https://www.realcty.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Firefly1029&feedformat=atomRealCTY - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:01:12ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.34.1https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=18939User:Firefly10292009-05-19T23:13:40Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>==About Me==<br />
*Hello all, it's Stuart<br />
*I am 15<br />
*I am one of the approximately 4% of Americans who have red hair.<br />
*I can do a Rubik's Cube in 1 min 45 secs<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Years==<br />
===2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I===<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science A, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
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===2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II===<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals B, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
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===2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I===<br />
*RA: Eric Wong<br />
*Bioethics, Erica Laethem/ Frank Januitis<br /><br /><br />
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==CTY Experinces==<br />
===2006===<br />
*Watching the World Cup<br />
*Receiving my first Rubik's Cube in a care package<br />
*Crashing each others computer programs in Class<br />
**Well, really others crashing my programs (grr.)<br />
*Four Square<br />
*Lots of various card games, in which I manged to get owned in all of them<br />
<br />
===2007===<br />
*Playing [[FLAAR]] <br />
*Watching Pokemon<br />
**Don't ask<br />
*Having the most hyper- active kid in the entire camp as your roommate<br />
**One Word: ouch<br />
*Hurting my wrist from playing too much dodge ball<br />
*Eating a firefly<br />
**Yes, I actually ate a firefly. My RA, Jeff, was wondering if one were to eat a firefly, would the glowing fluid in the tail squirt out in your mouth and make your mouth glow. I decided to try it during quad time. The firefly didn't taste that bad, except for the fact that it was dirty. My mouth did glow somewhat. (My roommate video taped it, but wont send me the file ): )<br />
*Doing Sudokus from the morning newspaper<br /><br /><br />
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===2008===<br />
* The health office's least favorite hall. In our hall we had<br />
** 1 panic attack<br />
** 1 suspicious set of scabs along a wrist<br />
** 1 mild 2nd degree burns<br />
** 1 not waking up (this was scary)<br />
** 2 heat exhaustion collapses<br />
** 10 of 10 kids who got a cold in the last week (including me)<br />
* Winning swashbuckler- "''*clap* black *clap* squad''"<br />
* Beating Logic in debate<br />
* peep hole watching at night<br />
* Ultimate Frisbee<br />
* Potatoes<br />
* Eric is a beast<br />
* Wonders if he is getting to old for CTY/CAA...<br />
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May all your sporks stay sharp,<br />
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SMY<br /><br /><br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 More info about me]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Rich_Schellhas&diff=18911Rich Schellhas2009-05-12T14:57:27Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>[[Rich Schellhas]] was the site director of [[Lancaster]] during sessions 00.1, 00.2, 01.2, 02.1 and 02.2. Probably the most beloved site director since Papa Jack, Rich is most often associated with Haribo gummi bears. Known for having a system of positive reinforcement in which CTY staff or students could put a slip of paper in his box describing a praiseworthy act, Rich would then send that CTYer a small package of Haribo gummi bears with a message like "You're doing a great job."<br />
<br />
Rich Schellhas was appreciated by CTYers for his seemingly boundless energy, his good cheer, and the respect with which he treated the staff and students. "Chat with Rich" was a well-attended activity in which students could bring up concerns or suggestions. Rich was also known occasionally to wear a bathrobe on Thursdays.<br />
<br />
There has occasionally been confusion between Rich Schellhas and [[Rich Groff]]; usually, this occurs when Lancastrians of different eras converse.<br />
<br />
Rich used to be a High School Principal at an all-boys school in Baltimore, MD where he taught several CTYers such as [[User:WiiWouldLikeToPlay|Wii]] and [[User:Firefly1029|Firefly]]. As of July 2009, he is a headmaster at a school near Philadelphia, PA.<br />
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[[Category:Lancaster]]<br />
[[Category:Staff]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster Staff]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Rich_Schellhas&diff=18910Rich Schellhas2009-05-12T14:56:48Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>[[Rich Schellhas]] was the site director of [[Lancaster]] during sessions 00.1, 00.2, 01.2, 02.1 and 02.2. Probably the most beloved site director since Papa Jack, Rich is most often associated with Haribo gummi bears. Known for having a system of positive reinforcement in which CTY staff or students could put a slip of paper in his box describing a praiseworthy act, Rich would then send that CTYer a small package of Haribo gummi bears with a message like "You're doing a great job."<br />
<br />
Rich Schellhas was appreciated by CTYers for his seemingly boundless energy, his good cheer, and the respect with which he treated the staff and students. "Chat with Rich" was a well-attended activity in which students could bring up concerns or suggestions. Rich was also known occasionally to wear a bathrobe on Thursdays.<br />
<br />
There has occasionally been confusion between Rich Schellhas and [[Rich Groff]]; usually, this occurs when Lancastrians of different eras converse.<br />
<br />
Rich used to be a High School Principal at an all-boys school in Baltimore, MD where he taught several CTYers such as [[User:WiiWouldLikeToPlay|Wii]] and [[User:Firefly1029|Firefly]]. As of July 2009, He is a headmaster at a school near Philadelphia, PA.<br />
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[[Category:Lancaster]]<br />
[[Category:Staff]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster Staff]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Rich_Schellhas&diff=18909Rich Schellhas2009-05-12T14:55:16Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>[[Rich Schellhas]] was the site director of [[Lancaster]] during sessions 00.1, 00.2, 01.2, 02.1 and 02.2. Probably the most beloved site director since Papa Jack, Rich is most often associated with Haribo gummi bears. Known for having a system of positive reinforcement in which CTY staff or students could put a slip of paper in his box describing a praiseworthy act, Rich would then send that CTYer a small package of Haribo gummi bears with a message like "You're doing a great job."<br />
<br />
Rich Schellhas was appreciated by CTYers for his seemingly boundless energy, his good cheer, and the respect with which he treated the staff and students. "Chat with Rich" was a well-attended activity in which students could bring up concerns or suggestions. Rich was also known occasionally to wear a bathrobe on Thursdays.<br />
<br />
There has occasionally been confusion between Rich Schellhas and [[Rich Groff]]; usually, this occurs when Lancastrians of different eras converse.<br />
<br />
Rich used to be a teaches German, High School Principal at an all-boys school in Baltimore, MD where he taught several current CTYers such as [[User:WiiWouldLikeToPlay|Wii]] and [[User:Firefly1029|Firefly]]. He is now a headmaster at a school in Pennsylvania.<br />
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[[Category:Lancaster]]<br />
[[Category:Staff]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster Staff]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Talk:Sites&diff=18639Talk:Sites2009-01-16T11:51:19Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>According to the catalog, Hawaii is actually a CAA site. (http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/catalogs/os/ossites.html#KNO) [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 16:50, 15 January 2009 (PST)<br />
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I think its both, but I'm not sure...<br />
[[User:Firefly1029|Firefly1029]] 03:51, 16 January 2009 (PST)</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=18553Easton2008-12-30T02:41:58Z<p>Firefly1029: grammer</p>
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The [[Easton]] site is part of the CAA program, like [[Bristol]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site at Lafayette College in 2003, after the Frederick, Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms to accommodate male students. Many students and faculty came to this site from Frederick, and were termed "Hood rats", a reference to the Frederick site being housed at Hood College. Since then, the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Places==<br />
<br />
===Buildings===<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts - Location of Swashbuckler in 08.1.<br />
* Easton Hall - Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm. (it can get really cold in some rooms if the a/c is left on 8 for the entire night or a long time during the day)<br />
* Keefe Hall - Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC).<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, book store, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall - Temporary Dinning hall in 08.1 and 2, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College - Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Kirby Sports Center- Where the pool and gyms are. <br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center - Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center - Usually Science Courses, as well as engineering courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights - Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall - Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
===Quads===<br />
<br />
* Main Quad- A largest quad on the Campus. It is located between the Farinon College Center and the Library. Many outdoor sports activities, such as soccer, wiffle ball, and Ultimate Frisbee were played on the quad. The Main Quad is also the main hang out place after finishing meals. In 08.1 and 2, the main quad was not used as much as the Dining Hall in Farinon was being renovated.<br />
* Easton Quad- A smaller quad located out side of Easton Hall. Quad time takes place here every night. Was the hang out place after meals in O8.1 and 2 as Marquis Hall is on the other side of Easton Quad from Easton Hall. <br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. Many people during 07.2 and 08.2 tried to create a Pajama Day Thursday, which was also less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occurred during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* CAAsino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Flag Football Tournament- Followed the Olympics on the Second Saturday. Was Run by RA and SRA LJ and RA Keith, both of whom played on the Lafayette College football team. If it was available, the event would be held on the Lafayette College's Artificial Turf Football Stadium. After LJ left after 07.2, the event was changed to an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. <br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life-threatening hail, a three-day black out, and brown outs at Lafayette, in addition to major flooding in lower Easton. <br />
** There was a blackout Prior to the the Last Dance for session 1 during 2008. Thanks to the positive song and the CTY gods, the afternoon class session that was supposed to take place before the dance was cancelled, but the power came on just in time for the dance.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Swimming - Offered everyday. It is done in the indoor pool in the Sports Center. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball.(Both activity periods)<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Wiffle Ball/Kickball - Occasionally offered. Was played on the main quad. (Single Activity Period and Both Activity Periods)<br />
* Ultimate Frisbee - Offered twice during 08.1. (Both Activity Periods) <br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, what is done in the activity is secret. (Unknown)<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once, was canceled due to lack of interest. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive. It was canceled the first time due to bad weather. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. <br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered twice during 08.1. During 1 period there were 12 girls and 1 guy.<br />
* Love (Note) Making - Offered by RA's Juliette and Tatianna 04.2-05.2. The period was called Love Note Making, but became known as Love Making. Unfortunatly, this activity died after Juliette left.<br />
* Squirrel Naming - Offered near the end of 08.1 by Owen and Eric. In the beginning it was a chilaxing activity since none of the usual squirrels could be found. However after finding chasing one outside O'Keefe, half the group became inspired. 7 squirrels were named. <br />
* Releasing Your Inner Beast - Also offered by Owen and Eric at the end of 08.1. The activity evolved acting like a beast<br />
* Don't Sign Up for This Activity- Run by Steve in 07.2, The activity was horrible, but those who had signed up had been warned...<br />
* Stepping; Sorority Style - Run by Health Assistant Ify in 07.2, was a stepping activity which was a practice session for a performance in the talent show. <br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
*06.2: During the Olympics, nevermores Kaitlyn Taylor and JT Shepard-Blankenheim went to the health office for pie-throwing related injuries. Health staff drove the two back to the Farinon Quad, inadvertently creating a campus scandal. When the two left the college van near the quad, rumors spread that Kaitlyn and JT left campus to go to Wawa and were caught. Administration overreacted and threatened to revoke certificates of participation before they 'officially' knew what had happened. After a personal meeting with administration two days later, and phone calls home, JT was let back on campus. No disciplinary action was brought against Kaitlyn or JT.<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
* In 08.1, the fire alarms had false alarms several times in Keefe Hall, including once in the middle of the night. Each time a fire truck had to come. The issue was blamed on humidity.<br />
* 08.2 During the second dance, two very notable CAAmpers, Haydn Dufrene and Brian Herrera were dancing to Dragostea Din Tei and were pulled out for "dancing inappropriatly." They were taken out of the dance room and made to sit for the rest of the night. CAAmpers including, Nadya Spice, Lara Hakki Andrea Fields, Giulia Picascia, Danielle Canady, Ash Leigh, Liz Bisaha, Keith Lemaster, Steph Dunn, Keithlyn Parkman, Gloria DiMino, Andrew Hartford, and Octavio Dmitri Roscioli, when Swing, Swing started to play, began singing, and essentially brought the dance to where Haydn and Brian were sitting in isolation. The Administration was so outraged that the group was told that if the students did not return to the Dance room, the music would be turned off and everyone would return to the dorms and there would be no sleepovers. The students did return to the dance room, only to continue the protest when American Pie came on. The students sat in the center of the circle in the beginning and the end of the song. The students created such a disturbance that they were told that there would be no protests during the next dance.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
