />
*2020 Emma B.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only Afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*More canon was played due to the protests of students and RAs alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before (or as much) were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III.<br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a little canon songs were played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the second dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3, much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. When week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D. were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*The mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
* Transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning and the Holy Trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday and much more of the camp participated<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as they both Blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again because of RA Luis<br />
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'''19.2'''<br />
* Returning students were afraid that the new wave of squirrels were going to cause all traditions to die down. however with the help of RAs David, Luis and Sabrina + returning students, many traditions managed to stay alive, along with the reintroduction of old traditions<br />
* KBBQ and Braveheart were brought back and merged into one activity.<br />
* RAs Sabrina and Luis reintroduced "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" and it was played at the second and third dances<br />
* Many songs were missed, including Cupid Shuffle at all 3 dances, Party in the USA and Low at the first two dances, and Everytime we Touch and Cha Cha Slide in the last ones.<br />
* All spirit days happened on the scheduled traditional day<br />
* Blammo took place through out the session, ending with a final winner - Clarissa C. with 9 kills<br />
*Pet banana was brought back by RA Sabrina!<br />
*The selling of glowsticks for poi was "banned" during the second dance, but many RAs (especially ones dedicated to keeping traditions alive) basically said to continue doing it without making a scene.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Talent_Show&diff=51324Talent Show2019-07-29T01:22:18Z<p>Ctyer: /* 18.1 Talent Show */</p>
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<div>A ''Talent Show'' at CTY usually involves very unusual skills that are possessed by us lovable weirdos who attend camp.<br />
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==Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)==<br />
At Saratoga, the Talent Show takes place on the second Saturday of the session. Every year, there are a variety of amazingly talented (or Ceriously Talented) acts. Both students and staff perform. Between each act, skits are written and performed by Nevermores and Nomores. In the Talent Show weekly activity, performers audition and practice for the show. In 2012, the talent show was moved from Gannett Auditorium to Filene Hall which is near the Arthur Zankel Music Center and it's where the Talent Show has been ever since. Traditionally, Nevermores also perform a glowsticking act towards the end of the show, and end the night with a camp-wide sing-along.<br />
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===94.1===<br />
Held at Gannett Auditorium<br />
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====Act I====<br />
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MC's: Noah Lehrman and Beth Meyers <br />
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Brian Lewandowski & Paul Melnikow - Who's on First<br />
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Adele Bruni & Nicole Bertrand - "Castle On A Cloud" by Alaine Boubdil<br />
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Two Jazzy Schmoes - "Girl From Ipanema" Paul Ianetti-guitar, Todd Polenberg-conga<br />
<br />
Alexandra Mattis - Piano "Sonatina No.2 Movement 3" by David Karp<br />
<br />
Karen Emberger & Laura Stuart - Variations on B Flat<br />
<br />
Stefan Hurwitz - Cello "Tarantella" by William Henry Squire<br />
<br />
Andrew Lowerre - Guitar "Carolina in My Mind" by J. Taylor<br />
<br />
Leah Bartelson - piano "Prelude in C major" from Well-Tempered Clavalier Volume I by J.S. Bach<br />
<br />
TheMultiCulti Crew - "Gumboot"<br />
<br />
Jennifer Connell & Steven Laurie - "A Little Fall of Rain" by Alain Boubdil<br />
<br />
Miho Saegusa Plays Violin REALLY Fast - "Caprice No. 5" by Paganini <br />
<br />
====Act II====<br />
<br />
MC's: Noah Lehrman and Neal Scoones<br />
<br />
Josh Ganderson & Daniel Margulies - Random Acts of Flight<br />
<br />
Mary Stone - pinao "Holberg Suite" by Greig<br />
<br />
The Faculty Food Song Singers - "The Food Song"<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Loeb Play Violin not quite as fast as Miho - "Concerto No. 1 in A minor Allegro Moderato" by J.S. Bach<br />
<br />
Mark Fridman, Ken Takase, Jon Shapiro & Dana Reid-Vanas - "Terry Is God"<br />
<br />
Ian Kaplan - "River in the Rain" and "Waiting For the Light to Shine," from Big River<br />
<br />
Teresa Lee - piano "Six Variations" by Beethoven<br />
<br />
A Cute Little Pop Song by Todd Polenberg<br />
<br />
Lindsay Kim - cello "Traumerei" by R.A. Schumann<br />
<br />
The Big Kids - "Rubber Duckie," traditional<br />
<br />
===95.2===<br />
Held at Gannett Auditorium<br />
<br />
MC's: Sherri Davidhoff, Emily Mason-Ryan, Neal Scoones, Francesco Romano<br />
<br />
====Act I====<br />
<br />
Catharine Franklin - Etude Tableaux, Opus 29, No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)<br />
<br />
Lucy Kaufman + Stephanie Farquhan - A Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney)<br />
<br />
Nicholas Franklin, Jessie Kaloust, Liz Groleau, Nora O'Neill - Werewolf Airlines<br />
<br />
Jamie Vasta - Little Earthquakes (Amos)<br />
<br />
Sheela Maru - Ganesh Shabdam (Trad.)<br />
<br />
Andrew Lowerre - Beaumon Rag (Trad., arr. Doc Watson)<br />
<br />
Jamie Loeb, Anne Kelly, Ann James, Matt White - Aristocrats<br />
<br />
Jenne Connell, Laura Stuart, Special Guest - Closer To Fine (Indigo Girls)<br />
<br />
====Act II====<br />
<br />
Dawn Perlner - To Kill a Mockingbird<br />
<br />
Matt Nociti, Deepa Ranganathan - Winter (Amos)<br />
<br />
Mark Bradwin, Stephanie Bonner, Jon Heifetz, Sherri Davidhoff, Paul Melnikow - Party Quirks<br />
<br />
Semicircle - Most<br />
<br />
The Graceful Ones - Amazing Grace<br />
<br />
Emily Zaehring + Paul Melnikow - Who's on First? (Abbot + Costello)<br />
<br />
Toddlers with Angst - Body Parts!!! (Trad.)<br />
<br />
===96.1===<br />
Held at Gannett Auditorium<br />
<br />
MC's: Amy Suback and Seung-Min Lee<br />
<br />
====Act I====<br />
<br />
Ben Flynn - Electric Guitar, improvisation<br />
<br />
Erica Ko, Zie, Man Hickory - Iko, Iko<br />
<br />
Lauren Levy - Because You Love Me<br />
<br />
Marnie DaJong - Pan<br />
<br />
Ish Sheth, Alla Slutsker, Carol Stragnell - Summertime<br />
<br />
Meg Wands - Misty<br />
<br />
Bobbing for Piranhas (Matt Habegger, David Eil, Jonathan Barnes) - Low<br />
<br />
Daniel Terry, Kathryn Chang - I Dreamed a Dream<br />
<br />
Isaac Schapira, Alan Bell - Frankie & Al<br />
<br />
Meenah Kim - Black Swan<br />
<br />
Friend Watermelon (Amy Subach) - Yesterday<br />
<br />
Dave & The Crew (Logic Class) - Yellow Submarine<br />
<br />
====Act II====<br />
<br />
Alexis Renwanz - Dance: Crowley's Real: Test of Stamina<br />
<br />
Zie - Don Juan<br />
<br />
Anna Dupont, Alison Barns, Mary "Nugget" Fries, Abra "Shatter" Pollock, Sara "Sabbaresse's Pieces," Liz "Gleeky" Caradonna, Mary "Witherspoon" Cornell, Janine "Gump" Wysmuller, Isha "Dion" Sheth, Carol Stragnell - Wee...<br />
<br />
Bibiana Agostini, Stephanie Lin - A Little Fall of Rain<br />
<br />
Nancy Garland - Handel<br />
<br />
Justin Leader - New York State of Mind<br />
<br />
Amy Burkhardt - Dance: Yes<br />
<br />
Jeff Chassen - Hero<br />
<br />
Lucy Kaufman & Crew - Copacabana<br />
<br />
Daniel Terry - Memory<br />
<br />
Alex Vaughan, Matt Hickory, Rob Levy, Chris Rojas - Samba<br />
<br />
===97.1===<br />
Held at Gannett Auditorium<br />
<br />
MC's: Ben Chaika and Ben Hooberman<br />
<br />
====Act I====<br />
<br />
Alice Hwang - Piano, Scherzo by Chopin<br />
<br />
Erica Ko, Daniel Simon & Robert Dickan - Drive by R.E.M.<br />
<br />
Annie Serafim - Chicken Impression<br />
<br />
Jame Lee Corrar - violin, Gavotte by Bach<br />
<br />
Ethan Fenn and Daniel Brome - Trombone, A Bop Duet by Bugs Bower<br />
<br />
Jaemi Loeb - Viola Concierto in D-major by Karl Stamitz<br />
<br />
Alla, Narissa, Kara, Josh, Isha, and Brian - Hypnotize by Notorious B.I.G.<br />
<br />
Farah Peterson - Bist du Bei Mir<br />
<br />
Diane Chang - Piano, Contemplation by Mendelssohn<br />
<br />
Sarah Karr with Diane Chang - Castle on a Cloud<br />
<br />
Dave Prentiss' Logic Class - I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends by The Beatles<br />
<br />
Peter, Aaron, Tim, with Aruna Viswanatha - Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin<br />
<br />
====Act II====<br />
<br />
The Avi-RA's (Justin Leader, Elliot Wang, Daniel Simon, Ben Chaika, Ryan Montoya, Josh Schoolcraft, Colin Dieck, Jaemi Loeb) - For The Longest Time by Billy Joel<br />
<br />
Kristen Witucki - Piano, Feather Theme from Forrest Gump<br />
<br />
Mia Kushick with Katri Stanley - Song with Piano, For You I Will<br />
<br />
Jyoti Kandlikar and Rachel Finck - Allegro Flute Duet by Beethoven<br />
<br />
The Staff - Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel <br />
<br />
The Poindexters - The Math Song Photos<br />
<br />
Erica Ko and May Roberts - Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits, redone by Indigo Girls<br />
<br />
Maia Kushick - Tongue Twister<br />
<br />
Daniel Terry - Piano Solo<br />
<br />
Zie and Maya Roberts - Take Me or Leave Me from Rent<br />
<br />
Annie Serafim - Chicken Impression revisited<br />
<br />
Zev Balsen, John Barnes, Chris Rojas, and Company - For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield<br />
<br />
Kara Lee and Chris Rojas, "The Dastardly Duo" - Vivaldi's Concierto for Two Violins in D-minor<br />
<br />
===97.2===<br />
Held at Gannett Auditorium<br />
<br />
MC's: Bryan Choi, Jon Heifetz, Ben Hooberman, Rob Masiello, Neheet Trivedi<br />
<br />
====Act I====<br />
<br />
Jimi Fenner - The Star-Spangled Banner<br />
<br />
Amy Yang - Cappriccio (Mendelsohn)<br />
<br />
Cindy Chen, Terri Lee, Jane Lee, Jee Hae Yoon, Chris Chou, Jea Suh, Andrew Tseng -- Dance to Uptown<br />
<br />
Faculty Band - The Lion Sleeps Tonight<br />
<br />
Justin Leader and Michael Bolin - Piano Man <br />
<br />
Jaemi Loeb and Nancy Garland - Viola/Violin Patchwork<br />
<br />
TAJE<br />
<br />
Sophie McKenney - The Lisa Story<br />
<br />
Lauren Schiff and Krystal Law - I Dreamed a Dream<br />
<br />
Jonathan Barnes - Piano Improvisation<br />
<br />
Zie McGregor - Pearl<br />
<br />
Yuna Yoon - Impromptu in C# Minor by Hugo Reingold, Op. 28, No. 3<br />
<br />
RA Group #1 - Scream Louder<br />
<br />
Aviva Pittle - You Oughta Be Here With Me<br />
<br />
Dave and Friends - Twist and Shout<br />
<br />
====Act II====<br />
<br />
Farah Peterson - The Black Swan<br />
<br />
Ed Guldi - Summertime<br />
<br />
Jonathan Barnes and Zie McGregor - Nightswimming<br />
<br />
Rick Barry - Martial Arts<br />
<br />
Mike's RA Group - Lumberjack Song<br />
<br />
Virginia Lewis and Katri Stanley - Flute/Clarinet Duet from Carmen<br />
<br />
Youngsun Cho, Ah Young Kim, Lauren Chiang, Victoria Cho - Dance to Candy<br />
<br />
James Vogel Jesse Cross-Nickerson, Ben Lichtenstein, Brendan Paddock - The IDS Skit<br />
<br />
R.A. Group 3 - We Go Together<br />
<br />
Olivia Harmon and Zie McGregor - Secure Yourself<br />
<br />
The Great Cacophony<br />
<br />
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem - You Don't Know How It Feels<br />
<br />
Justin Woo - Awakenings<br />
<br />
Lexie Renwanz - Dance to I Want You<br />
<br />
John Teitelbaum and Eric Cheung - Mr. Spindel Skit<br />
<br />
French Class - Aux Champs Elysees<br />
<br />
RA Group 2 - So Long, Farewell<br />
<br />
===11.2 "Cirque du CTY"===<br />
Held at Gannett Auditorium<br />
<br />
Name*= CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
====Act 1====<br />
<br />
* Rebekah Philip - "The Star Spangled Banner"<br />
* Albert Wang - "Liebestraume No. 3" by Franz Liszt<br />
* Mikaela Walker-Bellamy and Sidney Sponer - "Stronger" by Kanye West<br />
* Anthony Piraino and Haizen Poole - "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga<br />
* Marielle Burnett - "Fever" by Peggy Lee<br />
* Oreoluwa* and her hall - "Magic" by B.o.B<br />
* Quanah Potts, Anthony Piraino, Destiny Hernandez, and Nick Werker - "Coffee and Poetry" by Never Shout Never<br />
* Mycroft Zimmerman - "Turning Tables" by Adele<br />
* Aeslyn Vlahos and Nick Werker - "You've Made Your Bed" by You Me At Six<br />
* Rebekah Philip - "No One" by Alicia Keys<br />
* Mike* and Allie* - "Bulletproof" by La Roux<br />
* Kevin Shu and Dan Scanteianu - "Super Mario Bros. Theme"<br />
* Isaac Smith - "Hey Jude" by the Beatles<br />
* Anna* and Anthony* - "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac<br />
* Marielle Burnett, Shmuel (Muki) Barkan, and Dan Scanteianu - "A Man of Constant Sorrow" (Traditional)<br />
* Dan Scanteianu - "Friend of the Devil" by the Grateful Dead<br />
* Rachel Novick - Hula Hooping to "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al Yankovic<br />
<br />
Intermission<br />
<br />
====Act 2====<br />
<br />
* Nick Olkovsky, Joseph Dwyer, and Maxwell Richards - "Random Talents" (included juggling)<br />
* Nick Werker - "Just Fall in Love" (original song) <br />
* Erin* and Kenny* (dawww) - Spicy Spanish Dance of Love<br />
* Emma Chu and Miranda Hawkins - "Mine" by Taylor Swift<br />
* Sam*, Oreoluwa*, and Dan* - "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard<br />
* Stephen Koh - "The Legend of Zelda: A Medley"<br />
* Eric* - "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young<br />
* Eric* and Peter* - "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash<br />
* Alex* and Jeremy* - "Issues" by Flight of the Conchords<br />
* Peter Park and Alex* - Beat Box Battle<br />
* Peter Park and Nick Werker - "Erase Me" by Kid Cudi<br />
* Shmuel (Muki) Barkan, Dylan Lynch, Nick Werker, and Peter Park - "Forevermore" (original song)<br />
* CTY Saratoga Ravers (Peter Pak and Alex Libby) - "Final Remarks" (raving performance)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ending song: "Everybody" by Ingrid Michaelson'''<br />
<br />
===12.1 "CTY's Got Talent"===<br />
Name*= CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
====Act 1====<br />
<br />
*Katie Miles - "Lights"<br />
*Valentina & Danny - "Stand by Me"<br />
*Benjamin Attal - "Country Road"<br />
*Mike S. & Liz - "Do The Bot"<br />
*Nikita Bansal - "The Way I Am"<br />
*Sonya Wang - "A Medley of Fandoms"<br />
*Adrienne Coble* - "Ukulele & Song About Soren's Kids"<br />
*Anni Gete - "March"<br />
*Liz Lvov - "Singing in Russian"<br />
*Ryan Guo - "Moonlight Sonata"<br />
*James* - "Adorn"<br />
*Sophie Connor - "Get it Right" <br />
*Theodore Perez - "Vincent"<br />
*James Gan - Raving<br />
<br />
Intermission<br />
<br />
====Act 2====<br />
<br />
*Luke & James - "What's so Funny? US!!"<br />
*Soren & Anna - "Wagon Wheel"<br />
*Alex Chen - "Scarlett Ballet"<br />
*Zivi Stern - "Lean on Me"<br />
*Sergio & Adrienne - "Ew or Cool?"<br />
*Arichin Zhu - "Call me Maybe"<br />
*Jeremy & Mike S. - "Singing"<br />
*Jeanine & Valentina - "A Thousand Miles"<br />
*Danielle & Alex Libby - "Your Song"<br />
*Penelope Hough - "I Won't Give Up"<br />
*Eric Kim, Ryan Guo, & James Yu - "Party Rock"<br />
*James Gan, Alex Libby, Christine Yu, Sophie Connor - "My Little Pony"<br />
<br />
===13.1 "Singing in the Rain"===<br />
Name*= CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
*Logan Troy, Nelson Kim, Derek Simshauser, Aidan Terhune, TJ Noel-Sullivan, Eric Chen, and Alex Eishingdrelo - "The Star Spangled Banner"<br />
*Robert Willard - "If I Were a Rich Man" From Fiddler on the Roof<br />
*Meera Srivivasan - "Aragonaise" by G Bizet<br />
*Leonard Chang - "Talking to the Moon" by Bruno Mars<br />
*Aiden Richter - "Sonata No. 1 in G minor" by Bach<br />
*Tulasi Kadiyala, Meera Srivivasan, and Leechen Zhu - "22" <br />
*Charlie Urban-Mead - "Freeze Ray" from Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blcg<br />
*Charlotte Murphy - "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz<br />
*Lyle Paskowitz - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto<br />
*Nikki* and John* - #RA Problems<br />
*Sonya Wang - "Untitled"<br />
*Priyan Pathirana - A Creative Bo Staff Form<br />
*Emily Spector - "When the Highway Ends" by Emily Spector<br />
*Aric Zhu - "Throwback Pop Song Medley"<br />
*Andreas Verdelis, Dash Shulman, Luke Stocker, Thomas Vandermillen, Tim Fahey, Alex Eishingdrelo, Sean Lee, Patrick Slattery, and Aric Zhu - "Trouble" by Taylor Swift<br />
*Caroline Pennachio - "Concerto in D Major, Op. 21" by Luigi Boccherini<br />
*Christine Lee & Michelle Desa - "You and I" by Ingrid Michaelson<br />
*Brian Liu - "All of Me" by John Schmidt<br />
*Sarah Marion, Anusha Purakayastha, John*, & James* - "Fall for You Mashup"<br />
*Penelope Hough - "Counting Stars" by One Republic<br />
*Sam Strongin - "Luck be a Lady" from Guys and Dolls<br />
*Diana Kim, Tiffany Lu, & Kimberly Jin - Dedication to Laurence and Betsy<br />
*Daegeon Lee and Jonathan Drougas - Japan Jam<br />
*Andrew Cheng and Tulasi Kadiyala - "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink<br />
*Danielle Guttman and Ryan Guo - "Stay" by Rihanna <br />
*Leechen Zhu - "Nocturne" by Chopin<br />
*Aria Paradkar - "Strong" by Anna Paradkar <br />
*James* - "Fine China" by Chris Brown<br />
*Christine Lee and Ashley Kung - "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver<br />
*Ryan Guo - "Revolutionary Etude" by Chopin<br />
*Eric Chen and Geoff* - "The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room" by Fight of the Conchords<br />
*Sonya Wang, Brian Liu, Steven Jin, Cody Suesser, Ryan Guo - Raving<br />
<br />
===14.1 "Talent Show of Terror"===<br />
Held at Filene Hall <br />
<br />
Name*= CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
*Marlon Sherman - "The Impossible Dream" by Luther Vandross<br />
*Julia Yu - "Variation in A minor" by Dimitri Kabalevsky<br />
*Brian Bertrand - "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"<br />
*Ryan Burzak - YMCA: Young Man's Comedy Act<br />
*Ian* & Katie* - "All of the Stars" by Ed Sheeran<br />
*Ashley Nobi - Dancing to "Work" by Iggy Azalea<br />
*Maya Amitai - Poetry Reading<br />
*Brandon Zhang, Jonathan Kent, & Marlon Shermon - Fish Slapping Dance from ''Monty Python''<br />
*Eliza Henneberry & Andrew Cheng - "Only Exception" by Paramore<br />
*Ryan Guo - "Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66" by Frederic Chopin<br />
*Quincy Cabot - "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy<br />
*Ryan* - "Joy Spring" by Clifford Brown<br />
*John* & Nikki* - "The Comeback Tour"<br />
*Daniel Wang - "Flute Sonata in Eb Major Movement 1" by Johannes Sebastian Bach<br />
*David Zeng - "Yellow River, movement 2" by Xian Xinghai<br />
*Robert Willard - "What's up Duloc" from ''Shrek''<br />
*Manya Kidambi & Noelle Dana - ''Canon in D'' by Johann Pachelbel<br />
*Mimi Silverstein & Gaynor Norcott - ''When Love Arrives''<br />
*Zoe White & Jiwon Song - "One Short Day" from ''Wicked''<br />
*Dylan Li & Anshul Barnwal - "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" from ''Frozen''<br />
*Julia Yu, Jacqueline Vargas, & Michelle DeSa - "Cough Syrup" by Young the Giant<br />
*Mark Modeste - "For Emma" by Bon Iver<br />
*Andrew Riggio & Joel Peña - "Dead and Gone" by T.I.<br />
*Tucker Wilson - Stand-up Comedy<br />
*Angel Ji - "Ballade in Ab Major" by Frederic Chopin<br />
*Ryan Guo & Will Gao - "Hip-Hop Dance"<br />
*Catalina Ruiz-Jimenez & Katie Miles - "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5<br />
*Ben Lee, Josh Johnson, Joel Peña, & Andy Chen - "Bromance/Nice Guy Mashup" by Nigahiga<br />
*Aric Zhu - "CTY Canon Medley"<br />
*TJ Noel-Sullivan & Alex Eishingdrelo - "Most Beautiful Girl"<br />
*The Nightmare Band* - The Nightmare Becomes Real<br />
*Kenny & David - Nightmare Rave<br />
*Kevin Shen - "Bye, Bye, My CTY"<br />
*Gina and the Lady RAs - The Moment Kenny's Been Waiting For<br />
*Teddy Sevilla, Ashley Lee, Ryan Guo, Evelyn Chang, Ani Wicenski, Emily Liao, Joel Peña, Mila Escajadillo - "Riptide" by Vance Joy <br />
<br />
*Ryan Guo, Kristen Miciotta, Griffin Badalamente, Gaynor Norcott, Aric Zhu, & Joe Chavez - Final Raving Performance<br />
<br />
===14.2 "GalaxCTY Talent Show"===<br />
<br />
Held at Filene Hall<br />
<br />
Name*= CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
* The Astronotes* ''First Manned Mission to Earth''<br />
<br />
* David Belkin ''Prelude''<br />
<br />
* Simona Innocenti & Bhavya Gopinath ''Hey Soul Sister''<br />
<br />
* Jane Maeng, Allison Li ''Defying Gravity''<br />
<br />
* Anton Repnikov & Luke Stocker ''Ice Ice Baby''<br />
<br />
* Daniel Mitrano, Andy Chen & Mike* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Boulevard of Broken Dreams'']<br />
<br />
* Katie Phelan [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''I Wanna Be Yours'']<br />
<br />
* Michelle Hu ''Little Fugue in G Minor''<br />
<br />
* Maeve Brammer & Sachin Mathew [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Riptide'']<br />
<br />
* Mary Beth* & Paul* ''Ain't No Mountain High Enough''<br />
<br />
* Priyanka Kumar ''All of Me''<br />
<br />
* Julian Wang [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''An Idea'']<br />
<br />
* Kaitlyn Chen ''Demons''<br />
<br />
* Walter Gadaby & Maxim Belyayev ''Ball''<br />
<br />
* Ian* ''One Man Band: "A Sky Full of Stars''<br />
<br />
* Tess Herdman [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''I Dreamed a Dream'']<br />
<br />
* Ammar Ar Qatari [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5GFc8Y7xlw ''Poetry Reading'']<br />
<br />
* Jojo Attal [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Your Song'']<br />
<br />
* Ajay Walther ''Piano Solo''<br />
<br />
* Mike*, Ian*, Duncan Freeman [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Norwegian Light: A Beatles Tribute''] <br />
<br />
* Nellie Spektor, Anton Repnikor, Max Neobel, Suraag Srinivas [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Partner Poi'']<br />
<br />
* Peter Lu, Derek Shue, Kim Ho, Ajay & Cary Chai [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPnS8Y876XE ''Find You'']<br />
<br />
* Priyon Pathlrana, Daniel Mitrano ''Janitor''<br />
<br />
* Sidney Sponer, Peter Lu [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Unthinkable'']<br />
<br />
* Mary Beth* ''Over the Rainbow''<br />
<br />
* Chrstina Wang [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Warrior'']<br />
<br />
* Stephanie Workman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afduykUIr0I ''Wings'']<br />
<br />
* Katherine Rigny [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ynuhNxXkAhRWpPb0wxWGRVcms ''Shake it Out'']<br />
<br />
* Neal Krishna ''Piano - Prokoviev Suggestion Diabolique''<br />
<br />
* John* ''One is a Lonely Number''<br />
<br />
* Ash Vlahos ''Bathtub''<br />
<br />
* Mckayla Tyrrell, Alissa Yang, Cindy Guo, Kimberly Ho, Monica Chang, Iris Liao [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jedha3fJcYY ''Latch''] (Only Video as Audio was taken out due to copyright)<br />
<br />
* Jean Luo ''Noctourne by Chopin''<br />
<br />
* Jack Schumann [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVta4hG5gks ''Hula Hooping'']<br />
<br />
* Nightmare Band* ''In Space''<br />
<br />
* Ani Nagesha, Christophe Theodore, Ben Eisenberg, Cary Chai, Sasha Kennedy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZt3lcL3O8 ''JQ* and Some of the Boys, minus JQ* and Some Girl from Ali's Hall'']<br />
<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/theemilyliu/videos/537310963062372/ JQ* and the Lady RAs*, Minus JQ*, Plus Gina*]<br />
<br />
* Suraag Srinivas, Stefanie Workman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sierYMR9uMg ''CTY Dumb Ways to Die (Dumb Ways to CTY)'']<br />
<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81I3Zds2EY "Nevermore Rave"]<br />
<br />
'''Final Song "Pompeii" by Bastille '''<br />
<br />
===15.1 "Talent Show at the Center of the Earth"===<br />
Held at Filene Hall<br />
<br />
Name* = CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
*Vivian Kwong & Anna Li - Someone Like You<br />
*Eunji Lee & Manya Kidambi - Skyfall<br />
*Josh Rotenberg - Comedy<br />
*Charlotte Murphy & Aitana Burman - Hey There, Delilah<br />
*Sarah O'Malley Graham - I Never Got to Say Goodbye<br />
*Rebecca* - Musical Hall Meeting<br />
*Sky Roach & Andi Cheng - Nine in the Afternoon<br />
*Emily* & Garrett* - Oh, It Is Love<br />
*Anders Ode - Piano and Weird Body Tricks<br />
*Ryan Guo - The Scientist<br />
*Tarini Venkat - Sparks Fly<br />
*Tadea Martin-Gonzalez - Extreme Cupid Shuffle<br />
*Andrew Chen - I Will Follow You Into the Dark<br />
*Riley Yuen, Anna Dai, & Ceci Villaseñor - I'm Yours<br />
*Department of Sanitation (Natasha Stange, Vicky Chen, Frank, Chris C, Dan*, Sarah O'Malley Graham, Kayton Rotenberg, Hailey Horowitz, Aditi Raghavan) - Sanitation: A Detailed Overview<br />
*Sajan Ramanathan, Jonathan Baccay, & Michael Zhou - Satan and Jonathan's Magical Duo (+ Michael)<br />
*THE BOYZ (Ashley Nobi, Michael Zhou, Nick Covelli, Hudson Kussie, Will Gao, Avi Madsen, Will Vanderbilt-Fried, Duncan Freeman, Ryan Guo, Griffin Badalamente, & Byron Sun + Dan* & JQ*) + Vivian Kwong, Ceci Villaseñor, Lica Porcile, Camila Brown, Jessie Kwong, Dori Newman, Elaine Wang, May Levin, Qing Woon, Leeza Petrov, Mila Escajadillo, & Carly James - Classical Dancing with the Boyz + High School Musical Flashmob<br />
*Sachin Mathew - Two-Headed Boy<br />
*Mim* - Melodramatic Musings<br />
*Adrienne* - Lockouts<br />
*Carly James - Humanism<br />
*Anna Li - Elastic Heart<br />
*Ashley Lee & Ryan Guo - Anna Maria<br />
*Zivia Lichtenberg - Nikola Tesla<br />
*Dan* - Coalminin'<br />
*Sarina Xin - Hold Me Down<br />
*Zoe White, Piper Fahey, Julia Yu, Max Nobel, Devon Whalen, Sarina Xin, & Andi Cheng - Holy Musical B@man!<br />
*Viky Filippou - Dog Days Are Over<br />
*John* - A Song in Minor<br />
*Kim Ho, Viky Filippou, Victoria Zhao, Jacqueline Rino, Michael Zhou [Will Gao] - Hall of Fame<br />
*Anshul Barnwal - Disney Sing-a-Long<br />
*Mary Beth* & Travis* - To the Gentlemen of Travis' Hall…<br />
*Will Gao - With You, Friends<br />
*Sasha Kucher - Breakdancing<br />
*Ryan Guo, Griffin Badalamente, & Garrett* - Most Beautiful Girl<br />
*Mila Escajadillo, Carly James, Ashley Lee, Ashley Nobi, Andi Cheng, Ryan Guo, & Zivia Lichtenberg - House of Gold<br />
*The HYPE* - The HYPE<br />
*Female R.A.s - What Dreams Are Made Of<br />
<br />
*Ryan Guo, Max Nobel, Griffin Badalamente, Andi Cheng, Zivia Lichtenberg, & Piper Fahey - Raving<br />
<br />
===15.2 " 20,000 Leagues Under The CTY"===<br />
Held at Filene Hall<br />
<br />
Name*= CTY Staff Member<br />
<br />
* Adrienne* - The Hall Meeting Song<br />
<br />
* Vicky Filippou - Valerie by Amy Winehouse<br />
<br />
* Kylie and the Nerds - Kylie and the Nerds<br />
<br />
* Anqi Xu - Chopin Etude Op. 25, No.6<br />
<br />
* Kailyn Chen & Grace Qian (Special Guest appearance by Fionna) - See You Again<br />
<br />
* Natalie Keyes & Daniel Mitrano - "Strange Charm" by Hank Green<br />
<br />
* Priam Pathirana - CTY Ninja<br />
<br />
* Ian Olasov* - Dr.Yanni: A CTY-Themed Rap<br />
<br />
* Dheivanai Moorthy - "If I Should Have a Daughter" by Sarah Kay<br />
<br />
* Tess Herdman & Sachin Mathew - Think of Me<br />
<br />
* Kunal Sengupta, Emily Leibiger, Leila Eshghi, Evelyn Mesler, & Ji Baek - Kunal and His Ladies<br />
<br />
* Gianna Ciccotto - "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons<br />
<br />
* Aloha Cerit - "Hula"<br />
<br />
* Alex Gorman & Nithya Swaminathan - Under the Sea<br />
<br />
* Christina Wang, Athena Chu, & Grace Scull - Nearest Exit<br />
<br />
* Garrett* - Oh, it is Love<br />
<br />
* Alessandra Quigley, Emma Howard, Irene Qiao, Anqi Xu & Rebecca* - Google Translate Sings Bohemian Rhapsody<br />
<br />
* Jacq Benoit, Judy Min, Jane Maeng, Dariana Gil, Andrea Zhu, Lucy Lu, Julia Homg, Serena Ren, Izzy Koh, & Stephanie* - Shut Up and Dance/ Teenage Dream<br />
<br />
* Christina Wang - A Letter to my Past Self<br />
<br />
* Irene Qiao & Anqi Xu - "Concierto in G" by Bruch<br />
<br />
* John* - The Life and Times of a Dinosaur<br />
<br />
* Jiwon Song, Avital Rabinovitch, & Mary Beth* - "Pure Imagination" From Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory<br />
<br />
* Kira Whisenhunt - A Poem<br />
<br />
* Mary Beth* - For Sally's Hall<br />
<br />
* Izzy Koh & Vicky Filippou - Mash Up<br />
<br />
* David Darrow & Sachin Mathew - Broad Ripple is Burning<br />
<br />
* Dan* - Sailin'<br />
<br />
* Theodore Stubbs, Varun, Wadhwa, & Bryan Zhou - The Ballet Boys<br />
<br />
* Mim* - Melodramatic Musings<br />
<br />
*Rachael Ding, Skyler Bennett & Sharon Tang - Titanium<br />
<br />
* Jack Schumann - Hula Hoop<br />
<br />
* Athena Chu - To the Voices In My Head<br />
<br />
* Justin Lee - Hand Whistling<br />
<br />
* Aditi Agarwal, Simona Innocenti, Evelyn Mesler, Eloise Bellingham, & Viky Filippou - "All I Want" by Kodaline<br />
<br />
* Eilidh Kaune - Je Vole<br />
<br />
* Kaito Arai & Dan* - Crossroads<br />
<br />
* Apollo Astronauts* - Fake the Moon Landing<br />
<br />
* Ben* and Adrienne* - Revnege (REVAHNGE!)<br />
<br />
* Henry Middleton, Chris Theodore, Kunal Sengupta, Jack Schumann, Duncan Freeman, Jack Sinclair, & Leila Eshghi - JQ* and THE BOIZ + Leila - Leila + Leila (phor real this time): Part fore (IV) of for (4): The Final Countdown<br />
<br />
* Ethan Unger - Music of the Night<br />
<br />
* Duncan Freeman, David Lustig, & Johnathan Arentsen - Joke Time with Duncan (and Acquaintances)<br />
<br />
* Michael Chen - Yoyo Sensation<br />
<br />
* Sachin Mathew, Janpal LaChapelle, Dheivanai "D" Moorthy, Celine Khoo, & Maeve Brammer - Little Talks<br />
<br />
* The Lady RAs* - JQ* and the Lady RA's, minus JQ plus Adrienne*, ft. DJ Microwave and possibly a Wolf<br />
<br />
* The Hype* + 1 Brit* - THE HYPE*<br />
<br />
* Evelyn Mesler, Eloise Bellingham, & Izzy Koh - 3 Weeks<br />
<br />
'''Final Song: "Slice" By Five For Fighting'''<br />
<br />
===16.1 "Valhal-ent Show"===<br />
Held at Filene Hall<br />
<br />
* Elena Tisnovsky - Feelin' Good<br />
<br />
* Adrienne C. Papescu - Nerd Humor of an Awkward Kind<br />
<br />
* Spencer - Variations on Twinkle<br />
<br />
* Christopher Scott Curtice - Encore<br />
<br />
* Health Assistant Meaghan and RA Mary Beth - Dance<br />
<br />
* Charlotte Murphy - Ferris Wheel<br />
<br />
* Stanley Liu, Riley Yuen, Jessie Kwong, Daphne Li, Andrew Huang, Byron Sun - Byron Sun (Nice Guys Finish Last)<br />
<br />
* Viky and Kaiti Filippou - Little Black Submarine<br />
<br />
* Xavier Plourde - Impressions on Yellow<br />
<br />
* Francis Coughlin - Find the Pieces<br />
<br />
* Brian Cerra - Hymn for Band<br />
<br />
* Megan Lagerquist, Joyce Guo, Daphne Li, Catherine Vandermillen, Emma Snoddy, Shelby Coe, Dori Newman, Jessie Kwong - Like I'm Gonna Lose You<br />
<br />
* RA Peter and RA Bella - Jive Dance<br />
<br />
* Stanley Liu - "Payphone" Fingerstyle Guitar<br />
<br />
* Josh Rotenberg - Comedy<br />
<br />
*Byron Sun and Duncan Freeman (and Quanah and Dan Bell) - Most Beautiful Girl<br />
<br />
* Zoe White - Ain't No Sunshine<br />
<br />
* Transcendents - Transcendence<br />
<br />
* Viky Filippou - If I Ain't Got You<br />
<br />
* Zivia Lichtenberg - Untitled Poem<br />
<br />
* B-Boy Green Thunder - Hit the Quan<br />
<br />
* Oscar, Ben, Sachin, Jeremy, Gabe, Mark, and Jacob - Dorkhestra<br />
<br />
* Jason Huang - Bach Fantasia in C Minor<br />
<br />
* RA Mary Beth and RA Scott - The Way I Am<br />
<br />
* Zoe, Piper, Ryan - Synergy<br />
<br />
* Alec, D'Jamuel, RA Dan, RA Quanah, Gabe, Julian - Careless Whisper<br />
<br />
* Brian Liu - Wushu<br />
<br />
* Stanley and Sachin - Cute Kiddos<br />
<br />
* RA Quanah - The Runner<br />
<br />
* Dan's Hall, The Best Hall - For the Longest Time<br />
<br />
* Nevermores - Mulan Flash Mob (see [[Memories:SAR]])<br />
<br />
* Carly James - I Want You to Want Me<br />
<br />
* RA Mary Beth - 7 Years (but the CTY version that made everyone cry)<br />
<br />
* Nevermore girls (and Randy) - Dental Hygine (see [[Memories:SAR]])<br />
<br />
* Male RA's - THE HYPE 3.0<br />
<br />
* Female RA's - Frozen<br />
<br />
* Carly James, Zivia Lichtenberg, Viky Filippou, Ryan Paddock, Charlotte Murphy, Aitana Burman, and Sachin Mathew - San Francisco<br />
<br />
* Piper Fahey, Zivia Lichtenberg, Carly James, Ryan Paddock, Sachin Mathew, Zoe White - Raving<br />
<br />
===16.2 "The Fountain of Talented Youth"===<br />
<br />
Held at Filene Hall<br />
<br />
* [[User:Lukepf04|Luke Farrell]] - A CTY Rap<br />
<br />
* Sachin Mathew and Grace Sanders - "Fine, Great" by Even Cuter Kiddos<br />
<br />
* Christopher Xu - Barbies are Cool (was misspelled as Babies are Cool on the pamphlet)<br />
<br />
* Dorothy Zhou and Daisy Fernandez - Faulty Fortune Teller<br />
<br />
* SRA Adrienne - Audition<br />
<br />
* Aloha Cerit - Counting Stars<br />
<br />
* Jacob Gorenburg - Snapshots<br />
<br />
* Kaitlyn Chen, Grace Qian, and Fionna Zhang - "Waiting for Love" by Avicii (Feat. Fionna the page turner)<br />
<br />
* Emily Leibiger - Dramatic Reading<br />
<br />
* Claire Zhang, Mona Wang, Chris Wirth, Elan Peng, Chris Xu, and Chrisitne Shi - Xiao Ping Guo<br />
<br />
* RA Peter and RA Bella - Dancin'<br />
<br />
* Daisy Fernandez - Stressed Out<br />
<br />
* Jake Gallin - Musical Surprise<br />
<br />
* Lauren Liu - "Burn" from Hamilton<br />
<br />
* Rhys Bloom - The Earth's Lament<br />
<br />
* Health Assistant Meaghan - Kitri Variation from Don Quixote (Act III)<br />
<br />
* Aditi Agarwal - Viola Cover of "Crystalize" by Lindsey Stirling<br />
<br />
* Duncan Freeman, Rishabh Prakash, Adam Garrity, Avi Madsen and Ben Levin - Magic Show 2000 XXL<br />
<br />
* Dani Knobloch - Lost Boy<br />
<br />
* SRA Geoff and RA Gwendolyn- Boltera Family Vacation<br />
<br />
* Hanna Grauer, Divya Popat, Eden Harel, Aditi Agarwal, Kira Whisenhunt, Aloha Cerit and Maiya Nielsen - CTY is Lit<br />
<br />
* Dorothy Zhou - Angel with a Shotgun<br />
<br />
* RA Scott, RA Mary Beth, RA Dan, SRA Geoff, and Kenny Zhang<br />
<br />
* Anthea Luo - Fantasie Impromptu Opus 66<br />
<br />
* Johnathan Siveyer, Nicholas Carey-- Team Leader - Magic: ________<br />
<br />
* Grace Sanders- "Young" (originally by Frankie Cosmos)<br />
<br />
* RA Carrie - "As If We Just Said Goodbye<br />
<br />
* Molly May and Eilidh Kaune - Seann Truibhas<br />
<br />
* RA Mike - Colonel Mike Panther: A Witch Hunter's Lament<br />
<br />
* The Covnitive Psychology Class - Focus<br />
<br />
* Sachin Mathew and Maeve Brammer - I Can't Help Falling in Love with You<br />
<br />
* D. Moorthy - Etude in D, Variations<br />
<br />
* Duncan Freeman, Rishabh Prokash, Adam Garrity, Avi Madsen, and Ben Levin - Cutthroat Kitchen: Adam V. Duncan<br />
<br />
* Michael Chen - Magic Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo<br />
<br />
* The Lady RA's - Frozen 2: Even Colder<br />
<br />
* The Hype - Vol. 4: The Return of Travie G.<br />
<br />
* Celine Khoo, Maeve Brammer, Emily Leibiger, and D. Moorthy - Rhythm of CTY<br />
<br />
'''Final Song: "In My Life" By The Beatles'''<br />
<br />
===17.1 "The Talent Shoe"===<br />
<br />
*Appi Dhadda- Turning Tables<br />
<br />
*E. Spencer Sheldon- Little Prelude in C Minor<br />
<br />
*Galaxy Scheuer & Rose Luttmer- Who's on First?<br />
<br />
*Mary Muromcew- Kendama Toy!<br />
<br />
*Victoria Chamberlain & Emma Ooyang- Singing and Dancing<br />
<br />
*Frances, Riley, Isabel & Nikita- Hey Soul Sister<br />
<br />
*TA Ayman*- Cube<br />
<br />
*Kate Vasquez- Polonaise in G Minor by Chopin and Toccatina by Kabalevsky<br />
<br />
*Mia Toledo-Navaro- Jealous<br />
<br />
*Zivia Lichtenberg- How to Minimize Use of Paper Towels Subsequent to Hand Washing: A Mildly Interactive Performance<br />
<br />
*RA Dayna*- How Far I'll Go<br />
<br />
*Riley Boksenbaum- For the Sake of the Ashes<br />
<br />
*Serotonin- You're So Pretty<br />
<br />
*Alex Jabor & Jabe Ruoff- The Most Beautiful Girl<br />
<br />
*The Transcendents- Transcendence II: The Re-Awakening<br />
<br />
*Instructor Andres*- New York New York<br />
<br />
*[[User:eggtana|Aitana Burman]]- Pluto<br />
<br />
*RA Carrie* & RPA Evan*- Footloose Swing<br />
<br />
*Elan Peng, Evan Cheng & Sebastian Mekhaya- Fidget Spinner Mystery Box<br />
<br />
*The Crab Coalition- 99 Crab<br />
**this didn't happen due to the fact that there were only 98 crab<br />
<br />
*Colonel Mike & the Panthers- Cardiac Eclipse<br />
<br />
*Gilda DelBianco- Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique<br />
<br />
*Willy- Freedom<br />
<br />
*Ben*, Ben* & Ben*-Two and a Half Bens<br />
<br />
*[[User:charmurph|Charlotte Murphy]]- Stone<br />
<br />
*Jacob Garlic, Daniel X., Spencer W., Ethan H., Eric M., Sasha M., Kaiti F., Jabe R., Jason G., Alex J., Nelson L., Kaiya V.- Build Me Up Buttercup<br />
<br />
*Zivia L., Kaiya V., Jabe R., [[User:charmurph|Charlotte M.]], [[user:eggtana|Aitana B.]], Felix X., Devon W.- Wildflowers<br />
<br />
*Zivia Lichtenberg, Alex Jabor, [[user:charmurph|Charlotte Murphy]], [[user:eggtana|Aitana Burman]], Nikita Muromcew, Quincy Cabot- Raving<br />
<br />
===17.2 "Ekim Presents: The Show of Spooky Talents"===<br />
<br />
*Shrek and the All-Stars - We Are All Stars<br />
<br />
*Athena Li - I'll Stand By You<br />
<br />
*Jack Altman - Fur Elise<br />
<br />
*Susanah Abrams and Thisbe Wu - Tango: Maureen<br />
<br />
*Dorothy Zhou - House of Gold<br />
<br />
*[[User:H_double_J|Hudson Jakubowicz]], Alan Wang, Elan Peng - Another Musical Act<br />
<br />
*Aidan Parilla - Hallelujah<br />
<br />
*Christopher Xu and John Chen - Foxilicious<br />
<br />
*RA Dayna* - Defying Gravity <br />
<br />
*Jerry Soong - Piano Music <br />
<br />
*Riik - Comedy Sketch<br />
<br />
*Sara Darklight - Come and See Me (Cover)<br />
<br />
*Kavita Shah - Wings<br />
<br />
*Alan, Paul, Jeff, Andy, Elan, Richard, John Wu, Derek, Athena, Neel, RAs Mike*, Brent* and Chris* - Chinese National Anthem <br />
<br />
*RA Brent*, TA Kate*, Eilidh Kaune, Paul Jin, Gabriela Feinberg - Dance of the Giraffes <br />
<br />
*Daisy Fernandez, Dorothy Zhou, Rhys Bloom - The 9 Types of CTYers<br />
<br />
*Katie Chen - Learn to Love<br />
<br />
*TA Chris* - Raving Basics<br />
<br />
*Alice Zhang, Angie Zhong, Dorothy Zhou - I NEED U<br />
<br />
*Katelyn Cai - Contortion<br />
<br />
*Daisy Fernandez - All My School Peers<br />
<br />
*RA Carrie* and her Brother* - Footloose Swing<br />
<br />
*Rhys Bloom - Why Did I<br />
<br />
*Daniel Greenman, Eric Yamaguchi, Dmitri Demler, Weston Harkey, Cole Witko, Peter Nydam, Ed Rigney, Dorrian Cohen, Ethan Wu, RA Austin* - Live Sequin-Tuexedoed Seals<br />
<br />
*Susanah Abrams, Thisbe Wu, Lauren Liu - Seasons of Love<br />
<br />
*Elan Peng, Alice Zhang - Sky's the Limit<br />
<br />
*RA Hannah*, DRL Adrienne* - The Reluctant Oboist and Friend<br />
<br />
*Enyonam Adoboe, Chloe Hanson, Katie Chen, Neel Shah, Kelly Ahesn, Hannah Grauer, Elena Vietri, Lucy McMavon, Divya Popat, Ella Potee - The Fall of Jake Paul<br />
<br />
*[[User:H_double_J|Hudson Jakubowicz]] - Hudson Man Sings Goodbye to Alexa<br />
<br />
*RA Dan* and RA Mike* - Book Reading<br />
<br />
*Amy + Kelly - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs97qtIFWdM Three Weeks]<br />
<br />
*Franz O'Hanna - "Photograph" by Arcade Fire<br />
<br />
*Dalynn Miller - Stone Cold<br />
<br />
*[[User:Lukepf04|Luke Farrell]] - Geography<br />
<br />
*Ella Potee, Chloe Hanson, Enyonam Adoboe, Hannah Grauer, Elena Vietri, Divya Popat - Count on CTY<br />
<br />
*Skyler Bennett, Kaiti Philippou, Amy Hidalgo, Alex Zhong - Raving<br />
<br />
'''Final Song: Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day'''<br />
<br />
===18.1 "The Greatest Show"===<br />
<br />
*Cirque du RA - The Greatest Show<br />
<br />
*Imroze Singh, Katelyn Ma, Kaiti Filipou, Sophia Ma, Alexis Robles, James Hubbard, Nikhil Bahal, Kayla Lang, Daniel Xu, Jerry Soong - The Wii Song<br />
<br />
*Mary - Kendama (cancelled due to the kendama string breaking)<br />
<br />
*Forrest Gao - Etude Opus 12<br />
<br />
*Julia Giventer - Titanium<br />
<br />
*Jerry Soong - Assortment of Piano Music<br />
<br />
*Riley Boksenbaum - Haleluja (misprinted as Hallelujah; Haleluja is the Esperanto spelling)<br />
<br />
*Kaiti, Daniel, Debra, Sophia, Nelson, Katelyn, Kayla, Imroze, Jerry, Spencer, Jacob, Alexis, Tim, Jack, Daisy, Riley - Take Me Home Country Roads<br />
<br />
*RA Cynthia & RA Matt - The Best Part <br />
<br />
*Tara Gill - When We Were Young<br />
<br />
*Eric Tu - Pathetique Sonata<br />
<br />
*RA Matt - A Tribute<br />
<br />
*Api, Sam, Gia - Riptide<br />
<br />
*Ashley Liu, Jasmine Wu - In My Blood<br />
<br />
*Joel Hokkanen, Theodore Woodworth, Dorrian Cohen, Ben, Phevos Paschalidis, Ben Rotstein, Greyson, Dimitri Demler - Inner City Pressure<br />
<br />
*Ayan Barnwal - Caprice in D<br />
<br />
*RA Edie - 4'33"<br />
<br />
*Joyce, Michelle, Olivia, Laura - Young & Dumb<br />
<br />
*Debra Boutom & Daisy Fernandez - It's Lights Out<br />
<br />
*Xavier Plourde - Wedding Day in Troldhaugen<br />
<br />
*Sara Hightower - Demons<br />
<br />
*Daisy Fernandez - Salt<br />
<br />
*Jerry Soong, Imroze Singh, Spencer Wood, Jacob Grimm, Sophia Ma - Vuvuzelas<br />
<br />
*RA Nikki - A Million Dreams <br />
<br />
*Dorothy Zhou - Classic<br />
<br />
*Maya, Api, Diya, Sam, Meghan, Beverly - Believer (misprinted as Beliver)<br />
<br />
*Kat - Original Song-"Soulmate"<br />
<br />
*Nelson & Daniel - The Most Beautiful Girl<br />
<br />
*Nelson Lin, Kaiti Fillipou, Mary Muromcew, Stefan Linden, Nikhil Bahal, Sophia Ma, James Hubbard - Raving<br />
<br />
*I'll Make a Man out of You - Flash Mob<br />
<br />
===18.2 "The Phantom of the Talent Show"===<br />
<br />
*Cirque du RA - The Greatest Show<br />
<br />
*Ivyann Shen - Etude Op.10 No 3.<br />
<br />
*Lauren Zhu & Ivyann Shen - "What Baking Can Do"<br />
<br />
*Chara Anekwe - So Will I (100 Billion X)<br />
<br />
*Ryan Denooyer - Pirates of the Caribbean<br />
<br />
*Rhys Bloom & Jeffrey Condell - Eleanor Rigby<br />