* '''DON'T SHIT ON THE WALLS!'''<br />
**08.2- there was shit left all over the walls of the boy's bathroom and garbage all over the girl's bathroom, so when they found out, they took away Quad Time until the 'culprits' were found. For one Quad Time, the boys and girls each had 15 in the quad, separately, while the other gender (boys first, then girls) were taken to the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights and sat through about 10 minutes of a lecture given by the SRAs and some RAs. The last 5 minutes were used for 'confessions'. Each person was given a sheet of paper and a pencil and was asked to write down anything they knew about the 'incident' (that's what everyone called it). Even if the person in question didn't know anything about it, they were forced to write 'i do not know anything about this incident' over and over again for 5 minutes. Quad Time was given back shortly after that, though they might not have found the actual 'culprit'. However, as quad time came back, two students, a boy and a girl, got suspended for the rest of the camp. Rumor has it that they were the ones responsible for this incident.<br />
* '''Don't play with the salt in the dining hall'''<br />
** In 08.1, The salt and pepper shakers were taken away and not put in the middle of the tables as usual. This was because students, mostly in Eric's hall, intentionally gave themselves salt burns. Students were told not to do this as it could by the administration as it could apparently cause frostbite. The ban on salt continued into 08.2.<br />
** After the salt was returned in the middle of 08.2, it was again taken away after several students pretended that the salt was drugs. <br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet Mohnkern- another RA who ran great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it (GREEN) partway through the session<br />
* Dustin - For being loved so intensely by the guys AND girls. And also for being such an appealing piece of eye candy. <br />
* Owen A. Reynolds- For singing ''The Longest Time'' by Billy Joel in an amazing duet with Dustin for the 08 talent shows, as well a showing of his musical skills with voice and guitar in a variety if other ways.<br />
* Dan "Danjo" W.- For playing the banjo.<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=18552Easton2008-12-29T22:10:22Z<p>Firefly1029: fire alarm inident</p>
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The [[Easton]] site is part of the CAA program, like [[Bristol]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site at Lafayette College in 2003, after the Frederick, Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms to accommodate male students. Many students and faculty came to this site from Frederick, and were termed "Hood rats", a reference to the Frederick site being housed at Hood College. Since then, the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Places==<br />
<br />
===Buildings===<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts - Location of Swashbuckler in 08.1.<br />
* Easton Hall - Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm. (it can get really cold in some rooms if the a/c is left on 8 for the entire night or a long time during the day)<br />
* Keefe Hall - Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC).<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, book store, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall - Temporary Dinning hall in 08.1 and 2, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College - Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Kirby Sports Center- Where the pool and gyms are. <br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center - Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center - Usually Science Courses, as well as engineering courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights - Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall - Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
===Quads===<br />
<br />
* Main Quad- A largest quad on the Campus. It is located between the Farinon College Center and the Library. Many outdoor sports activities, such as soccer, whiffle ball, and Ultimate Frisbee were played on the quad. The Main Quad is also the main hang out place after finishing meals. However this was not the case during 08.1 and 2 when the dining hall in Farinon College Center was being renovated <br />
* Easton Quad- A smaller quad located out side of Easton Hall. Quad time takes place here every night. Was the hang out place after meals in O8.1 and 2 as Marquis Hall is on the other side of Easton Quad from Easton Hall. <br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. Many people during 07.2 and 08.2 tried to create a Pajama Day Thursday, which was also less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occurred during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* CAAsino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Flag Football Tournament- Followed the Olympics on the Second Saturday. Was Run by RA and SRA LJ and RA Keith, both of whom played on the Lafayette College football team. If it was available, the event would be held on the Lafayette College's Artificial Turf Football Stadium. After LJ left after 07.2, the event was changed to an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. <br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life-threatening hail, a three-day black out, and brown outs at Lafayette, in addition to major flooding in lower Easton. <br />
** There was a blackout Prior to the the Last Dance for session 1 during 2008. Thanks to the positive song and the CTY gods, the afternoon class session that was supposed to take place before the dance was cancelled, but the power came on just in time for the dance.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Swimming - Offered everyday. It is done in the indoor pool in the Sports Center. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball.(Both activity periods)<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Wiffle Ball/Kickball - Occasionally offered. Was played on the main quad. (Single Activity Period and Both Activity Periods)<br />
* Ultimate Frisbee - Offered twice during 08.1. (Both Activity Periods) <br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, what is done in the activity is secret. (Unknown)<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once, was canceled due to lack of interest. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive. It was canceled the first time due to bad weather. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. <br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered twice during 08.1. During 1 period there were 12 girls and 1 guy.<br />
* Love (Note) Making - Offered by RA's Juliette and Tatianna 04.2-05.2. The period was called Love Note Making, but became known as Love Making. Unfortunatly, this activity died after Juliette left.<br />
* Squirrel Naming - Offered near the end of 08.1 by Owen and Eric. In the beginning it was a chilaxing activity since none of the usual squirrels could be found. However after finding chasing one outside O'Keefe, half the group became inspired. 7 squirrels were named. <br />
* Releasing Your Inner Beast - Also offered by Owen and Eric at the end of 08.1. The activity evolved acting like a beast<br />
* Don't Sign Up for This Activity- Run by Steve in 07.2, The activity was horrible, but those who had signed up had been warned...<br />
* Stepping; Sorority Style - Run by Health Assistant Ify in 07.2, was a stepping activity which was a practice session for a performance in the talent show. <br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
*06.2: During the Olympics, nevermores Kaitlyn Taylor and JT Shepard-Blankenheim went to the health office for pie-throwing related injuries. Health staff drove the two back to the Farinon Quad, inadvertently creating a campus scandal. When the two left the college van near the quad, rumors spread that Kaitlyn and JT left campus to go to Wawa and were caught. Administration overreacted and threatened to revoke certificates of participation before they 'officially' knew what had happened. After a personal meeting with administration two days later, and phone calls home, JT was let back on campus. No disciplinary action was brought against Kaitlyn or JT.<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
* In 08.1, the fire alarms had false alarms several times in Keefe Hall, including once in the middle of the night. Each time a fire truck had to come. The issue was blamed on humidity.<br />
* 08.2 During the second dance, two very notable CAAmpers, Haydn Dufrene and Brian Herrera were dancing to Dragostea Din Tei and were pulled out for "dancing inappropriatly." They were taken out of the dance room and made to sit for the rest of the night. CAAmpers including, Nadya Spice, Lara Hakki Andrea Fields, Giulia Picascia, Danielle Canady, Ash Leigh, Liz Bisaha, Keith Lemaster, Steph Dunn, Keithlyn Parkman, Gloria DiMino, Andrew Hartford, and Octavio Dmitri Roscioli, when Swing, Swing started to play, began singing, and essentially brought the dance to where Haydn and Brian were sitting in isolation. The Administration was so outraged that the group was told that if the students did not return to the Dance room, the music would be turned off and everyone would return to the dorms and there would be no sleepovers. The students did return to the dance room, only to continue the protest when American Pie came on. The students sat in the center of the circle in the beginning and the end of the song. The students created such a disturbance that they were told that there would be no protests during the next dance.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
* '''DON'T SHIT ON THE WALLS!'''<br />
**08.2- there was shit left all over the walls of the boy's bathroom and garbage all over the girl's bathroom, so when they found out, they took away Quad Time until the 'culprits' were found. For one Quad Time, the boys and girls each had 15 in the quad, separately, while the other gender (boys first, then girls) were taken to the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights and sat through about 10 minutes of a lecture given by the SRAs and some RAs. The last 5 minutes were used for 'confessions'. Each person was given a sheet of paper and a pencil and was asked to write down anything they knew about the 'incident' (that's what everyone called it). Even if the person in question didn't know anything about it, they were forced to write 'i do not know anything about this incident' over and over again for 5 minutes. Quad Time was given back shortly after that, though they might not have found the actual 'culprit'. However, as quad time came back, two students, a boy and a girl, got suspended for the rest of the camp. Rumor has it that they were the ones responsible for this incident.<br />
* '''Don't play with the salt in the dining hall'''<br />
** In 08.1, The salt and pepper shakers were taken away and not put in the middle of the tables as usual. This was because students, mostly in Eric's hall, intentionally gave themselves salt burns. Students were told not to do this as it could by the administration as it could apparently cause frostbite. The ban on salt continued into 08.2.<br />
** After the salt was returned in the middle of 08.2, it was again taken away after several students pretended that the salt was drugs. <br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet Mohnkern- another RA who ran great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it (GREEN) partway through the session<br />
* Dustin - For being loved so intensely by the guys AND girls. And also for being such an appealing piece of eye candy. <br />
* Owen A. Reynolds- For singing ''The Longest Time'' by Billy Joel in an amazing duet with Dustin for the 08 talent shows, as well a showing of his musical skills with voice and guitar in a variety if other ways.<br />
* Dan "Danjo" W.- For playing the banjo.<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=18551Easton2008-12-29T22:06:59Z<p>Firefly1029: added advice, formatting, grammer, added info, etc,</p>
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The [[Easton]] site is part of the CAA program, like [[Bristol]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site at Lafayette College in 2003, after the Frederick, Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms to accommodate male students. Many students and faculty came to this site from Frederick, and were termed "Hood rats", a reference to the Frederick site being housed at Hood College. Since then, the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Places==<br />
<br />
===Buildings===<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts - Location of Swashbuckler in 08.1.<br />
* Easton Hall - Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm. (it can get really cold in some rooms if the a/c is left on 8 for the entire night or a long time during the day)<br />
* Keefe Hall - Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC). --beware of fire alarms. Humidity sets them off.<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, book store, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall - Temporary Dinning hall in 08.1 and 2, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College - Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Kirby Sports Center- Where the pool and gyms are. <br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center - Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center - Usually Science Courses, as well as engineering courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights - Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall - Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
===Quads===<br />
<br />
* Main Quad- A largest quad on the Campus. It is located between the Farinon College Center and the Library. Many outdoor sports activities, such as soccer, whiffle ball, and Ultimate Frisbee were played on the quad. The Main Quad is also the main hang out place after finishing meals. However this was not the case during 08.1 and 2 when the dining hall in Farinon College Center was being renovated <br />
* Easton Quad- A smaller quad located out side of Easton Hall. Quad time takes place here every night. Was the hang out place after meals in O8.1 and 2 as Marquis Hall is on the other side of Easton Quad from Easton Hall. <br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
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* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. Many people during 07.2 and 08.2 tried to create a Pajama Day Thursday, which was also less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occurred during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* CAAsino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Flag Football Tournament- Followed the Olympics on the Second Saturday. Was Run by RA and SRA LJ and RA Keith, both of whom played on the Lafayette College football team. If it was available, the event would be held on the Lafayette College's Artificial Turf Football Stadium. After LJ left after 07.2, the event was changed to an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. <br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life-threatening hail, a three-day black out, and brown outs at Lafayette, in addition to major flooding in lower Easton. <br />