<br />
*RA Haashim - Naruto Chunin Exam: Naruto vs Neji<br />
<br />
*Irene Yang & Lauren Zhu - "The Other Side"<br />
<br />
*Joshua Ovadia - Old Man River<br />
<br />
*Nicolas Andreshak - Counter Attack<br />
<br />
*[[User:Nastja|Nastia P]] - Smooth Criminal Dance<br />
<br />
*Jacob, Tal, & RA Matt - Shape of You Medley<br />
<br />
*RA Mim - Musings<br />
<br />
*Lauren Koenig & Justin Bieber(Vicky Gorman) - Baby<br />
<br />
*Fabriciana De Soriano (Breezy) - Overgrown<br />
<br />
*RAs Nikki & Caleb - Caleb's Makeover<br />
<br />
*Kate Chritton - Caesar's Terrible<br />
<br />
*SRA Hannah - Hoboe<br />
<br />
*Arjun Khurana - Blackout<br />
<br />
*The Phantom - Moons Out, Goons Out<br />
<br />
*Grace Lee - Playing the Dank Flute<br />
<br />
*Inga Andruszkiewicz - Jazz Dance<br />
<br />
*Haesu Dawkins - Dumb<br />
<br />
*RAs Adam, Matt, Marshall, Edie, Nick, and Nikki - The Mysterious Ticking Noise<br />
<br />
*Sophie Barth - The Ukelele Thing<br />
<br />
*Akari Tomita - 3 Minute Jazz<br />
<br />
*RA Edie - 4'33"<br />
<br />
*Alice Zhang - Chinese Yoyo<br />
<br />
*RA Taylor - Treacherous<br />
<br />
*Edward, Dorrian, Patrick, Parakram, Arthur, Noah, Maxwell, Arya, Chris, Levi, Macon, Arjun - Happy Birthday Patrick! (Transcendence V: Genesis)<br />
<br />
*[[User:H double J|Hudson Jakubowicz]] - Escalator to Paradise<br />
<br />
*DJ Darrel - Boots and Cats<br />
<br />
*Alex, Amy, Hudson, Tina - The Rave<br />
<br />
*Dalynn Miller - Thrifted Youth<br />
<br />
*Amy, Dalynn, Katherine, Hudson, Christina, Alex, Dorrian, Ed, Grace, Chris, Alice, Sophie, Ella, Katya - A Song for Saratoga<br />
<br />
===19.1 "CTY is All That"===<br />
<br />
*NSYNC, Spice Girls, Montell Jordan, MC Hammer - The RAs Are All That<br />
<br />
*Gia Ramos - "Watch" by Billie Eilish<br />
<br />
*Ben Rotko - "The Blackout" by U2<br />
<br />
*The Blowing Kangaroos: Emma Xiang, Gavin Seymour, William Cui, Lalo Rodarte - "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion<br />
<br />
*Dorothy Zhou - "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit<br />
<br />
*Sophia Xie, Annika Lobo - "Lost Boy" by Ruth B.<br />
<br />
*Ryan Krishna - Schubert Impromptu No. 2<br />
<br />
*Tim Xu, Albert Tang, Kevin Chiang - "G-Wagon" by Post Malone<br />
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*Remy Terjanian, Gavin Seymour, Lalo Rodarte - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana<br />
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*Uma Phalke - "Warrior" by Demi Lovato<br />
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*Gavin Seymour, Lalo Rodarte, Jack Schaeffer, Song Lee, Eric Krieger, Dorothy Zhou, Ben Rotko, Val Finke, Alice Han, William Cui, Isabella Gastel-Alejandre - Transcendence VI: The Transition<br />
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*Logan Spaleta - "Shallow" from A Star is Born<br />
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*Ayan Barnwal - Concerto in G Major by Vivaldi<br />
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*Isabella Gastel-Alejandre, Joanna Liu - "Yesterday" by The Beatles<br />
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*Song Lee - "She Used to Be Mine" from Waitress<br />
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*Jack Macy, Miguel Santos, James Cui, Siddharth Boppana, Jason Due, Francis Liu<br />
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*Kevin Chen - Chinese Yo-Yo<br />
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*Ben Kim, Imroze Singh, Alexis Robles, Nikhil Bahal - CTY Weekend Update<br />
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*Kat Chen - "Courageous Goodbye" by Kat Chen<br />
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*Alexis Robles, Logan Spaleta, Remy Terjanian - "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen<br />
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*Noor Singh, Gia Ramos, Katie Mowry, Katelyn Ma, Kayla Lang, Ben Kim, Imroze Singh, Nikhil Bahal, Alexis Robles, Robert Sheng - "We are Young" by Fun<br />
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*Robert Sheng, Eric Krieger, Alexis Robles - "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" by Flight of the Conchords<br />
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*Nikhil Bahal, Kat Chen, Josh Tanksley, Galaxy Scheuer, Stefan Linden - Raving<br />
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* I'll Make a Man out of You - Flash Mob<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
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Both student and staff talent shows are held at Lancaster (Session 2) on separate days. On the last Tuesday and Wednesday, the talent shows are held in place of activities. The next day, [[Thursday|Friday]] (calendar Thursday), was historically the day of key and fob return, although due to the new self-locking doors, this has since been changed to the morning of the last day. At Session One, the student talent show takes place on the last Wednesday in lieu of activities. The RA Palooza (AKA the staff talent show) takes place during quad time on the last Tuesday. The Site Director will select a student talent show act to perform at closing ceremonies on the last day along with the class skits.<br />
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===06.2 Student Show===<br />
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Master of Ceremonies - Blake Barnett<br />
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* Ashok Bhaskar - Devil's Sticks (to "Hot Ride" by The Prodigy)<br />
* [[User:Arianet|Ariane Turley]] - Flute ("Vivace" by Michel Blavet)<br />
* Alexis Kravitz - Juggling (to "Salterello III" by New York's Ensemble)<br />
* Teryn Dickson - Breakdancing (to "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai)<br />
* Rachel Todd - Ballet (to "The Tower" by Vienna Teng)<br />
* Sandra Korn - Cello ("Rondo" by Boccherini)<br />
* Jacob Hurwitz - Solving a Rubik's Cube while reciting first 200 digits of π.<br />
* Sarah Hackney - Guitar & Voice ("The View From Heaven", in tribute to [[Phil Gunn]])<br />
* Christian "Christ" Burnette and Michael "Mike" Len - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlBCU0kOaF8 Raving] (to "Liquify" by Toby Emerson)<br />
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===07.2 Student Show===<br />
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Masters of Ceremonies - William Saulnier and Ali Tammaro<br />
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* Elizabeth Leimkuhler - National Anthem<br />
* Vanessa Baratta - Flutopia (flute)<br />
* Jake Fernandez - Hallelujah (singing)<br />
* Kara Lee and Lauren Willhoite - Missing You (singing and guitar)<br />
* Austin Penner and James Chang - Extreme Rubik's Cubing<br />
* Michael Krause - Martial Arts<br />
* Student A Capella, AKA Something Funny - Eye of the Tiger<br />
* Miriam Woodward - Iris (dance)<br />
* Ilana Rice - Life of the Party<br />
* Blabingos - Cotton Eye Joe (dance)<br />
* Sarah Hackney - Blackbird (singing and guitar)<br />
* Gavin Cook - Xtreme Lanyard Swinging<br />
* MC Skit - Frank's Fire Extinguisher<br />
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===09.2 Student Show===<br />
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Masters of Ceremonies - [[User:Knight7770|Alex Kohanski]] and William S.<br />
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*Emma Sterling, Dennis Cowan, and Sam Fomon - "You and I" by Ingrid Michaelson<br />
*Mariel MacGowan, Joseph Rush, and William Harlow - Scene from "The Fun Guy from Yuggoth"<br />
*Sam Fomon - "Hey Ya"<br />
*Jackie Liu - 330+ digits of Pi<br />
*Elyse Guziewicz - "Pie Jesu"<br />
*Michael Sha - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto #2 3rd Movement<br />
*Elena Riecke and Otter Lee - "Bop to the Top"<br />
*Joseph Rush - Single-handed double glowsticking<br />
*Ray Kim, Andrew Bae, and Ignatius Nam - "Man in the Mirror" (acoustic guitar cover)<br />
*MC Skit - Pokemon Lanyard Blue<br />
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===10.2 Student Show===<br />
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*Note-probably never gonna be posted because they didn't print out programs for 10.2<br />
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===11.2 Student Show===<br />
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*Dance Group-Afreen Fahad, Ezra Brooks, Gaurav Nath, Matthew Brecher, Mayee Chen, Ramya Rao, Richa Vijayvergiya, Rose yin, and Samantha Li to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce<br />
*Afreed Fahad, Samantha Li, and RA Shae Fitzgerald-guitar/vocals to "Mean" by Taylor Swift<br />
*Jaya Mohan and Sarah Dunleavy-piano/vocals to "Haunted" by Taylor Swift<br />
*Daniel kipnis-piano, Beethoven's 8th Symphony<br />
*Farah Gwdat and Yassmine Abdelmoreleb-dancing<br />
*Elizabeth Formon and Noah Goldstein-guitar/vocals to "Sound Of Silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel<br />
*Levi Meerovitch and Skylar Karzhevsky-piano/bass/vocals to "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles<br />
*Josh Kim and Mike Sha-violin/cello<br />
*Academic Counselors and Health Office Administrators-dance medley<br />
*Elena Weissmann and Erik Baier-guitar/vocals to "One" by U2<br />
*Maddie Lemberg-piano to self-composed piece "Interest"<br />
*Esther Kim and Esther Kim (same dorm, same class, birthdays one day apart)-track/vocals to "Intuition" by CNBlue<br />
*Hannah Johnston-piano/vocals to "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns 'N' Roses<br />
*May Shum and Mindy Cheng-piano/vocals to "This Love" by Maroon 5<br />
*Angie Fenton-track/vocals to "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (with backup vocals from other performers)<br />
*Eric Lei and Noah Li-dancing to "I'll Be Back" by 2PM<br />
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===15.2 Student Show===<br />
* Programs were again skipped in favor of a powerpoint projected onto a sheet where literally everyone's name was misspelled, despite correct spelling on the setlist.<br />
* Marty Rachap and AR Ciccariello were the MCs and were told (potentially incorrectly) that they were the first student MCs at LAN<br />
* The theme was Nin-talent which was so bad that it was literally the first joke of the night.<br />
* Audio levels were notoriously horrible, best highlighted during rehearsal when one girl said directly into the mic "I'd like to thank the sound guys" and the sound guys responded with "what?" and "speak up" distortion was so bad that you could not hear what was being said onstage from behind the stage (or in front of it) which made everything suck a little.<br />
* Ashley Yao, a 17 year old nomore from LOS brought the LOS tradition of singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" with nomores and nevermores at the session 2 talent show, but the organizers were not aware of this and put her act in the middle of the second act (I think she was 17) which just made everyone very sad partway through and also a little bit more hungry.<br />
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===16.1 Student Show===<br />
* Macarena and Cheese: Doing the Macarena to the Mii Song. Need I say more?<br />
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==Carlisle==<br />
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As of (at least) 09.2, the [[Quiz Bowl]] takes place immediately before or after the talent show.<br />
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As of 16.2, Quiz Bowl now takes place after the mandatory hall bonding on first Sunday, after numerous complaints caused the original afternoon activity (Sundae Funday Sunday) to be discontinued. There is now free time directly after the talent show.<br />
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===06.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Yean Do, Miriam Lynch, and Isaac Schlect <br />
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Tech Crew: Ian Hull (Tech God), Bonne Eisenman, Charlotte Lee, Kenneth Lin, Ever Ramirez, Olivia Stransky, Margaret Sulerzyski<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
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* Kevin Yang (piano), Jon Hecht (Bowser), Chase Stevens (Mario) - "Super Mario Brothers, Live" by Jon Hecht and Chase Stevens<br />
* Eva Suarez - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" by Cole Porter<br />
* Mike Morgan and Nico Mihalich - "Bar Rage" by the Glenngarry Bhoys<br />
* Robert Knickerbocker - "Tarantella"<br />
* Crystal Tung - "Dravidian Dithyramb"<br />
* Michael Cretella - "New American Classic" by Taking Back Sunday<br />
* Lucas Matheson - "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by Paul McCartney and John Lennon<br />
* Dave Miracchi, Andrew Levy, and Nico Mihalich - "Tribute" by Tenacious D<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
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* Liz Schierer - "My Father's Favorite"<br />
* Taylor Lloyd - "Solo de Concours"<br />
* Philip Chodrow - "Tae Kwon Do"<br />
* Meridith Richmond - "Tap Dancing to 'Scat'"<br />
* Gary "Squeaky" Minassian - "Guitar Improvisation"<br />
* [[George Hotz]] - "Konstantine" by Something Corporate<br />
* Lily Kerrigan and Aria Sharma, accompanied by Chris White - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer<br />
* Dom Hazzard, accompanied by Jon Hecht - "Why Do We Have to Say Goodbye?" by Dom Hazzard<br />
* "RA Madness," performed by your very own Residential Assistants<br />
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===07.1 Talent Show=== <br />
MCs: [[user: Jkim1593| Jeanette Kim]], Will Pfeiffer, Jon Rigby<br />
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===07.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Sarah Boutom, Ali Sanne, Alex ter Weele, Jeremy McCandlish<br />
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Tech Crew: Ian Hull (Tech God), Nathaniel Byerly, Cristina D Ancona, Elizabeth Fair, [[User:The Minion Master|Fionna Howes]], Matthew Mahoney, Alexander Mechanick, Julian Spector, Zachary Taylor, Zachary Young<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
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* Justin Brown - "Polichinelle" by Rachmaninoff<br />
* Arhea Marshall - "To Be or Not To Be" by William Shakespeare<br />
* Kiri Strack-Grose - bagpipe medley - "Molly Raukin's" by John Raukin, "Brenda Stubbert's" by Brenda Stubbert, "The Silver Spear", "Jenny's Chickens"<br />
* Jessica Chu - "Tong Hua" by Guang Liang<br />
* Hayden Chun - "Beat Box Explosion"<br />
* Karen Bao - "Roumanian Folk Dances" by Bela Bartok<br />
* [[User:GreatandMightyBesst|Elizabeth Jarvis]] - "Dramas on the Nile" choreographed by Jennifer Vick<br />
* Lauren McGarry - "Cantuus Inaquelis" from <i>Adiemus</i><br />
* Brian Riemer - "Hotel California"<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BfjJPbHdXA&mode=related&search=CTY%20Carlisle%20%2AReSync RA Phil's Hall- 200 digits of Pi]<br />
* RA Marshall - Ode to CTY<br />
* RA Taylor - singing<br />
* RA Abby - "Blackbird" - original choreography<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
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Will be uploaded soon.<br />
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Lists of Acts for 08.2 will be uploaded soon. Acts included a Rubik's cube duel, a performance of the song "Little Wonders" by Brian Reimer, a skit about the ballerina's by Max's hall, and a cello performance by Alexandra "Peanut" Demers.<br />
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08.2<br />
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MCs: Jeff Herr and [[User:BradP27|Fish Stark]]<br />
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===09.1 Talent Show=== <br />
MCs: [[user: Jkim1593| Jeanette Kim]], Stephanie Oen, and Brittany<br />
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===09.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: [[User:BradP27|Fish Stark]], Whitney Wu<br />
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Some acts:<br />
Nate Cho playing Violin<br />
Two girls singing "Concrete Angel"<br />
Zachary Bord and Madison signing and dancing "The Tango: Maureen"<br />
The "Y'all Hall" performing a spoof on American Idol<br />
Sarah Lander's reading of haikus<br />
Alexi Block Gorman singing "God Help The Outcasts"<br />
Conner Davis performing a magic/comedy act (With assistant Alexi Block Gorman)<br />
A TA skit featuring funny words (Such as galoshes, macadamia, gazebo, bulbous bouffant)<br />
Tin: The Musical (an RA skit)<br />
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===10.1 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Paul Chichura, Mack Muldofsky<br />
Theme: HUB Potatoes<br />
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RA Acts: Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Phonetic Punctuation, Spanish Rap<br />
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===10.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Martin Perez, [[User:BradP27|Fish Stark]]<br />
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(note: the order of acts here has probably been butchered beyond all belief)<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
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* Piano Act - Kevin Dou<br />
* Glowstringing - Max Umland<br />
* Mad World - guitar and vocals: Jon Kirby<br />
* Violin Piece - Charlie Maier<br />
* The Water is Wide, acapella - Michelle<br />
* Piano Medley - Colin Donnelly<br />
* An Act Regarding Punctuation - RA Sam<br />
* Original Poem - Jesse Montemurro<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
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* Instructor Ernie Ko and TA David Richter, piano duet<br />
* Ernie Ko and TA Gang Liu, piano and singing<br />
* RA Pokemon Skit<br />
* The Rainbow Connection - vocals: Gaines, piano: Ross Rheingans, violin: Amalia Bowen\<br />
* Princesses at CTY (skit) - Various People<br />
* Original Composition - piano: Louis Bartholomew<br />
* Striker doing some african drum thing<br />
* Numb - piano - Dane Jennings <br />
* 15 - vocals: ?<br />
* Stockholm Syndrome - bass: Terence Casey<br />
* Out Here On My Own - vocals: Regina LoBiondo<br />
* Desolation Row - spoken-word vocals: Seamus Kirkpatrick, banjo: Rebecca 'Moose' Trickey<br />
* Glowstringing - Whitney Wu<br />
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==Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
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At LMU, the staff and students both perform in the same talent show. The talent show is on the second Saturday of the session, or second Sunday of some sessions when the gymnasium is not available on the Saturday, and lasts three hours with an intermission. During the intermission, occasionally, refreshments will be offered. During 2009, both the first and second session talent show were held in the Amphitheatre.<br />
During the talent show, there is a special nevermore/nomore song that happens at the end of the talent show, in which the nevermores [and, in second session, nomores] come up and sway in front of the stage while a select few are onstage and sing the song. In first session, the song is Seasons of Love from the musical Rent, started in 06.1. In second session, the song is Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver, and was started by Leah Steuer in 2005 and continued by Zoe Grieder in 2007, Mary, Heidi Quach, Katie and Chelsea Leu, and Divya Goel in 2008, Brice Green, Allegra Choi & David Krucik in 2009, and Margot Solmssen, Diana Delgado, and Melani Shahin in 2010. <br />
<br />
===06.1 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: "Grass" Kau, Rebecca Clark, Jared Solmssen, and Madeline "Swish" Swisher<br /><br />
Sound System: Spencer Dirrim<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
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* Chris Fung, Alex Boyd, Remy Mock, Eric Chen, Jen Casabar, Peter Luo, Brandon Lee, Kevin Yang, Nick Lam - Hip Hop<br />
* Haley Bartels, Jillian Meeker, Jenna Go, Brigid Martin - "Seasons of Love"<br />
* David Song - Guitar Medleys<br />
* Aviv Gilad-Golgeier - "Bach Goldberg Variation"<br />
* Harshini Jayaram (performing without companion Lucy McCabe, who was injured) - Indian Dance<br />
* Albert Chang - "Legende"<br />
* John Boyle, Albert Chen, Aviv Gilad-Golgeier - Random Advertisements<br />
* Morgan Wang - "Basic Subtraction"<br />
* Val Moore, Michael Yao, Nicholas Platoff - "The Nerds"<br />
* Alex Boyd - Human Beatbox<br />
* Aviv Gilad-Golgeier - Piano<br />
* "Grass" Kau (not performed due to stolen ukulele) - "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"<br />
* Aviv Gilad-Golgeier, Gary Yeung - "Fuzz and Gary Present..."<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
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* Alex Blum - Juggling<br />
* Ryan Crout, Spencer Dirrim - "One Winged Angel"<br />
* Nicole Brown, Samantha Park, Jennifer Lee, Divya Rao, Sophia Liang - "1, 2, Step"<br />
* Haley Bartels, Jillian Meeker - "Elephant Love Medley"<br />
* Mike Langen, Johnny Z - "Street Magic"<br />
* Lucy McCabe - "I'm The Only One"<br />
* Kirk Huang - "Fantasie Impromtu"<br />
* Vincent Le - Juggling with Rubik's Cubes<br />
* Amy Zhang - "Come Away With Me"<br />
* Albert Chang - Card Tricks<br />
* Kevin Huang - "Fantasia in C Minor"<br />
* Harshini Jayaram, Emily McKee, Andrea Tang - "When There was Me and You"<br />
* Rebecca Clark, Sunita Chepuri, Erika Ji, Amy Nguyen, Jillian Meeker, Sam Hsieh, Kate Weiner, Haley Bartels - "Little Romeo and J-Lo, a CTY Hopsical"<br />
<br />
===07.1 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Rebecca Clark, Austin Clark, Danny Rivkin, and Declan Kennedy<br />
<br />
====Act 1====<br />
<br />
* Emily McKee - "If He Really Knew Me"<br />
* Shikhar Kumar - Hip Hop Dance Selection<br />
* Sarah Klein - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"<br />
* Ryan Crout & Spencer Dirrim - "Knights of Cybonia"<br />
* Joey Botros, Albert Chen, and Michael Yuan - Sword Fight Remake<br />
* Franklyn Zhu - "No 2 in E Flat Major"<br />
* Natasha Avery, Nandita Krishna, Anya Richkind, and Olivia Gardner - "Roxie"<br />
* Edwin Zhang - "Morals"<br />
* Haley Bartels - "Summertime"<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
<br />
* Alex Blum - Juggling Act<br />
* Lizzy Hardwick - "I Enjoy Being a Girl"<br />
* Morgan Wang - "Superfranticunproductivenothinglegislation"<br />
* Holly Burke, Rebecca Clark, and Hannah Caldwell - "Rent: Seasons of love"<br />
* Kirk Huang - "Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement"<br />
* Lucy McCabe - "Other Side of the World"<br />
* Olivia Gardner, Chase Basich, and Arielle Basich - Sing-Along Songs<br />
* Alex Wimberley - "Popular"<br />
* Abhi Kodukulla & Gabe Beaudoin - Worst Talent Ever<br />
* Albert Chen & John Boyle - Dance Contest<br />
* Natasha Avery, Nandita Krishna, Anya Richkind, and Olivia Gardner - "Mr. Blues"<br />
* Kendall Parks & Crew - "Guitar Kids Day Off"<br />
* Haley Bartels, Rebecca Clark, Jenna Go, and Jillian Meeker - "No Day but Today"<br />
<br />
===07.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Zoe Grieder and three others. <!-- Does anyone know who? --><br />
====Act 1====<br />
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* Emily McKee - "Black Swan"<br />
* Miranda Guzman - "Bad Habit"<br />
* Andy Inadomi - "99 Red Balloons"<br />
* Christina Fong - "Crush"<br />
* Brice Green - "Spanish Prelude by Gershwin"<br />
* Simon Rhee - "Stand-Up Comedy"<br />
* Miranda Lowe - "Song Without Words Number 21"<br />
* David Smith - "Charango"<br />
* Jackie Choi - "RA Whose Line #1" [canceled thanks to a ridiculous migraine.]<br />
* Angelo Cruz - "The Four Horsemen"<br />
* Liz Burch and Yang West - "On My Own"<br />
* Sunli Kim - "Sibelius"<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
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* Jackie Choi, Sunli Kim, Mia Buettner, Andy Inadomi, Alder Fletcher - "Canon Rock"<br />
* Elissia Kim - "I Love You"<br />
* Caroline Sir, Jenny Tabares, and Mia Buettner - "Better Than Tae Kwon Do"<br />
* Jackie Choi - "RA Whose Line #2"<br />
* Liz Burch, Yang West, and Margot Solmssen - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"<br />
* Asher Meerovich and Holly Seyler - "I Don't Love You"<br />
* David Krucik - "Soccerface 2"<br />
* Ralph and Andy - "Songs"<br />
* Daniel Liu - "I'll Cover You" (Reprised)<br />
* Angelo Cruz and Andy Inadomi - "Unholy Confessions"<br />
* Alan Sage, Josh Eddy and Alder Fletcher - "In Compton"<br />
* Jason and Mike - "Secret Shakes"<br />
* Zoe Grieder - "Surprise" ("Leaving on a Jet Plane," dedicated to Leah Steuer from 2005)<br />
<br />
===08.1 Talent Show===<br />
<br />
Theme: America's Next Top Model<br /><br />
MCs: Brandon Chang and Olivia Gardner (two instead of the traditional four)<br />
<br />
====Act 1====<br />
* Jane Sadetsky - "Die Alone"<br />
* Julia Regan - "Teardrops on My Guitar"<br />
* Maya Mason and Maiya Tracy - Interpretive Dance (Maya) and Vocals (Maiya) to "Reflection" from Mulan<br />
* Aviv Gilad Golgier (Fuzz) - Original Piano Composition<br />
* Dillon Dong - "Viva la Vida"<br />
* Justin Kelly - "Cows With Guns"<br />
* Simon Orr and Madhu Vijay - Magic Act<br />
* Haley Bartels - "Summertime" (Gershwin)<br />
* Stephanie Ting, Michelle Lei, and Julia Regan - Skit<br />
* Rahsaan Elridge (RA) - Rap<br />
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It was during this first act that Brandon first performed the YMCA at CTY; it was hilarious.<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Alex Blum - Juggling<br />
* Lizzy Hardwick, Jane Sadetsky, and Brandon Chang - "CTY Pie"<br />
* David Losh (RA) - Original Composition<br />
* Michelle Lei - "Way Back into Love"<br />
* Dillon Dong, Declan McKelvey-Hembree, and Morgan Wang - Skit-Swordfighting-Musical<br />
* Erik Anderson (RA) - "Pirates of the Caribbean"<br />
(Josh Quillin was supposed to do Queen - "We Will Rock You," but he was off-campus and was unable to perform.)<br />
* Albert Chen - "Gypsy Airs"<br />
* Isabelle Espy, Maiya Tracy, Lizzy Hardwick, Jane Sadetsky, and Haley Bartels - "Seasons of Love"<br />
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08.1's theme for the Talent Show was America's Next Top Model. I think most people found it offensive (yet hilarious) as the RA-written skits made fun of gay people, straight people, people in-between, and epileptic people. That last one is pretty damn hard....<br />
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===08.2 Talent Show===<br />
<br />
Theme: Making the Band<br />
MCs: Divya Goel and Adam Gerard<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
* Andrew Casner, John Xia - "Better Off Alone," "Club Inferno" (Raving)<br />
* Joseph Eddy, Brice Green - "Blackbird" (Guitar/vocals/saxophone)<br />
* Tiffany "Bri" Wong, Holly Seyler - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (Vocal)<br />
* Courtney Tran - Medley (Piano)<br />
* Catherine Li, Angela Zhang, Araby Martin, Teresa Eun - "Mamma Mia!" (Vocal)<br />
* Jackie Choi, Katherine "Katie" Leu, Chelsea Leu - "Nightswimming" (Vocal/Piano/Cello)<br />
* Alder Fletcher - "The Hero Of Canton" (Acapella)<br />
* Brice Green - Concerto (Saxophone)<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Carlyn - Various compositions (Band)<br />
* David Krucik - "Soccerface 3" (Video)<br />
* Heidi Quach, Mary D'Onofrio, Marguerite "Margot" Solmssen, Divya Goel, Kara "Kai" Woodworth - "Wannabe"(Vocal)<br />
* John Xia - "Organ Donor" (Diabolo-ing)<br />
* Jaibe Jeam Garces, Courtney Tran (Joined by Holly Seyler and Bri Wong) - "Hey There Delilah" (Piano/Vocal)<br />
* Clayton Brand, Stephen Cruz - "An American Classic" (This was actually "If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands." It was amazing.) (Guitar/Vocal)<br />
* Johanda Laloi - "Without You" (Dance)<br />
* Divya Goel, Mary D'Onofrio, Heidi Quach, Joseph Eddy, Chelsea Leu, Katherine "Katie" Leu - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (Guitar/Vocal)<br />
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===09.1 Talent Show===<br />
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Theme: Amazing Race [which fell apart during the actual show]<br><br />
MC's: Maxwell 'Zac Efron' Coleman, Max Stivers, Holly Burke, and Jackie 'Allegra' Choi.<br />
Amazing techie: Simon Orr<br />
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(Not in Order)<br />
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* Hannah Seligman - Dance - "Love Story"<br />
* Lucy McCabe - "Soldier" (Anna Nalick)<br />
* Jordan's Hall - Dance - "Men in Tights"<br />
* Jesse Han - Piano - "Clair de Lune"<br />
* Alex Blum - Juggling<br />
* C-Bad Award Ceremony<br />
* Rachel Brodwin, Polina Aleks, Dillon Dong, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi, Morgan Wang, Brandon Chang - "Moskau" (Rocking Son)<br />
* Dane Holding (RA), Lizzy Hardwick, Molly S., Matt Guerrero, Sarah Scheffler, Maggie Ginoza, Lucy McCabe, Brandon Chang, Dillon Dong, Morgan Wang, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi- "Bananaphone"<br />
* Maggie Ginoza, Sarah Scheffler, Lizzy Hardwick, Lucy McCabe, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi, Dillon Dong, Matt Guerrero - "Seasons of Love" (Rent)<br />
* Max Coleman, ?- Beat-Boxing Battle<br />
* Connie Han - Piano and Voice - "Tetragrammatron"<br />
* Jane Sadetsky, John Wise, Alex Blum, Aviv 'Fuzz' Gilad - "Forevermore" (Max Stivers)<br />
* Miranda Guzman- Original Song<br />
* Maxwell Coleman- 'Britney but better' on the piano<br />
* Morgan Wang, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi- We'll all go together when we go<br />
* Molly S.- The Mom Song<br />
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===09.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MC's: Alder Rye Fletcher, and Olivia Rose.<br><br />
Amazing Techie: David Krucik<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
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* Raji Pandya, Jackie Choi - <s>"Little"</s>Literal Fugue in G Minor for two violins (Bach)<br />
* Asia Pineschi, Grace Vasikanonte - Dance- "Eye of the Tiger"<br />
* Rebecca Liu, Alyssa Liu - "Love Song"<br />
* Julia Reagan - "Love Story"<br />
* David Krucik, Alder Fletcher - Skit- "Slowly I Turn"<br />
* Phillip Liang - "Accidentally in Love"<br />
* Brice Green - "Losing Keys"<br />
* Jin Chow - Wedding Street for piano and voice (Traditional)<br />
* Tom Thorne, Chris Taylor, Chaebin Jeon - "Butterfly Fields" for guitar, bass, and voice (Original composition)<br><br />
* RA's - Dance - "Safety Dance"<br />
* Clver Jin, Jaibe Garces, [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage Virtanen]] - Skit<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Sarah Zhong - "Move Along"<br />
* Logan Ryan - "Banjo in the Hollow"<br />
* Alfred Wallace - Raving - "In the Hall of the Mountain King<br />
* Matt Ha - Percussion<br />
* David Levy - Brazil for Theremin (Frank Sinatra)<br />
* Brice Green, Alder Fletcher - Death Fight<br />
* Brice Green, Tereasa Ho - "Everything You Are"<br />
* John Sutte (RA) - "Moonlight Sonata"<br />
* Caroline Chin, Andrew Tsai, Clayton Brand, Brian Quirk - "My Girl"<br />
* Rahsaan Eldridge (RA) - Original Composition<br />
* Kristen Murray, Annabel Ostrow, Taylor Cranor, Amy Wu, Margot Solmssen, Kai Woodworth, Matt Ha, Miles ?, Paul Fomenko, Luke Kim, Jordan Trepp - Dance - "Thriller" intro, "I Want it That Way" (Backstreet Boys)<br />
* Dillon Dong, Taemin Ahn, Catherine Li, Lizzy hardwick, Jackie Choi, Julia Regan - "Somebody to Love"<br />
* Jackie Choi, Brice Green, David Krucik - Zoe's Surprise - "Leaving on a Jet Plane"<br />
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====Not Listed on Programme====<br />
* Lizzy Hardwick - CTY Canon Medley for piano and voice (REM, Don McLean, and Alphaville)<br />
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===10.1 Talent Show===<br />
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Theme: Fame Academy<br />
MC's: Jeff Clancy, Vivek Jayaram [?] <br />
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====Act 1====<br />
* Jeff Clancy, Kevin Ghaemi, Gautam Ramesh - "Remember the Name"<br />
* Molly Srour - "Mission Impossible"<br />
* Simon Orr - "Joey, Joey, Joey"<br />
* Ben Travers - "Heart Shaped Box"<br />
* Connie Han, Emily Chiu - "Trains"<br />
* Ashley Kung - "I-2 Step"<br />
* Michael Keppler - "Like a Rolling Stone"<br />
* Micaela Gardner, Daniel Bork - "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)"<br />
* Kevin Chen - "Hesitation Tango"<br />
* Alex Hsieh, Edward Chang - "Lemonade"<br />
* Miranda Guzman - "If I Ain't Got You"<br />
* Karen Cha, Edward Chang, Hyun-Seon Park, John Bahk, Christian Miller - "I'm Yours"<br />
* Karen Cha, Hyun-Seon Park - "Love Song"<br />
* Vivek Jayaram, Gokul Asokan, Will Wheaton, Michael Keppler - "Paint It Black"<br />
* Chris Lopez - "Song for My Father"<br />
* Amanda Nakanishi - "Waking Up in Vegas"<br />
* Gilbert Pan, Max Escaler, Miranda Guzman, Rachel Hong, Will Weaton (with special appearances by Edward Chang, Chris Robinson) - "Single Ladies"<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Rasaan - [?] <br />
* The Freudian Slips - multiple songs<br />
* Michael Keppler, Alex Ostrovsky, Heidi Hart, Roxanne Heston, Erika Chang-Sing, Daniel Bork, Will Wheaton - "Drops of Jupiter"<br />
* Jake Lee - "Nocturne in E♭Major"<br />
* Jonathan Whang, Charles Whang - Breakdance<br />
* Lousia Conwill, Vivek Jarayam, Gokul Asokan - "Don't Stop Believing" (Journey)<br />
* Hannah Weismann - "Think of Me" (CTY version, Originally Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber)<br />
* B Nasty, Ahmad Richard - freestyle<br />
* Marissa Chua - tap dancing<br />
* Maggie Ginoza - "The End of the Summer" (Dar Williams)<br />
* Jonathan Bahk - "I Will Follow You into the Dark" (Death Cab for Cutie)<br />
* Jane Sadetsky - "You Were"<br />
* Nicole Kwok - "Last Name" <br />
* Jane Sadetsky, Christian Miller - "Falling Slowly"<br />
* Natalie Flores - "A Dark Congregation"<br />
* Roxanne Heston - Dance<br />
* Molly Srour, Louisa Conwill, Will Wheaton, Alex Ostrovsky, Maggie Ginoza, Jane Sadetsky, Miranda Guzman, Rachel Hong - "Seasons of Love" (RENT, Jonathan Larson)<br />
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===10.2 Talent Show===<br />
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Theme: Red Carpet<br />
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MC's: Niki Bakhru, Margot Solmssen, [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage Virtanen]]<br />
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"Glamor Assistants": Sarah Zhong, Jacki Li<br />
<br />
====Act 1====<br />
* John Khori - "Piano Man" (Billy Joel)<br />
* Jenifer An - "You Belong with Me"<br />
* Sarah Pollock - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"<br />
* Melinda Wang - Flamenco Dance<br />
* Stephanie Ting, Sunny Lee, [[User:Peruanita|Diana Delgado]], Elena Huang - Pillow Skit (based on the tale of Sleeping Beauty)<br />
* Srinidhi Bharadwaj - "Broken Vow"<br />
* Olivia Machentanz, Estel Telcontar, Sarah Pollack - The Oracle (skit)<br />
* Christine Jarjour, Rana Eser - "Welcome to my Life"<br />
* Charles Lin - "Weightless"<br />
* John Khori, Melinda Wang, Jay Shim, Ethan Chong - "Don't Stop Beliving" (Journey)<br />
* Steven Shao- Valse (Chopin)<br />
* Carol Chao, Cindy Lin, Tina Zhu, Rachel Wu, Megan Shufelt - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day)<br />
* Stephen, Ilsy, Sarah, Amber, Matt Clem, Laurel - Party at CTY (CTY Version, originally "Party in the U.S.A.", Miley Cyrus) [RA act]<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Dan and Tim, a.k.a. The Freudian Slips (Song medly, including "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin)<br />
* Charles Lin - Valse (Chopin)<br />
* Olivia Machetanz - Irish Step Dance<br />
* Teddy Park - "First Day of My Life"<br />
* Stephanie Ting, Sunny Lee, Diana Delgado - Pillow Skit<br />
* Jackie, Amy, Chris Robinson, Will - "California Gurls" (Loveably mis-executed CTY version of the Katy Perry song)<br />
* Nicky Pineshi - A Display of Body Functions<br />
* Diana Delgado - La Donna é Mobile (bel canto from the opera "Rigoletto")<br />
* Karia Perez, Maddy Martin, Mohona Chowdhury, Niki Bakhru, Zabie Elmgren - "Wannabe" (Spice Girls)<br />
* Estel Telcontar - Original Piano composition<br />
* Elena Huang - "Speechless" (Lady Gaga)<br />
* B Nasty, Ahmad Richard (aka [?] and R.A. Richard) - Ernest Hemingway<br />
Note: At the 10.1 Talent Show, the duo's rap was derisively judged by "Celebrity Judge" Chris Robinson. They responded with their act Second Session, which was highly critical of him.<br />
* Sowmya M,. Selina L., Zach M., Jackie W., Jason L., Jeremy E., Serena W., Margeaux M., Jessica Z., Tristan C., Tommy R., Karahm K., Kevin A., Anessa A., Maggie M., Michelle O., Hazemach, Cuepil C., Amber - "Single Ladies" (possibly Amber's hall's act)<br />
* Melani Shahin, Diana Delgado, Margot Solmssen - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (John Denver)<br />
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===11.1 Talent Show===<br />
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Theme: CTY's Got Talent<br />
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MC's: Micaela Gardner and Emma Finch<br />
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"Celebrity" Judges: Sanjaya Malakar, Lindsay Lohan, and Jason Boring's Mother<br />
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Sound and Stage Manager: Simon Orr<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
* Ryan Chen - Born This Way<br />
* Valeria Salazar & Daniel Rodriguez - Tu Recuerdo<br />
* Steven Shao - Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement<br />
* Kevin Bailey - While My Guitar Gently Weeps<br />
* Kane Wu - Moto Perpetuo<br />
* Samuel Lang - Theme from ''Schindler's List''<br />
* RA Filip - Sound of Czech<br />
* George Hutchinson - ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' Medly<br />
* TA Jacob King - I'm Better Than You<br />
* Simon Orr - Summertime<br />
* Amanda Sin - Misery<br />
* John Corley - Stand-up Comedy<br />
* Laura Hempton - Mean<br />
* RA Dane - Cinnamon-Saltine-Bottle of Glue Challenge<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Jonathan Xu - Bless the Broken Road<br />
* Christopher Lopez - A Medley<br />
* The Frequent Fliers-Ella Morner-Ritt & Lia Lewine - Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da<br />
* Julia Grossman - Sparks Fly<br />
* Matt Guerrero - Vienna<br />
* Christie Jok - Breakeven<br />
* Lauren Kelly - Spring Showers<br />
* Grace Hwang - Run Devil Run<br />
* Audrey Huang - Piano Act<br />
* Emma Finch, Nicole Kwok, Leslie Luqueno & Christie Jok - The Lazy Song<br />
* RA Chucho - Contact Juggling<br />
* Michael Keppler - Hip-Hop Medley<br />
* SRAs Will & Katey, RAs Laurel, Jon & Amy - Tonight Tonight<br />
* Matt Guerrero, Micaela Gardner, Louisa Conwill & Raji Pandya - Seasons of Love<br />
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===11.2 Talent Show===<br />
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Theme: A Red Carpet Affair<br />
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"Celebrity" Judges: Taylor Daniel Lautner, Beyonce Giselle Knowles, and Stevie Wonder<br />
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Master of Ceremonies: Samuel Ahmed, Eng O-Charoenrat, and Johnathan Ta<br />
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Techie (Sound): [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage Virtanen]]<br />
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====Act 1====<br />
* Jenay Yuen - Rolling in the Deep<br />
* Natalie Leonard, Ingrid Pan, & Ashley Yao - Seasons of Love<br />
* TA Jacob - I'm Better Than You (Rap)<br />
* George Hutchinson - Pirates of the Caribbean Medley (Piano)<br />
* Timothy Wu and Mark Gillepsie - Juggling<br />
* [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage Virtanen]], Zoe Hu, and Claire Baradat - Two Ladies<br />
* Toby Richkind - Concert Etude<br />
* Chris Lee, Johnathan Mak, and Carson Bogan - All Single Ladies<br />
* Paul Choi - Never Gonna Give You Up<br />
* Miles Burnette, Pablo Chong Herrera, and Ally Weinstock - The Scientist<br />
* Pak Hei Hao - Legende<br />
* Elaine Wong - Forever and Always <br />
* John Lutz - Original Poetry<br />
* Johnathan Bahk, John Lutz, and Joseph Paik - Four Chords Song<br />
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====Act 2====<br />
* Hannah Shih and Christina Xiao - Forget You<br />
* Estel Telcontar and Oreo Carmell - For Good<br />
* Ashley Kung and Hee Ro Chung - Do It Like This<br />
* Elizabeth Thorley - Un Bel Di<br />
* [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury Sheron]] - The Saga Begins<br />
* Alley Weinstock and Chenchen Li - Can't Stop<br />
* Christina Xiao - The Lazy Song<br />
* Jay Shim and Julie Vaughn - You Raise Me Up<br />
* Simon Chow and Albert Choi - Variety (Skit)<br />
* Roxanne Heston - If I Ain't Got You<br />
* RAs Jordan (Dancing) and Divya (Guitar and Vocals) - An Expressive Piece to a Popular Song (Baby by Justin Bieber)<br />
* Johnathan Bahk - By My Side<br />
* Michael Frances Tolk and John Kim - The Explosion Medley<br />
* Julia Regan, Claire Baradat, and Jon Rooney - Leavin' on a Jet Plane<br />
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===12.2 Talent Show===<br />
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Masters and Mistress of Ceremonies: Carson Boden, Tim Wu, and Claire Bai<br />
Special thanks to the Talent Show Committee (Von Tha Don, Max Stivers, Marshall Brickheimer, Sahiba Sindhu, SRA Will Paris) and Taylor Mitchell<br />
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====Act the First====<br />
* "CTY: A Tribute" - Fury and Erin O'Leary<br />
* Ïf I Were A Rich Man"- JB Horsley<br />
* "Such Great Heights"- Jonathan Bahk, Alan Lee<br />
* "This Love" - Jonathan Ta<br />
* "Just Like Heaven"- RA Michael Lane<br />
* "Lose Yourself"- Brian Oh and Pablo Herrera<br />
* Dance to "Whistle"- Ashley Kung<br />
* Oscars Trivia - Ariella "Oreo" Carmell<br />
* "Valentine" - RAs Patrice and Gilligan<br />
* "Clocks"Pablo Herrera, Alli Weinstock, and Miles Burnette<br />
* "Somewhere I Belong"- Sam Cookson<br />
* "Holiday" - Caleb Ho<br />
* "Une Bel Di" - Elizabeth Thorley<br />
* "Count on Me" - Julie Vaughn<br />
* "Omaha" - RA Eric (''The flame in my heart still burns...'')<br />
* 4'33" - Joy Gu<br />
* "I'm Better than You" - TA Jacob<br />