** There was a blackout Prior to the the Last Dance for session 1 during 2008. Thanks to the positive song and the CTY gods, the afternoon class session that was supposed to take place before the dance was cancelled, but the power came on just in time for the dance.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Swimming - Offered everyday. It is done in the indoor pool in the Sports Center. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball.(Both activity periods)<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Wiffle Ball/Kickball - Occasionally offered. Was played on the main quad. (Single Activity Period and Both Activity Periods)<br />
* Ultimate Frisbee - Offered twice during 08.1. (Both Activity Periods) <br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, what is done in the activity is secret. (Unknown)<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. (Both activity periods)<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once, was canceled due to lack of interest. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive. It was canceled the first time due to bad weather. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. (Single Activity Period)<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. <br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered twice during 08.1. During 1 period there were 12 girls and 1 guy.<br />
* Love (Note) Making - Offered by RA's Juliette and Tatianna 04.2-05.2. The period was called Love Note Making, but became known as Love Making. Unfortunatly, this activity died after Juliette left.<br />
* Squirrel Naming - Offered near the end of 08.1 by Owen and Eric. In the beginning it was a chilaxing activity since none of the usual squirrels could be found. However after finding chasing one outside O'Keefe, half the group became inspired. 7 squirrels were named. <br />
* Releasing Your Inner Beast - Also offered by Owen and Eric at the end of 08.1. The activity evolved acting like a beast<br />
* Don't Sign Up for This Activity- Run by Steve in 07.2, The activity was horrible, but those who had signed up had been warned...<br />
* Stepping; Sorority Style - Run by Health Assistant Ify in 07.2, was a stepping activity which was a practice session for a performance in the talent show. <br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
*06.2: During the Olympics, nevermores Kaitlyn Taylor and JT Shepard-Blankenheim went to the health office for pie-throwing related injuries. Health staff drove the two back to the Farinon Quad, inadvertently creating a campus scandal. When the two left the college van near the quad, rumors spread that Kaitlyn and JT left campus to go to Wawa and were caught. Administration overreacted and threatened to revoke certificates of participation before they 'officially' knew what had happened. After a personal meeting with administration two days later, and phone calls home, JT was let back on campus. No disciplinary action was brought against Kaitlyn or JT.<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
*08.2 During the second dance, two very notable CAAmpers, Haydn Dufrene and Brian Herrera were dancing to Dragostea Din Tei and were pulled out for "dancing inappropriatly." They were taken out of the dance room and made to sit for the rest of the night. CAAmpers including, Nadya Spice, Lara Hakki Andrea Fields, Giulia Picascia, Danielle Canady, Ash Leigh, Liz Bisaha, Keith Lemaster, Steph Dunn, Keithlyn Parkman, Gloria DiMino, Andrew Hartford, and Octavio Dmitri Roscioli, when Swing, Swing started to play, began singing, and essentially brought the dance to where Haydn and Brian were sitting in isolation. The Administration was so outraged that the group was told that if the students did not return to the Dance room, the music would be turned off and everyone would return to the dorms and there would be no sleepovers. The students did return to the dance room, only to continue the protest when American Pie came on. The students sat in the center of the circle in the beginning and the end of the song. The students created such a disturbance that they were told that there would be no protests during the next dance.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
* '''DON'T SHIT ON THE WALLS!'''<br />
**08.2- there was shit left all over the walls of the boy's bathroom and garbage all over the girl's bathroom, so when they found out, they took away Quad Time until the 'culprits' were found. For one Quad Time, the boys and girls each had 15 in the quad, separately, while the other gender (boys first, then girls) were taken to the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights and sat through about 10 minutes of a lecture given by the SRAs and some RAs. The last 5 minutes were used for 'confessions'. Each person was given a sheet of paper and a pencil and was asked to write down anything they knew about the 'incident' (that's what everyone called it). Even if the person in question didn't know anything about it, they were forced to write 'i do not know anything about this incident' over and over again for 5 minutes. Quad Time was given back shortly after that, though they might not have found the actual 'culprit'. However, as quad time came back, two students, a boy and a girl, got suspended for the rest of the camp. Rumor has it that they were the ones responsible for this incident.<br />
* '''Don't play with the salt in the dining hall'''<br />
** In 08.1, The salt and pepper shakers were taken away and not put in the middle of the tables as usual. This was because students, mostly in Eric's hall, intentionally gave themselves salt burns. Students were told not to do this as it could by the administration as it could apparently cause frostbite. The ban on salt continued into 08.2.<br />
** After the salt was returned in the middle of 08.2, it was again taken away after several students pretended that the salt was drugs. <br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet Mohnkern- another RA who ran great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it (GREEN) partway through the session<br />
* Dustin - For being loved so intensely by the guys AND girls. And also for being such an appealing piece of eye candy. <br />
* Owen A. Reynolds- For singing ''The Longest Time'' by Billy Joel in an amazing duet with Dustin for the 08 talent shows, as well a showing of his musical skills with voice and guitar in a variety if other ways.<br />
* Dan "Danjo" W.- For playing the banjo.<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Hall&diff=18550Hall2008-12-29T21:09:25Z<p>Firefly1029: formatting, grammer</p>
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<div>A [[hall]] is a set of dorm rooms under the direction of an [[Famous Staff|RA]]. The dorms are normally positioned such that there is a hallway to access them... which is very sensible. Sometimes, a single hallway is shared by two separate halls.<br />
<br />
==Hall Meeting==<br />
<br />
Every hall at CTY has a mandatory hall meeting around 9:50, after [[Quad Time]] or Meet Market, but before Lights Out. The RAs will go over administrative announcements and, sometimes, news headlines. Some RAs will ask the students about their day. The length of a hall meeting varies, but they can be finished very quickly, if everyone pays attention. Hall problems and activites such as Hall Bonding may also be discussed.<br />
<br />
Additional meetings are held on the first day of camp and before Hall Bonding.<br />
<br />
==Hall Bonding==<br />
<br />
Hall Bonding is referred to normally as "Hall Bondage," because "it's bound to be fun 'cause it's fun to be bound."<br />
<br />
Hall Bonding is a Sunday activity that typically occurs during the afternoon. During Hall Bondage, students go along with their RAs for some quality hall fun. Activities include watching movies, going to the local market/convenience store, going into town, water balloon fights, even absolutely nothing if that's what the hall wants.<br />
<br />
Hall Bondage at Lancaster is infamous for its substitute dinners, in which pizza and snacks come from the cafeteria and students are asked not to go to dinner. Fewer workers are on duty on Sundays, so this helps to reduce the influx of students into the cafeteria. Some students choose to go back in, anyway.<br />
<br />
==Sleepovers==<br />
<br />
Sleepovers can occur on Friday and Saturday nights, at the discretion of RAs. Basically, everybody in a hall piles their fans and mattresses into one (or two) room(s).<br />
<br />
Sometimes, sleepovers only occur on one night because the RA has night patrol duties. RAs are also known to prohibit sleepovers if they get too loud. All normal lights out rules must be followed.<br />
<br />
===Illegal Sleepovers===<br />
<br />
Sleepovers that occur on non-Friday/Saturday nights are illegal. They may result in punitive measures if the RA finds out, such as earlier lights out, no more sleepovers, sending people to the main office, missing a dance, etc.<br />
<br />
Technically, on the last calendar [[Thursday]] (CTY LAN Friday) of the session, sleepovers are illegal. However, on this day, many RAs put on headphones and listen to loud music for an hour without checking the hall. Basically, it depends on the RA, although not officially.<br />
<br />
An Illegal Sleepover's difficultly really just depends on the RA you have. Some RAs patrol the halls and actually knock on doors to check for illegal sleepovers, while others might not care at all.<br />
<br />
Illegal sleepovers are made easier when an RA has a night patrol of the whole campus.<br />
<br />
At Skidmore, Illegal Sleepovers of another sort have arisen from the ridiculously strict new rule that only four people total are allowed in a double room. Especially on the last night of sleepovers, it is customary to try and sneak as many people as possible into one room. The success of this depends on the RA.<br />
<br />
===Hall Hopping===<br />
<br />
Hall hopping involves having a sleepover in another hall. This is very illegal, and will definitely call for strict punishments.<br />
<br />
In Skidmore this is allowed on the last night, although cross floor sleepovers are definitely not allowed. In KNE.05 and JHU.04, this was allowed all sleepover nights, cross floor sleepovers included. This was made difficult in JHU due to the "one person per matress" rule, which forced sleepover participants to drag matresses up and down flights of stairs.<br />
<br />
====Illegal Sleepovers at JHU====<br />
<br />
Although the banning of sleepovers began in 07.2, the strict rule was soon abolished after the first friday in 08.1. CTY rules require one person per mattress, although there has been recent evidence that suggests 7 people on 2 beds pushed together. However, sleepovers are still not allowed on weekdays. Hence, the following guide:<br />
<br />
===How to Survive an Illegal Sleepover===<br />
<br />
An experienced veteran's account of how not to get caught.<br />
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# Set it up wisely:<br />
#: Make sure you know who you're going to be rooming with; don't bring too many people in, otherwise the noise will attract RAs on patrol. Bring only the bare essentials; never bring mattresses! Make sure there is a closet or space underneath the bed or the desk where people can hide if necessary. Messy rooms are the best; two students during 07.2 pretended to be a stash of clothes underneath the bed and remained undetected by the SRA.<br />
#:* At JHU, although cross-hall sleepovers can be difficult (ahem, Joe D.) attempt only if you know that one of the two RAs is linient. <br />
# How to sneak in:<br />
#: Some RAs are rather lenient about sleepovers; a common policy is don't ask, don't tell. If your RA "allows" covert sleepovers, getting into buddies' room before lights out won't be a problem.<br />
#:* One really important note: if there is no one in the room, make sure all lights are out! If the lights in your empty room are on, suspicions will be aroused when an RA sees light coming through the peephole and knocks on the door. This is a recipe for disaster.<br />
#: So, if your RA is strict about following the sleepover rule, sneaking out after lights out isn't very difficult either. Around 11:30, open the door a crack, check for RAs, then call your friend to tell him to come (or to tell him your coming). Be quick and absolutely soundless.<br />
# Behavior during sleepover:<br />
#: No loud music, no loud talking, no yelling or screaming of any kind, no loud laughing, and always use common sense. If lights are on, put a towel over the crack beneath the door and block up the peephole. Talk quietly and always be on edge for signs of RA patrols. <br />
# If an RA knocks:<br />
#: Be worried, but don't panic. Remember, silence is key. If the RA hears noise, he or she will start demanding the door to be opened immediately. Those not supposed to be in the room should immediately scramble into the predetermined hiding place (see tip number one). Open the door and remain nonchalant as the RA scans his eyes over the room. Keep your fingers crossed.<br />
# If you do get caught:<br />
#: Punishment at 07.2 for illegal sleepovers was not as bad as expected. The 7-8 people involved missed one activity period on the weekday. They were taken to the administrative office. They were forced to sit their silently for an hour. Arbitrary rules meant to make the punishment hell were created, such as no laughing, talking, whispering, gesturing, reading, listening to ipods, drumming, humming, whistling, and blinking. Then, each student was given pen and paper and forced to write a page in which they apologized and described their motives and mindset prior to the sleepover. Students were forced to help with the worst of office chores. This included folding giant plastic tarps, sorting board games pieces into their respective box, testing markers to throw away the ones that didn't work, and sorting a pile of playing cards from a dozen incomplete card decks. on one instance of getting caught in a girls hall (wilson) 08.1 the RA knew of the sleepovers and said a friendly hello to the girl who snuck into the other hall every night after lights out. and it doesnt stop there! the girl slept in the room (235 to be exact) every night during the last week under the knowledge of the RA without getting into any trouble at all. however a boys hall was not so lucky. they had one cross-hall sleepover and were busted immediately. their punishment was a simple talking to and that was that.<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
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[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Canon&diff=18533Canon2008-12-27T01:19:36Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>The [[Canon]] is a list of songs that are traditional and played at each dance (or every other dance). The list varies by site.<br />
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Sites not listed below may or may not have well-defined Canons. If you know yours, please add it! "[[American Pie]]," however is played last at every CTY dance at every site. The only exception involves a new tradition at Skidmore Session 1 in which "I'll Make a Man out of You" is played after Pie at the last dance. Also, some newly established sites, particularly those outside of the United States, tend to fail to play Canon.<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
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At [[Lancaster]], the Canon is divided into two sections: the "Upper Canon," (or "High Holy Canon") which is played at every dance, and the "Lower Canon," half of which is played at each dance (though the Lower Canon is generally not played at the final dance, but is instead played during lunch and dinner (usually a 5/4 split) the day of the final dance). Since Lancaster holds dances every Friday and Saturday, as well as the final Thursday (known canonically as Friday, since Dances can't happen on Thursdays), this means that each Lower Canon song is heard once each weekend.<br />
<br />
The playing of the Lower Canon at lunch began in 2004 at the suggestion of RA Jeremy Orosz, who thought this system would allow for a night dance that was not comprised completely of Canon so that less traditional students would have a wider selection of music. In 2006, half the Canon songs were moved to dinner because, due to the staggered lunch schedule, no student would be able to hear all Canon songs just at lunch.<br />
<br />
The Upper Canon songs are generally played (nonconsecutively) in the reverse of the order shown here (i.e. "Bizarre Love Triangle" is first). The last four songs of the dance are (in order): "Stairway to Heaven," a non-Canon song (in recent years, this has been "Mr. Brightside"), "Forever Young," and "American Pie."<br />
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===Upper Canon===<br />
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* [[American Pie]] - Don McLean<br />
* [[Forever Young]] - Alphaville<br />
* [[Stairway to Heaven]] - Led Zeppelin<br />
* [[In Your Eyes]] - Peter Gabriel<br />
* [[Nightswimming]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Bizarre Love Triangle]] - New Order<br />
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===Lower Canon===<br />
* [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[Blister in the Sun]] - Violent Femmes<br />
* [[Oh L'Amour]] - Erasure<br />
* [[Rock Lobster]] - The B-52's ''(Second Session only)''<br />
* [[Dr. Mario]] - Super Smash Bros. Melee ''(First Session only)''<br />
* [[James Brown Is Dead]] - L.A. Style<br />
* [[Birdhouse in Your Soul]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Tunak Tunak Tun]] - Daler Mehndi<br />
* [[The Time Warp]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''<br />
* [[Sweet Transvestite]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' ''(follows The Time Warp, only on Second Saturday)''<br />
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===History of the Canon===<br />
<br />
Supposedly, the modern Canon began the first year CTY started (at St. Mary's in 1980/1981, theoretically; however, this may actually mean the first year of Lancaster, 1982), when the staff, who enjoyed American Pie, decided to play it at a dance. The students enjoyed it and transferred it to the following session, after which it was played in the following years as well.<br />
<br />
There was a clear Canon at least as early as 1985 (note that Lancaster was opened in 1982), which included "Rock Lobster," "The Time Warp," "Shout" (Isley Brothers), "Louie Louie," "Good Lovin'" (Rascals), and -- of course -- "American Pie." By 1988, students expected others certain songs at every dance, too (i.e., "No One is to Blame," "Mony Mony" (Billy Idol), "Boys Don't Cry," "Forever Young," "Summer of '69," "Twist & Shout," "Bizarre Love Triangle"). Though the name of "Canon" had not yet been applied, by the mid-1980's these songs were already being played at virtually every dance.<br />
<br />
In 1987 and 1988, a group of RAs mocked these songs, especially "American Pie." Their behavior reached its nadir when, in 88.2, they convinced the RA DJs ''not'' to play "American Pie" at all at one of the later dances. Scores of students refused to leave the dance area -- the end of quad in front of the Marshall-Buchanan porch. A student housed in Dubbs turned his stereo speakers to point out his room's windows and played the song as loud as he could. As the students heard this, they moved under his window and sang loud enough to make up for the size of his speakers. In 93.1, the RA DJs again screwed things up by omitting some important songs at a dance on the first weekend. The following Monday, students circulated a petition demanding that the DJs play "Bizarre Love Triangle," "Rock Lobster," "It's the End of the World as We Know It," "Forever Young," and "American Pie" at every remaining dance, without fail. The word "Canon" was still not applied to this list.<br />
<br />
Between 1994 and 1995, the [[Digiclan]] and [[LLRT]], after lengthy online discussions, finalized the Canon, cutting it down from a list of over 50 songs. By 1996, all of the fourteen modern Canon songs except for "Tunak Tunak Tun" had appeared.<br />
<br />
Every few years, there is a vote at Lancaster to put more songs on the Canon. Recent votes (in 2000 and 2003) did not add any new songs, though the High/Low status of some songs slightly changed. A vote 05.2 decided to keep "James Brown Is Dead" as part of the canon and add Daler Mehndi's "Tunak Tunak Tun" to the Canon one year after kids from [[First Dietz]] hall made a CTY-Lancaster-specific dance (modeled after Daler Mehndi's music video).<br />
<br />
In 08.1, "Rock Lobster" was voted out of the First Session Canon. The next night, "[[Dr. Mario]]" was voted into the Lower Canon by a 53% percent majority. It has been confirmed that this vote would only have been conducted had "Rock Lobster" been removed first. Yet, "Dr. Mario" will be Lower Canon only on a one-year trial basis (another vote will be conducted towards the end of 09.1). At the last dance of 08.1, "Rock Lobster" was played one final time. This is not to say it will never be played at dances again - also, "Rock Lobster" remains a part of the Second Session Canon.<br />
<br />
====Protest Example (05.1)====<br />
<br />
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/ctylan20051/3f03c748.jpg<br />
<br />
===Other Songs===<br />
<br />
Raving is very popular at Lancaster. Aside from "James Brown Is Dead," at least one techno/raving song is played at each dance, often Darude's "Sandstorm" or "Every Time We Touch." During 06.2, a new rule was instated at Lancaster that banned stringraving (and also lying on the ground after dark). This angered some students, especially since nobody was officially told that the PDA rule on hand-holding from the previous session had been lifted. Protests were planned; however, Rachel, then-Jesus, and Alexa, a onemore, worked with the site director to lift the ban. The string raving ban was changed to a restriction: that all raving be done on the hardtop. However, by the following year, the restriction had been lifted or ignored by administration.<br />
<br />
Aside from the Canon, commonly played songs/dances include the [[CTY Shuffle]], the Numa Numa Song ("Dragosta Din Tei"), "Cotton-Eyed Joe," the "Cha-Cha Slide," and "Sandstorm."<br />
<br />
The song "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers has, since 07.1, almost always been played between Stairway to Heaven and Forever Young, especially in 07.1. Mr. Brightside was commonly accepted to be a slow dance.<br />
<br />
For many years, beginning with Amish Dan and later encouraged by Nixon, Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" was proposed as a canon song, but this vein of thought quickly died after Nixon's departure.<br />
<br />
Completely unrelated to Canon, but also very important, is the song "[[The End of the Tour]]" which is always the last song played at the [[Electric Tree]] after the [[Passionfruit]].<br />
<br />
Also, "[[Iris]]"!<br />
<br />
==Carlisle==<br />
<br />
The Canon at Carlisle is over four hours long, and therefore is never played in its entirety. The songs are arranged in order of holiness.<br />
<br />
The full list is too long to place here. See [[Canon/CAR]].<br />
<br />
==Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)==<br />
<br />
I would appreciate it if someone would contact the copyright owner for this page and ask for permission to appropriate the material. Otherwise, we could just paraphrase the information ourselves. Also, perhaps someone should verify to see if the information is current.<br />
<br />
This list was primarily compiled by Jon Good ('97-'00), a cult figure among Skidmore CTY students.<br />
<br />
===High Holy Canon===<br />
<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* Let It Be - The Beatles<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* I'll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan (SESSION 1 ONLY)<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mendhi<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
<br />
===Canon===<br />
<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* My Sharona - The Knack<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* The Time Warp - ''Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* American Music - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana<br />
* Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice<br />
* U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer<br />
* Copacabana - Barry Manilow<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mixalot<br />
<br />
New addition 06.1 - "I'll Make a Man Out of You." It is considered to be the only song that is High Holy Canon AND an Afterdance. This tradition applies to Session 1 only and only after the last dance. <br />
<br />
New addition 06.1 - Let it Be. However, instead of "let it be", "[[synergy]]" is sung in honor of Bill.<br />
<br />
==Loudonville (Siena)== <br />
<br />
Note: If someone could sort out the ones that aren't played second session, that'd be great.<br />
<br />
List compiled by RA Brendan (Loudonville 2006 Session 1 and 2)<br />
<br />
As RAs, we got official CTY Canon CDs from ResLife to play at the dances. This is what was on them, for the curious (note that it's slightly different from the (I would assume) student-compiled list).<br />
<br />
===Upper Canon (every dance)===<br />
<br />
Played at every dance/official real canon:<br />
<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants (banned 2005.1 because running around holding hands is too dangerous)<br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot<br />
* [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]] - Nirvana<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Like A Prayer - Madonna<br />
* I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* The Time Warp - ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
<br />
In particular these last four played in this order as the last four songs:<br />
<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
(on a 2nd CD, RAs had the option of playing some or all of these songs, but they weren't required)<br />
<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright<br />
* Sandstorm - Da Rude (de facto Canon)<br />
* Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners<br />
* Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone (de-facto Canon)<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Sell Out - Reel Big Fish<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Piano Man - Billy Joel<br />
* I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Red-Nex<br />
* Heaven - DJ Sammy<br />
* It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls<br />
* Don't Stop Belivin' - Journey<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* Buddy Holly - Weezer<br />
<br />
===Other===<br />
<br />
These are other people's incomplete lists, could be cleaned up or compiled into something:<br />
<br />
====Canon but not always played====<br />
<br />
* Wonderwall - Oasis<br />
* In My Life - The Beatles<br />
<br />
====Traditions but not Canon====<br />
<br />
* The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe<br />
* Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, and Mary<br />
* One More Chorus - Battlefield Band<br />
<br />
====Other====<br />
<br />
* Fight For Your Right - The Beastie Boys<br />
* Origin of Love - Hedwig and the Angry Inch<br />
* I Touch Myself - Divynls (not played LOU 05.1)<br />
* Here's to the Night - Eve 6<br />
* I'm the Only Gay Eskimo - Corky and the Juice Pigs<br />
* Paradise City - Guns N' Roses<br />
* It's My Life - Jon Bon Jovi<br />
* Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day<br />
* Cupid's Shuffle - Cupid<br />
<br />
====Notes====<br />
<br />
* "Buddy Holly" in LOU 05.1 was revived at the last dance, but was not very popular.<br />
* "Sandstorm" is, in the opinion of the Law and Politics B Session 2 2006, Fast-Paced High School Chemistry Session 1 2006, and Mathematical Logic Session 2 2006 classes, Canon.<br />
* "Baby Got Back" may not be true Canon. <br />
* Thank you to everyone continuing "One More Chorus." I was afraid it died after 2005.<br />
* Siena traditionally does not chant, "Die, Die, Die, Die! Live, Live, Live, Live..." during "American Pie" because of a student who committed suicide during session one year. At Session 1, however, many students, perhaps from other sites, have adopted the chant as new tradition.<br />
<br />
==Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
<br />
===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Time Warp - ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Forever Young – Alphaville<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* Leaving on a Jet Plane –John Denver<br />
* Don't Stop Believin' - Journey<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
LOS Canon is becoming smaller and smaller every single year with the departure of veteran RA's, and the installment of RA's who don't give a crap about tradition. <br />
<br />
<br />
In the first dance, first session of 2008, "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.<br />
In the second and last dances of second session, 2008, a good number of canon songs were played due to protests of traditionalists and RAs during the first dance.<br />
<br />
Thanks to Jorge's hall during 07.1, Don't Stop Believin' is now canon.<br />
<br />
At session 2, Leaving on a Jet Plane is traditionally played at every last dance.<br />
<br />
At both sessions, Bananaphone, by Raffi, is a very traditional song, thanks to Dane Holding and his activity, Bananaphone appreciation.<br />
<br />
That activity, during second session, also spawned a new type of rick roll- The DANEROLL.<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
* Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes<br />
* Thriller - Michael Jackson<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Baby Got Back -Sir Mix-a-Lot<br />
* Everytime We Touch -Cascada<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Cha Cha Slide (remix)- Casper<br />
<br />
Interestingly, some of the Upper Canon songs at other sites are not played here.<br />
<br />
Mulan's "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is a highly traditional song sung at this site, but it is not played at the dances.<br />
<br />
==Easton==<br />
<br />
===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* Swing, Swing - All- American Rejects<br />
* All My Life - JoJo & K-Ci<br />
* American Pie - Don McClean<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
* Every Time We Touch - CASCADA<br />