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====Act the Second====<br />
* "An Impromptu Debate" - SRA Will, RAs Max and Gilligan, Our Awesome MCs<br />
* "The Way I Am" (With dance) - Tina Wang, Lauren Kim, Ingrid Pan<br />
* ''Fantasie Impromptu Opus 66 in C# minor'' - Kane Wu<br />
* "Soundless Voice" - Soojung Choi<br />
* Juggling with Tim Wu and RA Chucho<br />
* "Don't Stop Believing" - Kira Dubrovina, Soojung Choi, Julie Vaughn, Johnathan Ta, Sam Cookson<br />
* "Valerie" - Isis Bruno<br />
* Dance to "The Boys"/"Tik Tok" - Kelvin Chan<br />
* FROOT - Nick Pineschi (Batman eats two bananas, and orange, and an apple.)<br />
* "Happy Endings" - RA Act<br />
* "21 Guns" - Ryan Jiang and his Jacket<br />
* "Viva La Vida" - Brandon Ng, Caleb Ho<br />
* "fun. mash up" - [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury Sheron]], Michal Tolk<br />
* Dance to "Break the Chain"- Ethan Kwan<br />
* "Safe and Sound" - James Lu<br />
* "Part of Your World" - Katherine Buckley<br />
* "Swag Crew" - Pablo Herrera, Simon Chow, Jonathan Bahk, Brian Oh, Antony Minkiewicz, Alan Lee<br />
* "We Are Young: CTY Remix" - Your Lovely Res Life Staff<br />
* "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - All Nevermores and Nomores<br />
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===15.1 Talent Show===<br />
This session's talent show was on the second Sunday in the gym.<br />
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MC's: David, Tae, and Baker (from Andrew Ebanks's hall)<br />
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To be honest, I don't remember most of the acts, so please add them in if you can!<br />
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Theme:<br />
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* Singing "Halo" - <br />
* Singing "The Way I Am" -<br />
* Catching grapes - RA Andrew Ebanks (who did the same act at the 14.2 YS talent show, only with gummy bears)<br />
* Singing "Say Something" - <br />
* Singing "Sky Full of Stars" - Clarissa and <br />
* Singing "Blue Jeans" - Samantha<br />
* Rapping - Misah, Chris, and <br />
* Singing "Seasons of Love" - Nevermores and Nomores<br />
* Singing "I Want It That Way" - all the RA's<br />
* Several other great acts that should be listed here! Apologies to everyone not listed~<br />
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===15.2 Talent Show===<br />
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Not in order, and I apologize if I forget anyone.<br />
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* "Young and Beautiful" - Coral<br />
* "Teach Me How to Math" - Leaf<br />
* "Stay With Me" - Acapella activity<br />
* "Time" - [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki]]<br />
* Juggling act - <br />
* Magic Trick act - <br />
* "Cowboy" - Alan<br />
* "Chucho LaBeouf" - Katie, Rachel H, and followers, with help from Chucho<br />
* Salsa act - Chucho and Coral<br />
* "Jar of Hearts" - Katie and Natalie<br />
* Tap dancing - Rachel H<br />
* Breakdance routine - <br />
* Contemporary dance routine - <br />
* Hip hop routine - RA Olivia and <br />
* American Pie CTY parody - Katie<br />
* Piano routine - <br />
* "Shut Up and Dance with Me" - <br />
* - Lee and Alan<br />
* "Amerifan" routine - Jon's Hall<br />
* Song and instrument - Youchan (If I spelled the name wrong, sorry!!)<br />
* An RA mess with them attempting to sing Michael Jackson, and then switching to the Backstreet Boys (Really, guys? I was expecting a parody.)<br />
* "Leaving On a Jet Plane" - Nevermores and Nomores<br />
* Guitar act -<br />
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===16.1 Talent Show===<br />
(Took place on the second Sunday, in the gym.)<br />
MC's: Darling Garcia, Jalen Sur, Blue (Oona) Flood, and Shay Sengupta.<br />
Many bad puns and interesting snacks were served at this talent show.<br />
Theme: Roaring 90's (?)<br />
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===Very Out of Order Act 1===<br />
* Singing "Don't Do Sadness" - Chloe and Emmy<br />
* Performing - Pop Culture ft. their TA<br />
* Singing "Defying Gravity" - Caroline<br />
* Playing piano - three people, one played something by Chopin (if you remember names and pieces, please fill them in)<br />
* Dancing "Elastic Heart" - Audrey <br />
* Contortion <br />
* Many other acts that I can't remember at this exact moment<br />
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===Also Very Out of Order Act 2===<br />
* Clarinet - Ryan (if anyone remembers the name of the piece, that'd be helpful!)<br />
* Singing/dancing "Dancing Queen" - Glee Club activity<br />
* Stomp/dance routine - one of the guys halls (Kadell's?)<br />
* Reading an original poem - Michael (I don't remember the exact title, but it was about a lack of inspiration and was a shock to everyone) <br />
* Water bottle flipping - Alex<br />
* Guitar - RA Louis <br />
* Reading "Four Years" by Heidi Wong - Blue (Oona)<br />
* Reading "CTY" by Heidi Wong - Darling<br />
* Singing/crying "Seasons of Love" - the Nevermores and Nomores<br />
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If you remember the names, pieces, or acts forgotten here, please add them! Links to videos of any of the acts can also be posted!<br />
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===16.2 Talent Show===<br />
It took place on the second Sunday, in the gym.<br />
Lead by RAs Lisa and Keecha.<br />
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====Act the First====<br />
* Spoken word poem "Direct Orders" by Anis Mojgani - Amber, Cici, Isabellla, and Dallyn<br />
* Blackbird by the Beatles - Lee Camp and Alan Levinson<br />
* Dancing "Moves Like Jagger" - Owen Lawson<br />
* Playing Piano: La Nuit by Davin Ari Leon - Dylan Eck<br />
* Reading an original poem - Marcello Ursic<br />
* Playing accordion and signing: Jambalaya - Risa Schapiro<br />
* Singing and playing Space Oddity by David Bowie - Lee Camp, Alan Levinson, and Keven Goh<br />
* Lip Sync Don't Stop Believing - all RAs<br />
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I think this is where Act 2 started?<br />
====Act the Second====<br />
* Rap Battle between Tess Redman and Zack Monterosso. Zack was the winner of the super hot fire rap battles!<br />
* Playing Piano: sonata by Beethoven and Rondo alla Turca by Mozart - Cole Welch<br />
* Singing "The Prayer" by Foster and Sager - Andrea Wan<br />
* Singing and playing "Exs ad Ohs" - Kristy Lan and Sophie Guo<br />
* Violin: Mendelsohn Concerto - David Cheng<br />
* Singing Lost Boy - the Keonys (members of Keona's hall)<br />
* Carless Whisper by George Michael - E=MC^2 band (Lee Camp, Alan Levinson, Keven Goh, and Bill Lei)<br />
* Spoken Word - Tim Mays, DRL<br />
* Singing and playing an original song about CTY - "At CTY" - [[User:Aviva_K.|Aviva Katz]] and [[User:Gracehirai|Grace Hirai]] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzbkPaoTQg<br />
* Leaving on a Jetplane - Nevermores and Nomores<br />
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Please upload any videos you have and post them here!<br />
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===17.2 Talent Show===<br />
Was held on second Sunday with the theme Monsters of Talent. MCs were Lexi Ascott, Virginia (Ginny) Baldan, and Blue Flood.<br />
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====First Act====<br />
*Singing "Fluorescent Adolescent" by Arctic Monkeys - Ellen Garay, Alex Kim, Sloan Sciarappo, Lucia Valor, Eddy Xu, and RA Luiz Ortiz<br />
*Singing "Lo Noto" by Hombres G - Lucia Valor and RA Luiz Ortiz<br />
*Playing "River Flows in You" by Yiruma on the piano - Ashvin Maheshwar<br />
*Performing magic - Devin Boden<br />
*Reciting the poem "Couldn't Care More" by Savannah Brown - [[User:Gracehirai|Grace Hirai]]<br />
*Rapping "No Diggity" by Blackstreet - Blue Flood and Kai Flood<br />
*Singing "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen - Matthew Gin<br />
*Singing "A Night Like This" - Alex Kim and RA Seth Ortiz<br />
*Performing stand-up comedy - Kevin Schmidt<br />
*Singing his original song "New Order" - Zack Monterosso<br />
*Playing "Ihoujin" by Saki Kubota on the accordion - Risa Schapiro<br />
*Singing "Skyfall" by Adele - Rodrick Guo<br />
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====Second Act====<br />
*Dancing to "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson - RA Seth Cook<br />
*Doing martial arts - Katherine Papen<br />
*Playing "Fugue" on the guitar - Connor Padmanabhan<br />
*Singing "Fly Me to the Moon" by Bart Howard - Giana Park<br />
*Singing "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen - Brody Faliero<br />
*Singing "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5 - RAs Sarah Al-Qatou, Olivia Purtell, and Austin Yoders<br />
*Performing magic - Matthew Yang<br />
*Singing "A Certain Romance" by Arctic Monkeys - Eddy Zu and RA Luis Ortiz<br />
*Singing "I'm Yours" - Ellen Garay and Alex Kim<br />
*Juggling and reciting powers of 2 simultaneously- Isaiah Seals<br />
*Singing "Riptide" by Vance Joy - Shinwoo Kim<br />
*Singing "Cups (When I'm Gone)" from Pitch Perfect - Brooke's Hall<br />
*Singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver - Nevermores and nomores<br />
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===18.1 Talent Show===<br />
many other acts - please fill in<br />
*Singing "Creep" by Radiohead - Brendan B - video link --> [https://youtu.be/1CdD9zNBIrw]<br />
*Contortionist<br />
*Dancers "Rockabye" -Allison Nguyen and Amanda Nguyen<br />
*Hip Hop Weekly -Patrice and Triston leading RA's<br />
*Singing "Cups" from Pitch Perfect -Emily Rawson<br />
*Singing "Blackwidow" -Emily Rawson and Carolina<br />
*Singing "Lovely" -Elise Kim and Shriya De (ukulele played by Thalia Ren)<br />
*Dancing Group "Dancing Queens not yet 17" choreographed by RA David -Lexy Tran, Amita, Debangi Mohanta, Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Nina Ofitserova<br />
*Song sung by RA Seth <br />
*Dance to "Finesse" -Derrick, Benny, Arune, and Ryan (Line Dancing weekly by Kavon)<br />
*Singing "Seasons of Love" -Nomore and Nevermores<br />
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===19.1 Talent Show===<br />
*RA Shay had another cheerleading activity opening up the talent show.<br />
*Two guys solved rubik's cubes ridiculously fast.<br />
*Singing "idontwannabeyouanymore" -Shriya De<br />
*Piano - Claire<br />
*Colin and Friends (weekly lead by RA David)<br />
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==Baltimore (JHU)==<br />
<br />
At JHU, both the staff and students perform in the same talent show. The talent show is on the second Saturday or Sunday of the session. There may or may not be an intermission.<br />
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Many talented and even not-so-talented students perform. The squishy seats of the auditorium wind up becoming very uncomfortable.<br />
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===08.2 Talent Show===<br />
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MCs: Jason Wan, Kevin Jung, Jacob Pearce, Nick Allen, Zack Taylor<br />
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* Alyssa Vital - "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton; Voice and Piano<br />
* Andrew Wang - "Excerpts from Mario"; Piano<br />
* Justin Sun, Devin Wright, and Ethan Edwards - "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny"; Voice<br />
* RAs Keegan Quigley and Jon Ferng - "Big"; Music Video[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZHbsjnKkhg]<br />
* RA Mike and various CTYers - "CTY's Last Stand"; Short Film[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Iqb-pn1qo]<br />
* Jason Wan and Kevin Jung - "Build Me Up Buttercup"; Ukelele and Voice<br />
* Sean Lee - "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin; Piano<br />
* TA Jason Blackwell - Poetry Reading<br />
* Mark Chung - Corny Jokes<br />
* Staff/Admin Patrick Fessenbecker and Kate Halada - "For the Longest Time" by Billy Joel; Voice<br />
* Ryan Song - "Concerto #1" by Saintsaens; Cello<br />
* Trinity King - "Nothing Man" by Pearl Jam; Voice<br />
* David Song, Ryan Song, and RA Louis Torkornoo - "Piano Man" by Billy Joel; Cello, Guitar, and Piano<br />
* Kevin Jung - "Too Much Horn (a medley)"; Trumpet<br />
* RA Louis Torkornoo, Andrew Yu, Trishya Srinivasan, Timmy Lee, Alex Falk, Yew Shang Loh, and Ariel Lim - Martial Arts Demo[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKbi2RPlxco]<br />
10-Minute Intermission<br />
* Angelo Cruz - "Canon in D Major" by Pachelbel; Electric Guitar<br />
* Theodore Macioce - Reciting 200 digits of pi to "Sandstorm" by Darude[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_kdhkMS88c]<br />
* Maddie Ossmus - "Ghost of a Good Thing" by Dashboard Confessional; Voice<br />
* TAs Arber Masati, Robert Zellem, Nathan Molteni, and Lillian Un - "Lillian un Bouffant"; a skit[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T22V-U-g2g]<br />
* Jack Huang - "Sonatina Movement 3" by Maurice Ravel; Piano<br />
* Preeti Rangaraj, Greeshma Somashekar, Urvashi Pathania, Pooja Jayaprakash, and Gracia Vergas - "Eh Papi"; Fusion hip-hop Desi Dance[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWh0jNYKmjk]<br />
* David Xiang - Chinese Yo-yo[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3DOuBUEC9U]<br />
* RA Keegan Quigley - "A Lack of Color" by Death Cab for Cutie; Guitar<br />
* Robert Chen - Original Composition; Piano<br />
* RA Shawn Cabinian - "Dramatic Reading" of "Fergalicious"<br />
* Emily Huang - "First Love" by Utada Hikaru; Voice<br />
* Lina Kim - "Impromptus #4" by Schubert; Piano<br />
* Hanna Kim, Jovita Ho, and Sean Lee - "Hero" by Mariah Carey; Voice and Piano<br />
* Vishal Bhatty - Tabla<br />
* The One-Timers: RA Louis Torkornoo, Sean Le, Angelo Cruz, and Ryan Song - "I Am Your Future" by Louis Torkornoo; Instruments and Voice<br />
<br />
===09.1 Talent Show===<br />
<br />
MC: RA Trevor Crest<br />
<br />
* Henry Hershey - "Let It Be" by The Beatles<br />
* Austin Chustz, Ben Coe - Strum Corps<br />
* Maddie Ossmus - "Wonderwall" by Oasis<br />
* [[User:Whitneybitme|Whitney Loo]] - dancing to "Pictures of You" by The Last Goodnight<br />
* Wendy Woodin, Maria Kanevsky, Waritha Chiarnpattanodom, Wendy Chen - skits Invisible Bench and Pebbles<br />
* Green Ahn - "Moments Musicaux No. 4" by Rachmaninoff<br />
* Alex Rakoski - "The Ashokan Farewell" by Jay Ungar<br />
* Vidhi Vakharia - dancing to "Killa" by Cherish<br />
* Riley Yuan - "Ballade No. 1" by Frederic Chopin<br />
* Austin Igelman, Dan Hus, [[User:Encycolnerd|Bob Zhou]] - "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3<br />
* Seoyeon Esther Park - "Excerpt from Concerto No. 1 G minor" by Max Burch, "You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman from "Toy Story"<br />
* Chareeni Kurukulasuriya, Maggie Mann, Whitney Loo, Elina Saxena, Judy Lee, Elise Pennington - CTY Idol<br />
* RA Josh Kramer - Mid-Air Object Manipulation a.k.a. Juggling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey3WxjYQIzc<br />
* Tristan Kindig - "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen<br />
* Paul Lee - "Tornado" by Mitch Markovich<br />
* Kyj Mandzy - Guitar<br />
* Roxanne Heston, Grace Ramsay, Rasheeda Berry, Amelia Merrill - dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce<br />
* Elliot Rosenberg - "A Trumpeter's Lullaby" by Leroy Anderson<br />
* Jaidev Satish - "Fur Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven<br />
* Ariella Applebaum, Elana Forman, Jinny Kim - "Part of Your World" by Jodi Benson from "The Little Mermaid": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGjWcmRmSE<br />
* RA Spencer's Hall (names unknown) - Balance Act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWyCoa8nCHk<br />
* Claire Chen - "A la Memorie" by Ella Gannis<br />
* Chen Shen - "Little Troll" by Edward Grieg<br />
* Rosemary Gurak - "Memory" by Elaine Paige from ''Cats'' musical<br />
* Ronald Zhang - "Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout" by Brian Bonsor<br />
* Jack McNeil - Impossible Card Magic<br />
* Dan Hsu, Austin Igelman, [[User:Encycolnerd|Bob Zhou]], [[User:Whitneybitme|Whitney Loo]], Elise Pennington, Calvin Chueh, Johnny Gray as Midnight Train- "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rs0p3al0o8<br />
* Seoyeon Esther Park, Alexa Rakoski - Highlights from ''The Sound of Music''<br />
* Male RAs a.k.a. The Single Men - Dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYyB_jr-938<br />
<br />
===09.2 Talent Show===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxbiPbmZQsk Talent Show Highlights]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKYk0RfqCk Bloopers and Outakes]<br />
* Male RA's Dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2FV3ZFlfY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMEAW5VFwDU<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8iyLTEVGQk Rap Medley Spectacular]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyfDrJWE7EQ Harry Potter Skit]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6oj17Hrxps The Shortay Experience]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwoOKRvJafMZach's Song]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmItGUmNrs Griffin Stoller's Violin Song]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrb5lU0wGwc Devyn's Solo Dancing]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMKagnYhcV0 Devyn's Group Dancing]<br />
<br />
===10.1 Talent Show===<br />
<br />
MCs = RAs Ahmad, Bonnie, Craig, and Eric<br />
<br />
* Jin Soo Chung, Sean Lee, Alex Chee, Nelson Wong, Steven Pappas, Josh Kang, Tommy Alappat, Hon Wei Khor, Ryota Hiramitsu, Hamza Shad, Justin Kim - "Lion King Medley"<br />
* Jimmy Root, Eliott Rosenberg - "Jazz"<br />
* Naomi Shroff-Mehta - Piano Composition: "Innocence"<br />
* Eric Kim, Stefan Linn, Seoyoung Han, Peter Chen - Fourth Element Crew<br />
* Owen Whitley - Original Song<br />
* Linda Sun - Beijing Opera<br />
* Ryan Synn - "Guitar Hero"<br />
* Rosemary Gunak - "One Voice"<br />
* Austin Chustz - "Tenors Showcase"<br />
* Eliott Rosenberg - "Hey Jude"<br />
* Addy Gao - "Fantasie-Impromptu"<br />
* Christine Chou - "Spittin' Flow" (an original rap)<br />
* Max Umland, Charlie Shvartzman - "Cool Kid Stuff" (juggling and glowstringing)<br />
* Rebecca Zhang, Greta Huang, Ashley Yao, Amanda Chow, Lynn Yu, Christie Wang, Amy He, Yangyang Kwon, Anna Subiros, Yuree Kim, Emily Gallagher, Anamika Tandon, Owen Whitley - "Don't Stop Believing"<br />
* RA Acts<br />
<br />
===10.2 Talent Show===<br />
MCs=Craig and Patrick O<br />
<br />
* Joe Denicola & [[User: Longlive10.2|Amanda Sin]]- "Don't Stop Believin'"<br />
* Eileen Tchao- "Cover of Paramore- The only exception"<br />
* Jon Kwok- "Breakdancing"<br />
* Deepti Rao, Hannah Chai, Josephine Chiang, Teddy L, Maddie Caballero, Gary Chen- "Sk8er Boi"<br />
* Aaron Weiss & Jared Weiss- "Sweet Mary Lee"<br />
* Emily Dickson & Nehal Gupta- "Mamma Mia"<br />
* Laura Rader- "The Little Mermaid on Broadway"<br />
* Amanda Sin- "Landslide - Dixie Chicks"<br />
* Bianca Barrera- "Waltz in A Minor - Franz Schubert"<br />
* Izzy Hechkoff- "Myachi"<br />
* Addye Susnick & Lisa Zhang- "Hey, Soul Sister - Train"<br />
* Rebecca Somer, Maddie Caballero, Katie Zhou, Emily Kelkar, Teddy L, Gary Chen- "Our Song - Taylor Swift"<br />
* Joy Liu- "Boston"<br />
* William Kang- "I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly"<br />
* Tiffany Yu- "Beautiful Eyes - Taylor Swift"<br />
* Emily Dickson, Josephine Chiang, Anisha Reddy, Nehal Gupta- "Take a Bow - Rihanna"<br />
* Charlotte Rupp- "Singin' a Song" (Cover of Waving Flag)"<br />
* Emily Kelkar & Katie Zhou- "Fifteen"<br />
* Oladipo "Poe" Isiaq- "Knock Knock" [Recited a poem]<br />
* Kathy Hong, Maria Lee, Jennifer Haigles, Chandler Sterling- "Baby - Justin Bieber" [an epic dance...it's on facebook.]<br />
* RA acts....most noticeably, Lady Ra-ra!<br />
<br />
===11.1 Talent Show===<br />
MC's- Xinyuan Chen, R.A. Andy Weiner, R.A. Ryan<br />
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Surprise dancing act by R.A. Akine... somewhere. Doing the "Cat Daddy." Oh yeah. (help me out guys?)<br />
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* Andrew Chan- Piano- "Dirge of the 14th"<br />
* Jenny El-Fakir, Erin Craig, Betty Peng- Singing accompanied by guitar- "Skinny Love"<br />
* Rachel Gelfand- Singing- "Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)"<br />
* R.A. Andy Weiner- Singing accompanied by piano- "Viva la Vida"<br />
* Ashley Nobi- Dancing- "Just Dance"<br />
* Louis Bartholomew- Singing accompanied by piano- "If My Heart Was a House You'd Be Home"<br />
* Xinyuan Chen, Kiran Jagtiani- Saxophone and piano- "Uprising"<br />
* Rachel Bomactao- Singing accompanied by guitar- "Forget You"<br />
* Michael Hwang- Rapping- "I'm No Good"<br />
* Taekyung Kong, Ethan Kwan, Timothy Kim, Andrew Oh, Brandon Lee (CTWalkies)- Dancing- "Break the Chain" (or so they thought)<br />
* Rosemary Gurak- Singing- "Bring Him Home"<br />
* Charles Lin and Hojun Kim- Singing- "Nice Guys"<br />
* Rachel Bomactao, Marissa Fu, Sheena Qiao- Singing accompanied by guitar- "I'm Yours"<br />
* Rachael Huxford, Sheena Qiao, Alyssa Harrison- Sign-language- "Imagine"<br />
* Kumar Megh ft. Rachel Bomactao- Rapping and singing- "Airplanes"<br />
* Josh Meier- iPhone- "Harry Potter Theme"<br />
* Charles Lin- Singing accompanied by piano- "Over my Head"<br />
* Antonio Song- Singing- "Rhythm of Love"<br />
* Jason Shu- Violin- "Danse Espagnole"<br />
* Joon Ho Kim- Singing- "I'll Be There For You"<br />
* *Celebrity Guest Appearance* (SRAs Molly/Raughley Rapping)<br />
* Katelynn Rodriguez- Singing- "White Houses"<br />
* Antonio Song and Hojun Kim- "Don't Trust Me"<br />
* Xinyuan Chen, Louis Bartholomew, Charles Lin- "Don't Stop Believing?" (Four Chord Song)<br />
* Taekyung Kong, Ethan Kwan, Timothy Kim, Andrew Oh, Brandon Lee- Dancing- "Break the Chain" (Told you!)<br />
* Someone dropped an f-bomb.<br />
<br />
===11.2 Talent Show===<br />
There were only two notable acts in this talent show.<br />
The first: A guy walked across the stage eating a banana.<br />
The second: A girl sang along to Carly Simon's "You're So Vain," complete with inappropriately awkward choreography. This song was sung to the banana guy, who stood up and proceeded to make the whole things 10x more uncomfortable. For everyone watching live, it was something they will never forget.<br />
<br />
===12.1 Talent Show===<br />
What is it with bananas here? Anywho, the MC's this year were pretty awesome; Mina and Brian. Some acts were very memorable. Like the Plain Old Bananas singing "I'm Yours" with a ukulele. There were the TROLOLOLO guys, which most got and the ones who didn't got it eventually. "Somebody That I Used to Know" acapella was pretty awesome too. and of course, RA Peterchu singing "Titanium." There was the nevermore song, "Seasons of Love." There was "Nice Guys" again this year (becoming tradition here? I dunno, we'll see). There was Dylan on guitar and singing the song Ian wrote. "Set Fire to the Rain" sung by Rachel was introduced with Pokemon (SQUIRTLE NOOOOO!!!!). And there was [[glowsticking|raving]]. And it was amazing.<br />
(help? I don't remember them all....)In addition, there was a truly amazing act in which one guy solved a Rubik's Cube(with ONE hand)in under one minute while simaltamiously reciting pi. It was truly incredible.<br />
<br />
===13.1 Talent Show===<br />
(um so please help me add to this cause I can't remember everything perfectly)<br />
Mina and Brian were the MCs again, and were amazing again. There was raving. Nuff said. 7 girls from Adrienne, Liz, and Amanda's hall did the cup song mashed with It's Time, with a star ukelele player, a guitarist, and a violinist, and RA Liz singing. The same ukelele player and one amazing singer performed 1000 reasons why, an original song that was amazing. Memorably, Wobble Baby was played during intermission and everyone went up onstage to dance. Also, one girl played guitar and sang King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men. Theo also sang Something by The Beatles, and there was an act that the contents of which nobody knew until it was actually performed, a hall of guys who sang to the SRA(I can't remember what song so please help but it was great). One RA did hilarious impressions. There were a few piano acts too that were really cool too. There was a short solo dance number with some gymnastics(that I can't say the quality of because I myself performed it.)Two guys improved on electric guitar. And perhaps most memorably, a bunch of RAs performed a step routine in which they all had a Big Brother/Big Sister name and it was truly great.(I think that's it but if not please feel free to add:)<br />
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===13.2 Talent Show===<br />
There were many memorable acts in this session's talent show. There were several singers, including two notable performances of songs from Les Mis (one by and RA and one by a camper). One girl recited 1000 digits of pi, with beatboxing by Theo, while another tap-danced to Back in Time by Pitbull. There was one act devoted to telling corny jokes, a poetry reading by Goddess of Blammo [[User:Indiekrp|Indie]] and RA Nandi, and a raving act by Chris Ossi and Barak Zhou. There was also a comical piano duet, which was featured again at the closing ceremony.<br />
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===14.1 Talent Show===<br />
There were a heck of a lot of singing acts. David Vacek and a couple of others (someone please fill that in) MC-ed, and there were a few too many corny puns involved. The saddest performance of "Seasons of Love" was also given by the nomores and nevermores.<br />
<br />
===18.2 Talent Show===<br />
Aimee, Sterling, and Liam MC-ed.<br />
<br />
* Victor - Dancing<br />
* Skye - Piano<br />
* Thomas - Chinese Martial Arts<br />
* Dani - Piano<br />
* Emma, Naomi, and Dani - Mashup "Havana, Youngblood"<br />
* RA Lawrence - Beatboxing<br />
* Kevin - Piano "Dogsong"<br />
* Beuroscience - Rapping<br />
* Eulalia - Piano "Debussy Arabesque No.1"<br />
* Nicole - Singing "Titanium"<br />
* RAs Ike and Eklavya - Dancing<br />
* Elaine - Dancing<br />
* Marcus - Singing "Try A Little Tenderness"<br />
* Bradley - Singing "Apricot Stone"<br />
* Izzy - Singing "Radioactive"<br />
* Amelia - Poi spinning<br />
* The Mamaritahs - Singing "The Minion Song"<br />
* Chris - Piano "Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin"<br />
* Isabel - Piano "Tarantella in A Minor"<br />
* Oliver - Circus Acts<br />
* Deidre - Rapping "Squad"<br />
* Frankie - Singing "Pie Jesu"<br />
* Barton - Poetry<br />
* All nevermores and nomores - Singing "Seasons of Love"<br />
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Top three performers were, in order of third to first, Frankie, Dierdre, and Elaine.<br />
<br />
===19.2 Talent Show===<br />
Kevin (?) and Liam T. MCed<br />
<br />
* Sophie X. - Dancing to Esmeralda Variation<br />
* Alex T. and Celine B. - Singing "Love Like You" with ukulele<br />
* Emil M. - Juggling<br />
* Brandon M. and Sebastian A. - Kahoot Beatboxing<br />
* Jude H., Robin L., and Jiankai G. - Dancing to Don't Know What To Do + BBIBBI (Remix)<br />
* Sophia P. - "Viva La Vida" on the piano<br />
* Whitney E. - Singing "Listen Before I Go"<br />
* Emma T. - Piano Improv<br />
* Lea M. - Singing "Jamais sans toi"<br />
* Dylan S. - Mozart Concerto in B Flat Major on the piano<br />
* Marcus P. - Singing "My Heart Will Go On" (with Sophie X. dancing at the beginning)<br />
* Alexandra H. - Singing "Wish You Were Gay"<br />
* Jisang and Preston - Bach Suite 3 Courante viola/cello duet<br />
* [[User:LostInSpace|Amelia O.]] - Dance poi<br />
* Neuroscience A - Pinky & The Brain Brain Stem Karaoke<br />
* Crystal L. - "The Grave" on the piano<br />
* Leo and Jacky - Bohemian Rhapsody on piano and recorder<br />
* Cathy L. - Singing "Walk Thru Fire"<br />
* Sara B.-B. - Singing "Perfect Together"<br />
* Roisin L. - Singing original song "Happy Thrills" on piano<br />
* Alisa and Sophie - Dancing to a dance mix<br />
<br />
1st place: Emma T.</br><br />
2nd place: Roisin L.</br><br />
3rd place: Emil M.</br><br />
<br />
==Easton==<br />
Staff and students both perform at the same talent show in Easton, which is traditionally the last Saturday night of camp.<br />
There is usually at least one act of breakdancing, and also A LOT of singers.<br />
The last act of every talent show is "The Nevermore Song" which is [[American Pie]] with rewritten lyrics about CTY. It was written by the nevermores of 06.2 and Carolyn Byington (nevermore 09.2)<br />
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In 15.2 and 16.2, Nevermore Matt Hom has organized a boy band involving his friends and some RAs including Allan (15.2/16.2), Charles(?) and Tim(?). In 16.2 other members included Dan Guido, Andrew Crisol, and Kartik Pajavera.<br />
<br />
16.1 - YS: "We're going on a trip, watch me nae nae watch me whip"<br />
===16.2===<br />
*Matt Hua did an amazing TV/Movie theme medley on a green violin, including Jurassic Park, Game of Thrones, E.T., Pirates of the Caribbean, "Binary Sunset" from Star Wars, "Imperial March" from Star Wars, "Cantina Music" from Star Wars, the Star Wars main theme and others. He also read a poem entitled "The CTY Journey," filled with [[canon]] and CTY references, such as the opening line being "All my life," and the last line, "the day the music died." It brought everyone to tears and he received a standing ovation. <br />
*Isiah Chagas performed "Lost in Thoughts, All Alone," and dedicated it to a friend who had died in a tragic car accident.<br />
*Emily Stass and Cece Simmons performed "Hit or Miss," by Jacob Sartorius. All of OS was groaning, while YS (especially RAs Spencer and Allison) were on their feet.<br />
*Nevermores Matt Hua and Matt Hom as well as RA Kaitlyn (a five-year freak who didn't get to sing in her nevermore year) performed the Nevermore Song.<br />
<br />
==Seattle==<br />
<br />
The talent show is always held in the Pigott Auditorium. Bring a jacket, it gets cold if there's an air vent under your seat. <br />
<br />
===15.2===<br />
MC-ed by Liam Fay and Julia "Sunshine" Schneider. <br />
*1. Carlos on Piano<br />
*2. Sara Beth on guitar + two other singing Teadrops on my Guitar<br />
*3. Andrew on violin <br />
*4. Andrea and Dalila singing<br />
*5. Anika, some song by Schubert (sorry)<br />
*6. Liam Fay, accents and impressions (Surfer dude, valley girl, Barack Obama, NPR, The Teacher Who Takes Her Problems Out on Students, The people who don't know the lyrics to American Pie, French Accent, German Accent, Russian Accent<br />
*7. Michelle-Piano, Mozart<br />
*8. Paulina, House of Gold on ukelele<br />
*(intermission)<br />
*9. Monologic skit<br />
*10. Jennifer on piano<br />
*11. Crpytology teacher on piano singing to a "girl" on the side with a wig...?(it's the dean of education in drag, as 'Caroline')<br />
*12. Lea on piano-Nocturne on C Sharp minor<br />
*13. Natalie, Michelle, and Karis-Say Something<br />
*14. Liam, saxophone, Billiam, Piano<br />
*15. Dalila and Gaby-dancing a little party never killed nobody<br />
*16. Sara Beth, Something by a birdy<br />
*17. Midori's Cult - All Of Me<br />
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EDIT: Thanks to whoever added this. Is that you, Sunshine? - Liam<br />
<br />
===The Good Vibes Talent Show===<br />
Occurred in 17.2.<br />
<br />
There were some changes to the program. While this is a complete list of all the acts, it should be noted that RAs Chris and Kendall performed much later in the talent show, and RA Owen did a rendition of Pompeii by Bastille at some point.<br />
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* Stuti Jain, Nichola Monroe, Monica Mok, Molly Murphy, Gisselle Acevedo, Elizabeth Leitman, Ariel Hau, Arella Yuan, and Anna Ge - Seasons of Love from Rent<br />
* Aidan Trang - The Village Prophet by Jean Rousseau, May The Force Be With You by John Williams<br />
* Chris Lopez - Piano medley, with Kendall Varin singing<br />
* Sophie Barth, Emily Chen, Katherine Feng, Allie Pae, Sarah Wang, Judy Cheng, Elise Hsu, Anouk Clendenning, and Sofi Halpin - Count On Me by Bruno Mars<br />
* Joshua Ji and Alexander Chang - Clair de lune by Debussy<br />
* Coco Xu, Claudia Shi, and Aida Must - Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift<br />
* Aditya Kannan - Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens<br />
* Elise Hsu - The Sweetheart Tree by Henry Mancini, Moon River by ?<br />
* Paarth Dewan, Edward Park - Mind-blowing magic tricks<br />
* Katherine Xikes, Aida Must - Colors by Halsey<br />
* Aida Must - I Don't Know My Name by Grace Vanderwaal<br />
* Grace Wang - Chopin Waltz Op. 64 No. 2<br />
* Ryan Camero - Running by No Doubt<br />
* Luke Chen - Prelude from Bach's Suite No. 1<br />
* William Norden - Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov<br />
* Ryan Camero, Sofi Halpin - Mash-up of Kiss Me by Sixpence None The Richer and Cigarette Daydreams by Cage The Elephant<br />
* Kerry Jiang, Louis Zhang - Great Time For The Youth<br />
* Alexander Chang - Diabolic Suggestion by Prokofiev<br />
* Kristopher Jones - Dancing to Laputa by DPR Live, Ninano my Minzy, Jolly by ASAP Ferg, and MF Up by Nicki Minaj<br />
* Corwin Silverman - Logic Problems<br />
* Stuti Jain, Nicholas Mo, Nichola Monroe, Monica Mok, Molly Murphy, Gisselle Acevedo, Elizabeth Leitman, Ariel Hau, Arella Yuan, Anna Ge, Ryan Camero - Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson<br />
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==Peabody==<br />
'''17.1'''<br />
TBA (briana singing, Jennifer poem, adamarie dance, Alex song, brendae song, etc)<br />
*1. Hotline Bling sung by Peter with Henry as background dancer<br />
*2. Dominick on the flute<br />
*3. <br />
*4. <br />
*5. Vic I am from poem <br />
*6.<br />
*7. Vic comedy routine - What I realized when I realized I was gay <br />
*8.<br />
*9.<br />
*10.<br />
*11.<br />
*12.<br />
*13. Chika singing Halo<br />
*14. [[User:Aviva_K.|Aviva Katz]] performing poi (aka glowsticking or raving) to the song Everytime We Touch <br />
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==Bristol==<br />
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During '''18.1''', a group led by Michael Zhou tried to sing “I Want It That Way” by The Backstreet Boys, but were shut down by RA Shaheem.<br />
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Ethan, a.k.a. Ferb, sang an amazing rendition of “The Scientist” by Coldplay. Unfortunately, the piano was too soft to hear, so all anyone heard was his voice. He performed well, causing a coach from Hoop Mountain, the basketball camp who was there as well, to look impressed.<br />
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Jade Hsu, who was sick with a sore throat, performed last and sang “idontwannabeyouanymore” by Billie Eilish with Soraya Delmar playing the ukulele beside her. Everyone was blown away by her beautiful voice.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is readily available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive, simply because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was overall okay. Lunch and dinner consistently offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace. This dance American Pie was played so quietly hardly anyone could hear the words. Nobody knew what was going on. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. However this was still the best dance out of the three.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was terribly cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times. IT was poorly organized compared to past years and no winner was ever announced.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting her entire fist in her mouth. Also RA David made a dance activity with over 25 kids.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. However the songs chosen were some of the worst and nobody knew them, causing about 3/4 of the camp to just sit on the steps and not dance. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 Corey Wang<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Olivia Wong<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning, and the holy trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday, much more of the camp participated this year.<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as the both blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again thankfully because of RA Luis<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=51322Los Angeles2019-07-29T01:15:06Z<p>Ctyer: /* Tradition History */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is readily available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive, simply because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was overall okay. Lunch and dinner consistently offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was terribly cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting his entire fist in his mouth.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 Corey Wang<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Olivia Wong<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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'''19.1'''<br />
*The traditions manage to stay alive this year mostly due to RAs David and Luis returning, and the holy trinity.<br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session but there was a noticeable lack of participation.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Tuesday, much more of the camp participated this year.<br />
*Twin day took place on the third Monday<br />
*Two Blammo winners were announced this year as the both blammoed 19 people! Kate and Aidan were the winners.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred again thankfully because of RA Luis<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in 14.2, 15.2, and 19.1). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians and people with allergies, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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Gluten-free options are offered. GF pasta is readily available, with the kitchen staff promptly taking it out of a refrigerator behind them. GF bagels take a long time to receive, simply because the kitchen staff are busy with the other food stations. There is a salad bar with lettuce, spinach, cheese, egg quarters, and other assorted vegetables. If cross-contamination is okay, you can ask for a burger without the bun (although make sure the patty is gluten-free). <br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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In 2019.1, the food quality was overall okay. Lunch and dinner consistently offered a pasta section, a pizza section, and a burger section.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
<br />
*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
<br />
*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
<br />
(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
<br />
*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
<br />
*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
<br />
*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
<br />
*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
<br />
*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
<br />
*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
<br />
*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
<br />
*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
<br />
*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
<br />
*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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<br />
*'''19.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) Held on Regent’s Terrace.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival - Featured various activities such as soccer, relay-races, board games, face painting, etc.<br />
***Movie Night - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was the chosen movie for session 1. Popcorn was passed out at intervals, but bringing your own snacks is recommended (the popcorn was limited).<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***Water Day - Different water-themed activities and also a dry area with hula-hoops.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade) CTYers got colorful masks with prominent noses. American Pie was messed up, with everyone staying in the center for too long. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Soccer Game - CTYers could play/watch soccer on the Sunken Grounds or watch a movie (Air Bud: World Pup or something). The movie was terribly cliche and more about romance than soccer. <br />
***Casino Night - The RAs at the entrance to the VIP lounge turned away tons of people, claiming that their passes were fake. RAs did a turtle race, mock fought, and lip synced at different times.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: Some memorable acts included a skit titled “Detention” and one person fitting his entire fist in his mouth.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: ) As before, it was held on the last Thursday, on Regent’s Terrace. Glowsticks were handed out and during American Pie, CTYers tossed the thin glowsticks in the air, creating a beautiful scene. At the end of the dance, the slideshow was played and the Trinity announced the Blammo winner.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 Corey Wang<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
*2019 Olivia Wong<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=50534Los Angeles2019-07-14T21:06:25Z<p>Ctyer: /* Holy Ghost */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 Corey Wang<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2020 Amanda Chen<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=50533Los Angeles2019-07-14T21:06:09Z<p>Ctyer: /* Son */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
*2020 Corey Wang<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=50531Los Angeles2019-07-14T21:05:41Z<p>Ctyer: /* Father */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
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Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Jocelyn S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2020 Elise Kim<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=49939Los Angeles2019-05-21T06:14:16Z<p>Ctyer: /* Holy Ghost */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
<br />
*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
<br />
*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
<br />
*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