* The Cha-Cha Slide - Casper & The Live Platinum Band<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's<br />
* Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone<br />
* Here In Your Arms - Hellogoodbye<br />
<br />
<br />
{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
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The [[Easton]] site is part of the CAA program, like [[Bristol]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site at Lafayette College in 2003, after the Frederick, Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms to accommodate male students. Many students and faculty came to this site from Frederick, and were termed "Hood rats", a reference to the Frederick site being housed at Hood College. Since then, the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts - Location of Swashbuckler (war between colors) 08.1<br />
* Easton Hall - Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm.<br />
* Keefe Hall - Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC). --beware of fire alarms. Humidity sets them off.<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall - Temporary Dinning hall in 2008, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College - Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center - Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center - Usually Science Courses, as well as engineering courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights - Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall - Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. Many people during 07.2 and 08.2 tried to create a Pajama Day Thursday, which was also less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occurred during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* CAAsino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life-threatening hail, a three-day black out, and brown outs at Lafayette, in addition to major flooding in lower Easton. <br />
** There was a blackout Prior to the the Last Dance for session 1 during 2008. Thanks to the positive song and the CTY gods, the afternoon class session that was supposed to take place before the dance was cancelled, but the power came on just in time for the dance.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Spans across both periods. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls.<br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, and no I will not tell you what it is.<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching.<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. Spans across two periods.<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once, was canceled due to lack of interest.<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive.<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. Does not span across two periods.<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. <br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered twice during 08.1. During 1 period there were 12 girls and 1 guy.<br />
*Love (Note) Making- Offered by RA's Juliette and Tatianna 04.2-05.2. The period was called Love Note Making, but became known as Love Making. Unfortunatly, this activity died after Juliette left.<br />
*Squirrel Naming- Offered near the end of 08.1. In the beginning it was a chilaxing activity since none of the usual squirrels could be found. However after finding chasing one outside O'Keefe, half the group became inspired. 7 squirrels were named.<br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
*06.2: During the Olympics, nevermores Kaitlyn Taylor and JT Shepard-Blankenheim went to the health office for pie-throwing related injuries. Health staff drove the two back to the Farinon Quad, inadvertently creating a campus scandal. When the two left the college van near the quad, rumors spread that Kaitlyn and JT left campus to go to Wawa and were caught. Administration overreacted and threatened to revoke certificates of participation before they 'officially' knew what had happened. After a personal meeting with administration two days later, and phone calls home, JT was let back on campus. No disciplinary action was brought against Kaitlyn or JT.<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
*08.2 During the second dance, two very notable CAAmpers, Haydn Dufrene and Brian Herrera were dancing to the Numa Numa and were pulled out for "dancing inappropriatly." They were taken out of the dance room and made to sit for the rest of the night. CAAmpers including Nadya Spice, Lara Hakki Andrea Fields, Giulia Picascia, Danielle Canady, Ash Leigh, Liz Bisaha, Keith Lemaster, Steph Dunn, Keithlyn Parkman, Gloria DiMino, Andrew Hartford, and Octavio Dmitri Roscioli, when Swing, Swing started to play, began singing, and essentially brought the dance to where Haydn and Brian were sitting in isolation. The Administration was so outraged that the group was told that if we did not return to the Dance room, the music would be turned off and everyone would return to the dorms and have no sleepovers. We did indeed return to the dance room, but when American Pie came on, we sat in the center of the circle in the beginning and the end of the song. We created such a disturbance that we were told that there would be no protests during the next dance.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
*DON'T SHIT ON THE WALLS!<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet Mohnkern- another RA who ran great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it (GREEN) partway through the session<br />
* Dustin - For being loved so intensely by the guys AND girls. And also for being such an appealing piece of eye candy. <br />
* Owen- For singing ''The Longest Time'' by Billy Joel in an amazing duet with Dustin for the 08 talent shows, as well a showing of his musical skills with voice and guitar in a variety if other ways. <br />
* Dan "Danjo" W.- For playing the banjo.<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
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The [[Easton]] site is part of the CAA program, like [[Bristol]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site at Lafayette College in 2003, after the Frederick, Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms to accommodate male students. Many students and faculty came to this site from Frederick, and were termed "Hood rats", a reference to the Frederick site being housed at Hood College. Since then, the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts - Location of Swashbuckler (war between colors) 08.1<br />
* Easton Hall - Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm.<br />
* Keefe Hall - Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC). --beware of fire alarms. Humidity sets them off.<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall - Temporary Dinning hall in 2008, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College - Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center - Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center - Usually Science Courses, as well as engineering courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights - Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall - Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. Many people during 07.2 and 08.2 tried to create a Pajama Day Thursday, which was also less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occurred during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* CAAsino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life-threatening hail, a three-day black out, and brown outs at Lafayette, in addition to major flooding in lower Easton. <br />
** There was a blackout Prior to the the Last Dance for session 1 during 2008. Thanks to the positive song and the CTY gods, the afternoon class session that was supposed to take place before the dance was cancelled, but the power came on just in time for the dance.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Spans across both periods. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls.<br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, and no I will not tell you what it is.<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching.<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. Spans across two periods.<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once, was canceled due to lack of interest.<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive.<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. Does not span across two periods.<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. <br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered twice during 08.1. During 1 period there were 12 girls and 1 guy.<br />
*Love (Note) Making- Offered by RA's Juliette and Tatianna 04.2-05.2. The period was called Love Note Making, but became known as Love Making. Unfortunatly, this activity died after Juliette left.<br />
*Squirrel Naming- Offered near the end of 08.1. In the beginning it was a chilaxing activity since none of the usual squirrels could be found. However after finding chasing one outside O'Keefe, half the group became inspired. 7 squirrels were named.<br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
*06.2: During the Olympics, nevermores Kaitlyn Taylor and JT Shepard-Blankenheim went to the health office for pie-throwing related injuries. Health staff drove the two back to the Farinon Quad, inadvertently creating a campus scandal. When the two left the college van near the quad, rumors spread that Kaitlyn and JT left campus to go to Wawa and were caught. Administration overreacted and threatened to revoke certificates of participation before they 'officially' knew what had happened. After a personal meeting with administration two days later, and phone calls home, JT was let back on campus. No disciplinary action was brought against Kaitlyn or JT.<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
*08.2 During the second dance, two very notable CAAmpers, Haydn Dufrene and Brian Herrera were dancing to the Numa Numa and were pulled out for "dancing inappropriatly." They were taken out of the dance room and made to sit for the rest of the night. CAAmpers including Nadya Spice, Lara Hakki Andrea Fields, Giulia Picascia, Danielle Canady, Ash Leigh, Liz Bisaha, Keith Lemaster, Steph Dunn, Keithlyn Parkman, Gloria DiMino, Andrew Hartford, and Octavio Dmitri Roscioli, when Swing, Swing started to play, began singing, and essentially brought the dance to where Haydn and Brian were sitting in isolation. The Administration was so outraged that the group was told that if we did not return to the Dance room, the music would be turned off and everyone would return to the dorms and have no sleepovers. We did indeed return to the dance room, but when American Pie came on, we sat in the center of the circle in the beginning and the end of the song. We created such a disturbance that we were told that there would be no protests during the next dance.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
*DON'T SHIT ON THE WALLS!<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet Mohnkern- another RA who ran great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it (GREEN) partway through the session<br />
* Dustin - For being loved so intensely by the guys AND girls. And also for being such an appealing piece of eye candy. <br />
** Owen- For singing ''The Longest Time'' by Billy Joel in an amazing duet with Dustin for the 08 talent shows.<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=18217Easton2008-10-06T21:02:44Z<p>Firefly1029: you should have been there 3 days earlier, on the last friday at 08.1.</p>
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<div>{{siteformat}}<br />
The [[Easton]] site is part of the CAA program, like [[Bristol]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site at Lafayette College in 2003, after the Frederick, Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms to accommodate male students. Many students and faculty came to this site from Frederick, and were termed "Hood rats", a reference to the Frederick site being housed at Hood College. Since then, the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts - Location of Swashbuckler (war between colors) 08.1<br />
* Easton Hall - Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm.<br />
* Keefe Hall - Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC). --beware of fire alarms. Humidity sets them off.<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall - Temporary Dinning hall in 2008, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College - Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center - Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center - Usually Science Courses, as well as engineering courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights - Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall - Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. Many people during 07.2 and 08.2 tried to create a Pajama Day Thursday, which was also less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occurred during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* CAAsino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life-threatening hail, a three-day black out, and brown outs at Lafayette, in addition to major flooding in lower Easton.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Spans across both periods. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls.<br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, and no I will not tell you what it is.<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching.<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. Spans across two periods.<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once.<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive.<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. Does not span across two periods.<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. <br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered once during 08.1.<br />
*Love (Note) Making- Offered by RA's Juliette and Tatianna 04.2-05.2. The period was called Love Note Making, but became known as Love Making. Unfortunatly, this activity died after Juliette left.<br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
*06.2: During the Olympics, nevermores Kaitlyn Taylor and JT Shepard-Blankenheim went to the health office for pie-throwing related injuries. Health staff drove the two back to the Farinon Quad, inadvertently creating a campus scandal. When the two left the college van near the quad, rumors spread that Kaitlyn and JT left campus to go to Wawa and were caught. Administration overreacted and threatened to revoke certificates of participation before they 'officially' knew what had happened. After a personal meeting with administration two days later, and phone calls home, JT was let back on campus. No disciplinary action was brought against Kaitlyn or JT.<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
*08.2 During the second dance, two very notable CAAmpers, Haydn Dufrene and Brian Herrera were dancing to the Numa Numa and were pulled out for "dancing inappropriatly." They were taken out of the dance room and made to sit for the rest of the night. CAAmpers including Nadya Spice, Lara Hakki Andrea Fields, Giulia Picascia, Danielle Canady, Ash Leigh, Liz Bisaha, Keith Lemaster, Steph Dunn, Keithlyn Parkman, Gloria DiMino, Andrew Hartford, and Octavio Dmitri Roscioli, when Swing, Swing started to play, began singing, and essentially brought the dance to where Haydn and Brian were sitting in isolation. The Administration was so outraged that the group was told that if we did not return to the Dance room, the music would be turned off and everyone would return to the dorms and have no sleepovers. We did indeed return to the dance room, but when American Pie came on, we sat in the center of the circle in the beginning and the end of the song. We created such a disturbance that we were told that there would be no protests during the next dance.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
*DON'T SHIT ON THE WALLS!<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet Mohnkern- another RA who ran great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it (GREEN) partway through the session<br />
<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=What_to_bring&diff=18141What to bring2008-09-26T02:23:42Z<p>Firefly1029: /* Easton */</p>
<hr />
<div>A list of things that Baltimore doesn't know you need.<br />
<br />
===General===<br />
<br />
The items here are generally universal; they may not apply to a site or two. Please do not repost this list for individual sites.<br />
<br />
* Flashlight -- forbidden at almost every site, although people bring them anyway<br />
* [[Duct tape]]<br />
* Scissors -- for cutting holes in your jeans<br />
* Glowsticks -- for [[raving]], learning to rave, and hitting oneself in the balls (guys only)<br />
** Lanyard-type objects for stringraving<br />
* Deck of cards and Poker chips -- kind of forbidden at CAR, but nobody enforces it)<br />
* Camera(s)<br />
* Snacks (no peanuts at LAN!)<br />
* Permanent marker (for t-shirt signing the last day)<br />
* Poster(s)<br />
** And post-its telling people not to make out with it if it features a hot guy (such as Johnny Depp)<br />
* iPod and speakers<br />
** A massive amount of batteries for any mp3 player(s)/CD player(s) you bring + chargers<br />
* Water bottle<br />
* Rubik's Cube<br />
* Clothes to lend for cross-dress days<br />
* Black Lanyard -- be careful of confiscation<br />
* A copy of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' -- the veritable Bible<br />
* Food and drinks<br />
* Fishnets<br />
* Extra batteries for your calculator<br />
* A hairbrush and plenty of hairties<br />
* Nail clipper<br />
<br />
===Lancaster===<br />
<br />
* Snacks cannot contain peanuts; they cannot even have been made in a factory that also processes peanuts or makes peanut products. RAs WILL confiscate contraband food.<br />
* Bathrobe<br />
* Extra Towels<br />
* Halloween costume<br />
* Umbrella -- but only if it pops out when you push the button (or if it's just awesome)<br />
* Frisbees<br />
* Old lanyards<br />
* Ramen -- BEWARE: Except for the Shrimp kind, Cup Noodles have peanuts!!!<br />
** or Bowl Appetit or Simply Thai noodles or other instant foods<br />
** food is available at Turkey Hill<br />
* Boxers for [[Bizarre Love Triangle|BLT]]<br />
* Painkillers for emergencies<br />
* Fancier clothes, for the dances<br />
* Clothes for [[Second Saturday]]<br />
<br />
===Carlisle===<br />
<br />
* Energy drinks -- Purchasing them from the Devil's Den may soon be prohibited.<br />
* Sidewalk chalk<br />
* Assorted crap for various theme-day(stuff you would normally never wear except for fun. it'll come in handy)<br />
[including fishnets for girls ([[Goth Day]]) and clothes for the opposite sex to wear for [[Drag Day]](clothes you dont mind getting ripped, stretched out, dirty, etc.)]<br />
* Instant Ramen Noodles & other microwaveable foods.<br />
* Rubix Cubes(The ones at The Devil's Den are overpriced and not as good.)<br />
^^Be careful. If you leave it lying around outside or ANYWHERE, it can and will get stolen.<br />
*Frisbees to throw around during break or on the weekends.<br />
* A digital camera that has video[with sound!] to record all the stupid but fun things that happen. And to take pictures of course.<br />
*Large beach towel for PassionFruit and just to sit on outside.<br />
* An umbrella because when it rains, it RAINS.<br />
* Large amounts of glow stuff for the dances. Glowsticks, bracelets, balls, etc. Especially for during "Sandstorm". Everyone gets into a huge crowded circle while a few people dance with their glow stuff. It looks really cool.<br />
<br />
===Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)===<br />
<br />
* Masking tape/duct tape -- for flat-ironing it into your hair<br />
* Insect Repellent<br />
* Fans -- especially Wilmarth/McClellan, girls don't have to worry<br />
** 17" box fans fit PERFECTLY in any window and are highly recommended<br />
* Extra towels/bathrobe<br />
* Old clothes<br />
* Hats<br />
* <s>Chalk</s> Now banned. Sob.<br />
* Extra Frisbees -- the ones they sell in the store break quickly<br />
* Sharpies<br />
* Energy drinks -- Red Bull, No Fear, Monster, etc.<br />
* Catholic school girlish clothes, a.k.a. uniforms<br />
* Boots for the massive puddles found there<br />
* Cheez doodles and 8-oz sprite cans<br />
* Ninja gear for Ninja/Caveman/Pirate attack days<br />
* Lots of spending cash (in hand and on card) for vending machines in Wilmarth/McClellan and for laser tag, CVS, Borders, etc.<br />
* CD player -- for playing CDs bought at Borders/Last Vestige during a town trip<br />
* Glow bracelets -- for the dances<br />
<br />
===Loudonville (Siena)===<br />
<br />
* Duct tape, strong string, and clothes hangers for Fairy Princess Day<br />
* Clothes for Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl Day<br />
* A backpack<br />
* SNACKS or tons of change for vending machines -- most of the machines don't accept the declining balance cards<br />
* Fans -- Ryan Hall, the boys' hall, is cramped and has no A/C<br />
** Girls should also bring fans and give them to the boys, some of whom are certain to have forgotten to bring one.<br />
* Alarm clock -- you might have to wake up early for showers.<br />
* Long-sleeved tee and/or hoodie -- the movie theater and the classrooms are usually extremely cold<br />
* An umbrella, raincoat, and rain boots<br />
* Lots and lots of clothes -- there are few working laundry machines<br />
<br />
===Los Angeles (LMU)===<br />
<br />
* Bathing suits<br />
* Bathrobe -- if you get caught in the shower during a fire drill<br />
* Black clothing and eyeliner, for Emo Day<br />
* Bubble solution and bubble wand -- everyone loves bubbles!<br />
* Board shorts for Wet 'N Wild Day<br />
* Camera -- preferably digital<br />
* Candy<br />
* Cards<br />
* Clothing of many different types, mostly dressy, for themed dances -- girls<br />
* Comfortable shoes for dances -- NO HEELS! They kill your feet.<br />
* Drag day outfit<br />
** Girls: baseball cap<br />
** Boys: Fake hair/ hair extensions)<br />
* Extra frisbees -- they tend to fly onto roofs or into gutters<br />
* Fan (electric) -- Huesman or Doheny are unbearably hot; Whelan & Rosecrans are better, and Desmond is by far the best<br />
* Flashlights -- especially if they have blue/white light, like LEDs or glowsticks<br />
* Flip flops that don't break easily<br />
* Food Packages<br />
* Hats<br />
* Instant ramen -- there's hot water in the cafeteria<br />
* Laundry hamper/bag<br />
* Magazines<br />
* Peanuts (for the squirrels)<br />
* Seasonings -- if you want your food to taste like anything<br />
* Sidewalk chalk -- they often run out in the activity<br />
* Some sort of casino outfit -- dress/suit<br />
* Sunblock<br />
* Sunglasses<br />
* Masking and duct tape<br />
* Tennis racket/balls<br />
* Tissues<br />
* Towels: Beach towel, hand towel, full-sized shower towel<br />
* Your lovely self!<br />
<br />
===Baltimore (JHU)===<br />
<br />
* Cards -- while waiting for classes<br />
* Two pairs of sneakers -- in case the rain soaks through<br />
* Hand-held Fans<br />
* Lots of Change -- for soda machines and laundry<br />
* Snacks -- candy and ramen<br />
* Umbrella<br />
* Hoodie/Sweater -- for cold classrooms<br />
* Extra dressy clothes -- for girls, for dances<br />
* Video Cameras<br />
* Ghost Stories<br />
* Packs of Drinks -- share them with your hallmates<br />
* Personal Posters/Pictures<br />
* Laundry basket/hamper/bag<br />
<br />
===Easton===<br />
<br />
* Clothes of every color for Swashbuckler (Colors/ teams: red, black, white, blue, orange/yellow "Reese's", green)<br />
* At least 10 pairs of underwear in case you run short before Laundry Day<br />
* NOT a desk lamp -- We don't even do homework in our dorms<br />
* Random looking clothes for the dances<br />
* Nice looking clothes for CAAsino Night & Semi Formal<br />
* Extra Money for:<br />
**WaWa<br />
**Purple Cow<br />
**Pizza<br />
**Chinese<br />
* Extra clothes to share for Cross Dress Day (girls make them extra girly)<br />
* Black clothes for Goth Monday<br />
* Polo/collared shirts for Preppy Tuesday<br />
* Tennis racket<br />
* Bug spray<br />
* Girls: Lots of hair products for dances<br />
* NOTE: There is no need to bring quarters for washing machines/ dryers. As of 2008, all washing machines/dryers were free. <br />
<br />
{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=What_to_bring&diff=18140What to bring2008-09-26T02:21:48Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
<hr />
<div>A list of things that Baltimore doesn't know you need.<br />
<br />
===General===<br />
<br />
The items here are generally universal; they may not apply to a site or two. Please do not repost this list for individual sites.<br />
<br />
* Flashlight -- forbidden at almost every site, although people bring them anyway<br />
* [[Duct tape]]<br />
* Scissors -- for cutting holes in your jeans<br />
* Glowsticks -- for [[raving]], learning to rave, and hitting oneself in the balls (guys only)<br />
** Lanyard-type objects for stringraving<br />
* Deck of cards and Poker chips -- kind of forbidden at CAR, but nobody enforces it)<br />
* Camera(s)<br />
* Snacks (no peanuts at LAN!)<br />
* Permanent marker (for t-shirt signing the last day)<br />
* Poster(s)<br />
** And post-its telling people not to make out with it if it features a hot guy (such as Johnny Depp)<br />
* iPod and speakers<br />
** A massive amount of batteries for any mp3 player(s)/CD player(s) you bring + chargers<br />
* Water bottle<br />
* Rubik's Cube<br />
* Clothes to lend for cross-dress days<br />
* Black Lanyard -- be careful of confiscation<br />
* A copy of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' -- the veritable Bible<br />
* Food and drinks<br />
* Fishnets<br />
* Extra batteries for your calculator<br />
* A hairbrush and plenty of hairties<br />
* Nail clipper<br />
<br />
===Lancaster===<br />
<br />
* Snacks cannot contain peanuts; they cannot even have been made in a factory that also processes peanuts or makes peanut products. RAs WILL confiscate contraband food.<br />
* Bathrobe<br />
* Extra Towels<br />
* Halloween costume<br />
* Umbrella -- but only if it pops out when you push the button (or if it's just awesome)<br />
* Frisbees<br />
* Old lanyards<br />
* Ramen -- BEWARE: Except for the Shrimp kind, Cup Noodles have peanuts!!!<br />
** or Bowl Appetit or Simply Thai noodles or other instant foods<br />
** food is available at Turkey Hill<br />
* Boxers for [[Bizarre Love Triangle|BLT]]<br />
* Painkillers for emergencies<br />
* Fancier clothes, for the dances<br />
* Clothes for [[Second Saturday]]<br />
<br />
===Carlisle===<br />
<br />
* Energy drinks -- Purchasing them from the Devil's Den may soon be prohibited.<br />
* Sidewalk chalk<br />
* Assorted crap for various theme-day(stuff you would normally never wear except for fun. it'll come in handy)<br />
[including fishnets for girls ([[Goth Day]]) and clothes for the opposite sex to wear for [[Drag Day]](clothes you dont mind getting ripped, stretched out, dirty, etc.)]<br />
* Instant Ramen Noodles & other microwaveable foods.<br />
* Rubix Cubes(The ones at The Devil's Den are overpriced and not as good.)<br />
^^Be careful. If you leave it lying around outside or ANYWHERE, it can and will get stolen.<br />
*Frisbees to throw around during break or on the weekends.<br />
* A digital camera that has video[with sound!] to record all the stupid but fun things that happen. And to take pictures of course.<br />
*Large beach towel for PassionFruit and just to sit on outside.<br />
* An umbrella because when it rains, it RAINS.<br />
* Large amounts of glow stuff for the dances. Glowsticks, bracelets, balls, etc. Especially for during "Sandstorm". Everyone gets into a huge crowded circle while a few people dance with their glow stuff. It looks really cool.<br />
<br />
===Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)===<br />
<br />
* Masking tape/duct tape -- for flat-ironing it into your hair<br />
* Insect Repellent<br />
* Fans -- especially Wilmarth/McClellan, girls don't have to worry<br />
** 17" box fans fit PERFECTLY in any window and are highly recommended<br />
* Extra towels/bathrobe<br />
* Old clothes<br />
* Hats<br />
* <s>Chalk</s> Now banned. Sob.<br />
* Extra Frisbees -- the ones they sell in the store break quickly<br />
* Sharpies<br />
* Energy drinks -- Red Bull, No Fear, Monster, etc.<br />
* Catholic school girlish clothes, a.k.a. uniforms<br />
* Boots for the massive puddles found there<br />
* Cheez doodles and 8-oz sprite cans<br />
* Ninja gear for Ninja/Caveman/Pirate attack days<br />
* Lots of spending cash (in hand and on card) for vending machines in Wilmarth/McClellan and for laser tag, CVS, Borders, etc.<br />
* CD player -- for playing CDs bought at Borders/Last Vestige during a town trip<br />
* Glow bracelets -- for the dances<br />
<br />
===Loudonville (Siena)===<br />
<br />
* Duct tape, strong string, and clothes hangers for Fairy Princess Day<br />
* Clothes for Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl Day<br />
* A backpack<br />
* SNACKS or tons of change for vending machines -- most of the machines don't accept the declining balance cards<br />
* Fans -- Ryan Hall, the boys' hall, is cramped and has no A/C<br />
** Girls should also bring fans and give them to the boys, some of whom are certain to have forgotten to bring one.<br />
* Alarm clock -- you might have to wake up early for showers.<br />
* Long-sleeved tee and/or hoodie -- the movie theater and the classrooms are usually extremely cold<br />
* An umbrella, raincoat, and rain boots<br />
* Lots and lots of clothes -- there are few working laundry machines<br />
<br />
===Los Angeles (LMU)===<br />
<br />
* Bathing suits<br />
* Bathrobe -- if you get caught in the shower during a fire drill<br />
* Black clothing and eyeliner, for Emo Day<br />
* Bubble solution and bubble wand -- everyone loves bubbles!<br />
* Board shorts for Wet 'N Wild Day<br />
* Camera -- preferably digital<br />
* Candy<br />
* Cards<br />
* Clothing of many different types, mostly dressy, for themed dances -- girls<br />
* Comfortable shoes for dances -- NO HEELS! They kill your feet.<br />
* Drag day outfit<br />
** Girls: baseball cap<br />
** Boys: Fake hair/ hair extensions)<br />
* Extra frisbees -- they tend to fly onto roofs or into gutters<br />
* Fan (electric) -- Huesman or Doheny are unbearably hot; Whelan & Rosecrans are better, and Desmond is by far the best<br />
* Flashlights -- especially if they have blue/white light, like LEDs or glowsticks<br />
* Flip flops that don't break easily<br />
* Food Packages<br />
* Hats<br />
* Instant ramen -- there's hot water in the cafeteria<br />
* Laundry hamper/bag<br />
* Magazines<br />
* Peanuts (for the squirrels)<br />