<br />
*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
<br />
*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
<br />
(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
<br />
*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
<br />
*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
<br />
*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
<br />
*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
<br />
*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
<br />
*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
<br />
*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
<br />
*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
<br />
*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
<br />
*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
<br />
*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Serena Z.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
*2019 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=49938Los Angeles2019-05-21T06:13:56Z<p>Ctyer: /* Father */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Serena Z.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
*2019 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=49937Los Angeles2019-05-21T06:13:39Z<p>Ctyer: /* Son */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Serena Z.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Amanda Nguyen<br />
*2019 Elise Kim<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Los Angeles (LMU)|*]]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Los_Angeles&diff=49936Los Angeles2019-05-21T06:13:10Z<p>Ctyer: /* Father */</p>
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<div>{{Los Angeles}}<br />
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CTY '''Los Angeles''' is an educational summer paradise, with intense academics in class, "fun" activities outside of class, and many memorable moments in between. This site features a beautiful campus, a devoted set of teachers, and students of all kinds. While LOS is not the most tradition-laden site, new and interesting trends are always emerging. Every year, about 380 individuals come from all over the world to see what LMU will do next. A true CTY site, LMU leaves each student wanting to return, always wanting more.<br />
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==Site and Campus Overview==<br />
The LMU site is located at Loyola Marymount University in western Los Angeles. It is about three miles from LAX International Airport; the Conning Tower is barely visible from some parts of the campus. As LMU is a Jesuit school, there is a bell tower and an iconic white chapel. There are also crucifixes in every single classroom. Student life tends to be centered around the Doheny, Sullivan, and Huesman Courtyards. Most classes are located within the area of Ignatian Circle. For more campus information, visit the [http://www.lmu.edu/ LMU website].<br />
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The campus is beautiful, though CTY activities are confined to a very small part of it. LMU has many fountains and a large library. Students live very close together and eat in the campus cafeteria. There is a Jamba Juice on-campus, and many classes and/or halls go there for occasional drinks.<br />
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The site is considered moderately strict. Students must be escorted everywhere by a CTY staff member unless RAs are posted. Halls are required to eat breakfast together and have been since the summer of 2003. RAs function on a rotation schedule during dinner so that students may move freely between the dining hall and their dorms. Many of the RAs are obsessed with making students use the crosswalk. <br />
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Up until 2003, there was no formal programming on Sunday afternoons. Now, students attend Non-Mandatory Fun (a name coined by RA Tom Ryan in summer 2003,) or other themed weekend activities. <br />
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Student halls may order pizza, Chinese, or Thai for dinner on Fridays and/or Saturdays. <br />
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===Weather=== <br />
Given the university's proximity to the ocean (just 3 miles), the weather is warm and sunny during the day and cool at night, and the air is very fresh. Sometimes there is a beautiful white mist in the morning. Students and staff alike are advised to bring at least one pair of long pants, and sweaters or a sweatshirt. Usually, the weather will only be chilly in the evening, when students may want to change into warmer clothes. Students will often times not need a raincoat as it rarely rains in Los Angeles between May and November (but did one day in both 14.2 and 15.2). Humidity is seldom an issue and RAs and students need not worry about rain plans, unlike CTY participants on the East Coast.<br />
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===Food===<br />
Historically, the food has been mediocre, with multiple instances of diarrhea and food poisoning throughout the years. Students are advised to bring alternative foodstuffs to the site. Cup-O'-Noodles and Ramen can both be filled with hot water in the cafeteria and are a sodium-rich alternative to the bizarre cafeteria food. (However, you should keep these foods out of plain sight - technically, you're not supposed to bring outside food into the cafeteria.) <br />
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However, the food changed starting in 2011 and continued into 2012, featuring a better selection and higher quality of food. In 2015, the food was actually quite good. However, in 2016, the dining hall was under construction for a new pizza and sandwich bar where the old sandwich/dessert area was. Much to returners' dismay, pizza was entirely off the menu. <br />
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In addition, a kosher meal plan is offered, which basically consists of airplane meals. Some of the meal options (such as the salmon and beef) are really good, while the majority of the meals are closer to inedible than edible. The option of some form of pasta is a constant along with burgers and fries, though attempts to make pasta healthy sometimes ended less than desirable. However, the cafeteria also has a host of non-problematic foods, such as a salad bar and kosher-brand cereals. <br />
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The cafeteria is willing to keep food in the fridge for you or to put your food in the oven (and if you tell them, they'll double wrap it properly). Beware, vegetarians, as the cafeteria occasionally mislabels meals as to whether or not they contain meat. Ask a worker, just to be safe.<br />
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At this site, the number one enemy to CTYers is considered to be the potato. More can be read about this on the [[Los_Angeles#Enemies|"Enemies"]] section of this page.<br />
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In 2010, the routine of having different bad foods every day was replaced with the equally horrible option of being able to choose from a repetitive selection of bad food. (Considered decent by many, however ~ pizza, pasta, burgers, tacos, salads, sandwich bar) The upside was the new option to not eat the infamous inedible potatoes at every meal. The pasta was widely reported to cause diarrhea.<br />
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In 2011, the food has improved, but the staff has become increasingly disorganized (or spiteful?). They will take the orders of CTY personnel (student and RA alike), and give them something completely different before rushing to serve the next person. The staff will only give the unlucky CTYer what they asked if pestered for about a minute, and many people have ended up sitting down with a plate full of everything they don't want. Potatoes are know only seen in two places: The mashed potatoes that show up occasionally, and the "Baked Potato Wedges" served in place of fries at the burger counter and hot dog counter.<br />
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In 2012, the food was great. However, the amount of selections for food dropped.<br />
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In 2013, the only edible selections of food were exclusively limited to burgers, pizza, pasta, and Korean food. Cinnamon Toast Crunch and coffee cakes/muffins were also available at all times of the day. Other options were provided for the extraordinary brave, including but not limited to: sweet'n'sour chicken, Egg McMuffins®, and the legendary "salad," said only to be seen once, by the oldest and wisest of our many members. Potatoes were absent from the menu in their obvious forms, yet trace samples were found in the grill area (and lemonade dispenser), suggesting that they were the fundamental components of rumored "french fries." Mashed potatoes were also another menu item.<br />
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In 2014, the food was drastically improved, although some students still made snarky comments of the cafeteria's claim of quality ("LMU Cafeteria is the ONLY 4-star certified on the West Coast!" "Oh really, is that because the rest are 5-star?"). The pizza was MUCH better and the daily selection of meals was in general more diverse and delicious (and aesthetically pleasing as well) than the previous year's. However, the pizza, pastries, burgers, salads, pasta, and of course desserts were still the best in general. Occasionally there were suspicious food items such as "turkey with bread crumb stuffing" in which the "bread crumbs" were actually a partially cooked lump of dough. The mashed potatoes were still questionable lumps of ham-plastic mud with lumps of something inedible mixed in and were rumored to cause digestion problems. However, the negative connotation of the potato was rescinded by the fact that many CTYers called their close friends "potatoes."<br />
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In 2015.1, the food was okay, but still leaned toward the bad side. Many YS CTYers subsisted on hamburgers, hot dogs, and donuts. The lines for the omelettes were incredibly long, and by the third week, when the massive cheer camp showed up, the wait for omelettes was no longer really worth it.<br />
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In 2015.2, due to a "nationwide egg shortage," midsession, omelettes changed to "2-egg scrambles." What does that even mean?<br />
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During 16.2, a dinner dish billed as Bulgogi with Rice turned out to be sweet (teriyaki, maybe?) ground beef over spaghetti. This was due to the fact that the kitchen ran out of rice, but it still confused many late-eating CTYers. Also notably, pizza was not served once during the session.<br />
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===Class Buildings===<br />
Recently, the majority of CTY LMU classes are in Saint Robert's Hall and the Foley Annex, both of which are in Ignatian Circle. Classes are also known to be held in Pereira Hall of Engineering. Classrooms are high-tech, and most have Media Center options such as an in-ceiling projector connected to the instructor's computer and a surround-sound system.<br />
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*'''Saint Robert's Hall''': A big, old, and beautiful three-floor building located next to Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. The windows are large and have nice views, such as a view of Sunken Gardens which is especially nice for the sunsets. Breaks are taken in Regent's Terrace. There's a really weird women's restroom stall in the building that has a huge window (3 by 2 ft?) overlooking Sunken Gardens. Good luck taking a poop there.<br />
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*'''The Foley Annex''': A one-floor temporary building. Both the building and classrooms have an industrial feel to them, with white walls. Classrooms have few windows. Class breaks for Foley Annex are in Regent's Terrace. The building tends to be on the cold side because the AC is constantly on in the classrooms. There is a slight smell to some of the classrooms.<br />
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*'''Pereira Hall''': A little more out-of-the-way and has two stories. The second floor is not wheelchair accessible. Breaks are taken in an adjacent courtyard.<br />
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*'''Hilton Center for Business''': As of 15.1, a few classes have been held here. There are at least two floors, and the basement can get a little cold. During Sunday night classes, however, said basement has no AC, making it uncomfortably warm. Often breaks happen in the nearby courtyard or in the grassy area by the dining hall.<br />
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===Dorms===<br />
[[Image:littledoheny.jpg|250px|right|frame|Doheny Hall, as seen from Sullivan Hall]]<br />
The dorms at LMU are not air-conditioned and usually don't have lounges. However, given that the climate at LMU is usually pretty comfortable throughout the summer, this doesn't pose too much of a problem for most. Rooms have two beds, two small dressers, two desks and chairs and two wardrobes. Beds are extra-long twin sized and loft-style. There are desks in each room, each with a built-in desk lamp and electrical outlet. The dorms are highly concentrated in a small area of campus, and it is a short walk from any dorm to any place where CTY students are allowed to be. There is an RA for each hallway of the dorms in use. Usually, RAs will theme the hallway and add decorations. Each dorm has some kind of courtyard, though Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard.<br />
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*'''Huesman Hall''': Located next to Doheny and Sullivan, Huesman is a one-story dorm. Though historically used as a girl's dorm, CTY used it as a boy's dorm in 2009 and 2014. It is used by males during the school year and therefore has urinals in the bathrooms. There is room for up to 4 halls in Huesman. There are no mirrors or sinks in the rooms. There are two bathrooms, and each has only two toilet stalls. The showers have solid doors and curtains, with a changing area in between. Huesman can get a little hot, so it is wise to bring a fan. In 2015, it was used to house YS girls. In 16.1, it was used to house IS girls.<br />
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*'''Doheny Hall''': Doheny Hall is a three-story boys' dorm located in between Huesman and Sullivan, at the center of the action at CTY. There are no urinals in the bathrooms. Each room has a mirror and sink. The closets smell weird. In 2012 and 2014, Doheny was used to house girls. During 14.2, 15.1, and 15.2 it housed 2 upper floors of Baby CTY and a lone floor of 3 IS halls.<br />
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*'''Desmond Hall''': A large, three-story girls' dorm, Desmond is a short walk away from Doheny Courtyard. It has no urinals, and each room has a mirror, sink, and ceiling fans. There are very nice large windows. The showers have doors but no changing area. The temperature in Desmond is pretty good. Desmond fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. In 2012 and 15.2, Desmond was used to house guys, changing the unofficial name to "Brehsmond."<br />
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*'''Rosecrans Hall''': A three-story dorm, Rosecrans is the mirror image of Desmond. Desmond and Rosecrans share a courtyard, and both feature large windows. Rosecrans fits roughly nine halls, with three on each floor. Though it usually houses boys, in 09.1 it housed Kobe camp (ugh) and three halls of CTY girls. Also known as Brosecrans. In 2012, the top floor of Rosecrans was used to house 3 girls halls. For part of 14.2, Rosecrans was known as The Republic of New Whelan by the members of Whelan. In 2017, the rooms got ceiling fans.<br />
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*'''Whelan Hall''': Used as a girls' dorm in 2006, 15.2, and 2016, Whelan is behind Desmond and Rosecrans. It has three stories and three wings and can hold nine halls, though it often houses more. There are mirrors in the rooms but no sinks. The showers have no walls or doors, only curtains (which struggle to close properly). In recent years, Whelan was occupied by other camps such as the Guitar Camp. Most recently used in 16.2 as a girls' dorm. For part of 14.2, Whelan was known as Little Rosecrans by the members of Rosecrans. Whelan has a Gamecube (with Smash Melee) and ping-pong table on the fourth floor, but student access there is limited.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Hall''': The staff and medical office for CTY are housed in Sullivan, which neighbors Doheny and Huesman. Students stay in Sullivan when they are sick or during intersession. The Commuter Lounge is also located in Sullivan, and students that are picked up and dropped off must sign in and out in Sullivan. There are few students living here, but not many. In 09, it was used as a dorm for the students in quarantine. In 11.1 and 11.2, Sullivan was used for administrative and computer lab purposes, but there were three girls' halls sharing it. Because of the increased amount of activity during Meet Market at the Doheny Fountain, Sullivan is a very convenient location. However, the beds are quite high. A Baby CTYer broke his leg in 13.2 because he fell from the bed and caused people to move their mattresses below the bed frame.<br />
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*'''Del Rey South Hall''': In 14.1 and 14.2, Del Rey South Hall was used as a dorm for CTY, housing four boys halls on two floors. The building was shared with Spanish exchange students, who seem to really love banging on their floors. There is a public and CTY-usable microwave on each floor, along with a sink and TV. Certain room numbers compose a three-room suite on both floors.<br />
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===Other Buildings===<br />
*'''Malone Center''': The Malone Center is the building where the cafeteria is. It is located between Regent's Terrace and Doheny. <br />
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*'''Sacred Heart Chapel''': Is visible from Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace. It has a bell tower which chimes the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and plays a song at 12 PM and 6 PM (sometimes). <br />
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*'''William. H. Hannon Library''': Classes often go here to use computers and conference rooms, usually during evening study.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center''': Music practice is usually held in the courtyard of this building, as it has practice rooms with pianos. Also, every session since 07.2, Casino Night was held in the courtyard. The YS Talent Show is held in the auditorium.<br />
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*'''Charles Von der Ahe Building''': The bookstore is located in this building on the bottom floor, along with many offices.<br />
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*'''Fritz B. Burns Recreational Center''': This recreational center has a pool, and is where all swimming activities take place. The Basketball activity is also held in the gym here, as are occasional dances. ''No swimming activities take place in Doheny Fountain''.<br />
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*'''Gersten Pavilion''': [[Talent Show]] and Closing Ceremonies are held in the Gersten Pavilion on a temporary stage. The audience watches from the bleachers.<br />
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===General Areas===<br />
*'''Huesman Courtyard''': Located by Huesman Hall, Huesman Courtyard is grassy, and lined by trees and flowers. These trees might be the "Grove of Orange Trees" referred to by the plaque on Huesman Hall. Huesman Courtyard is a good place to play Frisbee® and flows seamlessly into Doheny Courtyard.<br />
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*'''Doheny Courtyard''': This courtyard is minimal and entirely concrete. It is flanked by symmetrical Huesman and Sullivan Courtyards and has a fountain. Social Time takes place every night Sunday through Friday in Doheny Courtyard. Social hour location changed to Whelan courtyard in 13.2.<br />
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*'''Sullivan Courtyard''': Sullivan Courtyard is similar to Huesman Courtyard, though it is more sloped, and has no trees or flowers around it. Dances have been held in this courtyard since 2006 (with previous years' dances held in mostly the Desmond Courtyard, and in rare occasions, in the Doheny Courtyard), as is Movie Night on the evening of the first Saturday. YS dances were held here in 15.1, as well as the site assembly on the first day of the session.<br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Rosecrans Courtyard''': Desmond Hall and Rosecrans Hall share a courtyard, which is a large diamond shape. The courtyard is mostly grassy, with sidewalks leading to both dorms and the off-limits diner on the other side. There are flowers and trees along the sides. Due to construction on Sullivan Courtyard, dances were held here in 2010. Dances were held here in 2011 and continued in 2012 to be held there. Under construction in 13.2. Also the main location of Social Time. <br />
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*'''Desmond Courtyard/Whelan Courtyard''': Located between Desmond and Whelan hall. Used to host dances in 2013 due to construction in Rosecrans/Desmond courtyard. Diamond shape and has trees around. Surrounded by Whelan and Desmond hall. Was under construction in 2014. Dances in 2018 were held here as the Sunken Gardens were under construction.<br />
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*'''Sunken Gardens''': Sunken Gardens is an extremely large grassy area located in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel, near Desmond and Rosecrans. This is where weekend activities typically take place. Sunken Gardens was under construction in 2008, though what one constructs on a large grassy area, no one knows. Though it became progressively green over both sessions in 2008, it was still off-limits. It has been revealed by CTYers who returned to the campus during the school year that there have been lights added beneath the palm trees, and the area is otherwise the same. It is no longer under construction, and students anticipate it will be open for 2009 activities. Open for 2013 activities. Used to host dances in 2014, 2015, second two dances of 16.2, and 2017. Used for the Closing Ceremony in 2014.<br />
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*'''Regent's Terrace''': Next to the cafeteria, there is a grassy area surrounded by benches. This area includes the famous "Poking Tree" and the lion statue. Some classes take their breaks here. Handoffs to TAs and from TAs for class take place here. This is the optimal location for foursquare.<br />
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*'''Gym''': Used for going to the pool, playing basketball, talent shows, dances, and salsa dancing (15.1). The first dance of 16.2 took place here (it was gross).<br />
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*'''The Alumni Mall''': A series of grassy areas separated by sidewalks, the Alumni Mall is the area where more active weekday activities take place. In 2008, weekend activities were held at the Alumni Mall. Be aware that things done at the Alumni Mall are not done privately. <br />
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*'''Hannon Field''': Located next to the Hannon Apartments, Hannon field was the location of Wet-N-Wild Day for 08.2.<br />
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*'''Leavey Field/Drollinger Parking Plaza''': Though this is far out of normal bounds for normal CTYers, this grass-covered parking garage was used for Hydrophilia Day in 08.1.<br />
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===Off-Campus===<br />
Weekend off-campus trips, with RA supervision, can include Ralph's or Bristol Farms, Viva Fresh, bowling, Subway, or Taco Bell. In 2015 and 2016, many halls went to KC's Crepe Cafe. Jamba Juice is only open for a select number of hours each day, and only during class time, so usually Jamba Juice is a class treat given during the week. In 2008 and 2009, several classes also ordered In-N-Out.<br />
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*'''Viva Fresh''': Viva Fresh is a small Mexican restaurant located a few blocks from LMU. The food there is far better than cafeteria food, and Viva Fresh is a popular place for halls to go on weekend offsite trips.<br />
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*'''[http://www.ralphs.com/homepage/index.htm| Ralph's]''': California's favorite grocery store is nearby, waiting in anticipation to sell CTYers soda, chips, candy, Ramen, or any other thing their heart desires. Ralph's even carries flip-flops for those who didn't bring enough shoes to CTY. An excellent stop for extra duct tape. Look for sales on Gatorade.<br />
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*'''[http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html| Bristol Farms]''': A local health food grocery store carries wholesome and gourmet food for those with finer tastes. <br />
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*'''[http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx| Subway]''': Yay for sandwiches! Eat fresh. <br />
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*'''[http://www.tacobell.com/| Taco Bell]''': Tacos, burritos, etc. Think outside the bun. [no longer visited]<br />
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*'''Yogolicious''': Frozen yogurt! Their hours are weird, though, so be sure to get there after 11:30, but they will occasionally open earlier especially for CTYers (Hailey's 14.1 hall, Nicole's and Kat's 14.2 halls).[Closed]<br />
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*'''[http://www.sansaijapanesegrill.com/index.html| SanSai]''': SanSai is a decent Japanese grill. No longer visited.<br />
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*'''Vons''': Vons is the smaller (and closer!) version of Ralph's, often visited when CTYers are too tired to take the trip to Ralph's.<br />
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*'''KC's Crepes Cafe''': Japanese-style crepes! Fresh and yummy ingredients! Not to mention boba (yes, it ''is'' possible to have too much Starbucks)<br />
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==Activities==<br />
Afternoon activities take the form of weeklies and dailies. At the beginning of the week, one weekly and four dailies are chosen by each student. After the activities are chosen, students aren't allowed to change their minds. Weekly activities happen as soon as class is over, every weekday. The same weekly is taken all week. Daily activities happen after weekly activities, Monday through Thursday. A different daily activity is taken each day. Both kinds of weekday activities last an hour.<br />
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Weekend activities usually begin in the afternoon, around one o' clock. They can have a theme, such as Carnival or Time Travel Day. Students spend their afternoons at weekend activities, and then return to their halls. On Saturday evening, there is an evening activity as well. This activity tends to be Movie Night on the first weekend, and Casino Night on the second weekend.<br />
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===History===<br />
'''2002:''' At the suggestion of a couple students, RA Michael Tseng developed the "Protest Theory" concept. He and Mary Rieg led students in disrupting other activities with noisy protests. In the first session, students protested against Newtonian physics: "Down with Gravity!," "2 + 2 = 5," etc. In the second session, they protested against the concept of protest itself by chanting "Shut Up and Go Home!," "No More Protests!" etc.<br />
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'''2003:''' Mary Rieg led a cadre of students with bullhorns and yelling one-liners such as "BUSH CAN'T READ; WHY SHOULD WE?"<br />
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'''2004:''' "Enmity Bracelets," made of chains and spiky metal objects, decorated the ankles and wrists of many LMUers. "How to be a Central American Dictator" led raids on other afternoon groups such as "Guerilla Warfare," wearing stylish red headbands and wielding water balloons. "Down With the Man" started protests against every other activity held that day. CTY Protesting is another quirky favorite. Protesters wrote and yelled made-up slogans such as "Make friends, not bracelets!", and of course, the highly original "LAME!" The original Robot Wars activities also happened in 2004.<br />
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'''2006:''' During session 1, the instructor and TA of the International Politics class (both former RAs themselves) ran CTY protesting, leading two dozen students in rounds of protesting several activities that day, such as Quidditch, Paper Flower Making, and Silent Reading. Depicted on YouTube is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHy9ihPpMs Protest of Quiddich]. One student, dubbed Bill Clinton, shouted "up with fascism!" into a bullhorn. Session two of this year was the first time nevermores went on stage at the [[Talent Show]] during the piano rendition of American Pie. This tradition has since continued at the following sessions. There was also an outbreak of lice and pink-eye during the first week or two of the session. <br />
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'''2007:''' The tradition of Protest continued in 07.1, with not only "Protest Rally" as the last daily, but also "Paparazzi," a photo-taking activity of similar origins. In 07.1, there was also an activity called "Give Jason [Boring] a Mohawk." Even though his Mohawk was made by hyper CTYers, it ended up looking rather good.<br />
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'''2008:''' In first and second sessions, Jason Boring ran "More Active than Sleep but You Probably Won't Break a Sweat." Dane Holding ran a new activity called "Bananaphone," which involved sweetly serenading unsuspecting activities with the jaunty Raffi song. First session also premiered the first [[Silent Football]] weekly activity.<br />
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'''2009:''' In 2009, many camps including LMU suffered a swine flu epidemic. Almost everyone got it, and because of it, all CTYers had their temperature tested each morning. Many CTYers were sent home without ever saying good-bye. During second session, Dane Holding ran Bananaphone once again, under the alias "Bananarchy." Second session also featured a [[Silent Football]] daily which was actually the ridiculous and pathetic game the RA who will from now on be referred to as Rule-All ''thought'' was Silent Football. Trench was canceled.<br />
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'''2011:''' During 11.1, the only traditional activities that were held were "Worst Activity Ever" (this came in both a weekly and a daily, "Silent Reading" and "More Active that Sleep (and you probably won't break a sweat). The latter was helf by the DRL, Jason Boring, as per tradition. However, [[Dane Holding]] did create two new activities that were compensation for the lack of "The Gulag" and "Bananarchy": "Super Mural Bagel Death Squad" and "Rider, Princess, Knight..." The first comprised of kids throwing stale bagels soaked in paint at a wall of paper, to create the most impressionistic and amazing mural ever. The latter may become a tradition. The full name of that activity is "Rider, Princess, Knight, Octopus, Flying Tentacle Monster and the Fire-Bombing of Dresden". Just to spice things up, while the students performed those actions, Dane would shout instructions in German. <br />
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During one of the first social times of 11.2, [[Dane Holding]] stated that he would never again be running "The Gulag" or "Bananarchy," signifying, more or less, the end of traditional activities at the site, especially since such activities as "Extreme Cubing" and "Art of War," which involved the intentional throwing of objects toward students, were no longer permitted. 11.2 did have "More Active than Sleep" (without the subtitle), hosted by Jason Boring as per the usual tradition, but previous traditional activities as "Protest," "Worst Activity Ever," and "Silent Raving" did not appear. Silent Reading was only a daily once or twice, and though "Creative Writing" was featured as a last weekly, because Chris Lee was promoted to admin and Eric Anderson was not present, it was very different, and there were at least three dozen students as opposed to the usual four or five.<br />
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'''2012:''' In 2012, construction took place on the main roads, forcing detours to main areas and annoyance at the loud noises. This was the year many people grew too old for the site, bringing in a wave of squirrels and newer people. During second session, the [[Talent Show]] featured many amazing talents, forcing it to run an extra hour. During the [[Talent Show]], many acts dedicated their acts to the so called "spirit of CTY," meaning the atmosphere and how people reacted to everything and everyone, saying it was something amazing that they will miss. A skit that went by the name of "Swag Crew" poked fun at Amy Coleman and Dane Holding and made everyone laugh. Because of newer RAs, the site had some errors as expected, but by far and large, the whole six weeks went by without anything major going wrong. <br />
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'''2013:''' Jon's secret activity. 'Nuff said.<br />
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'''2014:''' "National Nigzana (pronounced Ni-jan-ah) Day" was an event created by several students to celebrate a fake country that was a mixture of Nigeria and Ghana. This country was quoted by student Sean to be a CULTure. This originated in the Game Theory Class. Soon, nearly half the camp was "Nigzanyan." Nigzana has a fictional dictator that leads the country whose name is Nene Chu, and he only speaks to two students by the names of Ryan and David (the founders of Nigzana). The national religion of Nigzana is "Yolo," and their spiritual leader is J.P. The first woman to be part of Nigzana and also their symbolic "mother" is Amy. Not only were students a part of this country but also a couple of RAs. Below is the Nigzanyan family tree.<br />
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+ is male, - is female, ----- is married <BR><br />
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Amy (-) ----- Isabelle (+), <BR><br />
David (+) <BR><br />
Ryan (+) ----- Justin (-) Jake (+) Joe (+) June (+) Cindy (-) Jessica (-) Gabriel (+)<BR><br />
J.P. (+) <BR> <br />
Jordan (-) ----- Anna (+) ------ Jenny (-)<BR><br />
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This fictional country was banned by administrators half-way through session, but students continued to talk about Nigzana despite the ban. To work around the ban, Nigzanayans changed the name of the country to Ghaneria (pronounced gonorrhea).<br />
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On the Last Thursday of both sessions, there was a Braveheart activity, a Medieval Times activity, and a Korean BBQ Riot activity. Those in the Braveheart activity (whose description was "RAUUUUGH!") painted their faces blue and practiced battling by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Those in the Medieval Times activity were separated into knight and squire (and in one 14.1 case, a steed), dressed in cardboard armor, and equipped with pool-noodle swords. Those in the Korean BBQ Riot activity wore red ribbons around their wrist and marched around as RA Jon yelled various KBBQ slogans into a megaphone and played music. These three activities went perfectly smoothly until the RAs of Braveheart and Medieval Times declared there would be a battle between the two activities. The two activities marched to Sunken Gardens and charged each other, but were soon interrupted by a certain Korean BBQ Riot. <br />
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In 14.2, another activity named 'Newtonian Soccer Theory', caught in the crossfire of the three teams' clashes, started linking arms and singing 'Kumbaya' as a peaceful protest against all the fighting. <br />
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The sheer volume of students involved in the activities (notably KBBQR) meant that over half the campus was battling on Sunken Gardens.<br />
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'''2015:''' The much-beloved KBBQ rally was held twice during session 15.1, once in the first week as "KBBQ" and once in the last week as "KBBQ.2," led by RA's Zach and Luis. KBBQ was also held on the last Wednesday is session 2, when over a third of the camp joined. The second time around especially chaotic, since there was also Braveheart and Andrew/Ashley appreciation day happening simultaneously. The traumatic Pet Banana activity was also held during session 2. In session 1, RA Chucho (along with Forevermore Jessica, who's practically an RA herself), led two weekly salsa dancing activities, which led to the playing of various salsa songs played at the dances.<br />
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'''2016:''' KBBQ was held yet again 2016! The activity was led by RA Chris and nevermore Jalen. There was no cap on participants, so a large percentage of the site's CTYers attended. Barbecue was misspelt on the biggest banner in the event. The activity "Supa Hot Fire Rap Battles" was held once more! As always, the activity was full of memorable disses, burns, and fire- All achieved with no profanity! This time however, there were no final rap battle at the last dance. A good call, given what happened during the last dance of Session 1 in 2015. Braveheart was not held in 15.1. Pet Rock was held as a daily (16.1) and for three weeks as a weekly (16.2). Pet Banana was held as a daily in session 2. The camp went crazy when Pokemon Go was released on June 7, 2016. Many people who had never gone to Social Hour came down from their rooms in order to seek Pokemon. Pokemon Go thus became a daily and even a weekly. (16.1 and 16.2)<br />
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'''2017:''' KBBQ was not as energetic as the previous years but, a new line was added to the usual chant (How do we like it? MEDIUM RARE!!!). Barely any paper was handed out to make posters. There seemed to be a lot of appreciation activities during 17.2. Ghosting activity involved silently following students, RAs, and occasionally visitors and forming large groups behind the target until the unsuspecting victim notices, at which time the group quickly disappears. Next level Blammo caused chaos.<br />
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'''2018:''' Session 1 started traditions based off of the previously superior Session 2.<br />
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===Traditional Activities===<br />
'''Robot Wars and Robot Wars II''' were two duels originally staged between RAs Tom Ryan and Geoff Graham. Encased in cardboard armor, they clashed together in apocalyptic combat to the heavy beat of Rammstein. Tom Ryan explained that the activity originated back in summer 2004 due to two factors: one, the intrigue surrounding the concept of hippies walking around Oberlin College campus playing bad German techno music; and, then-office manager Jen Lockett complaining about having to dispose of cardboard boxes. <br />
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'''Robot Wars: 2009''' was a daily activity that took place between RAs Dane Holding, John Stutte, and special guest robot, Brandon Chang, a nevermore. Some considerations learned from this were that duct tape is ridiculously strong, and after using enough of said substance, cardboard can be reinforced to withstand blows from two large (6 ft+ 180 Lbs+) people for more than half an hour. In 2011 and 2013, LeVon battled Dane.<br />
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'''Gluing Stuff to RAs''' is also a common activity, with various RAs given the wonderful task of being the glue. Tom Ryan also created this activity in summer 2005 when RAs were instructed to limit activities to existing supplies in RA Heaven.<br />
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'''More Active Than Sleep, But You Probably Won't Break a Sweat''' is a traditional activity created in the late 90s by RA Tommy Smith, now the Dean of Residential Life at the CTY Thousand Oaks site. After Tommy left around 2000, Jesse Boring ran this activity. For a while, it was led by David Abravanel. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, Jason Boring ran the activity. This activity features the telling of the story of why the activity was created, a story by Jason Boring, and a fun activity at the end.<br />
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'''Worst Activity Ever''' is a roll of the dice. If you choose this activity, beware. Often, it involves counting blades of grass, writing essays, copying down the preamble left handed, or exhausting calisthenics. But on occasion, Worst Activity Ever is really wonderful, and the best activity of the whole session. And when it is, everyone is upset that they missed it. Would you risk it?<br />
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'''Best Activity Ever''' is the "Worst Activity Ever's sister. It is held every year as well. Even though it is supposed to be the best activity of the session, the degree to which this is true also varies. It might truly be the best activity ever held, or a complete flop. Would you risk missing out on this either?<br />
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'''[[Art of War]]''' is another traditional activity, led every year by Jason Boring. It is similar to dodgeball, and involves a "Thought Commander" who must be protected at all costs. The activity description declared the activity to be "very active," though it wasn't. Now the Art of War has been banned by CTY because it involves intentionally throwing balls at students.<br />
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'''The Gulag''' was an activity run in 2008-2009 by Dane Holding, in which participants are shipped to Siberia (In the far, far corners of Sunken Gardens) for punishment in "The Gulag." Such punishment involved such activities as mandatory executions of disobedient prisoners (with water weaponry), forced digging of holes with inadequate shovels (Q-tips), demoralizing rations (bread with spit on it), and the final exciting suicidal assault upon the capitalist pigs and their boot camp.<br />
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'''Trench''' WAS an activity run by RAs for at least four years at this site. This activity was very much like dodgeball- the whole point of the game was to hit people with rubber balls and get them out. However, if they got out, they went behind the other team's playing area, where people from their team would trench [throw] a ball over to them. If the person in trench-zone caught it, they then had two options- to throw the ball at a person from the opposite team, or to carry the ball back to their own team. If, however, a person from the other team caught the trenched ball, the trencher would be out. This activity was canceled by the CTY administration in Baltimore's rules against throwing things of any kind.<br />
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===Recurring Activities===<br />
'''Silent Reading:''' True to its name, it just gives students time to kick back and read. A more exciting form of Silent Reading is known as "Extreme Silent Reading", and involves more reading and silence than the original activity. The actual rules of Extreme Reading vary from RA to RA, some having you switch books every 10 minutes while others make you avoid dodgeballs, etc. thrown at you while you're trying to read (a further variant on this was Extreme Cubing, which involved students solving Rubik's Cubes while running an obstacle course.) <br />
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'''Music Practice:''' Available as a weekly all three weeks of every session. Though there is no limit on the number of students allowed, the music practice rooms contain few pianos. There are four pianos, and two are in the same room. All of the pianos are out of tune. Though there was a piano in the cafeteria through 2003, students no longer have this luxury. Usually enough pianists join the activity that each can only play once each week. It is suggested that pianists don't plan on practicing. <br />
During 09.1, the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center was being remodeled and was considered off-limits to CTYers. A single room in Sullivan Hall was stocked with a single Clavinova, and this was the only way for an individual to play the piano. Most CTYers planning on practicing played ERS and Tap Tap instead. The only people who practiced wanted to be in the [[Talent Show]].<br />
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'''Dirty Dancing Appreciation:''' Not as exciting as it sounds, this activity is simply watching the movie "Dirty Dancing" rather than actually doing any dirty dancing. Sorry, folks.<br />
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'''Disney Appreciation:''' A weekly activity, this involves watching several Disney movies (decided upon by the CTYers involved in the activity).<br />
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'''Swing Dancing:''' A swing dancing lesson, traditionally taught by Jason Boring.<br />
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'''Jon and Dae-Hee's Secret Activity:''' Normally a daily activity that can greatly vary from "Death to Happiness" to "Korean BBQ Riot." One time a third of CTY joined and it was decided that for the next 45 minutes they would become their own separate camp called CTY JKDHL York. They managed to do all three weeks worth of activities, dances, casino night, orientation, and pictures in just 45 minutes. In 14.1 he conducted, among others: "Weekly Activity A" (there was no B), 2 Minute Power Nap (students ran around and napped on other activities for 2 minutes, much to the chagrin of the Soccer activity), the Dolphin/Sea Lion Agenda, the Tiny Fez Club, and of course, Korean BBQ Riot.<br />
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'''Pokemon Go:''' Popular in 16.1 after the game was released. Weekly activity led by RA's Rob and Morgan. <br />
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'''Pet Rock:''' A weekly activity started at 13.1 by RAs Rory Cullen and Parke Haskell. In 2014 and 2015, the first day was dedicated to playing Two Truths and a Lie and choosing rock (or having them choose you); the second and third days were spent decorating the rocks; the fourth day was spent writing stories about the rocks; and the fifth day was devoted to having a rock concert on the office manager's (Shane's) desk. In 16.2, this was the initial plan, but some drama between rocks pushed off the schedule and led to the Pet Rock weekly taking place all three weeks, with no real schedule at all.<br />
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'''Bagel Mural Death Squad:''' Dip bagels into paint and throw it at RAs! The RAs are wrapped in paper, so at the end of the activity you have a mural of paint splatter. This is always a fun and hilarious activity. A variation of this activity is "Muffin Mural Death Squad," which (as the name suggests) uses muffins instead of bagels.<br />
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===Weekend Activities===<br />
'''Wet and Wild Day''' is a name of a weekend activity that may be called other things that would fall under the umbrella term "Hydrophilia Day." It usually takes place on the first Saturday. There is a "Dry Area" for students who go read magazines, play cards, sit down for games of Silent Football or Never Have I Ever, or attempt to do cartwheels on the lawn. RAs can be seen roaming about the "Wet Side" with heavy-duty water guns and hoses. Students usually have to make do with flimsy plastic cups that they fill up with water, or sponges. Kiddy pools and hoses are also sometimes utilized. In 09.1 Wet and Wild Day did not occur because of the drought. In 09.2, a "Pool Party" was substituted for the usual Wet and Wild Day. In 11.2, a "Pool Day" did occur on first Sunday, but outside of the pool and Regent's Terrace, where a water slide was situated. No water was used as LMU was disgruntled at our annual murdering of the grass.<br />
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'''Movie Night''' happens on the evening of the first Saturday. Up to 2009, students flocked to Sullivan Courtyard to sit on towels and blankets and watch a PG-rated movie, but since 2010, movies have been held in the Sunken Gardens. Before the movie is played, all students must participate in a 20- to 30-minute long activity generally involving cardboard, duct tape, and RAs competing against each another.<br />
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'''[[Talent Show]]''' originally occurred on Second Saturday, although it has now been changed to the second Sunday. Students play instruments, juggle, recite poetry, act, sing, and show off many other great talents. Famous acts include "Chucho Labeouf," "AmeriFAN," "Eating Cereal off of Jesse Boring," Shabes' rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" (07.2), and the boy who juggled Rubik's Cubes while solving them. (06.1) Each Talent Show has one song (currently "Seasons of Love" for first session and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for second session) dedicated to the [[Nevermore|Nevermores]], (Nomores during second session) during which they come up in front of the stage and sway.<br />
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'''Casino Night''' takes place that evening. Some people play card games for Casino Night Money, while others run around doing weird and crazy deeds the RAs at the Temps booth tell them to do for "money." A couple of people get "married," and several of them get "divorced." At the end of Casino Night, halls are ranked by the amount of "money" they have, and choose in order of amount of "money" from a list of prizes such as duct taping an RA of their choice to a tree. <br />
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'''Non-Mandatory Fun''' is the general name for weekend activities. Although it is mandatory for students to attend, it isn't mandatory that they have fun. They are allowed to read or sit around. In 2007 it was rechristened "Mandatory Fun" by Jason Boring because the staff wishes to encourage as much fun as possible. Since at least 2010, "Mandatory Fun" has referred to the activities which require the rotation of halls through various RA-run stations, while "Non-Mandatory Fun" refers to those afternoons where students must attend an area in which RA-run stations are present, but where they may sit out and do whatever they please.<br />
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There is no activity Sunday evening. Instead, students attend regular evening class session.<br />
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===Order of Activities===<br />
*'''04.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day <br />
***Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean. RAs dressed up as pirates, and throughout the movie when the RAs yelled out 'Plunder', chocolate coins were thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: [[Talent Show]] & Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''05.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Water Day<br />
***Movie Night: Finding Nemo. RAs were dressed up as Finding Nemo characters.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun. Most facilities had been taken by other camp sites, so people primarily watched Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''06.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl: This was the first time Quiz Bowl was held at LMU Session 2. It was changed based on positive feedback of activity at other CTY sites.<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. RAs were dressed up as a new superhero with new super powers; during the movie, every time each of the Incredibles used a certain power, a goodie correlating with that power thrown at the CTYers.<br />
**First Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Ocean Cruise)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]] <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Ball Under the Stars)<br />
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*'''07.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Beach)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Quiz Bowl<br />
***Movie Night: Spirited Away. RAs were dressed as mythical creatures.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet & Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 80s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Non-Mandatory Fun (Theme: Carnival)<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (?)<br />
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*'''07.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br />
**First Sunday: Wet 'n Wild Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Mandatory Fun<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Monsters Inc. RAs were dressed as monsters.<br />
**First Sunday: Hydrophilia Day (Wet 'n Wild Day)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Match Your Music)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***International Day <br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''08.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Wet n' Wild Day <br />
***Movie Night: Ratatoille.<br />
**First Sunday: Time Travel Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: International Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance<br />
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*'''09.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: America's Birthday)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Time Travel Day<br />
***Movie Night: Bolt. Students contributed in a craft where they painted a star with their RA's name on it.<br />
**First Sunday: Save Charlie Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: 70s)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Survival of the Fittest Field Day<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Backwards Dance)<br />
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*'''09.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Bash)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Boogie Wonderland/Hip Hop Day <br />
***Movie Night: The Princess Bride. Students put on short skits (in groups of one girls' hall and one boys' hall) based on props they were provided.<br />
**First Sunday: The Great Dane Show: Students solved puzzles in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of [[Dane Holding]].<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Island Getaway)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Star-Studded Evening)<br />
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(In 2008, CTY didn't have access to Sunken Gardens, the large grassy area where many CTY events are traditionally held. Instead, weekend activities were held on the Mall in 08.1. In 08.2, weekend activities were held on Hannon Field and in Sullivan/Huesman/Doheny courtyards.) In 2009, activities were held across both Sunken Gardens and Regent's Terrace.<br />
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*'''10.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Party in the USA/Fourth of July)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: The Incredibles. Students dressed up their RA as a superhero and gave a small speech about them, then were rated by the SRAs and Jason.<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: ROY G BIV)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom... IN SPACE)<br />
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*'''10.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Rumble in the Jungle, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***CTY Olympics<br />
***Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda<br />
**First Sunday: Summer Day/Non-mandatory Fun<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirate Party, Location: Sullivan courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beach Prom, Location: Burns Rec Center, second floor gym)<br />
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*'''11.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Pool Party<br />
***Movie Night: Cars<br />
**First Sunday: CTY Olympics (Note: Teams were by class instead of by hall, how it is normally done)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***CTY Entertainment System<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Beauty and the Geek, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''11.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pirates, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Rush<br />
***Movie Night: Mulan<br />
**First Sunday: Pool Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]] (notable because CTY could not book the upper gymnasium for Sunday)<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: Road Trip Across the USA<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: A Black Tie Affair, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
<br />
*'''12.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Traffic Light, in which squirrels wore green, those who had been to CTY one year previously wore yellow, and those beyond that wore red, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Murder Mystery: Who Killed William Paris?<br />
***Movie Night: Space Jam (Notable because it was in the Doheny/Sullivan grass area as opposed to Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday: Chillympics<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Blacklight, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***1st Annual CTY Hunger Games<br />
***Casino Night (Notable because it was not in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Art Center)<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Memories, Location: Desmond/Rosecrans courtyard)<br />
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*'''13.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Summer, which proved to be extraordinarily creative. Majority of students were permanently scarred for life by the horrible music played and the epileptic seizures they experienced. Location: Wheland Courtyard)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars (''See Non-mandatory Fun above.'')<br />
***Movie Night: Up (Notably not Down. Quotations: "You all lost the game."-Kainoa. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***2nd Annual CTY Hunger Games (A Hunger Games Themed Game. 92 People from District 1-24 [4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT] played. Some ideas used, Forced to play a game of chance every 10 minutes, This murdered the majority of the students as well as 100% of districts 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17 and 21. Congrats to District 23. Quotes: "You lost the game" RA Taylor, "May the odds be ever in our favor" - Ironically District 10, "NUCLEAR BOMBS" - District 13, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" - President Snow)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Black Light Party, which involved two rather small blacklights being placed at the front where barely anyone could see)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Apocalypse<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday: [[Talent Show]]<br />
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*'''13.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama party)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Party at Gatsby's (involved a bunch of games at Sunken Gardens where groups were given clues to figure out who killed Gatsby (a.k.a. Chucho))<br />
***Movie Night (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief + RA Greek God ninja battle showdown)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Water Day<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: International. Sadly there was a disappointing lack of international music such as vocaloid and kpop)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
***Casino Night<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***Japanese Game Show (Held at the Sunken Gardens. People got messy. VERY messy.) Run by Paul Nasri, held in Sunken Gardens.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Prom)<br />
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*'''14.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: IndepenDANCE, as the dance conveniently happened on July 4th) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Epic Quest (An activity where students participated in relatively boring activities while sitting for most of the time in the blazing hot summer sun, which resulted in many extreme sunburns)<br />
***Movie Night (Spirited Away + Spirited RA where students dressed their RAs up as superheroes in scraps like cotton balls and construction paper. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***World Cup (Classes were grouped together to form 4 different teams- Asgard, Mordor, Narnia, and Panem. Teams played each other, and the winner faced the RA team)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Let it Glow. A combination of a small amount of Frozen, and a lot of glow sticks)<br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Between two groups of students: District 13, and the Capitol. The Capitol won)<br />
***Casino Night: (as Dane Holding sadly left this year, the last fight was between RAs Chris Adames and Derek Passenant. C-$pittah was the victor. This casino night was special, having a doubley-exclusive VIP room, called VIP Squared, hosted by Jon Kraus. To enter, a hall had to pay with ALL of its funds. Chris Adames' hall did just that. The secrets of the VIP Squared room are known only to a few.) Derek Passenant's hall won it all when they bet everything they had against Derek.<br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
***[[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Hollywood, although nobody dressed accordingly, and the dance was held in the gym)<br />
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*'''14.2'''<br />
**First Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: The Final Frontier. The dance was space themed, and standard attire consisted of shiny yellow robes and Starfleet uniforms.)<br />
**First Saturday: <br />
***World Cup (Pretty much the exact same activity as last session; Stations + tournament, with a final match against the RAs. Unfortunately, Instructor Javi did not participate this session, so students could not witness the glorious Javiguel combo. But the students still lost, regardless.)<br />
***Movie Night (Despicable Me; Before the movie, RA's were dressed up to look like minions. RA Jon totally cheated by bringing his own overalls, but it doesn't matter because RA Rory Cullen totally won.)<br />
**First Sunday: <br />
***(Cancelled) Rock da Block (A block party was planned for this day, but due to a freak thunderstorm, the activity was cancelled. Students stayed in their dorms, Whelan kids watched a movie and played Yu-Gi-Oh, and RAs Chucho Perez and Chris Adames dodged a bolt of lightning. IS girls from Doheny had to stay in Desmond rooms with friends. After the rain got lighter Rosecrans boys and Desmond girls were shouting and waving across the courtyard at each other and posting their phone numbers, as well as certain messages, on large sheets of paper taped to their windows.)<br />
**Second Friday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: Harry Potter Yule Ball. The dance was Harry Potter themed, and a decent number of students had Harry Potter articles of clothing. The session's Jack Flash, Jose Martinez, had a full Hogwarts Gryffindor outfit, consisting of a uniform and robes.)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Minute to Win It (Students were challenged to a wide variety of... challenges. The activity's name comes from the short amount of time each group had at a station. After the stations, students could choose between a few other activities, and later, the names of lucky winners of these activities were drawn, and these winners were given the honor of pieing RAs in the face. One student, however, pied RA Jon without having really participated all day. How rude.)<br />
***Casino Night (Standard Casino night, consisted of fake VIP passes, jail, and deputies. The final match was between RA Rory Cullen and the Dark Lord of the Sith, Spandex, and Staplers, Office Shane. Rory, in a major upset, came out on top. Ironically, his hall bet most of their funds on his defeat, so his hall came fairly close to last place. <br />
**Second Sunday:<br />
*** [[Talent Show]]<br />
**Third Thursday:<br />
***Dance (Theme: French Revolution. The theme wasn't that apparent, with only a small poster with the word "France" and a single Les Mis song. Regardless, DJ Jalapeño still made the last dance amazing.)<br />
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*'''15.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: July 4th "Independance", even though the dance was the day before) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Carnival (An activity day that used an arbitrary ticket system to cash in for rewards(Justin Jang from PBIO got 10 tickets for barking at people) like tying your RA to a tree, painting their nails, painting the limbs, face, and hair of an RA, or pie-ing them in the face with shaving cream which later had to be syringed out of Ashley's ear)<br />
***Movie Night (Back to the Future + Back to the present where students constructed a cardboard Delorean as featured in the movies to be raced by RAs in wagons. Chris Adames the RA bent and broke one of these wagons on his first run. The movie night was historically frustrating, as the font for captions was microscopic and the movie volume was quieter than the conversation that was happening right next to you. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***CTY Olympiad (styled after a sporting event, classes competed against each other in the battle for the best class. Chem B undeniably defeated the other halls, with a win:lose ratio of 10:1. The winning chant that rung throughout the campus that day was the victorious one of '''Chem Chem Chem Chem''' or '''Chem B, Chem B, Chem B'''<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Jungle; 3 people made an effort to draw jungle related themes(two were cats and one brave girl painted her face as a cheetah) on their faces) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Halloween In July (As most were very excited for the trick-or-treating that was set up to happen, the RAs were devastated to discover that RA Rory was in bloody rags, thus disappointing and saddening all would-be trick-or-treaters. The Saturday was devoted to trying to find who had killed Rory(it was Chucho) through class-by-class competitions, where the winner would get more hints as to uncover the crime. The Physics class won.)<br />
***Casino Night (Similar to the Casino Nights of years past, counterfeit VIP passes (though not really counterfeit if you were on good terms with the RAs standing guard,) were bought and ripped up by bouncers. The Prize Fight was a duel between Ashley Y and Ashley K, and the battle was intense until Andrew Ebanks and Andrew H. stepped in, and Ashley Young took out all three of her foes with brute force)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***This year's [[Talent Show]] showcased A LOT of singing, some dancing, and grape catching. As a small side note, it was hosted by David, Tae, and Baker from Ebanks's hall and should have won an Academy Award.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Luau, where leis were passed around, and the occasional beach ball would hit you in the face. Instead of being held in the Sunken Gardens as usual, the dance was indoors.)<br />
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*'''15.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:PJ Party) <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Gold Cup (Basically literally the same as World Cup from 14.2. Westeros won everything. RA Chris cheated (or he doesn't know what a handball is).)<br />
***Movie Night (Jurassic Park + Dino Battles, which was basically robot wars but with a dinosaur theme. RA Jimmy purportedly won, though the group armoring RA Mairead had the genius idea of simply putting a box over her and pretending there was nothing under the box, and guess what? None of the RAs went for the box for about 30 seconds. Location: Sunken Gardens)<br />
**First Sunday:<br />
***Wii Games (What even was this? Classes competed against each other by earning points at stations, and at the end the class with the most points got to choose a final smash battle between RAs.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Star Wars; RAs wore robes and had lightsabers, basically.) <br />
**Second Saturday: <br />
***Mission Impossible (This activity was a surprise, supposedly a surprise that three RAs stole the Casino Night money, and students had to go through stations to find out who did it. (P.S. It was RAs Jon, Ben, and Yolanda))<br />
***Casino Night (RA Jimmy threw kids in jail for fake VIP marks on their hands when really, there was no precedent and he just felt like messin. Also kids were thrown in jail for stealing Casino Night money. RA David S. was supposedly the easiest to steal from. The final fight was Rory versus Jamaal, with Rory as the victor.)<br />
**Second Sunday: <br />
***[[Talent Show]]! Some a cappella, magic, juggling, math raps, dancing, and AMERIFANS. But most importantly, RA Jamaal with "How now, brown cow? Brown cow, how now?" It's safe to say it brought the house DOWN. The girls from Physics recruited CTYers to preform in a Chucho Labeouf skit, including paper masks of RA Chucho's face and the actual Chucho, in formal wear, standing up and clapping while the audience was instructed to hold their applause.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: #Hollywood SWAG. Was anything even done to match this theme? Nooooope. Also, there was a noted lack of Caramelldansen.)<br />
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*'''16.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Neon Glow)<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Carnival (Team Orange won the Spirit Stick, Team Purple won overall. Same old system of doing activities to win tickets for your team. The winning teams received ice cream.) Green, however, put up quite a fight with their "Green is lit" chant, but still got last in everything. The RA's were not amused.<br />
***Movie Night (Big Hero Six + RA Superhero Fashion Show- Halls dressed up their RA's as superheroes (with the exception of RA Rachel, who was a supervillain) and watched them strut down the Sunken Gardens runway. Some notable costumes include RA Hema (George Clooney Man), RA Kadell (Litboy, whose dabs set off earthquakes) and RA Chris (had no costume, described as "Mr. Steal Your Girl.") Jovan's hall had no idea that there was an RA superhero Fashion show at all. Thankfully, they were very talented at the art of Improv. As nevermore Scott Kim announced, Jovan became "your Average College Student" (His superpower was that he was so boringly ordinary, the IRS couldn't locate him to pay student loans.)They were accompanied by descriptions that were probably highly entertaining but unfortunately not hearable to the human ear. Afterwards, the students piled on the Sunken Gardens to watch Big Hero Six.)<br />
**First Sunday: World Cup (The RA's won, as usual, but Chile came in a close second.)<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Luau)<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Hunger Games (Each hall contributed some Tributes, who then battled tributes from their floor. Each floor's winners went to the final Hunger Games. Meanwhile, everyone else was supposed to participate in activities to win tickets to buy weapons for their tributes. The winners were two guys from the same floor and hall (Jovan's). Their floor (and Whelan Floor 2, for having the last girl in) received very small amounts of ice cream. <br />
***Casino Night (As usual, filled with betting- and stealing- "money" with pictures of the staff on it. Justin, Dale, and Si Ming allegedly made off with over 10,000 dollars' worth of fake money. Marriages were conducted by a student and accompanied with rings that broke instantly. VIP passes were expensive as usual but worth it. The prize fight was between John and Luis, and John won.)<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show (Lots of piano playing, some singing and dancing, a contortionist, and a water bottle flipper (Alex Kim), among other things.) It was hosted by nevermores Darling and Jalen, one-more Blue, and new-comer Shay, who all performed at the end- Jalen and Shay sang/rapped "Love the Way You Lie". Darling and Blue read sad poems about CTY (crews to Heidi Wong!) The emcees were overall of great quality. There was however, an uproar when Emcee Darling mispronounced Chopin as "chop-in". A notable performance was by the Writing in Pop Culture class (or rather, mostly their TA). Glee Club also performed 'Dancing Queen". With all the hip action he delivered, Geoffrey was the true dancing queen of the performance. Seasons of Love again brought tears to the eyes of many. Soloist Justin Woo wowed the entire audience with his stunning vocals.<br />
**Third Thursday: Dance (Theme: Toga Party. Only about two RA's dressed up for this theme. The lack of glowstickers was made up for by a glover and some cool light up shoes. Chucho, Rory, Park, and Jordan all returned to help revive the canon songs to thunderous applause. Some RA's also sprayed silly string onto the crowd to the annoyance of everyone.)<br />
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*'''16.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Olympic Games): Because of mosquito problems in Sunken Gardens, took place in the gym, which resulted in a very sweaty experience. Thin glowsticks were passed out by RAs, then thrown across the gym during American Pie (people were also running into the middle of the circle to get the thin glowsticks, which turned into a huge mess), resulting in the banning of glowsticks(not glowstringing/raving) at the next two dances. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Picture Scavenger Hunt - Each team was assigned a country, and they had to take as many of the listed pictures as possible. Team Sweden came in first place!<br />
***Movie Night (Sky High): Notably, there was no pre-movie activity. Took place on the steps outside the library due to the mosquito problem in Sunken Gardens. There was still a mild mosquito problem at the new location. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Masquerade Ball): RAs passed out plastic masks at the dance. Some RAs made you perform a task in order to receive a mask, such as starting a conga line or fetching them a drink. A few students had the extraordinary foresight to bring their own masks. Took place in Sunken Gardens after pressure from students. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" was played after it got dark out, resulting in several student injuries.<br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Block Party<br />
***Casino Night: The RAs set up a marriage booth in the VIP lounge, so that you needed a VIP pass to get married. However, there was no additional charge for getting married because of the high charge in order to access the VIP lounge. The Trinity volunteered to run this booth, but were not told that they wouldn't make any money until the activity had already started. A tip jar was set up to remedy this problem. RA involvement in marriages did result in some nice additions, including formal marriage certificates, rings not made out of duct tape, and the ability to have your marriage announced to the entire camp. There were divorce certificates as well, but only one divorce was held. Two fight matches were held, one for entertainment and one for the final betting. Louis's hall won first place; Marianna's hall (the Bell Hall) was the top girl hall, in fourth place.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: the talent show included a lot of music, poetry, and the traditional tears of Leaving on a Jetplane. The DRL's spoken word performance was particularly notable, widely considered the most provocative act. More can be found at the Talent Show page.<br />
**Third Dance: Held on last Thursday. Theme was the Best Dance Ever. There were beach balls being thrown around, bubble guns, and a piñata. Everytime We Touch was played as a poi circle song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers only. Anyone could rave during Sandstorm though, as usual. Generally, the order of songs was pathetic with the most energetic being played while halls were arriving and emotional songs being played along side the "Cupid Shuffle" and "Low". Slideshow was played after American Pie. There were also several students making ice cream behind the DJ booth, a popular pastime for halls during the session. Luis A. was trying to sing Don't Stop Believin' at the beginning of the dance.<br />
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*'''17.2'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme:Jungle): Some of the canon songs were excluded, notably Blame it on the Boogie. Also, the circle for American Pie ended too early. <br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Water Wars - Stations with activities that have something to do with water. It was horribly organized because no one was told where to go and some of the stations were closed. <br />
***TV Night: There were tables with various activities relating to TV channels. The Trinity tried to pass out spoons and blammo targets but, the RAs shut it down. There was a slight technical difficulty with the projector but, the RAs were able to resolve it. Basically, TV night was a marathon of kids shows(stuff like Phineas and Ferb, Drake and Josh,etc.)<br />
**First Sunday: Movie Time (don't remember the name of the activity): RAs were dressed up and displayed in a fashion show. Then, The Lion King was played.<br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Halloween): RAs had a costume competition and CTYers were allowed to vote on who had the best costume. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" was taken over by Norman Situ, Devin Bolden and Brody Faliero for the second time with the rest of the campers cheering with phone flashlights, creating a little 17.2 tradition (can we keep this as an LOS tradition?). <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Instahunt - Basically the same as last year. Classes had to go around campus and had to take pictures (most people ended up chilling in Starbucks). Whichever class had the most approved photos got to either pie an RA in the face or duct tape them to a tree. <br />
***Casino Night - RAs were allowed to send you to jail if CTYers were not doing anything, even if you were in said RAs hall *cough* Seth C *cough*.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talent Show: There were self written pieces, magic tricks, and a comedy act (and a bunch of nevermores and nomores crying while singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as per usual). <br />
***Final Dance (Theme: Toga Party) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday. Seth C. (COOK SETH, COOK SETH, COOK SETH) had a solo performance for a Casino Night prize. Instead of having a poi circle on Regent's Terrace, everyone watched the ravers perform at the Sunken Gardens by the request of some of the ravers (Sydney, Duncan, Ellen, etc.). Everytime We Touch was played as a poi song for Nevermore and Nomore ravers but, it was neglected by most of the camp. The slideshow was played towards the end of the dance and Blammo winners were announced right before the slideshow. There was the inner circle for Nomores, Nevermores, and RAs in American Pie much to the confusion of some RAs.<br />
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*'''18.1'''<br />
**First Friday: Dance (Theme: Lilo and Stitch): Due to construction on regent's terrace, it was held inside the Burns Recreation Center. This made the dance environment extremely stuffy and sweaty. Hardly any canon songs were played and American Pie was badly messed up. The students were confused and after the chant, everybody circled up again. For the first time in a while there were no ravers.<br />
**First Saturday:<br />
***Color Wars - This activity is slowly becoming a session one tradition at the site. The halls were paired up and were assigned a color. Many activities were organized such as Trivia, Tug of War, Capture the Flag, Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bee, Beach Ball ABC's, Soccer, Egg on a Spoon, Potato-Sac Race, Dizzy Bat Race, Three-legged Race, and Pie Eating Contest. The winners were the black team but orange won most spirited. <br />
***Movie Night - The Greatest Showman was the chosen movie for session 1. It began with 10 RA's dressing up as clowns and choosing one delegate from their hall to introduce them. <br />
**First Sunday: CTY Instagram Scavenger Hunt (made up by RA Nicole). This was said to be the first one done in session 1. Halls were again paired up with a completely different RA in order to get to know more of the staff. The teams were originally tasked with 32 given pictures needed to be taken. However, this hardly took any time and Secret menu's were constantly added after. Most teams gave up and just sat in sunken gardens. The winners were awarded a pizza party. <br />
**Second Friday: Dance (Theme: Pajama Party) Luckily, due to the constant complaints the dance location was moved to the grass right outside Whelan. However the speakers were set up on the opposite side of the outlets and a long cord was stretched down the middle. This was easily the worst dance of the three. Even less canon songs were played and many ads kept popping up. A number of students asked the Ra's if they needed a Spotify Premium Account. American Pie was again messed up. However, RA Luis allowed the Holy Trinity to the inside circle much to the confusion of several RA's. <br />
**Second Saturday:<br />
***Double Feature - Many halls complained about the lack of downtime given and RA's responded. Half the camp would watch a movie (Heavyweights was the winner) while the other half was able to do anything: chill in the dorms, go off campus, get starbucks, etc. We would then switch so everybody had the opportunity to watch the movie and spend time with their hall. <br />
***Casino Night - Stealing was a huge issue at Casino Night. Several halls planned it out accordingly and stole money the whole night. Kevan's hall stole so much money that in order to get rid of the evidence they threw it off the ledge from the VIP Lounge. This caused there to be no winners. Instead of a final fight in which all the halls bet there was a dance battle where no one bet any money. Out of RA's David, Patrice, and Matt, David was the very clear winner.<br />
**Second Sunday: Talentshow: There was an odd lack of performers this year, causing the talent show to start later (2:30 instead of 1). Additionally very many nomores and nevermores chose not to go up on stage and sing "Seasons of Love." However, thank you to RA David for playing seasons of love at all.<br />
***Final Dance (Theme: A Night Under the Stars) As per usual, it was held on the final Thursday, again outside Whelan. However they switched the sides of where the speakers were set up and there was no cord down the middle. A screen was set up behind the speakers for the slideshow and there was a light up arch made with the letters CTY on the front. Luckily, RA David made the list of songs and it was the evident best dance out of the three. At 9:15 the slideshow was played and after, all the canon songs requested by the Holy Trinity were played. The Blammo winner was announced by the Trinity. American Pie was played at the end with all the RA's, nomores, and nevermores in the inside circle. It was not messed up due to RA Luis thankfully yelling at the students to do it correctly. It was an extremely emotional night as per always.<br />
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==Student Life==<br />
===Dances===<br />