* Seasonings -- if you want your food to taste like anything<br />
* Sidewalk chalk -- they often run out in the activity<br />
* Some sort of casino outfit -- dress/suit<br />
* Sunblock<br />
* Sunglasses<br />
* Masking and duct tape<br />
* Tennis racket/balls<br />
* Tissues<br />
* Towels: Beach towel, hand towel, full-sized shower towel<br />
* Your lovely self!<br />
<br />
===Baltimore (JHU)===<br />
<br />
* Cards -- while waiting for classes<br />
* Two pairs of sneakers -- in case the rain soaks through<br />
* Hand-held Fans<br />
* Lots of Change -- for soda machines and laundry<br />
* Snacks -- candy and ramen<br />
* Umbrella<br />
* Hoodie/Sweater -- for cold classrooms<br />
* Extra dressy clothes -- for girls, for dances<br />
* Video Cameras<br />
* Ghost Stories<br />
* Packs of Drinks -- share them with your hallmates<br />
* Personal Posters/Pictures<br />
* Laundry basket/hamper/bag<br />
<br />
===Easton===<br />
<br />
* Clothes of every color for Swashbuckler (Colors/ teams: red, black, white, blue, orange/yellow "Reese's", green)<br />
* At least 10 pairs of underwear in case you run short before Laundry Day<br />
* NOT a desk lamp -- We don't even do homework in our dorms<br />
* Random looking clothes for the dances<br />
* Nice looking clothes for CAAsino Night & Semi Formal<br />
* Extra Money for:<br />
**WaWa<br />
**Purple Cow<br />
**Pizza<br />
**Chinese<br />
* Extra clothes to share for Cross Dress Day (girls make them extra girly)<br />
* Black clothes for Goth Monday<br />
* Polo/collared shirts for Preppy Tuesday<br />
* Tennis racket<br />
* Bug spray<br />
* Girls: Lots of hair products for dances<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
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[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=What_to_bring&diff=18139What to bring2008-09-26T02:15:44Z<p>Firefly1029: teams.</p>
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<div>A list of things that Baltimore doesn't know you need.<br />
<br />
===General===<br />
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The items here are generally universal; they may not apply to a site or two. Please do not repost this list for individual sites.<br />
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* Flashlight -- forbidden at almost every site, although people bring them anyway<br />
* [[Duct tape]]<br />
* Scissors -- for cutting holes in your jeans<br />
* Glowsticks -- for [[raving]], learning to rave, and hitting oneself in the balls (guys only)<br />
** Lanyard-type objects for stringraving<br />
* Deck of cards and Poker chips -- kind of forbidden at CAR, but nobody enforces it)<br />
* Camera(s)<br />
* Snacks (no peanuts at LAN!)<br />
* Permanent marker (for t-shirt signing the last day)<br />
* Poster(s)<br />
** And post-its telling people not to make out with it if it features a hot guy (such as Johnny Depp)<br />
* iPod and speakers<br />
** A massive amount of batteries for any mp3 player(s)/CD player(s) you bring + chargers<br />
* Water bottle<br />
* Rubik's Cube<br />
* Clothes to lend for cross-dress days<br />
* Black Lanyard -- be careful of confiscation<br />
* A copy of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' -- the veritable Bible<br />
* Food and drinks<br />
* Fishnets<br />
* Extra batteries for your calculator<br />
* A hairbrush and plenty of hairties<br />
* Nail clipper<br />
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===Lancaster===<br />
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* Snacks cannot contain peanuts; they cannot even have been made in a factory that also processes peanuts or makes peanut products. RAs WILL confiscate contraband food.<br />
* Bathrobe<br />
* Extra Towels<br />
* Halloween costume<br />
* Umbrella -- but only if it pops out when you push the button (or if it's just awesome)<br />
* Frisbees<br />
* Old lanyards<br />
* Ramen -- BEWARE: Except for the Shrimp kind, Cup Noodles have peanuts!!!<br />
** or Bowl Appetit or Simply Thai noodles or other instant foods<br />
** food is available at Turkey Hill<br />
* Boxers for [[Bizarre Love Triangle|BLT]]<br />
* Painkillers for emergencies<br />
* Fancier clothes, for the dances<br />
* Clothes for [[Second Saturday]]<br />
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===Carlisle===<br />
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* Energy drinks -- Purchasing them from the Devil's Den may soon be prohibited.<br />
* Sidewalk chalk<br />
* Assorted crap for various theme-day(stuff you would normally never wear except for fun. it'll come in handy)<br />
[including fishnets for girls ([[Goth Day]]) and clothes for the opposite sex to wear for [[Drag Day]](clothes you dont mind getting ripped, stretched out, dirty, etc.)]<br />
* Instant Ramen Noodles & other microwaveable foods.<br />
* Rubix Cubes(The ones at The Devil's Den are overpriced and not as good.)<br />
^^Be careful. If you leave it lying around outside or ANYWHERE, it can and will get stolen.<br />
*Frisbees to throw around during break or on the weekends.<br />
* A digital camera that has video[with sound!] to record all the stupid but fun things that happen. And to take pictures of course.<br />
*Large beach towel for PassionFruit and just to sit on outside.<br />
* An umbrella because when it rains, it RAINS.<br />
* Large amounts of glow stuff for the dances. Glowsticks, bracelets, balls, etc. Especially for during "Sandstorm". Everyone gets into a huge crowded circle while a few people dance with their glow stuff. It looks really cool.<br />
<br />
===Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)===<br />
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* Masking tape/duct tape -- for flat-ironing it into your hair<br />
* Insect Repellent<br />
* Fans -- especially Wilmarth/McClellan, girls don't have to worry<br />
** 17" box fans fit PERFECTLY in any window and are highly recommended<br />
* Extra towels/bathrobe<br />
* Old clothes<br />
* Hats<br />
* <s>Chalk</s> Now banned. Sob.<br />
* Extra Frisbees -- the ones they sell in the store break quickly<br />
* Sharpies<br />
* Energy drinks -- Red Bull, No Fear, Monster, etc.<br />
* Catholic school girlish clothes, a.k.a. uniforms<br />
* Boots for the massive puddles found there<br />
* Cheez doodles and 8-oz sprite cans<br />
* Ninja gear for Ninja/Caveman/Pirate attack days<br />
* Lots of spending cash (in hand and on card) for vending machines in Wilmarth/McClellan and for laser tag, CVS, Borders, etc.<br />
* CD player -- for playing CDs bought at Borders/Last Vestige during a town trip<br />
* Glow bracelets -- for the dances<br />
<br />
===Loudonville (Siena)===<br />
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* Duct tape, strong string, and clothes hangers for Fairy Princess Day<br />
* Clothes for Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl Day<br />
* A backpack<br />
* SNACKS or tons of change for vending machines -- most of the machines don't accept the declining balance cards<br />
* Fans -- Ryan Hall, the boys' hall, is cramped and has no A/C<br />
** Girls should also bring fans and give them to the boys, some of whom are certain to have forgotten to bring one.<br />
* Alarm clock -- you might have to wake up early for showers.<br />
* Long-sleeved tee and/or hoodie -- the movie theater and the classrooms are usually extremely cold<br />
* An umbrella, raincoat, and rain boots<br />
* Lots and lots of clothes -- there are few working laundry machines<br />
<br />
===Los Angeles (LMU)===<br />
<br />
* Bathing suits<br />
* Bathrobe -- if you get caught in the shower during a fire drill<br />
* Black clothing and eyeliner, for Emo Day<br />
* Bubble solution and bubble wand -- everyone loves bubbles!<br />
* Board shorts for Wet 'N Wild Day<br />
* Camera -- preferably digital<br />
* Candy<br />
* Cards<br />
* Clothing of many different types, mostly dressy, for themed dances -- girls<br />
* Comfortable shoes for dances -- NO HEELS! They kill your feet.<br />
* Drag day outfit<br />
** Girls: baseball cap<br />
** Boys: Fake hair/ hair extensions)<br />
* Extra frisbees -- they tend to fly onto roofs or into gutters<br />
* Fan (electric) -- Huesman or Doheny are unbearably hot; Whelan & Rosecrans are better, and Desmond is by far the best<br />
* Flashlights -- especially if they have blue/white light, like LEDs or glowsticks<br />
* Flip flops that don't break easily<br />
* Food Packages<br />
* Hats<br />
* Instant ramen -- there's hot water in the cafeteria<br />
* Laundry hamper/bag<br />
* Magazines<br />
* Peanuts (for the squirrels)<br />
* Seasonings -- if you want your food to taste like anything<br />
* Sidewalk chalk -- they often run out in the activity<br />
* Some sort of casino outfit -- dress/suit<br />
* Sunblock<br />
* Sunglasses<br />
* Masking and duct tape<br />
* Tennis racket/balls<br />
* Tissues<br />
* Towels: Beach towel, hand towel, full-sized shower towel<br />
* Your lovely self!<br />
<br />
===Baltimore (JHU)===<br />
<br />
* Cards -- while waiting for classes<br />
* Two pairs of sneakers -- in case the rain soaks through<br />
* Hand-held Fans<br />
* Lots of Change -- for soda machines and laundry<br />
* Snacks -- candy and ramen<br />
* Umbrella<br />
* Hoodie/Sweater -- for cold classrooms<br />
* Extra dressy clothes -- for girls, for dances<br />
* Video Cameras<br />
* Ghost Stories<br />
* Packs of Drinks -- share them with your hallmates<br />
* Personal Posters/Pictures<br />
* Laundry basket/hamper/bag<br />
<br />
===Easton===<br />
<br />
* Clothes of every color for Swashbuckler (Colors/ teams: red, black, white, blue, orange/yellow "Reese's", green)<br />
* At least 10 pairs of underwear in case you run short before Laundry Day<br />
* NOT a desk lamp -- We don't even do homework in our dorms<br />
* Random looking clothes for the dances<br />
* Nice looking clothes for CAAsino Night & Semi Formal<br />
* Extra Money for when we go to WaWa and Purple Cow<br />
* Extra clothes to share for Cross Dress Day (girls make them extra girly)<br />
* Black clothes for Goth Monday<br />
* Polo/collared shirts for Preppy Tuesday<br />
* Tennis racket<br />
* Bug spray<br />
* Girls: Lots of hair products for dances<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
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[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Baby_CTY&diff=17825Baby CTY2008-08-27T14:14:57Z<p>Firefly1029: I personally saw the site.</p>
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<div>[[Baby CTY]] is the Johns Hopkins program for students between in grades 5 through 6, as opposed to regular [[CTY]], which is for kids in grades 7 and above. There is no corresponding [[CAA]] for baby CTY. Separate sites are used for baby and regular CTY. Baby CTY uses the PLUS test or the PSATs as opposed to the SAT of regular CTY.<br />
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There is a very small group of people grades 2 through 4 that take a different test and go to their own set of sites, but this program is not widely known, and it is usually also termed "baby CTY," sometimes "ultra-baby CTY." Only about a third of CTYers have gone to baby CTY. The term "baby CTY" is only used for unofficial purposes, but it is not pejorative.<br />
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There are a few people who have gone all the way from ultra-baby CTY (2nd-4th grade) to "big kids" or regular CTY. Some of these rarities are listed here:<br />
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* [[Adam Roush]], Baltimore and Lancaster<br />
* Susannah Roush (me! ;) ), Carlisle and Lancaster<br />
* Rory Caskey, Carlisle<br />
* Rachel Luban, Carlisle<br />
* Daniel Luban, Carlisle<br />
* Philip Nathan, Lancaster<br />
* [[User:Sanityforlosers|Rachel Todd]], Lancaster<br />
* Kelson Schilling-Scrivo, Carlisle<br />
* Zev Hurwich, Lancaster<br />
* Kat W., Loudonville<br />
* [[User:Rachelmonster|Rachel Larrowe]], Lancaster<br />
* Washington Urbina, Lancaster <br />
* [[User:Fafnirical|Wade Burelbach]], Los Angeles<br />
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The older students in this list all went to the Sandy Spring Friends School site, the only ultra-baby CTY site in Maryland. For two years, however, ultra-baby CTY was moved to Georgetown Day School while SSFS was renovated. There is also an ultra-baby site at Garrison Forest School, attended by Rachel Larrowe, which was recently moved to St. Paul's School. These are both in the Baltimore area. There is also a site in LA, that only 100 or so people go to every year. (Kat was one) Please add to the list if you know anyone else!<br />
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<br />
Although Baby CTY has very little tradition, it does provide an introduction to a couple CTY [[Canon]] and "sub-Canon" songs, including "Dragostea Din Tei" by Ozone and "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex. Furthermore, [[American Pie]] is the last song at the dances.<br />
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==External links==<br />
<br />
* [http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/grades56.html Official Baby CTY Homepage]<br />
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{{The Essential CTY}}<br />
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[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Canon&diff=17215Canon2008-08-13T00:47:33Z<p>Firefly1029: /* Easton */</p>
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The [[Canon]] is a list of songs that are traditional and played at each dance (or every other dance). The list varies by site.<br />
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Sites not listed below may or may not have well-defined Canons. If you know yours, please add it! "[[American Pie]]," however is played last at every CTY dance at every site. The only exception involves a new tradition at Skidmore Session 1 in which "I'll Make a Man out of You" is played after Pie at the last dance. Also, some newly established sites, particularly those outside of the United States, tend to fail to play Canon.<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
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At [[Lancaster]], the Canon is divided into two sections: the "Upper Canon," (or "High Holy Canon") which is played at every dance, and the "Lower Canon," half of which is played at each dance (though the Lower Canon is generally not played at the final dance, but is instead played during lunch and dinner (usually a 5/4 split) the day of the final dance). Since Lancaster holds dances every Friday and Saturday, as well as the final Thursday (known canonically as Friday, since Dances can't happen on Thursdays), this means that each Lower Canon song is heard once each weekend.<br />
<br />
The playing of the Lower Canon at lunch began in 2004 at the suggestion of RA Jeremy Orosz, who thought this system would allow for a night dance that was not comprised completely of Canon so that less traditional students would have a wider selection of music. In 2006, half the Canon songs were moved to dinner because, due to the staggered lunch schedule, no student would be able to hear all Canon songs just at lunch.<br />
<br />
The Upper Canon songs are generally played (nonconsecutively) in the reverse of the order shown here (i.e. "Bizarre Love Triangle" is first). The last four songs of the dance are (in order): "Stairway to Heaven," a non-Canon song (in recent years, this has been "Mr. Brightside"), "Forever Young," and "American Pie."<br />