There are three dances per session. The first two are held on Fridays, and the last one is held on Thursday. Though they were in Rosecrans Courtyard in 2005, they were moved to Sullivan Courtyard, which is well-lit at night by several street-lights that automatically turn on. However, dances are now (as of at least 2014) held on Regents Terrace and a small portion of Sunken Gardens, providing students with a beautiful view of LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel lit up at night. The last dances of 14.1 and 15.1 were held in the same gym where the talent show was held. Luckily, the last dance of 16.1 was not held there. <br />
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In 10.2, due to noise complaints, the dance was moved to the upstairs gym in the Burns Rec Center. CTYers typically take an hour to begin dancing, but eventually most people do dance once the sun sets (since it's super awkward when it's still bright, one of the few benefits of the indoor dance of 16.2). A stage is usually built on the inside edge of Sullivan Courtyard. This stage has the speakers mounted on it, and a DJ sits behind it, putting together music lists. Students are rarely allowed behind the stage, as there are wires from the speakers over which they could possibly trip.<br />
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Despite the social atmosphere, several students can be seen at each dance sitting near Doheny Fountain, or in more recent years around Sunken Gardens. These people are usually playing cards and solving Rubik's cubes. During 2006, they were sitting on or even behind the walls around Sullivan Academic Center and RAs like JZ and Jason and Mike had to run around making them dance. During 2007, some were seen programming calculators during the dances. In 2008, a few of these people chose to blast an alternative selection of music from their iPod speakers, while sitting next to Doheny Fountain. This was in protest to the pop and rap music being played at the dance.<br />
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There are also different sources of entertainment in the Lion's Den for those who do not want to participate in the dance, such as board games and movies.<br />
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LMU dances do have [[American Pie]] (with nomores and nevermores forming their own circle in the middle of the larger circle at the last dance), "It's the End of the World As We Know It", "Sandstorm" (for the ravers, if they still exist at LMU) and "Stairway to Heaven" at every dance, along with other [[Canon#Los Angeles (LMU)|Canon]]. Every dance ends with an RA or SRA standing on the stage and yelling, "Go home! Nobody loves you!" The students then respond, "But WE love you!"<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
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Students are forbidden from speaking to participants in other programs; the precedent set for this policy is due to rash interactions with other camps including (the notorious) guitar camp, various LMU sports camps, foreign camps, and the annual church retreat.<br />
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Our enemies on campus include, but are not limited to the following camps.<br><br />
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* Kobe Basketball Academy - "Kobe Camp"<br><br />
A basketball camp for kids between the ages of 8 and eighteen, Kobe Camp is known for containing an impressive amount of brickheads who basically do not know 2+2. These idiots cut in line and eat everything in sight, even the inedible potatoes. In 09.1, Kobe Bryant filmed a Nike commercial on Regents Terrace with skateboarder Paul Rodriguez. This caused a mob of fans from several camps including CTY. The commercial aired in August, and can be seen on YouTube (St. Roberts Hall is in plain view!) To the dismay of girls living in the 3rd floor Rosecrans Hall in 09.1, Kobe Campers moved underneath them, causing general annoyance and a perpetual stench of AXE and sweat in the halls. Kobe kids got pizza every night in addition to cafeteria food and raided the vending machines until there was only water and diet Pepsi left. The entrance and third floor of Rosecrans were locked, along with Desmond halls, to prevent Kobe Campers from getting into a girls' hall. It became a huge nuisance for the girls. CTYers are happy to know they will not be returning in 2010.<br />
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* National Guitar Workshop - "Guitar Camp"<br><br />
The National Guitar Workshop draws on the people in the nation who would like nothing more than to be a rock legend, complete with stupid-looking long fuzzy hairdo and rotting teeth. Kids in Guitar Camp do not just idolize their guitar heroes; they try to look like them. Over the years, their hilarious hairdos and aggressive behavior has led to several fights and the advent of rules such as, "CTY students must not make fun of Guitar Camp kids' hair to their faces." It is not uncommon for Guitar Camp students to attempt to sneak into CTY dances. According to CTY legend/rumor, Guitar Campers rolled down a hill in LMU in beer kegs. During 09.1, several CTYers begged Guitar Camp teachers and students for their lanyards on the last day of the workshop. To their surprise, many gave them up if just asked politely. Lucy M., Jane S., and Mina N. all received lanyards by just asking. In 09, the negative view of Guitar Campers turned slightly more positive due to the surprising kindness of the previously dubbed "Guitards." (From '08) According to Jason Boring, The National Guitar Workshop did not return for 2010.<br />
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* LMU Summer Sports Camp - "Little Kids Sports Camp"<br><br />
LMU runs several sports camps for kids over the summer. While the majority of the attending kids are aged 4-10, the camps accept kids up to age 14. This leads to there being thousands of little kids who eat nothing but gelatin and cookies for lunch. These guys outnumber the potatoes, and that's saying something. Also, never give these ragamuffins your Tabasco® sauce. If they've run out, it's a good thing. It means they can't terrorize anyone else.<br />
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*ESL Students- "Foreign Camp"<br />
Students seeking to speak English in America travel from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France to LA, and once they are there, they wade in the fountains at LMU. Many foreign students are not used to etiquette or rules. This leads them to do things such as sneak into the cafeteria through windows so they don't have to pay. Also, foreign students will sometimes not understand the concept of a line and push in front of anyone who looks weaker than them. They also smoke a lot, and once had a costume day, in which several of the men were in drag. Many CTYers wonder if the traditional Drag Day spirit rubbed off on the foreigners. Most CTYers just see them surveying people, partying, or ambling around campus. <br />
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*Korean Christian Church Convention<br />
For three days during 11.1, a flood of members of the Korean Christian Church took over the LMU campus. Nobody knows why they were there, but they had a tendency to cut in line and take giant helpings of food, leaving no food left over for CTY students and members of other camps at LMU. They made another appearance in 14.1 when they wore very distinctive blue shirts.<br />
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*Supercamp<br />
Claiming to be an intellectual growth camp that teaches leadership skills like "quantum reading," any CTYer cringes when the word Supercamp is uttered. The hoards of children equipped with thick grey (or any other ugly color in general, for example, mucus green) lanyards obnoxiously chant (whenever, wherever, whatever) at the dining hall and take up as many seats as possible without actually using them. At night, Supercampers can sometimes be found smoking around the laundry building. They also often take over ten cookies at a time and save seats for over half an hour, which is a heinous crime in general. <br />
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*Cheer Camp<br />
The sparkles. The chants. The inordinately large bows. The miniskirts. The general lack of respect for any other form of being. Cheer Camp invaded the LMU campus 12.2 and while they stayed more or less out of the way of activities, they swarmed the dining hall in the mornings and backed up the line for what seemed like miles to CTYers. A flustered observation was made of this phenomenon in 12.2 by Caitlyn H, "Do they ONLY eat breakfast?!" The cheerleaders lived in Sullivan briefly and by report of resident CTYers, they had a habit of running around without any vestments and taking up massive amounts of shower time. During early 16.2, Whelan residents heard cheerleaders screaming as they walked by the dorm late at night.<br />
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*Catholic Camp<br />
A cult of Jaysus (often mistaken with SPACE JAYSUS and Mexican Jesus) worshipers that have settled in LMU's campus. The infection began in 13.1, and it is still unknown how long the epidemic will last. Notorious for cutting lines and attempting to put down (and failing miserably) the all knowing and intellectually superior CTY members. We have been informed by reliable sources that they are in direct correlation with the POTATOES corporation and are planning the destruction of our camp.<br />
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'''However, our #1 enemy, is not a camp, not a person, not a rule, not a large Jell-O ® driven explosive that we hid somewhere in Rosecrans, no, it is the POTATO!'''<br />
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The potato, the ubiquitous food of the LMU cafeteria, used to be delivered in large trucks. But as of 08.1, these trucks no longer came. Yet, the potatoes just kept coming. Between 07 and 08, a large machine was installed in the rear of the cafeteria, its purpose unknown. Some theorize that this fiendish machine was actually a Potato Generator. Others assume that 2008 students were still eating the 2007 potatoes. During 09, the Potato Generator was seen by Rosecrans girls being hauled out of LMU during a surprising lack-of-potatoes-spell (some speculate for "repair") and later hauled back in. The potato cycle then continued normally. However, 09.1 also unraveled part of the potato mystery when it was discovered that the executive chef, Jeff Mercer, is Irish. <br />
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We have since expanded the food-related enemies list to include the entire cafeteria staff. After making something called a "Frito Pie" which resembled lasagna made with Frito chips instead of noodles, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the staff on accusations that they are committing crimes against Humanity.<br />
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==Tradition==<br />
LMU has always been a kind of black sheep with traditions, not keeping many (to the dismay of easterners). Though "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was a staple at the LA venues (LMU and, before that, the University of Redlands) in the early 1990s, it died out sometime in the mid-1990s. <br />
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A kid named Michael Sherwood brought an incredible passion and zeal to tradition in the summer of 2001. In that summer, and through no easy means, he revived interest in REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and brought 'Stairway', Gay Dad, and Radiohead to the site. Suddenly, there was light and energy. The abysmal food tasted better, the sky was bluer, and the girls were wearing less clothing. Furthermore, a former Lancaster student-turned Young Students Instructor named Chris also worked with students and staff to institute traditions from other sites. He DJ'd the dances, helping to bring REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)' and the associated dance tradition to LMU. He also worked to bring Passionfruit to Los Angeles. 'Forever Young' was not only on said instructor's computer, it was played at the proper time during each of the unfortunately small number of dances that summer.<br />
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Though 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)', and 'Stairway' stuck, LMU tradition was once again stuck in a rut. With the advent of 08.1, [[Silent Football]], [[Blammo]], and [[Wanna buy a duck]] were all added to the traditional game repertoire of several first-sessioners. While RA awareness of Canon lagged, a reform had begun. On the other hand, for several years, session 2 tradition thrived under the caretaking of Jared, Zoe, and their companions. The majority of this traditionalist group nevermored out in 2007, leaving tradition to a few younger students for 2008, such as David, Jordan, Margot, and Bri.<br />
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There is always a Movie Night, a Casino Night, some form of Water Day, and a [[Talent Show]]. Drag Day is held on the second Wednesday. <br />
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Nevermores and Nomores observe Passionfruit early on the last morning of the session. On the last day of every second session, someone manages to dump something into Doheny Fountain, such as Jell-O powder, Tang, or liquid soap. This tradition was launched in 2007 by Allyssa's hall. <br />
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Second session tends to be a lot more traditional than first session, although it still has less tradition than other sites. <br />
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===The Holy Trinity===<br />
Originally conceived by the diabolical mastermind that is [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]] in 11.2, the Holy Trinity is a group of three approachable people, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, designated to assist in the continuation of LMU traditions without overpowering squirrels, forcing tradition down anyone's throat, or generally freaking people out. It is also responsible for teaching glowstringing and selling/distributing glowsticks (during 17.2, it was primarily the Father). Trinity members are typically chosen as Onemores, but exceptions are not uncommon.<br />
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The Book of Love, still in production, is being made to guide future generations through the duties of the Holy Trinity.<br />
The Trinity only existed during the second session at LMU up until 2018. The Holy Trinity for the first time ever was brought to session 1. It was approved by RA Luis and they followed all the Session 2 traditions. The Trinity runs Blammo.<br />
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====Father====<br />
The Father is supposedly the guiding hand of the Trinity who assists other campers as much as possible. The Father is always available to help out or be an ear to talk to.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:FuryLordOfDerp|Fury]], Founding Father<br />
*2013 [[User:Edie|Edie S.]]<br />
*2014 Soojung C.<br />
*2015 [[User:Kiki_Katz|Kiki K.]]<br />
*2016 Jessica Z.<br />
*2017 [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]]<br />
*2018 Ellen J.<br />
*2019 Serena Z.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Son====<br />
The Son is known for being the enthusiastic God of Blammo and raver but this is not a strict law. The Son is never without a supply of duct tape for fixing spoons or sandals or shirts or anything.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 Mexican Jesus, Original Son<br />
*2013 Caitlin H.<br />
*2014 Colin S.<br />
*2015 Cameron T.<br />
*2016 Cameron T.<br />
*2017 Pearson M.<br />
*2018 Owen L. (Replacing Pearson M.) (Who is Lictor Vee?)<br />
*2019 Lysander S.<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Allison Nguyen<br />
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====Holy Ghost====<br />
The Holy Ghost is known for spreading the word about traditions, for example which day is Drag Day, knowing the history of the campus, and being compassionate.<br />
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'''Session 2:'''<br />
*2012 [[User:Sluteatingtree|Zoe H]]., (Wozie), First Holy Ghost<br />
*2013 Ilan D.<br />
*2014 Natalie L.<br />
*2015 Emily E.<br />
*2016 [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P]].<br />
*2017 [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S]].<br />
*2018 Kasey C. (Replaced Ashley S.)<br />
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'''Session 1:'''<br />
*2018 Sloan Sciarappo<br />
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===Tradition History===<br />
'''05.2'''<br />
*First attempt to add Cross-Dress Day to LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''06.1''' <br />
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was semi-canon during 06.2, where people formed a conga line that went in a spiral. Chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER!" and sometimes "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER!" could be heard after the usual "die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more!" People pointed fingers at the Biomedical people.<br />
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'''06.2'''<br />
*First Thursday/Friday: Clash Day<br />
*Second Wednesday: Cross-Dress Day: This became more of an accepted and widely-followed tradition after the first attempt in 2005.<br />
*The chants of "HARDER HARDER HARDER HARDER" and "FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER" were lead by the Chemistry students.<br />
*Second Thursday- Pop Yo' Collar Day: The first time this day was held at LMU Session 2.<br />
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'''07.1'''<br />
*Emo Day, a national event, occured at some point during the session. This was mistaken for tradition.<br />
*07.1 brought new songs into the session 1 Canon, including "Dragostea Din Tei." The only afterdance was held by a group of eight girls (all from Lour's hall), who chanted "CTY you have a nice butt." Surrounding people stared, and did not join in. A chant of "ORGY" was added after the "more more more more" part of the chant to American Pie. Jorge's hall takes partial credit for introducing "Don't Stop Believin'" to canon this year.<br />
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'''08.1'''<br />
*Emo Day once again returned on the same day of 08.1 as it had occurred in 07.1, though National Emo Day was on a different day entirely.<br />
*Silent Football was brought to CTY LMU by members of the website Post-CTY Depression.<br />
*The tradition of shouting "ORGY" at the end of the normal American Pie Chant was continued into 2008.1, mostly by Petr (no, that's not a spelling mistake) Sharetskiy, and his Latin class. "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, was played at every dance, and began working its way into Upper Canon. [[The Borings|Jason Boring]] was in the center of the mob during American Pie, singing the words loudly, but covering his ears and closing his eyes during the chant. During the first dance, "It's the End of the World as We Know It" was played in the first half an hour of the dance (in a pathetic attempt to get kids on the dance floor) and as a result, the nevermores staged an enormous protest. The song was played again, although cut short. Also, during session one, there was an increased interest in [[Glowsticking|Glowstringing]], led by [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., and Josh Q. These students practiced Glowstringing during social time until a daily activity entitled "Raving" was created. All three of these students performed with their glowsticks at the first dance, and began teaching other students. In 08.2, A large group of people was seen running into the dancing area during canon songs, and running out afterwards, when rap started to play again. <br />
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'''08.2'''<br />
*Generally, more canon was played due to the protests of students and RA's alike during the first dance. Songs that weren't played before [or as much] were played, like "Blister in the Sun," "Nightswimming," and "Time Warp."<br />
*Silent Football was demonstrated to the second sessioners, but they didn't take to it in the same way as first sessioners.<br />
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'''09.1'''<br />
*More canon was played than years past, including "Rock Lobster" and "Blister in the Sun." The raving scene grew in first session, with [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], Sarah Sch., [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], Declan M-H, Matt G., and [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], all taking turns dazzling the crowds during "Sandstorm." Many people were disgusted at the choice of dance on the last dance, a "backwards" theme. Traditionalists were still in dressy outfits, though.<br />
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'''09.2'''<br />
*Less canon was played in second session of 2009 than in first. The main glowstringers were [[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy H.]], and Alfred W, and also, during the second dance, [[User:Kimcheeeee|Jackie/Allegra C.]]. However, many second sessioners were upset [or at least confused] when the RAs did not play the very important nevermore/nomore song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, during the final dance.<br />
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'''10.1'''<br />
*In the first two dances, fewer slow songs and more canon were played. The main glowstringers were [[User:Mollysrour|Molly S.]], [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]], and Declan M-H with special appearances by Jason Boring. During the last dance, however, only 2 slow songs were played, and the slideshow took the place of the canon songs End of the World, Istanbul(Not Constantinople), and Sandstorm, preventing the glowstringers from making a final appearance.<br />
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'''10.2'''<br />
*The first two dances, few canon songs were played, notably Nightswimming. When Chris R. was asked why the song wasn't played, the answer was "because no one's going to dance to it." A 50 signature petition went through, and Nightswimming was played at the next two dances, although it was cut 20 seconds short for the slide show at the last dance. For the first two dances, glowstringing activity was minimal, led by [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Kevin C., and, for the last dance, [[User:Peruanita|Diana D.]], but it increased substantially at the last dance due to Jason Boring's tutorial (and glowstick distribution) as part of a weekly activity. Also at the third dance, all canon except Forever Young and Don't Stop Believing were played, and there were attempts by site-hopping RAs to introduce new Canon, such as "Blame it on the Boogie."<br />
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'''11.1'''<br />
*The main glowstringers at the dances were Matt G., Erika C., Alex O., Micaela G., and [[User:Louisafromoregon|Louisa C.]]. Some canon were played, most notably Nightswimming, Don't Stop Believing, Istanbul, Dragostea Din Tei, Forever Young and Everytime We Touch. Repeated playing of Blame it on the Boogie could make it a new sub-canon. Party Rock Anthem and Teach Me How to Dougie were consistently played. The dreaded Friday was also played every dance. <br />
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'''11.2'''<br />
*The main glowstringers were [[User:Kalevala-Sage|Sage V.]], Jonathan R., Mexican Jesus, and for the last dance, Kira D. At the end of the second dances, several squirrels who had gone home early the first week screwed up the end of American Pie. "American Pie 101" was held as a daily activity the day before the final dance, possibly to remedy this, and possibly to combat the dark forces of the "Learn to Party Rock Shuffle" weekly.<br />
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'''12.1'''<br />
*Canon was played moderately, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Nightswimming and Dragostea Din Tei were omitted. Main glowstringers were Micaela G., Kate and Alex O. However, the Time Warp was played quite a bit this year. Jason Boring did not return. Call Me Maybe was played a tad bit excessively. Drag Day, as usual was a great success and Clara's hall attempted to revive Goth Day. 12.1 hailed the first Passing of the Book - the passing down of the Book of Love, a working manual on LOS session one traditions. Micaela G. was the keeper of the Book. A clan of traditionalists began to form - the Gardner-Ovstrovsky clan, the bulk of the family being from Philosophy of the Mind. Patriarch - Alex O. Matriarch - Micaela G. Family members include - The Concubine, The Lesbian Aunt, The Grandfather-son, and [[user:Longlive10.2|The Mother-Daughter]], a mango named William, and papayas Ralph I, II, and III. <br /><br />
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'''12.2'''<br />
*At the first two dances, a lack of canon songs was played but due to a superb amount of complaining, this was more or less remedied by the 2nd dance. "Forever Young" was not played at either of the first two dances, to the dismay of campers. However, "Caramelldansen" by Caramell was played and properly danced to at dances 2 and 3 much to the delight of an ever-growing group of CTYers. 12.2 was a unique session because when week 3 came along, Mexican Jesus convinced two RAs to allow him to unofficially host a Poi Weekly activity consisting of him making numerous pairs of poi out of duct tape, markers, glowsticks, shoelaces, and more or less anything he could get his hands on. As a result, there was an unprecedented surge of glowsticks swinging around at all times of day. At dances, there was a nearly uncountable amount of glowstringers, mainly due to the Poi Power weekly activity but the main were Mexican Jesus, Sam C., Nick P., Soojung C., and Fury while Victor L., Alex C., and Kira D.were the main people raving staff. Like 11.2, at the end of the second dance, a mass of squirrels screwed up the end of American Pie. Thankfully, "Learn the CTY Canon" was held as a daily activity at one point.<br />
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'''13.1'''<br />
*In addition to "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex" being shouted at the end of American Pie, "ORGY" was shouted by girls and boys alike.<br />
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'''13.2'''<br />
*Poi (glowstringing) activity was very much heightened, with over 15 people glowstringing at the last dance to Sandstorm in the middle of a giant circle.<br />
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'''14.1'''<br />
*No Blammo was held. <br />
*Fewer than five people had towels on Towel Thursdays, despite many knowing that the event existed.<br />
*Sandstorm was only played during the second and third dances and Ryuichi Yanagi and Jalen Sur were the only ravers. Jalen Sur, this year, brought Orbitals as well as Gloves, and Ryuichi adhered to the standard glowstick poi. <br />
The nevermore/nomore circle was formed just before the last verse in American Pie. <br />
*There was apparently no Trinity this session. No one responded when SRA Jordan Twaddle asked for the Trinity to raise their hands when informing nevermores and nomores on Passionfruit details.<br />
*There was also no or very little response to the traditional cry of "Go home! Nobody loves you!"<br />
*"Bailando" was regarded as canon.<br />
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'''14.2'''<br />
*Gummy bears were mysteriously placed on every door in Desmond. At first this was assumed to be a sign that was to be used for the upcoming activity, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the gummy bears up until now...<br />
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'''15.1'''<br />
*The rave circle was almost dead at the dances. During the first and second dances, people resorted to dancing with glowsticks in the circle and doing random kicking/kung-fu. During the last dance, one brave and smart raver, who had saved her glowsticks, took control of the circle.<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation (though Drag Day noticeably more so.)<br />
*Gummy bears and DOTS gumdrops were again mysteriously placed on doors in Desmond during the last week of the session. This only happened to the third floor though.<br />
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'''15.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Emo Day, Love Tape Day, Polo Shirt Day, and Towel Day all had participation.<br />
*In Whelan, gummy bears were taped to every door on the night after the first dance; sticky notes with kind messages and one gummy bear each were taped to every bathroom stall door the next night; the letters "C", "T", and "Y" were formed out of gummy bears taped to the front windows of the third, second, and first floors (respectively) on the second weekend; on the final night the bulletin board in the entryway was covered in sticky notes with CTY-themed and session-specific quotes, lyrics from various Canon songs, and gummy bears. No one knows who this gummy bear committee is, and, if they're not RAs, when they manage to do this.<br />
*There was an actual winner in Blammo, Trisha S., and two runners-up, Annshine W. and Alan L.<br />
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'''16.1'''<br />
*Drag Day and Emo Day both had participation. Staff tried to introduce "Spirit Days" in the last week but almost nobody participated, due to the fact that there was almost no notice and the themes weren't that cool.<br />
*Sadly, the mysterious gummy bear association did not seem to be present this session. <br />
*There was a lot of canon present in the third dance, thanks to Jalen and Blue (Oona) who rewrote the list of canon for the site.<br />
*Blammo had no winners after RA Rob somehow scrambled the system to create 8 separate games (what?). Jalen himself, the Blammo God, got out when he dropped his spoon to glove at the dance. Thomas Brooks was also a blammo god.The RAs played their own game of Blammo involving socks. <br />
*KBBQ was revived (and Braveheart was replaced with an activity called Animal World). <br />
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'''16.2'''<br />
*Drag Day, Goth Day (also known as Emo Day), and Love Tape day all had participation. After students made many an attempt to show their love for the lion, RAs reminded students once again that love tape is not allowed on the lion since it can peel paint, but every person was covered in tape.<br />
*Towel Thursday also had quite a bit of participation! <br />
*Gummy bears were put on every door in Whelan. <br />
*Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place in Blammo, with seven kills apiece.<br />
*There was quite a bit of poi/raving/glowsticking/flow happening, something several returners feared wouldn't happen. Every dance had a good sized poi circle.<br />
*For the first time in Pet Rock history, the weekly activity Pet Rock ran for all three weeks!<br />
*Pet Banana Daily was also run. <br />
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'''17.2'''<br />
*Most of the returners were concerned that tradition was going to die this year because barely anyone came back. However, most of the traditional activities like Goth Day, Cross-Dress Day (more commonly known as Drag Day but it was deemed offensive by some RAs), Love Tape Day, etc. did take place. <br />
*A bunch of new Blammo rules were being added each day in an attempt to end with one winner (example: you cannot carry spoons with your hands).<br />
*This went decently well; it required following of an Instagram page for updates, Hunger Games style, the Trinity scheduled posts for every 6 hours <br />
**Unfortunately, transitions and increasing pressure before the last dance resulted in a meltdown, general chaos, and destruction of friendships leading the Trinity to end the Blammo round and announce top 3 (Rebecca J.)<br />
**Tradition disagreements caused occasional standoffs between the Ghost and Father near the dining hall or social time but created general entertainment<br />
*RAs were running their own Blammo game where instead of using spoons, they used gloves (17.2 IIRC) and socks (according to Seth C.) and they passed around a stick where each RA that received it would add something on to it (for example one RA added a plushie [IIRC it was a Charmander?]).<br />
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'''18.1'''<br />
*The handful of returners left were immediately saddened as it was clear the traditions were dying. However, due to RA Luis and David and a huge help of the holy trinity, the traditions were kept alive and many were added from session 2. <br />
*Cross-Dress Day occurred on the second Tuesday of the session as per usual.<br />
*Love Tape Day happened on the third Monday but due to the lack of tradition stickers were used in place of tape for the most part. <br />
*The first ever Holy Trinity was made in session 1, approved by RA Luis. They also were the ones who ran Blammo.<br />
*Blammo was a big hit this year with over half the camp participating. Amita was the overall winner with twelve kills.<br />
*KBBQ and Braveheart occurred thanks to RA Luis.<br />
*Twin Day happened on the third Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the lack of tradition at camp. Next year it will be on the third Tuesday.<br />
*Trinity also set up Blammo for the RA's with Patrice as the RA Blammo God<br />
*Pet Rock was not an activity, saddening the handful of returners<br />
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'''18.2'''<br />
* Disclaimer: hearsay, please revise<br />
* Unfortunately, camp this year consisted of mainly young squirrels. This led to an overall enjoyable session for squirrels but some returners were dissatisfied and left during the session, including the Son (replaced by Owen L.)<br />
* Session 2 returnees instead migrated to Session 1 and established traditions there<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/LOS_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]<br />
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<div>[[File:BlammoSpoon.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|A Blammo spoon from Lancaster 16.1 numbered 210.]]<br />
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[[Blammo]] is a popular [[Lancaster]] and [[Easton]] game, recently adopted at [[Los Angeles]], [[Loudonville]], [[Baltimore]], [[Saratoga]], [[Bristol]] and [[Carlisle]]. The game is also commonly spelled "Blamo" or "Blamm-o." Two rounds usually occur each session (even if the first/second doesn't finish), but get in early.<br />
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==Rules==<br />
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The organizer of a game of Blammo is designated that game's "God." He or she supervises every aspect of the game, including making the list, distributing spoons, keeping track of blammoed players, sorting out disputes, keeping track of who is stalking whom, etc. S/he also has the ability to Godblammo regular players and remove them from the game, regardless of any otherwise applicable Blammo rules.<br />
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Any who would like to play must search out the current game's God, usually in the [[Alcove]] during meals. When the game begins, God hands a plastic spoon to and designates a target for each player. The players then go through their daily lives while quietly stalking their targets. Each player must learn to function holding his or her spoon. When a player sees his/her target without a spoon, outside of designated safe zones/times, s/he should run up and playfully hit the target with his/her spoon and yell "BLAMMO!" The target would then be out. The player then has the right to relieve his/her former target of their spoon, asks who they were stalking, and pursues that target in the same manner. All Blammos should be reported to God, as well as disputes.<br />
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Spoons must be held with an active muscle that is not one's mouth. Some exceptions to this are the Holy Trinity and the Blammo Gods at Lancaster. If a spoon is in a grail or [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory]] and one is holding either, it counts as holding the spoon. When one is swinging a glowstick, even if it is merely in a circle, one cannot be blammoed. Ravers get a five second cushion before and after picking up glowsticks in which they are safe from being blammoed.<br />
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==Forewarning==<br />
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Please note that BLAMMO (Baltimore's version of blammo) has many variances in game play. DO NOT go to JHU and try to play BLAMMO with the rules stated above, as many important factors (such as safe zones/times, etc.) are quite different. Seek out the God/Goddess of BLAMMO and find out what exactly is different by reading the Tome of BLAMMO. If you are ignorant of the differences in BLAMMO by your own accord, yet sign up for BLAMMO anyway, the BLAMMO divinity WILL NOT replace your spoon, put you back in the game, etc. <br />
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==On Spoons==<br />
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A player must carry his/her spoon with an active muscle. This means no pockets, backpacks, tucking it behind an ear, or taping it anywhere on your body. Spoons may be attached to parts of the body, but must still be held voluntarily. For example, if a player duct tapes a spoon to her hand, but does not grip it, it does not count as holding a spoon. At SAR 14.2, the requirement was changed from "active muscle" to "expending effort" in order to reduce ambiguity.<br />
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The spoon must be reasonably visible at all times. No hiding it under towels, hats, etc. Hypothetically being able to see it while looking up from under the person does not count.<br />
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The entire spoon must be physically held. If parts of the spoon are broken, then those parts must be held voluntarily, although only one part needs to be visible. Tiny spoonflakes or an itty-bitty sliver may be lost without consequence, but a noticible chunk missing equates to the non-holding of the spoon. [Nixxi's Commentary: When I lost the spoon part and only had the handle left, I kept the handle in my mouth like the spoon was actually in my mouth. The person stalking me actually got fooled until I got a new spoon ^__^]<br />
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MSham's note: Because of the health office's fears of infection, spoons are no longer allowed to be held in the mouth for an unreasonable amount of time. Glowstringers are safe if they are practicing and cannot hold the spoon in their hands. Violators are Godblammoed. This policy was enforced at LAN 10.2<br />
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Player may say "Blammo!" to any person they wish (including kind RAs and students not playing or already out), but a player is only out when Blammoed by their stalker. Debates should be taken to the God of the current game.<br />
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06.2 - When the game begins to run over, Rachel took to ousting players with the Jesus staff (which had a spoon taped to it) when they did not have their spoons.<br />
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==Safe Zones/Times==<br />
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Ultimately, rules vary by God, but these are good guidelines.<br />
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* One is safe in their own room, although not anybody elses's. (in LAN 16.1/EST 17.1 the blammo gods enforced that one is safe "wherever their mattress is," to make sleepovers safe.)<br />
* One is safe while in a bathroom and/or sinkroom. (At LOS/EST this was limited to being in bathroom stalls or showering.)<br />
* One is safe during official dance hours at official dance locations (not Afterdances or while walking to and from dances). The dance official ends immediately after the customary exchange of "Nobody loves you! / We love you!" (Comment: Anything dance related was safe in 08.1, but not the last dance. In 09.1, the "dance=safe, Afterdance =/= safe" rule was reinstated.)[Comment: in LOS, Dances were not safe and many people were blammoed during dances.]<br />
* One is safe while in the classroom, while class is in session (i.e., breaks are fair game). Players have been known to be blammoed while returning from a trip to the bathroom. [Nixxi's Commentary: One is not safe, however, walking from one classroom to another. Class time and classroom are different. Class in session is really vague. REMEMBER PETE?]<br />
* One is usually exempted from holding one's spoon in lab activities during which it would be dangerous.<br />
* One is safe during Activities during which it is unreasonable and insensible to be holding a spoon. For example, Weis Sports would be safe, whereas Naptime is fair game. At SAR, active activities are blammo-free whereas passive activities are not safe. (At LOS, activities are not safe unless one of the RAs in charge says it is.)<br />
* One is safe after lights out, even if in another person's room for a sleepover. However, one can be blammoed the next morning while still in the room (after 6:00 AM).<br />
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==Fun/Strategy==<br />
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Blammo anyone without a spoon who you know is playing, and pretend to be their stalker (fess up before it gets too out of hand).<br />
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Blammo your target while they are throwing their spoon up in the air, after they put it down for a split second (this takes very close stalking).<br />
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Blammo your target RIGHT after "[[American Pie]]" (the dance) ends. (In 09.1 at LAN during the second dance, "BLAMMO!" could be heard all around the Quad right after [[User:dtree1992|Daniel Tracht]] called the Afterdance. A few people were blammoed during the Afterdance as well)<br />
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Blammo your target right at 3:01 (Technically you're not in class) [Arugula: This happened to me when Nick Marcou blammo'd me during a late HDIS field trip that lasted 'til 3:15 (It was in a hospital and I was convinced to keep my dirty spoon in my pocket, arggghhh)][in 09.1 all of field trip time was safe]<br />
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Pretend to be someone else when you are Blammoed (fess up before it gets too out of hand).<br />
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Hold your spoon in your mouth, between your toes, or in other odd places.<br />
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Hold your spoon under your arm, making sure it's visible to anyone who looks-which isn't many people. If the spoons are clear this is especially effective for stalker detection.<br />
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At LAN.2, if you hold more than one spoon in your active muscles, it's effectively no spoons. You are only protected and able to blammo when you have one spoon.<br />
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Get a fake spoon as a backup to carry in your pocket. However, if your stalker does Blammo you while you have your fake spoon, you are still out. Only official spoons issued before the game begins count. Official replacement spoons may be distributed, but this is at the the discretion of God; in this case, only the most recent spoon counts. (Spoons from KiVO at Lancaster were used effectively as decoys during the second round in 08.1 when the spoons were white, but if you had an observant stalker, you were pretty much screwed.) (at LOS any spoon could be used as long as it was plastic. People have been known to buy boxes of plastic spoons from Ralph's on weekend trips and to take some from the cafeteria.)<br />
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Wrap/mummify your spoon in [[duct tape]] and/or write things on it. Or give it a duct tape cape, hat, earmuffs, humvee, etc. [In 09.1 Elena outlawed this by instituting a "50% rule" meaning 50% of the spoon must be uncovered] [In LMU and SAR 25% of the spoon should be visible at all times] [At JHU 50% of the spoon must be visible for one to be safe.]<br />
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Tip for those at SAR: Raving was considered safe, but only if one was ''actively swinging a glow stick''. The majority of the ravers were blammoed while transitioning or while learning a new move. This editor was stupid enough to unknowling lend his glowsticks to his stalker so she could "practice a 3 beat" and was blammoed while reaching for his spoon in his pocket. '''Keep the spoon in your mouth!'''<br />
(as of 2014.1 Spoons are not allowed to be held by the mouth due to RA safety rules)<br />
(As of 18.2 ravers are no longer protected by the rules)<br />
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*Side Tip: If you happen to be chewing a spoon long enough, you can bend it over so that you can hook it on your lip for easy raving. Only clamp down and hold it actively when stalkers are near/you stop swinging your glowstick. <br />
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Protip: Keep your stalker away by pretending to be his/her stalker!<br />
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Get a friend to remove your target's spoon by saying eg. "Oh, that's not the right way to hold it, it doesn't count" or "Wait what happened to your spoon! Can I see it?" Once removed, Blammo them ASAP.<br />
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Slightly more unfair strategies, the legality of which are up to the Blammo god's discretion.<br />
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The rules forbid the forceful removal of one's spoon, but the same rule does not apply to glowsticks. Grabbing a pair of raving strings from a target's hand to blammo them is within the game rules.<br />
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Blammo someone during a sleepover at 6.01, when most people are probably asleep. Just make sure to wake them up first. This usually requires some planning to jam a locked door, or to have an accomplice in the sleepover. [Note: in LAN 16.1 the blammo gods enforced that one is safe "wherever their mattress is," to make sleepovers safe.]<br />
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Force someone to "conceal" their spoon by wrapping their hand in a towel or similar object.<br />
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==Past Games==<br />
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===2005===<br />
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Will Colmer presided over both Blammo games in 05.2. The second game's winning title was shared by Iris Hood and Nikka Rosenstein. --Nixxi 19:57, 12 Aug 2006 (MST)<br />
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===2006===<br />
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[[User:Sanityforlosers|Rachel Todd]] was God for the extremely extensive first game of Blammo, and taped a spoon to the Jesus staff. She only Godblammoed those who did not have their spoons; however, as the second week's end approached, she took out everyone with no kills, and so on. The 06.2 game was so unbelievably long that it never ended; four people "won." (I declared Lowell the winner because out of the four he had the most kills. ~Rachel) The next game had two Gods, Kai and Rosie, was limited to 42 people, and also continued without close.<br />
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===2007===<br />
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Zev presided over both games of the 07.1 session. The first game had 42 people, and was played with straws. This game was ill-played and quickly became two circles of stalkers. The next game of Blammo was with spoons. This game was huge(68 people) and was never finished. Many of the people were in both games of Blammo. This year, there were no "true winners". (Zev would like to say the reason there were circles was not because of the list; it was perfect when Zev checked it over.)<br />
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Laney was the main Blammo God of 07.2, although there were one or two unofficial games. The first game of Blammo was limited to 42 people, but so many people were angry at their exclusion that the RAs forced her to either start a new, nonexclusive game or shut down the existing one. People who wanted to be in the second game were supposed to give their names to their RAs. Eventually a new game started, but Laney never received a list of names and is extremely fuzzy on how the new game came about or who was organizing it. [[User:EB Saldana|EB Saldaña]] won the 42-person game on the last day, due to the end of camp.<br />
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(Also, Laney would like to say that ending up with two circles of stalkers is poor planning on Zev's part, and if everyone used her organization method all would be fine - but she has shared that method only with a handful of people, since otherwise people would be able to actually understand her coded lists.) (Yeah, how do you get two circles?? --Max) (The second game was run by Siri, but it wasn't very organized... nobody reported their kills and a lot of people didn't have stalkers or were being double-stalked. -The Fjørker) (Indeed. When we signed up we were asked if we wanted to stalk somebody random, or somebody on our hall. Given the staggering number of people playing, most of us chose hall-mates, so there were numerous hall-size circles. As of this moment I am still my own stalker. ~Mint Sharpie)<br />
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Blammo was also played at CTY CLI SFSU in 2007, in which Peter Treadway was the Blammo God, and Jayme Weber won... it was a completely campuswide game which had a really cool effect... lots of faculty/staff played too. Jayme Weber and Chris Ramsey were known as the "Blammo couple" as they were incredibly intense about it... Chris came in 2nd<br />
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===2008===<br />
*Due to an influx of former Lancaster students at [[Siena]] in 08.1, two games of Blammo were played with spoons during that session, with Becca G. as God. Neither had a satisfactory conclusion.<br />
*Two games of Blammo were played at [[Los Angeles]] in 08.1. The first was a rather small game, led by [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]] as God. This ended in a tie, at which point one of the two winners chose to drop their spoon and lose. The second game, with Sarah S(ch). as God, began with a large number of people. In the first day, roughly five people went out. [[User:Emmatheduck|Emma M.]] won the second Blammo game, and was awarded a chocolate straw. Both games were played with spoons.<br />
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Also, two games were played at [[Los Angeles]] in 08.2. The first was a game of about 15 people, and Emma was God of that game. Except for three people[Bri, Allegra/Jackie, and Chelsea], everybody was out by the first dance; however, after Bri. "commited suicide"[aka dropping her spoon on purpose], the game continued into Saturday. A dual loss was planned, however, Chelsea, who was in the same hall as Allegra, blammoed her merely an hour before the loss was planned. The second game that was played was God-ed[?] by Lyra, a flying squirrel from LAN.07.1. Many people were blammoed within the first day [the writer of this section remembers blammoing 5 people simply during dinner] but a group of people [even though they knew who was stalking whom] continued playing until the second dance. This time, the dual loss that was planned [between Danika and Chelsea] was actually carried out. They both ceremoniously tossed their spoons up in the air and simultaneously blammoed each other, thereby ending the game.<br />
Coincidentally, of the four blammo gods at LOS in 2008, 3 of them lived in the same room, and two of them were flying-squirrels from lancaster. (Maggie and Sarah were roommates, and Lyra was in their room second session. Maggie was also a flying squirrel.)<br />
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===2009===<br />
Elena Karras was Blammo God at Lancaster in 09.1, and there were three games. The first one was fairly well organized, and got down to about 20 people. The second game was only what could be described as a mess, with circles springing up all over the place due to people with the same name and the general craziness of the first weekend when Elena did the target list. Elena eventually declaring that anyone could blammo anyone in the second game who was not carrying a spoon. The third was fine, and even the DRL and some RAs played. (There was much rejoicing when RA Charlie blammoed DRL Scary Matt.) However, midway through the session, the Health Office started confiscating spoons, declaring them vectors for the flu. All games of Blammo were ended on the 2nd Friday by Elena, and everyone still in was declared a winner.<br />
One game of blammo was played at the Los Angeles site in 09.1, with [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]] as god. It was larger than the games in 2008, but still a fairly small game, with about 30 people playing. It was won by Emily C. during week 2. Sarah Sch. started to organize a second game, but it was called off because of the flu.<br />
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===2010===<br />
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This year second session was the first time Blammo was ever announced at second session hall meetings, and this resulted in a huge game, setting a record of 208 players. [[User:Sqfnyc|Sam Fomon]] started as God, but because of the massive number of people wanting to sign up she soon enlisted the help of Declan Kennedy as co-God, and the game was broken into four smaller simultaneous games. Sam with her mighty Dinospoon ran two, while Declan in his Pedofox hat ran the other two. Many players were told what game they were in, some were not, but overall there was the same mass confusion that always exists in the beginning stages of Blammo. This game, however, came with a bit of a twist. Anyone who has ever played Blammo is familiar with the sound of fifty people asking "Have you ever heard of _____ _____?" This game, Ryan Cebulko wrote down the names of everyone who asked, and he wrote down the people they were looking for. He asked nearly every player in the game, and eventually constructed the entire Blammo list. Called by some the Oracle, he gave information to people who had helped him, and kept the information from those who didn't. He also used his reputation of having "the list" to mislead his own target, who he promptly Blammoed during a chess game in Thomas lounge. As it turned out, second Thursday this year was to be judgement day. Sam and Declan quite mercilessly God-blammoed any players they could find with one or fewer kills. Later on in the day, after receiving a trident fashioned from spoons and duct tape by Jonah Spear, Declan found much joy in God-blammoing the remaining players who didnt have enough kills. The total number of players was blammoed down to a final 20 players, and this was when it got interesting. Sam's roommate Rowan Matney used her magical powers and some colored duct tape to create 18 fantastic characters from spoons, and Sam created two others. Each of these character spoons was given to one of the Blammo finalists, along with their new target. Rather than getting their target's name, though, each player was given a target spoon character, such as Spoongebob or Luke Spoonwalker. By the end of the first day of the all-star game, Ryan had compiled the list of players and their corresponding spoons, as well as everyone's target and stalker. At Passionfruit on the last day, Sam and Declan called up the six survivors: Logan Castrucci, Bobby Pinter, Ryan Cebulko, Katherine Lacey, Helen Tang, and Jess Hui. The two took turns God-blammoing the players based on kill count, and Ryan was named the winner of LAN.10.2 Blammo. The Dinospoon has been passed onto him, as a trophy and as a scepter to be shared with Graeme McGuire next year, as it has been decided that the two will be co-godding the game off 2011.<br />
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Novelty Spoons of LAN.10.2:<br />
-Spoonderella<br />
-Spoon in the Hat<br />
-Spoonbledoore<br />
-Link Spoon<br />
-Artspoon Dent<br />
-Jespoon<br />
-Luke Spoonwalker<br />
-Frankenspoon's Monster<br />
-Froto Bagspoon<br />
-Rock Lobspoon<br />
-Spoongebob<br />
-Abe Lincspoon<br />
-Spoonzilla<br />
-Mickey Spoon<br />
-Albert Einspoon<br />
-Spoonlock Holmes<br />
-Wicked Spoon of the West<br />
-Harry Spooner<br />
-Neil Armspoon<br />
-Jack Spoonrow<br />
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Also, a game of Blammo was started in Carlisle 2nd session by a group of former Lancastrians<br />
. Max H was the God and he managed to enroll 67 players by going to the meet market and asking random people. However, this caught the attention of the administration and some way or another, they deemed the game too dangerous because it involved "stabbing others intentionally with spoons". The day the round started, plastic spoons were officially contraband. This was met with fierce opposition, especially by nevermores who grew tired of the site's lack of tradition. In their defiance, players carried around their spoons in secret, hiding it from RAs yet still maintaining visibility, which allowed for interesting gameplay. However, the majority of the players were afraid of getting caught and potentially facing disciplinary actions, so they dropped out (without telling Max). By then the game was basically screwed over, with players blammo-ing people who quit. In the end, Max decided to call it off and settle it between the final four players in his own hall by declaring a sudden death in which spoons no longer offered protection. Kevin D. won, with a triple kill by blammo-ing two and then projectiling the spoon to the final player, all within moments after the sudden death was declared.<br />
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Baltimore has its own variant of Blammo (there called BLAMMO, in all caps) which first occurred in 09.2 with Sam Goldstein as God. In 10.2 Sam's successor, Trinity (who was also the Empress of Passionfruit) led a session of BLAMMO that had two rounds, the first with approximately 60 people and the other with well over 100. The first round ended in a sudden death, with student Daniel Galvez winning. The second round had no winner, and thus all players were destroyed in the BLAMMO-tical Apocalypse. Both rounds had a variety of players, including students, RAs, TAs, Instructors, Administration, and one lunch lady. Goddess Trinity, during her BLAMMO reign, created the Most Holy and Epic Tome of BLAMMO (see Lexicon) which was passed on during 10.2 Passionfruit to onemore Karl Heinlein.<br />
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This year, Princeton had blammo. In 2010 is was presided over by Race Archibold and Benjamin Boult. The game was intense. On the morning of Passionfruit, 8 people remained. Two dropped their spoons and ran for their lives and one was eliminated through a silly voice competition. I believe that left 5 finalists, whom all became God. These included Logan Phillips, Arthur Dashan, Julia Tanaka, and 3 others.<br />
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===2011===<br />
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LAN 11.1 had exactly 314 players in a game run by Alex Kohanski, and later, due to the massive number of players and cruel jokes heaped upon him, Rudy Garcia. The game was split up into 6 sub-games, which merged into a 36-person final game in the last week. There were officially 29 winners. <br />
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LAN 11.2 had nearly 380 players in a game run by Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire.<br />
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CAR 11.2's god was a guy named Carl. He was actually playing, and delegated the administration t an aid named Andrea. He got my roommate.<br />
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Some people surrendered because the stalking was too intense. <br />
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===2012===<br />
Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob jointly ran Blammo first session, signing up more than 420 players. They also began "Shirtless Blammo God Time" which soon spread from just the two of them to their whole hall and eventually to the entire CTY Lancaster campus. This soon led to discussions of whether or not chest hair was an active muscle and thus legal to hold a spoon with. All silliness aside, two top players emerged from the 19 finalists of the final game, Michael Ing and Bob, each with six kills. Also, Jerry Zhu was the crowd's favorite. Adam Chang, as punishment for bothering Eidan during sign-ups, was given the target "V", and asked to kill an idea. V was removed from the game as soon as Adam was eliminated by Katie Wolff. Notable blammos also include the Alex chain, in which Bob arranged all players named Alex (around 12) to stalk one another in the game, including at least one pair who were roommates. The most kills overall belonged to player Fysal Alkayyal, who managed to eliminate 7 players before being blammoed himself. Bob and Eidan ended the game at Passionfruit, where they also passed down their spoons to Alexandra Lesnik and Ankita Satpathy, with the hopes they will continue Blammo at Lancaster '13.1 and continue shirtless blammo god time. In addition, Bob put his spoon inside a giant stuffed yellow spoon with a mustache, who was fondly named Gregory.<br />
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Blammo for LAN 12.2 had a total of 461 players. It was run by Samantha Ngan and Mindy Cheng. The game was very well organized. Players were given stickers with two letter combinations as to avoid alphabetizing the players names. Purges happened every three days. In the end, the winner was Nicholas Richardson with eight kills total and three in the all-stars round. Runner up was Allison Tielking with eight kills throughout the whole game. The spoons this year were of poor quality and people would constantly ask for new ones. Sam and Mindy went to CVS to buy more spoons during the first weekend. These spoons were later called the "A" spoons because there was an "A" on the front and "Fruit Punch Squad" on the back. These were better quality than the others. 24 spoons were set aside to create the all-star spoons, based on countries because of the Olympics this year. The all-star spoons were given to the last 24 players and Blammo lasted until Passionfruit. Sam and Mindy will also be the Blammo gods in 13.2 and they plan on using the same system as 12.2.<br />
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LMU 12.2 was a beautiful year for Blammo. It was entirely student-run, and when I say student run I specifically mean run completely by Mexican Jesus, or just "Jesus" for short. He collected all names and then on his own comprised a brilliant system he saw through to the end. When Social Time came on the first Wednesday, the Holy Trinity which consisted of Fury, Jesus, and Zoe H. (AKA Wozie), stood on the rim of the fountain outside of Doheny and, through a ceremony that turned out to be pretty cult-like (it's alright though, Dane Holding was seen showing off a dazzling smile as he strolled by the fountain), 75 players were assigned spoons due to the metal spoons in the dining hall in the first week. Jesus was God for the remainder of the session, and there were several smiling people left alive when the last day came along.<br />
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JHU 12.2 was a messy, disorganized game. Roughly a hundred kids signed up, but soon, many complaints surfaced about how some people were stalking the same target, and a couple people mentioned that no one had enforced the report-your-kill policy. High hopes have been raised in light that [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]], nevermore of 2013, will prove herself to be a capable, benevolent and just Goddess of BLAMMO.<br />
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===2013===<br />
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This year, SAR.13.1 finally was involved in the wonderful game known as Blammo. Previous attempts to organize one had been made by Gia Rigoli the year before, but this year Blammo was successfully organized by RA Jamie Jung. If you happen to know the definable winner of SAR.13.1, please post.<br />
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"Shirtless Blammo God Time" was not performed at LAN 13.1 for very obvious reasons (see the above section). Eric Wan intends on bringing it back next year. Blammo spoons were multicolored.<br />
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Also in 2013, over half of the CTY population at SAR.13.2 participated in a camp-wide Blammo tournament organized by the lovely Onemore and future Empress Kimberley (Kimmy) Katz (aka the Blammo Goddess), who attracted interested CTYers with a giant spoon and her warm smile. Second sessioners were also known to fall asleep at ISOs still clutching their spoons in fear of being Blammoed. <br />
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The first site wide game was played at EST.13.2 and was organised by nevermores Kyle Eve-Townsend and Braxton Jones. 90 people signed up and some asked to join the second game (which sadly didn't happen). There was no definitive winner, as there were still 17 people left on Closing Day. <br />
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===2014===<br />
A version of this was adopted at Carlisle, called Assassin/Word Assassin as Blammo/Spoons was banned as an apparent "hazard". Rather than using spoons, each assassin had a word that they had to get their target to say. For a first time attempt, it worked pretty well, with an initial 157 people signed up. The first Assassin God of Carlisle was Tony Topol, and the first two Deities were Karan Tandon, and Jason Mickenberg, all 14.1 Nevermores. The first year's winner had to go down to kill count due to 15 people being left alive at the end of the game, and that winner, and next Assassin God was Andrew Javems. We hope to see this continued at CAR 14.2, if some people can take the initiative to organize it.<br />
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At Lancaster 14.1, Robby Feffer won Blammo with 13(?) kills. RA Audrey Drewing came in second place with 7 kills. Towards the end, Audrey took to asking people to sacrifice themselves so that she could win. Obviously, this was a bad strategy. Blammo spoons were red.<br />
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At SAR 14.2, Kimmy Katz's giant Blammo spoon was passed down to Alex Goodisman who ran possibly the smoothest Blammo game seen at Saratoga yet. Unlike in previous years at SAR, the dining hall was not a safe zone, which resulted in much faster eliminations. However, five people were still left in by Passionfruit, so it came down to kill count, with nevermore Cindy Ge winning with 11 kills. As all the finalists were squirrels, nevermores, or the woefully irresponsible Josh Taranow, Alex and the rest of the nevermores unanimously elected Jake Garso the Blammo god for SAR 15.2, and Kimmy's giant spoon currently remains in his possession. The Spoon is expected to be passed down at Passionfruit with a Spoonicorn ceremony, as was performed at 14.2.<br />
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At LAN 14.2, the Book of Blammo was officially introduced as a CTY Blammo God/Goddess Tradition when 14.2 Goddess Sharon Lin passed it down to 15.2 goddess Sam Pancoe along with the Dinospoon "Peter." The Book of Blammo is a handbook for recently appointed Blammo Gods/Goddesses with tips and instructions from past Blammo Gods/Goddesses. The book was created by 13.2 Goddess Ashley Wang. <br />
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===2015===<br />
At LOS session 2, over 100 people were left by the last week (although it's doubtful that many people were still actively playing) and so the winner was the player with the most kills. This was Trisha S., with 8 kills. Also, the RAs had their own Blammo game, which was odd to say the least. The winner of the RA Blammo game was Jon Krauss.<br />
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At Lancaster session 1, Tekettay Ludvig (OG Savage) was the winner. Blammo spoons were pink.<br />
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At SUN session 2, blammo sign ups were passed out, but blammo was then banned.<br />
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At JHU 15.2, BLAMMO spoons came in multiple colors and, eventually, dining hall spoons were given Milo-approved tape due to an underestimate of the volume of campers wanting to participate.<br />
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===2016===<br />
At JHU 16.1, BLAMMO was cancelled by CTY administration. This was met with apathy by squirrels, but outrage from all other campers. The STC asked for it to be brought back, but the administration was very firm and clear on the fact that there would be no room for argument. <br />
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At Lancaster, Blammo spoons were Caribbean blue. [[User: Brick|Oliver "Brick" Reinhardt]] was declared the winner with a whopping fourteen kills, with RA Asher coming in second place with nine kills. Victoria brought a serving spoon from home (affectionately called Steefanie) for blammo gods to hold when one was not holding Gregory.<br />
It should be noted that Gregory is a very fragile old fabric spoon and should be handled with some degree of care. Victoria had to fix some holes in him and add stuffing.<br />
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At LOS 16.1, Blammo was hosted by Jalen Sur and Thomas Brooks. The game was delayed for a few days due to a lack of spoons and the laziness of RA Heaven, but started on the second Friday of the session. Targets, however, were given out the day prior to spoon distribution allowing players a "Scope Day" where they could stalk their targets a day before the game actually began. The game ran itself fairly well until it was discovered that RA Rob had screwed up the target randomization inadvertently creating 8 different games of Blammo.<br />
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At LOS 16.2, the game once again was decided by number of kills. Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place, with seven kills apiece. The RAs played a variant of Blammo with socks instead of spoons.<br />
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16.2 was the first session where the game was brought to Bristol. It was organized by five guys who attended Haverford the year before.<br />
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At EST 16.2, Matt Hom was blammogod and Andrew Crisol was blammo demigod. The game started late, so there were about 10 people left on the last quad time. Likewise, Matt announced the blammo purge, in which NO ONE IS SAFE. Even if one has their spoon they are subject to being blammo'd, and anyone can kill anyone, regardless of target. Tyrone and Jayden were declared co-winners, despite Tyrone being pretty clearly out, but getting salty enough to convince Matt and Andrew that he was blammo'd illegally.<br />
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===2017 (AKA The Year of The Apocalypse)===<br />
At LAN.17.1, the spoons were a wonderful, shining gold. The year had finally come. JHU, the evil overlords of our camp, had decided fun was now dangerous, and subsequently banned blammo. They had valid concerns about stalking, which the students at LAN 17.1 were incredibly open to hear about, and dialogue ensued in LAN between the position holders, the student body, and administrators J*e and Tony. New rules were drafted. After delay and many sleepless nights from the position holders, we finally won. Order was restored to LAN. All is well in the kingdom... for now #2godsnomasters #nobannoforblammo #yourewelcomesession2<br />
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At LAN.17.2, blammo returned and it was larger than ever before. The spoons were supposed to be gold but they were actually an unbelievably ugly green. It may have had more rules and regulations to prevent it from becoming as serious as before, but that didn't stop many people from playing the game. [[User: Jsilvers10 |Jack Silvers]] won with 15 kills, with RA Asher Collins coming second with 10 kills. Final Blammo, as opposed to the regular tradition was a free for all, due to the Blammo God's self- proclaimed laziness.<br />
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===2018===<br />
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At LAN 18.2, Blammo was organized by Caroline Zhao, who spent most of her time in class on her phone (organizing blammo?). The spoons were a Bermuda Blue, coordinating with the Lunch ID cards. Around 350 people played, and for final Blammo, a new format was introduced, combining traditional methods with Michael Zhang's free for all. Caroline separated the 30 people in final Blammo into three groups (cleverly named 1, 2, and 3). She created a final Blammo theme of Lancaster Traditions, including many positions, iconic locations, canon, afterdance, and all sorts of other traditions. Each person got one of these traditions as their identity. Lists of the groups and spoon names were posted on the arches outside the dining hall. People could only kill within their group, but in the group, it was a free for all. This introduced a new level of strategy to the game, as players not only had to base their kills on whoever had a spoon, but also had to investigate what was written on the spoons. This, however meant that people got less kills. The winner was Chloe Chang, with 13 kills, with runner up Simran Sharma with 11 kills, and a tie in third place between Boris Strots and Benjamin Shaman, with 10 kills each.<br />
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==Blammo Gods==<br />
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Below, Blammo Gods who have resided over games are listed by year, site, and session. Please add any missing Blammo Gods that have previously resided over games.<br />
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===Lancaster===<br />
Session 1:<br />
* ∞.1: [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory Spoon]]<br />
* 07.1: Zev Hurwich<br />
* 09.1: Elena Karras<br />
* 11.1: Rudy Garcia and Alex Kohanski<br />
* 12.1: Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob<br />
* 13.1: Ankita Satpathy and Alex Lesnik<br />
* 14.1: Eric Wan and Bonnie Nguyen (when Mahishan Gnanaseharan did not return)<br />
* 15.1: Annika Hildebrandt and [[User:Zoe|Zoe Zmola]] (originally Michelle Dashevsky)<br />
* 16.1: Drew Genuit and [[User:Shprinkles|Victoria "Shprinkles" Provost]] (when Lynnette Jiang could not return)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:sienzala|Sienna Axe]] and [[User:Aidan|Aidan Parker]] (when Jack Frey could not return)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Hillary|Hillary Mak]] and Michael Kissane<br />
* 19.1: [[User:Lindsey.russ|Lindsey Russ]] and [[User:naomilovesspoons|Naomi Abramowicz]]<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 05.2: Mama Will Colmer<br />
* 06.2: Rachel Todd<br />
* 07.2: Laney<br />
* 10.2: Sam Fomon and Declan Kennedy<br />
* 11.2: Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire<br />
* 12.2: Sam Ngan and Mindy Cheng<br />
* 13.2: Sam Ngan and Ashley Wang<br />
* 14.2: [[User:AmigurumiGirl|Sharon Lin]]<br />
* 15.2: Samantha Pancoe<br />
* 16.2: Allie Voltaggio<br />
* 17.2: Michael Zhang ([[User: willChu|Will Chu]] did most of the work)<br />
* 18.2: Caroline Zhao<br />
* 19.2: Annabelle Hinks<br />
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===Saratoga Springs===<br />
At Saratoga Springs, the session one Blammo God is a member of the Royalty. The relic is known as the Blammo God Crown, a cardboard and duct tape crown with a ring of plastic spoons around it. While all the other three session one members of the royalty have authority over Blammo, the Blammo God's decisions in regards to rules and kills are final. The position of Blammo God is tied to one of the Emperor slots and is subsequently passed down at Passionfruit when naming new Royalty. The relic of the Session Two Blammo God is a giant spoon that was first brought to SAR by Alisha Ukani in 2012.2. Since then, it has been passed down to Blammo God successors in a Spoonicorn ceremony at Passionfruit. Future Blammo Gods are elected by the Nevermores of the current year.<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 13.1: RA Jamie Jung<br />
* 14.1: Charlotte Keely and Katie Miles (Empresses) <br />
* 15.1: Griffin Badalamente (Emperor) <br />
* 16.1: Duncan, Carly, Byron, Viky (Royalty)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:AlexBrasileiro|Alexandre Jabor]] (Mr. Blammo God), Gabe, Kaiya and Zivia (Royalty)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Juniorlin.7|Nelson Lin]] (Mr. Blammo God Melon Jr.), [[User:Kaiti Filippou|Kaiti Filippou]], and [[User:Daxuie|Daniel Xu]] (Royalty)<br />
* 19.1 [[User:Robert Sheng|Robert Sheng]] (Mrs. Blammo God), Eric Krieger, [[User:Toostlord|Mary Muromcew]], and [[User:Noorsingh19|Noor Singh]] (Royalty)<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 12.2: Alisha Ukani<br />
* 13.2: Kimberley/Kimmy Katz<br />
* 14.2: Alex Goodisman<br />
* 15.2: Jake Garso<br />
* 16.2 Maeve Brammer<br />
* 17.2: [[User:Hgrauer|Hannah Grauer]]<br />
* 18.2: Brooke Avery<br />
* 19.2: Ashley Jakubowicz<br />
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===Los Angeles===<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 2008.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2009.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2010.1: ?<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2015.1: None<br />
* 2016.1: Jalen Sur and Thomas Brooks<br />
* 2017.1: Nilisha Baid and Zofia Borowska<br />
* 2018.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Amanda Nguyen<br />
* 2019.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Elise Kim<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 2008.2: Emma M. and Lyra<br />
* 2010.2: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Mexican Jesus<br />
* 2013.2: Caitlin H.<br />
* 2014.2: Colin S.<br />
* 2015.2: Cameron T. and Kiki K.<br />
* 2016.2: [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P.]], Jessica Z., and Cameron T.<br />
* 2017.2: [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]], Pearson M., and [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S.]]<br />
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===Baltimore===<br />
* 2009.2: Sam Goldstein<br />
* 2010.1: None<br />
* 2010.2: Trinity<br />
* 2011.2: Karl Heinlein?<br />
* 2012.1: None<br />
* 2012.2: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]]<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Colin Song and many others<br />
* 2015.2: Milo<br />
* 2016.1: Cancelled<br />
* 2018.1: Banned<br />
* 2018.2: Banned<br />
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===Carlisle===<br />
* 2010.2: Max H.<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Carl<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: ?<br />
* 2014.1: Tony Topol, Karan Tandon, and Jason Mickenberg<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Andrew Javems<br />
* 2015.2:<br />
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===Princeton===<br />
* 2010: Race Archibold and Benjamin Boult<br />
* 2011: Logan Phillips, Arthur Dashan, Julia Tanaka, ???<br />
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===Easton===<br />
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Session 1<br />
<br />
* 2017.1: Aja Saldana (Demigods were Austin Szatrowski and Hannah Cohen)<br />
* 2018.1 Austin Szatrowski<br />
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Session 2<br />
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* 2013.2: Kyle Eve-Townsend and Braxton Jones<br />
* 2014.2: Dean Dijour and Jake Lawyer<br />
* 2015.2: Matt Hom and James Kim<br />
* 2016.2: Matt Hom and Andrew Crisol<br />
* 2017.2: Sophia Phaltankar, Meagan Wong, Phillip Alexeev<br />
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===CLI SFSU===<br />
* 2007: Peter Treadway<br />
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===BRISTOL===<br />
* 2016.2: Justin (JZ) Zhao, Haeju Jeong, Justin (Adel) Adel, Sangmin (Sang) Lee<br />
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[[Category:Lancaster Traditions]]</div>Ctyerhttps://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Blammo&diff=48309Blammo2018-09-02T21:49:14Z<p>Ctyer: /* Los Angeles */</p>
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<div>[[File:BlammoSpoon.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|A Blammo spoon from Lancaster 16.1 numbered 210.]]<br />
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[[Blammo]] is a popular [[Lancaster]] and [[Easton]] game, recently adopted at [[Los Angeles]], [[Loudonville]], [[Baltimore]], [[Saratoga]], [[Bristol]] and [[Carlisle]]. The game is also commonly spelled "Blamo" or "Blamm-o." Two rounds usually occur each session (even if the first/second doesn't finish), but get in early.<br />
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==Rules==<br />
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The organizer of a game of Blammo is designated that game's "God." He or she supervises every aspect of the game, including making the list, distributing spoons, keeping track of blammoed players, sorting out disputes, keeping track of who is stalking whom, etc. S/he also has the ability to Godblammo regular players and remove them from the game, regardless of any otherwise applicable Blammo rules.<br />
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Any who would like to play must search out the current game's God, usually in the [[Alcove]] during meals. When the game begins, God hands a plastic spoon to and designates a target for each player. The players then go through their daily lives while quietly stalking their targets. Each player must learn to function holding his or her spoon. When a player sees his/her target without a spoon, outside of designated safe zones/times, s/he should run up and playfully hit the target with his/her spoon and yell "BLAMMO!" The target would then be out. The player then has the right to relieve his/her former target of their spoon, asks who they were stalking, and pursues that target in the same manner. All Blammos should be reported to God, as well as disputes.<br />
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Spoons must be held with an active muscle that is not one's mouth. Some exceptions to this are the Holy Trinity and the Blammo Gods at Lancaster. If a spoon is in a grail or [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory]] and one is holding either, it counts as holding the spoon. When one is swinging a glowstick, even if it is merely in a circle, one cannot be blammoed. Ravers get a five second cushion before and after picking up glowsticks in which they are safe from being blammoed.<br />
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==Forewarning==<br />
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Please note that BLAMMO (Baltimore's version of blammo) has many variances in game play. DO NOT go to JHU and try to play BLAMMO with the rules stated above, as many important factors (such as safe zones/times, etc.) are quite different. Seek out the God/Goddess of BLAMMO and find out what exactly is different by reading the Tome of BLAMMO. If you are ignorant of the differences in BLAMMO by your own accord, yet sign up for BLAMMO anyway, the BLAMMO divinity WILL NOT replace your spoon, put you back in the game, etc. <br />
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==On Spoons==<br />
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A player must carry his/her spoon with an active muscle. This means no pockets, backpacks, tucking it behind an ear, or taping it anywhere on your body. Spoons may be attached to parts of the body, but must still be held voluntarily. For example, if a player duct tapes a spoon to her hand, but does not grip it, it does not count as holding a spoon. At SAR 14.2, the requirement was changed from "active muscle" to "expending effort" in order to reduce ambiguity.<br />
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The spoon must be reasonably visible at all times. No hiding it under towels, hats, etc. Hypothetically being able to see it while looking up from under the person does not count.<br />
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The entire spoon must be physically held. If parts of the spoon are broken, then those parts must be held voluntarily, although only one part needs to be visible. Tiny spoonflakes or an itty-bitty sliver may be lost without consequence, but a noticible chunk missing equates to the non-holding of the spoon. [Nixxi's Commentary: When I lost the spoon part and only had the handle left, I kept the handle in my mouth like the spoon was actually in my mouth. The person stalking me actually got fooled until I got a new spoon ^__^]<br />
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MSham's note: Because of the health office's fears of infection, spoons are no longer allowed to be held in the mouth for an unreasonable amount of time. Glowstringers are safe if they are practicing and cannot hold the spoon in their hands. Violators are Godblammoed. This policy was enforced at LAN 10.2<br />
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Player may say "Blammo!" to any person they wish (including kind RAs and students not playing or already out), but a player is only out when Blammoed by their stalker. Debates should be taken to the God of the current game.<br />
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06.2 - When the game begins to run over, Rachel took to ousting players with the Jesus staff (which had a spoon taped to it) when they did not have their spoons.<br />
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==Safe Zones/Times==<br />
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Ultimately, rules vary by God, but these are good guidelines.<br />
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* One is safe in their own room, although not anybody elses's. (in LAN 16.1/EST 17.1 the blammo gods enforced that one is safe "wherever their mattress is," to make sleepovers safe.)<br />
* One is safe while in a bathroom and/or sinkroom. (At LOS/EST this was limited to being in bathroom stalls or showering.)<br />
* One is safe during official dance hours at official dance locations (not Afterdances or while walking to and from dances). The dance official ends immediately after the customary exchange of "Nobody loves you! / We love you!" (Comment: Anything dance related was safe in 08.1, but not the last dance. In 09.1, the "dance=safe, Afterdance =/= safe" rule was reinstated.)[Comment: in LOS, Dances were not safe and many people were blammoed during dances.]<br />
* One is safe while in the classroom, while class is in session (i.e., breaks are fair game). Players have been known to be blammoed while returning from a trip to the bathroom. [Nixxi's Commentary: One is not safe, however, walking from one classroom to another. Class time and classroom are different. Class in session is really vague. REMEMBER PETE?]<br />
* One is usually exempted from holding one's spoon in lab activities during which it would be dangerous.<br />
* One is safe during Activities during which it is unreasonable and insensible to be holding a spoon. For example, Weis Sports would be safe, whereas Naptime is fair game. At SAR, active activities are blammo-free whereas passive activities are not safe. (At LOS, activities are not safe unless one of the RAs in charge says it is.)<br />
* One is safe after lights out, even if in another person's room for a sleepover. However, one can be blammoed the next morning while still in the room (after 6:00 AM).<br />
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==Fun/Strategy==<br />
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Blammo anyone without a spoon who you know is playing, and pretend to be their stalker (fess up before it gets too out of hand).<br />
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Blammo your target while they are throwing their spoon up in the air, after they put it down for a split second (this takes very close stalking).<br />
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Blammo your target RIGHT after "[[American Pie]]" (the dance) ends. (In 09.1 at LAN during the second dance, "BLAMMO!" could be heard all around the Quad right after [[User:dtree1992|Daniel Tracht]] called the Afterdance. A few people were blammoed during the Afterdance as well)<br />
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Blammo your target right at 3:01 (Technically you're not in class) [Arugula: This happened to me when Nick Marcou blammo'd me during a late HDIS field trip that lasted 'til 3:15 (It was in a hospital and I was convinced to keep my dirty spoon in my pocket, arggghhh)][in 09.1 all of field trip time was safe]<br />
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Pretend to be someone else when you are Blammoed (fess up before it gets too out of hand).<br />
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Hold your spoon in your mouth, between your toes, or in other odd places.<br />
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Hold your spoon under your arm, making sure it's visible to anyone who looks-which isn't many people. If the spoons are clear this is especially effective for stalker detection.<br />
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At LAN.2, if you hold more than one spoon in your active muscles, it's effectively no spoons. You are only protected and able to blammo when you have one spoon.<br />
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Get a fake spoon as a backup to carry in your pocket. However, if your stalker does Blammo you while you have your fake spoon, you are still out. Only official spoons issued before the game begins count. Official replacement spoons may be distributed, but this is at the the discretion of God; in this case, only the most recent spoon counts. (Spoons from KiVO at Lancaster were used effectively as decoys during the second round in 08.1 when the spoons were white, but if you had an observant stalker, you were pretty much screwed.) (at LOS any spoon could be used as long as it was plastic. People have been known to buy boxes of plastic spoons from Ralph's on weekend trips and to take some from the cafeteria.)<br />
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Wrap/mummify your spoon in [[duct tape]] and/or write things on it. Or give it a duct tape cape, hat, earmuffs, humvee, etc. [In 09.1 Elena outlawed this by instituting a "50% rule" meaning 50% of the spoon must be uncovered] [In LMU and SAR 25% of the spoon should be visible at all times] [At JHU 50% of the spoon must be visible for one to be safe.]<br />
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Tip for those at SAR: Raving was considered safe, but only if one was ''actively swinging a glow stick''. The majority of the ravers were blammoed while transitioning or while learning a new move. This editor was stupid enough to unknowling lend his glowsticks to his stalker so she could "practice a 3 beat" and was blammoed while reaching for his spoon in his pocket. '''Keep the spoon in your mouth!'''<br />
(as of 2014.1 Spoons are not allowed to be held by the mouth due to RA safety rules)<br />
(As of 18.2 ravers are no longer protected by the rules)<br />
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*Side Tip: If you happen to be chewing a spoon long enough, you can bend it over so that you can hook it on your lip for easy raving. Only clamp down and hold it actively when stalkers are near/you stop swinging your glowstick. <br />
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Protip: Keep your stalker away by pretending to be his/her stalker!<br />
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Get a friend to remove your target's spoon by saying eg. "Oh, that's not the right way to hold it, it doesn't count" or "Wait what happened to your spoon! Can I see it?" Once removed, Blammo them ASAP.<br />
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Slightly more unfair strategies, the legality of which are up to the Blammo god's discretion.<br />
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The rules forbid the forceful removal of one's spoon, but the same rule does not apply to glowsticks. Grabbing a pair of raving strings from a target's hand to blammo them is within the game rules.<br />
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Blammo someone during a sleepover at 6.01, when most people are probably asleep. Just make sure to wake them up first. This usually requires some planning to jam a locked door, or to have an accomplice in the sleepover. [Note: in LAN 16.1 the blammo gods enforced that one is safe "wherever their mattress is," to make sleepovers safe.]<br />
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Force someone to "conceal" their spoon by wrapping their hand in a towel or similar object.<br />
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==Past Games==<br />
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===2005===<br />
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Will Colmer presided over both Blammo games in 05.2. The second game's winning title was shared by Iris Hood and Nikka Rosenstein. --Nixxi 19:57, 12 Aug 2006 (MST)<br />
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===2006===<br />
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[[User:Sanityforlosers|Rachel Todd]] was God for the extremely extensive first game of Blammo, and taped a spoon to the Jesus staff. She only Godblammoed those who did not have their spoons; however, as the second week's end approached, she took out everyone with no kills, and so on. The 06.2 game was so unbelievably long that it never ended; four people "won." (I declared Lowell the winner because out of the four he had the most kills. ~Rachel) The next game had two Gods, Kai and Rosie, was limited to 42 people, and also continued without close.<br />
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===2007===<br />
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Zev presided over both games of the 07.1 session. The first game had 42 people, and was played with straws. This game was ill-played and quickly became two circles of stalkers. The next game of Blammo was with spoons. This game was huge(68 people) and was never finished. Many of the people were in both games of Blammo. This year, there were no "true winners". (Zev would like to say the reason there were circles was not because of the list; it was perfect when Zev checked it over.)<br />
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Laney was the main Blammo God of 07.2, although there were one or two unofficial games. The first game of Blammo was limited to 42 people, but so many people were angry at their exclusion that the RAs forced her to either start a new, nonexclusive game or shut down the existing one. People who wanted to be in the second game were supposed to give their names to their RAs. Eventually a new game started, but Laney never received a list of names and is extremely fuzzy on how the new game came about or who was organizing it. [[User:EB Saldana|EB Saldaña]] won the 42-person game on the last day, due to the end of camp.<br />
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(Also, Laney would like to say that ending up with two circles of stalkers is poor planning on Zev's part, and if everyone used her organization method all would be fine - but she has shared that method only with a handful of people, since otherwise people would be able to actually understand her coded lists.) (Yeah, how do you get two circles?? --Max) (The second game was run by Siri, but it wasn't very organized... nobody reported their kills and a lot of people didn't have stalkers or were being double-stalked. -The Fjørker) (Indeed. When we signed up we were asked if we wanted to stalk somebody random, or somebody on our hall. Given the staggering number of people playing, most of us chose hall-mates, so there were numerous hall-size circles. As of this moment I am still my own stalker. ~Mint Sharpie)<br />
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Blammo was also played at CTY CLI SFSU in 2007, in which Peter Treadway was the Blammo God, and Jayme Weber won... it was a completely campuswide game which had a really cool effect... lots of faculty/staff played too. Jayme Weber and Chris Ramsey were known as the "Blammo couple" as they were incredibly intense about it... Chris came in 2nd<br />
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===2008===<br />
*Due to an influx of former Lancaster students at [[Siena]] in 08.1, two games of Blammo were played with spoons during that session, with Becca G. as God. Neither had a satisfactory conclusion.<br />
*Two games of Blammo were played at [[Los Angeles]] in 08.1. The first was a rather small game, led by [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]] as God. This ended in a tie, at which point one of the two winners chose to drop their spoon and lose. The second game, with Sarah S(ch). as God, began with a large number of people. In the first day, roughly five people went out. [[User:Emmatheduck|Emma M.]] won the second Blammo game, and was awarded a chocolate straw. Both games were played with spoons.<br />
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Also, two games were played at [[Los Angeles]] in 08.2. The first was a game of about 15 people, and Emma was God of that game. Except for three people[Bri, Allegra/Jackie, and Chelsea], everybody was out by the first dance; however, after Bri. "commited suicide"[aka dropping her spoon on purpose], the game continued into Saturday. A dual loss was planned, however, Chelsea, who was in the same hall as Allegra, blammoed her merely an hour before the loss was planned. The second game that was played was God-ed[?] by Lyra, a flying squirrel from LAN.07.1. Many people were blammoed within the first day [the writer of this section remembers blammoing 5 people simply during dinner] but a group of people [even though they knew who was stalking whom] continued playing until the second dance. This time, the dual loss that was planned [between Danika and Chelsea] was actually carried out. They both ceremoniously tossed their spoons up in the air and simultaneously blammoed each other, thereby ending the game.<br />
Coincidentally, of the four blammo gods at LOS in 2008, 3 of them lived in the same room, and two of them were flying-squirrels from lancaster. (Maggie and Sarah were roommates, and Lyra was in their room second session. Maggie was also a flying squirrel.)<br />
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===2009===<br />
Elena Karras was Blammo God at Lancaster in 09.1, and there were three games. The first one was fairly well organized, and got down to about 20 people. The second game was only what could be described as a mess, with circles springing up all over the place due to people with the same name and the general craziness of the first weekend when Elena did the target list. Elena eventually declaring that anyone could blammo anyone in the second game who was not carrying a spoon. The third was fine, and even the DRL and some RAs played. (There was much rejoicing when RA Charlie blammoed DRL Scary Matt.) However, midway through the session, the Health Office started confiscating spoons, declaring them vectors for the flu. All games of Blammo were ended on the 2nd Friday by Elena, and everyone still in was declared a winner.<br />
One game of blammo was played at the Los Angeles site in 09.1, with [[User:Enigmatic telemarketer|Maggie G.]] as god. It was larger than the games in 2008, but still a fairly small game, with about 30 people playing. It was won by Emily C. during week 2. Sarah Sch. started to organize a second game, but it was called off because of the flu.<br />
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===2010===<br />
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This year second session was the first time Blammo was ever announced at second session hall meetings, and this resulted in a huge game, setting a record of 208 players. [[User:Sqfnyc|Sam Fomon]] started as God, but because of the massive number of people wanting to sign up she soon enlisted the help of Declan Kennedy as co-God, and the game was broken into four smaller simultaneous games. Sam with her mighty Dinospoon ran two, while Declan in his Pedofox hat ran the other two. Many players were told what game they were in, some were not, but overall there was the same mass confusion that always exists in the beginning stages of Blammo. This game, however, came with a bit of a twist. Anyone who has ever played Blammo is familiar with the sound of fifty people asking "Have you ever heard of _____ _____?" This game, Ryan Cebulko wrote down the names of everyone who asked, and he wrote down the people they were looking for. He asked nearly every player in the game, and eventually constructed the entire Blammo list. Called by some the Oracle, he gave information to people who had helped him, and kept the information from those who didn't. He also used his reputation of having "the list" to mislead his own target, who he promptly Blammoed during a chess game in Thomas lounge. As it turned out, second Thursday this year was to be judgement day. Sam and Declan quite mercilessly God-blammoed any players they could find with one or fewer kills. Later on in the day, after receiving a trident fashioned from spoons and duct tape by Jonah Spear, Declan found much joy in God-blammoing the remaining players who didnt have enough kills. The total number of players was blammoed down to a final 20 players, and this was when it got interesting. Sam's roommate Rowan Matney used her magical powers and some colored duct tape to create 18 fantastic characters from spoons, and Sam created two others. Each of these character spoons was given to one of the Blammo finalists, along with their new target. Rather than getting their target's name, though, each player was given a target spoon character, such as Spoongebob or Luke Spoonwalker. By the end of the first day of the all-star game, Ryan had compiled the list of players and their corresponding spoons, as well as everyone's target and stalker. At Passionfruit on the last day, Sam and Declan called up the six survivors: Logan Castrucci, Bobby Pinter, Ryan Cebulko, Katherine Lacey, Helen Tang, and Jess Hui. The two took turns God-blammoing the players based on kill count, and Ryan was named the winner of LAN.10.2 Blammo. The Dinospoon has been passed onto him, as a trophy and as a scepter to be shared with Graeme McGuire next year, as it has been decided that the two will be co-godding the game off 2011.<br />
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Novelty Spoons of LAN.10.2:<br />
-Spoonderella<br />
-Spoon in the Hat<br />
-Spoonbledoore<br />
-Link Spoon<br />
-Artspoon Dent<br />
-Jespoon<br />
-Luke Spoonwalker<br />
-Frankenspoon's Monster<br />
-Froto Bagspoon<br />
-Rock Lobspoon<br />
-Spoongebob<br />
-Abe Lincspoon<br />
-Spoonzilla<br />
-Mickey Spoon<br />
-Albert Einspoon<br />
-Spoonlock Holmes<br />
-Wicked Spoon of the West<br />
-Harry Spooner<br />
-Neil Armspoon<br />
-Jack Spoonrow<br />
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Also, a game of Blammo was started in Carlisle 2nd session by a group of former Lancastrians<br />
. Max H was the God and he managed to enroll 67 players by going to the meet market and asking random people. However, this caught the attention of the administration and some way or another, they deemed the game too dangerous because it involved "stabbing others intentionally with spoons". The day the round started, plastic spoons were officially contraband. This was met with fierce opposition, especially by nevermores who grew tired of the site's lack of tradition. In their defiance, players carried around their spoons in secret, hiding it from RAs yet still maintaining visibility, which allowed for interesting gameplay. However, the majority of the players were afraid of getting caught and potentially facing disciplinary actions, so they dropped out (without telling Max). By then the game was basically screwed over, with players blammo-ing people who quit. In the end, Max decided to call it off and settle it between the final four players in his own hall by declaring a sudden death in which spoons no longer offered protection. Kevin D. won, with a triple kill by blammo-ing two and then projectiling the spoon to the final player, all within moments after the sudden death was declared.<br />
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Baltimore has its own variant of Blammo (there called BLAMMO, in all caps) which first occurred in 09.2 with Sam Goldstein as God. In 10.2 Sam's successor, Trinity (who was also the Empress of Passionfruit) led a session of BLAMMO that had two rounds, the first with approximately 60 people and the other with well over 100. The first round ended in a sudden death, with student Daniel Galvez winning. The second round had no winner, and thus all players were destroyed in the BLAMMO-tical Apocalypse. Both rounds had a variety of players, including students, RAs, TAs, Instructors, Administration, and one lunch lady. Goddess Trinity, during her BLAMMO reign, created the Most Holy and Epic Tome of BLAMMO (see Lexicon) which was passed on during 10.2 Passionfruit to onemore Karl Heinlein.<br />
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This year, Princeton had blammo. In 2010 is was presided over by Race Archibold and Benjamin Boult. The game was intense. On the morning of Passionfruit, 8 people remained. Two dropped their spoons and ran for their lives and one was eliminated through a silly voice competition. I believe that left 5 finalists, whom all became God. These included Logan Phillips, Arthur Dashan, Julia Tanaka, and 3 others.<br />
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===2011===<br />
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LAN 11.1 had exactly 314 players in a game run by Alex Kohanski, and later, due to the massive number of players and cruel jokes heaped upon him, Rudy Garcia. The game was split up into 6 sub-games, which merged into a 36-person final game in the last week. There were officially 29 winners. <br />
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LAN 11.2 had nearly 380 players in a game run by Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire.<br />
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CAR 11.2's god was a guy named Carl. He was actually playing, and delegated the administration t an aid named Andrea. He got my roommate.<br />
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Some people surrendered because the stalking was too intense. <br />
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===2012===<br />
Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob jointly ran Blammo first session, signing up more than 420 players. They also began "Shirtless Blammo God Time" which soon spread from just the two of them to their whole hall and eventually to the entire CTY Lancaster campus. This soon led to discussions of whether or not chest hair was an active muscle and thus legal to hold a spoon with. All silliness aside, two top players emerged from the 19 finalists of the final game, Michael Ing and Bob, each with six kills. Also, Jerry Zhu was the crowd's favorite. Adam Chang, as punishment for bothering Eidan during sign-ups, was given the target "V", and asked to kill an idea. V was removed from the game as soon as Adam was eliminated by Katie Wolff. Notable blammos also include the Alex chain, in which Bob arranged all players named Alex (around 12) to stalk one another in the game, including at least one pair who were roommates. The most kills overall belonged to player Fysal Alkayyal, who managed to eliminate 7 players before being blammoed himself. Bob and Eidan ended the game at Passionfruit, where they also passed down their spoons to Alexandra Lesnik and Ankita Satpathy, with the hopes they will continue Blammo at Lancaster '13.1 and continue shirtless blammo god time. In addition, Bob put his spoon inside a giant stuffed yellow spoon with a mustache, who was fondly named Gregory.<br />
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Blammo for LAN 12.2 had a total of 461 players. It was run by Samantha Ngan and Mindy Cheng. The game was very well organized. Players were given stickers with two letter combinations as to avoid alphabetizing the players names. Purges happened every three days. In the end, the winner was Nicholas Richardson with eight kills total and three in the all-stars round. Runner up was Allison Tielking with eight kills throughout the whole game. The spoons this year were of poor quality and people would constantly ask for new ones. Sam and Mindy went to CVS to buy more spoons during the first weekend. These spoons were later called the "A" spoons because there was an "A" on the front and "Fruit Punch Squad" on the back. These were better quality than the others. 24 spoons were set aside to create the all-star spoons, based on countries because of the Olympics this year. The all-star spoons were given to the last 24 players and Blammo lasted until Passionfruit. Sam and Mindy will also be the Blammo gods in 13.2 and they plan on using the same system as 12.2.<br />
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LMU 12.2 was a beautiful year for Blammo. It was entirely student-run, and when I say student run I specifically mean run completely by Mexican Jesus, or just "Jesus" for short. He collected all names and then on his own comprised a brilliant system he saw through to the end. When Social Time came on the first Wednesday, the Holy Trinity which consisted of Fury, Jesus, and Zoe H. (AKA Wozie), stood on the rim of the fountain outside of Doheny and, through a ceremony that turned out to be pretty cult-like (it's alright though, Dane Holding was seen showing off a dazzling smile as he strolled by the fountain), 75 players were assigned spoons due to the metal spoons in the dining hall in the first week. Jesus was God for the remainder of the session, and there were several smiling people left alive when the last day came along.<br />
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JHU 12.2 was a messy, disorganized game. Roughly a hundred kids signed up, but soon, many complaints surfaced about how some people were stalking the same target, and a couple people mentioned that no one had enforced the report-your-kill policy. High hopes have been raised in light that [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]], nevermore of 2013, will prove herself to be a capable, benevolent and just Goddess of BLAMMO.<br />
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===2013===<br />
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This year, SAR.13.1 finally was involved in the wonderful game known as Blammo. Previous attempts to organize one had been made by Gia Rigoli the year before, but this year Blammo was successfully organized by RA Jamie Jung. If you happen to know the definable winner of SAR.13.1, please post.<br />
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"Shirtless Blammo God Time" was not performed at LAN 13.1 for very obvious reasons (see the above section). Eric Wan intends on bringing it back next year. Blammo spoons were multicolored.<br />
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Also in 2013, over half of the CTY population at SAR.13.2 participated in a camp-wide Blammo tournament organized by the lovely Onemore and future Empress Kimberley (Kimmy) Katz (aka the Blammo Goddess), who attracted interested CTYers with a giant spoon and her warm smile. Second sessioners were also known to fall asleep at ISOs still clutching their spoons in fear of being Blammoed. <br />
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The first site wide game was played at EST.13.2 and was organised by nevermores Kyle Eve-Townsend and Braxton Jones. 90 people signed up and some asked to join the second game (which sadly didn't happen). There was no definitive winner, as there were still 17 people left on Closing Day. <br />
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===2014===<br />
A version of this was adopted at Carlisle, called Assassin/Word Assassin as Blammo/Spoons was banned as an apparent "hazard". Rather than using spoons, each assassin had a word that they had to get their target to say. For a first time attempt, it worked pretty well, with an initial 157 people signed up. The first Assassin God of Carlisle was Tony Topol, and the first two Deities were Karan Tandon, and Jason Mickenberg, all 14.1 Nevermores. The first year's winner had to go down to kill count due to 15 people being left alive at the end of the game, and that winner, and next Assassin God was Andrew Javems. We hope to see this continued at CAR 14.2, if some people can take the initiative to organize it.<br />
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At Lancaster 14.1, Robby Feffer won Blammo with 13(?) kills. RA Audrey Drewing came in second place with 7 kills. Towards the end, Audrey took to asking people to sacrifice themselves so that she could win. Obviously, this was a bad strategy. Blammo spoons were red.<br />
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At SAR 14.2, Kimmy Katz's giant Blammo spoon was passed down to Alex Goodisman who ran possibly the smoothest Blammo game seen at Saratoga yet. Unlike in previous years at SAR, the dining hall was not a safe zone, which resulted in much faster eliminations. However, five people were still left in by Passionfruit, so it came down to kill count, with nevermore Cindy Ge winning with 11 kills. As all the finalists were squirrels, nevermores, or the woefully irresponsible Josh Taranow, Alex and the rest of the nevermores unanimously elected Jake Garso the Blammo god for SAR 15.2, and Kimmy's giant spoon currently remains in his possession. The Spoon is expected to be passed down at Passionfruit with a Spoonicorn ceremony, as was performed at 14.2.<br />
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At LAN 14.2, the Book of Blammo was officially introduced as a CTY Blammo God/Goddess Tradition when 14.2 Goddess Sharon Lin passed it down to 15.2 goddess Sam Pancoe along with the Dinospoon "Peter." The Book of Blammo is a handbook for recently appointed Blammo Gods/Goddesses with tips and instructions from past Blammo Gods/Goddesses. The book was created by 13.2 Goddess Ashley Wang. <br />
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===2015===<br />
At LOS session 2, over 100 people were left by the last week (although it's doubtful that many people were still actively playing) and so the winner was the player with the most kills. This was Trisha S., with 8 kills. Also, the RAs had their own Blammo game, which was odd to say the least. The winner of the RA Blammo game was Jon Krauss.<br />
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At Lancaster session 1, Tekettay Ludvig (OG Savage) was the winner. Blammo spoons were pink.<br />
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At SUN session 2, blammo sign ups were passed out, but blammo was then banned.<br />
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At JHU 15.2, BLAMMO spoons came in multiple colors and, eventually, dining hall spoons were given Milo-approved tape due to an underestimate of the volume of campers wanting to participate.<br />
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===2016===<br />
At JHU 16.1, BLAMMO was cancelled by CTY administration. This was met with apathy by squirrels, but outrage from all other campers. The STC asked for it to be brought back, but the administration was very firm and clear on the fact that there would be no room for argument. <br />
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At Lancaster, Blammo spoons were Caribbean blue. [[User: Brick|Oliver "Brick" Reinhardt]] was declared the winner with a whopping fourteen kills, with RA Asher coming in second place with nine kills. Victoria brought a serving spoon from home (affectionately called Steefanie) for blammo gods to hold when one was not holding Gregory.<br />
It should be noted that Gregory is a very fragile old fabric spoon and should be handled with some degree of care. Victoria had to fix some holes in him and add stuffing.<br />
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At LOS 16.1, Blammo was hosted by Jalen Sur and Thomas Brooks. The game was delayed for a few days due to a lack of spoons and the laziness of RA Heaven, but started on the second Friday of the session. Targets, however, were given out the day prior to spoon distribution allowing players a "Scope Day" where they could stalk their targets a day before the game actually began. The game ran itself fairly well until it was discovered that RA Rob had screwed up the target randomization inadvertently creating 8 different games of Blammo.<br />
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At LOS 16.2, the game once again was decided by number of kills. Jessica Li and Hannah Wang tied for first place, with seven kills apiece. The RAs played a variant of Blammo with socks instead of spoons.<br />
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16.2 was the first session where the game was brought to Bristol. It was organized by five guys who attended Haverford the year before.<br />
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At EST 16.2, Matt Hom was blammogod and Andrew Crisol was blammo demigod. The game started late, so there were about 10 people left on the last quad time. Likewise, Matt announced the blammo purge, in which NO ONE IS SAFE. Even if one has their spoon they are subject to being blammo'd, and anyone can kill anyone, regardless of target. Tyrone and Jayden were declared co-winners, despite Tyrone being pretty clearly out, but getting salty enough to convince Matt and Andrew that he was blammo'd illegally.<br />
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===2017 (AKA The Year of The Apocalypse)===<br />
At LAN.17.1, the spoons were a wonderful, shining gold. The year had finally come. JHU, the evil overlords of our camp, had decided fun was now dangerous, and subsequently banned blammo. They had valid concerns about stalking, which the students at LAN 17.1 were incredibly open to hear about, and dialogue ensued in LAN between the position holders, the student body, and administrators J*e and Tony. New rules were drafted. After delay and many sleepless nights from the position holders, we finally won. Order was restored to LAN. All is well in the kingdom... for now #2godsnomasters #nobannoforblammo #yourewelcomesession2<br />
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At LAN.17.2, blammo returned and it was larger than ever before. The spoons were supposed to be gold but they were actually an unbelievably ugly green. It may have had more rules and regulations to prevent it from becoming as serious as before, but that didn't stop many people from playing the game. [[User: Jsilvers10 |Jack Silvers]] won with 15 kills, with RA Asher Collins coming second with 10 kills. Final Blammo, as opposed to the regular tradition was a free for all, due to the Blammo God's self- proclaimed laziness.<br />
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===2018===<br />
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At LAN 18.2, Blammo was organized by Caroline Zhao, who spent most of her time in class on her phone (organizing blammo?). The spoons were a Bermuda Blue, coordinating with the Lunch ID cards. Around 350 people played, and for final Blammo, a new format was introduced, combining traditional methods with Michael Zhang's free for all. Caroline separated the 30 people in final Blammo into three groups (cleverly named 1, 2, and 3). She created a final Blammo theme of Lancaster Traditions, including many positions, iconic locations, canon, afterdance, and all sorts of other traditions. Each person got one of these traditions as their identity. Lists of the groups and spoon names were posted on the arches outside the dining hall. People could only kill within their group, but in the group, it was a free for all. This introduced a new level of strategy to the game, as players not only had to base their kills on whoever had a spoon, but also had to investigate what was written on the spoons. This, however meant that people got less kills. The winner was Chloe Chang, with 13 kills, with runner up Simran Sharma with 11 kills, and a tie in third place between Boris Strots and Benjamin Shaman, with 10 kills each.<br />
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==Blammo Gods==<br />
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Below, Blammo Gods who have resided over games are listed by year, site, and session. Please add any missing Blammo Gods that have previously resided over games.<br />
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===Lancaster===<br />
Session 1:<br />
* ∞.1: [[User:Lancasterblammo|Gregory Spoon]]<br />
* 07.1: Zev Hurwich<br />
* 09.1: Elena Karras<br />
* 11.1: Rudy Garcia and Alex Kohanski<br />
* 12.1: Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob<br />
* 13.1: Ankita Satpathy and Alex Lesnik<br />
* 14.1: Eric Wan and Bonnie Nguyen (when Mahishan Gnanaseharan did not return)<br />
* 15.1: Annika Hildebrandt and [[User:Zoe|Zoe Zmola]] (originally Michelle Dashevsky)<br />
* 16.1: Drew Genuit and [[User:Shprinkles|Victoria "Shprinkles" Provost]] (when Lynnette Jiang could not return)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:sienzala|Sienna Axe]] and [[User:Aidan|Aidan Parker]] (when Jack Frey could not return)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Hillary|Hillary Mak]] and Michael Kissane<br />
* 19.1: [[User:Lindsey.russ]] and [[User:naomilovesspoons|Naomi Abramowicz]]<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 05.2: Mama Will Colmer<br />
* 06.2: Rachel Todd<br />
* 07.2: Laney<br />
* 10.2: Sam Fomon and Declan Kennedy<br />
* 11.2: Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire<br />
* 12.2: Sam Ngan and Mindy Cheng<br />
* 13.2: Sam Ngan and Ashley Wang<br />
* 14.2: [[User:AmigurumiGirl|Sharon Lin]]<br />
* 15.2: Samantha Pancoe<br />
* 16.2: Allie Voltaggio<br />
* 17.2: Michael Zhang ([[User: willChu|Will Chu]] did most of the work)<br />
* 18.2: Caroline Zhao<br />
* 19.2: Annabelle Hinks<br />
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===Saratoga Springs===<br />
At Saratoga Springs, the session one Blammo God is a member of the Royalty. The relic is known as the Blammo God Crown, a cardboard and duct tape crown with a ring of plastic spoons around it. While all the other three session one members of the royalty have authority over Blammo, the Blammo God's decisions in regards to rules and kills are final. The position of Blammo God is tied to one of the Emperor slots and is subsequently passed down at Passionfruit when naming new Royalty. The relic of the Session Two Blammo God is a giant spoon that was first brought to SAR by Alisha Ukani in 2012.2. Since then, it has been passed down to Blammo God successors in a Spoonicorn ceremony at Passionfruit. Future Blammo Gods are elected by the Nevermores of the current year.<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 13.1: RA Jamie Jung<br />
* 14.1: Charlotte Keely and Katie Miles (Empresses) <br />
* 15.1: Griffin Badalamente (Emperor) <br />
* 16.1: Duncan, Carly, Byron, Viky (Royalty)<br />
* 17.1: [[User:AlexBrasileiro|Alexandre Jabor]] (Mr. Blammo God), Gabe, Kaiya and Zivia (Royalty)<br />
* 18.1: [[User:Juniorlin.7|Nelson Lin]] (Mr. Blammo God Melon Jr.), [[User:Kaiti Filippou|Kaiti Filippou]], and [[User:Daxuie|Daniel Xu]] (Royalty)<br />
* 19.1 [[User:Robert Sheng|Robert Sheng]] (Mrs. Blammo God), Eric Krieger, [[User:Toostlord|Mary Muromcew]], and [[User:Noorsingh19|Noor Singh]] (Royalty)<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 12.2: Alisha Ukani<br />
* 13.2: Kimberley/Kimmy Katz<br />
* 14.2: Alex Goodisman<br />
* 15.2: Jake Garso<br />
* 16.2 Maeve Brammer<br />
* 17.2: [[User:Hgrauer|Hannah Grauer]]<br />
* 18.2: Brooke Avery<br />
* 19.2: Ashley Jakubowicz<br />
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===Los Angeles===<br />
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Session 1:<br />
* 2008.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2009.1: Maggie G. and Sarah Sch.<br />
* 2010.1: ?<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2015.1: None<br />
* 2016.1: Jalen Sur and Thomas Brooks<br />
* 2017.1: Nilisha Baid and Zofia Borowska<br />
* 2018.1: Allison Nguyen, Sloan Sciarappo, and Amanda Nguyen<br />
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Session 2:<br />
* 2008.2: Emma M. and Lyra<br />
* 2010.2: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Mexican Jesus<br />
* 2013.2: Caitlin H.<br />
* 2014.2: Colin S.<br />
* 2015.2: Cameron T. and Kiki K.<br />
* 2016.2: [[User:Irisgoddess|Iris P.]], Jessica Z., and Cameron T.<br />
* 2017.2: [[User:Sydney_H.|Sydney H.]], Pearson M., and [[User:Anikasumush|Anika S.]]<br />
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===Baltimore===<br />
* 2009.2: Sam Goldstein<br />
* 2010.1: None<br />
* 2010.2: Trinity<br />
* 2011.2: Karl Heinlein?<br />
* 2012.1: None<br />
* 2012.2: ?<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]]<br />
* 2014.1: ?<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Colin Song and many others<br />
* 2015.2: Milo<br />
* 2016.1: Cancelled<br />
* 2018.1: Banned<br />
* 2018.2: Banned<br />
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===Carlisle===<br />
* 2010.2: Max H.<br />
* 2011.1: ?<br />
* 2011.2: ?<br />
* 2012.1: ?<br />
* 2012.2: Carl<br />
* 2013.1: ?<br />
* 2013.2: ?<br />
* 2014.1: Tony Topol, Karan Tandon, and Jason Mickenberg<br />
* 2014.2: ?<br />
* 2015.1: Andrew Javems<br />
* 2015.2:<br />
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===Princeton===<br />
* 2010: Race Archibold and Benjamin Boult<br />
* 2011: Logan Phillips, Arthur Dashan, Julia Tanaka, ???<br />
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===Easton===<br />
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Session 1<br />
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* 2017.1: Aja Saldana (Demigods were Austin Szatrowski and Hannah Cohen)<br />
* 2018.1 Austin Szatrowski<br />
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Session 2<br />
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* 2013.2: Kyle Eve-Townsend and Braxton Jones<br />
* 2014.2: Dean Dijour and Jake Lawyer<br />
* 2015.2: Matt Hom and James Kim<br />
* 2016.2: Matt Hom and Andrew Crisol<br />
* 2017.2: Sophia Phaltankar, Meagan Wong, Phillip Alexeev<br />
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===CLI SFSU===<br />
* 2007: Peter Treadway<br />
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===BRISTOL===<br />
* 2016.2: Justin (JZ) Zhao, Haeju Jeong, Justin (Adel) Adel, Sangmin (Sang) Lee<br />
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