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===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* [[American Pie]] - Don McLean<br />
* [[Forever Young]] - Alphaville<br />
* [[Stairway to Heaven]] - Led Zeppelin<br />
* [[In Your Eyes]] - Peter Gabriel<br />
* [[Nightswimming]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Bizarre Love Triangle]] - New Order<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
* [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[Blister in the Sun]] - Violent Femmes<br />
* [[Oh L'Amour]] - Erasure<br />
* [[Rock Lobster]] - The B-52's ''(Second Session only)''<br />
* [[Dr. Mario]] - Super Smash Bros. Melee ''(First Session only)''<br />
* [[James Brown Is Dead]] - L.A. Style<br />
* [[Birdhouse in Your Soul]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Tunak Tunak Tun]] - Daler Mehndi<br />
* [[The Time Warp]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''<br />
* [[Sweet Transvestite]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' ''(follows The Time Warp, only on Second Saturday)''<br />
<br />
===History of the Canon===<br />
<br />
Supposedly, the modern Canon began the first year CTY started (at St. Mary's in 1980/1981, theoretically; however, this may actually mean the first year of Lancaster, 1982), when the staff, who enjoyed American Pie, decided to play it at a dance. The students enjoyed it and transferred it to the following session, after which it was played in the following years as well.<br />
<br />
There was a clear Canon at least as early as 1985 (note that Lancaster was opened in 1982), which included "Rock Lobster," "The Time Warp," "Shout" (Isley Brothers), "Louie Louie," "Good Lovin'" (Rascals), and -- of course -- "American Pie." By 1988, students expected others certain songs at every dance, too (i.e., "No One is to Blame," "Mony Mony" (Billy Idol), "Boys Don't Cry," "Forever Young," "Summer of '69," "Twist & Shout," "Bizarre Love Triangle"). Though the name of "Canon" had not yet been applied, by the mid-1980's these songs were already being played at virtually every dance.<br />
<br />
In 1987 and 1988, a group of RAs mocked these songs, especially "American Pie." Their behavior reached its nadir when, in 88.2, they convinced the RA DJs ''not'' to play "American Pie" at all at one of the later dances. Scores of students refused to leave the dance area -- the end of quad in front of the Marshall-Buchanan porch. A student housed in Dubbs turned his stereo speakers to point out his room's windows and played the song as loud as he could. As the students heard this, they moved under his window and sang loud enough to make up for the size of his speakers. In 93.1, the RA DJs again screwed things up by omitting some important songs at a dance on the first weekend. The following Monday, students circulated a petition demanding that the DJs play "Bizarre Love Triangle," "Rock Lobster," "It's the End of the World as We Know It," "Forever Young," and "American Pie" at every remaining dance, without fail. The word "Canon" was still not applied to this list.<br />
<br />
Between 1994 and 1995, the [[Digiclan]] and [[LLRT]], after lengthy online discussions, finalized the Canon, cutting it down from a list of over 50 songs. By 1996, all of the fourteen modern Canon songs except for "Tunak Tunak Tun" had appeared.<br />
<br />
Every few years, there is a vote at Lancaster to put more songs on the Canon. Recent votes (in 2000 and 2003) did not add any new songs, though the High/Low status of some songs slightly changed. A vote 05.2 decided to keep "James Brown Is Dead" as part of the canon and add Daler Mehndi's "Tunak Tunak Tun" to the Canon one year after kids from [[First Dietz]] hall made a CTY-Lancaster-specific dance (modeled after Daler Mehndi's music video).<br />
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In 08.1, "Rock Lobster" was voted out of the First Session Canon. The next night, "[[Dr. Mario]]" was voted into the Lower Canon by a 53% percent majority. It has been confirmed that this vote would only have been conducted had "Rock Lobster" been removed first. Yet, "Dr. Mario" will be Lower Canon only on a one-year trial basis (another vote will be conducted towards the end of 09.1). At the last dance of 08.1, "Rock Lobster" was played one final time. This is not to say it will never be played at dances again - also, "Rock Lobster" remains a part of the Second Session Canon.<br />
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====Protest Example (05.1)====<br />
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http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/ctylan20051/3f03c748.jpg<br />
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===Other Songs===<br />
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Raving is very popular at Lancaster. Aside from "James Brown Is Dead," at least one techno/raving song is played at each dance, often Darude's "Sandstorm" or "Every Time We Touch." During 06.2, a new rule was instated at Lancaster that banned stringraving (and also lying on the ground after dark). This angered some students, especially since nobody was officially told that the PDA rule on hand-holding from the previous session had been lifted. Protests were planned; however, Rachel, then-Jesus, and Alexa, a onemore, worked with the site director to lift the ban. The string raving ban was changed to a restriction: that all raving be done on the hardtop. However, by the following year, the restriction had been lifted or ignored by administration.<br />
<br />
Aside from the Canon, commonly played songs/dances include the [[CTY Shuffle]], the Numa Numa Song ("Dragosta Din Tei"), "Cotton-Eyed Joe," the "Cha-Cha Slide," and "Sandstorm."<br />
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The song "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers has, since 07.1, almost always been played between Stairway to Heaven and Forever Young, especially in 07.1. Mr. Brightside was commonly accepted to be a slow dance.<br />
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For many years, beginning with Amish Dan and later encouraged by Nixon, Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" was proposed as a canon song, but this vein of thought quickly died after Nixon's departure.<br />
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Completely unrelated to Canon, but also very important, is the song "[[The End of the Tour]]" which is always the last song played at the [[Electric Tree]] after the [[Passionfruit]].<br />
<br />
Also, "[[Iris]]"!<br />
<br />
==Carlisle==<br />
<br />
The Canon at Carlisle is over four hours long, and therefore is never played in its entirety. The songs are arranged in order of holiness.<br />
<br />
The full list is too long to place here. See [[Canon/CAR]].<br />
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==Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)==<br />
<br />
I would appreciate it if someone would contact the copyright owner for this page and ask for permission to appropriate the material. Otherwise, we could just paraphrase the information ourselves. Also, perhaps someone should verify to see if the information is current.<br />
<br />
This list was primarily compiled by Jon Good ('97-'00), a cult figure among Skidmore CTY students.<br />
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===High Holy Canon===<br />
<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* Let It Be - The Beatles<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* I'll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan (SESSION 1 ONLY)<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mendhi<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
<br />
===Canon===<br />
<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* My Sharona - The Knack<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* The Time Warp - ''Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* American Music - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana<br />
* Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice<br />
* U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer<br />
* Copacabana - Barry Manilow<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mixalot<br />
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New addition 06.1 - "I'll Make a Man Out of You." It is considered to be the only song that is High Holy Canon AND an Afterdance. This tradition applies to Session 1 only and only after the last dance. <br />
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New addition 06.1 - Let it Be. However, instead of "let it be", "[[synergy]]" is sung in honor of Bill.<br />
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==Loudonville (Siena)== <br />
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Note: If someone could sort out the ones that aren't played second session, that'd be great.<br />
<br />
List compiled by RA Brendan (Loudonville 2006 Session 1 and 2)<br />
<br />
As RAs, we got official CTY Canon CDs from ResLife to play at the dances. This is what was on them, for the curious (note that it's slightly different from the (I would assume) student-compiled list).<br />
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===Upper Canon (every dance)===<br />
<br />
Played at every dance/official real canon:<br />
<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants (banned 2005.1 because running around holding hands is too dangerous)<br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot<br />
* [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]] - Nirvana<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Like A Prayer - Madonna<br />
* I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* The Time Warp - ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
<br />
In particular these last four played in this order as the last four songs:<br />
<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
(on a 2nd CD, RAs had the option of playing some or all of these songs, but they weren't required)<br />
<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright<br />
* Sandstorm - Da Rude (de facto Canon)<br />
* Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners<br />
* Dragosta Din Tei - O-Zone (de-facto Canon)<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Sell Out - Reel Big Fish<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Piano Man - Billy Joel<br />
* I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Red-Nex<br />
* Heaven - DJ Sammy<br />
* It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls<br />
* Don't Stop Belivin' - Journey<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* Buddy Holly - Weezer<br />
<br />
===Other===<br />
<br />
These are other people's incomplete lists, could be cleaned up or compiled into something:<br />
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====Canon but not always played====<br />
<br />
* Wonderwall - Oasis<br />
* In My Life - The Beatles<br />
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====Traditions but not Canon====<br />
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* The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe<br />
* Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, and Mary<br />
* One More Chorus - Battlefield Band<br />
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====Other====<br />
<br />
* Fight For Your Right - The Beastie Boys<br />
* Origin of Love - Hedwig and the Angry Inch<br />
* I Touch Myself - Divynls (not played LOU 05.1)<br />
* Here's to the Night - Eve 6<br />
* I'm the Only Gay Eskimo - Corky and the Juice Pigs<br />
* Paradise City - Guns N' Roses<br />
* It's My Life - Jon Bon Jovi<br />
* Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day<br />
* Cupid's Shuffle - Cupid<br />
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====Notes====<br />
<br />
* "Buddy Holly" in LOU 05.1 was revived at the last dance, but was not very popular.<br />
* "Sandstorm" is, in the opinion of the Law and Politics B Session 2 2006, Fast-Paced High School Chemistry Session 1 2006, and Mathematical Logic Session 2 2006 classes, Canon.<br />
* "Baby Got Back" may not be true Canon. <br />
* Thank you to everyone continuing "One More Chorus." I was afraid it died after 2005.<br />
* Siena traditionally does not chant, "Die, Die, Die, Die! Live, Live, Live, Live..." during "American Pie" because of a student who committed suicide during session one year. At Session 1, however, many students, perhaps from other sites, have adopted the chant as new tradition.<br />
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==Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
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===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone<br />
* Don't Stop Believin' - Journey<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes<br />
<br />
LOS Canon is becoming smaller and smaller every single year with the departure of veteran RA's, and the installment of RA's who don't give a crap about tradition. <br />
<br />
In the first dance, first session of 2008, It's the end of the world as we know it was played in the first half an hour of then 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.<br />
In the second and last dances of second session, 2008, a good number of canon songs were played due to protests of traditionalists and RAs during the first dance.<br />
<br />
Thanks to Jorge's hall during 07.1, Don't Stop Believin' is now canon.<br />
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At session 2, Leaving on a Jet Plane is traditionally played at every last dance.<br />
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===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Thriller - Michael Jackson<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* Cha Cha Slide (remix)- Casper<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
* I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC<br />
* I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi<br />
* Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Cupid Shuffle - Cupid<br />
* Time Warp - Rocky Horror picture show.<br />
* Cotton-Eye Joe - Rednex<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* Stacy's Mom - Fountain of Wayne<br />
<br />
Interestingly, some of the Upper Canon songs at other sites are not played here.<br />
<br />
Mulan's "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is a highly traditional song sung at this site, but it is not played at the dances.<br />
<br />
==Easton==<br />
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===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* Swing, Swing- All- American Rejects<br />
* All My Life- JoJo & K-Ci<br />
* American Pie- Don McClean<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
* Every Time We Touch- CASCADA<br />
* The Cha-Cha Slide- Casper & The Live Platinum Band<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe- Rednex<br />
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The [[Canon]] is a list of songs that are traditional and played at each dance (or every other dance). The list varies by site.<br />
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Sites not listed below may or may not have well-defined Canons. If you know yours, please add it! "[[American Pie]]," however is played last at every CTY dance at every site. The only exception involves a new tradition at Skidmore Session 1 in which "I'll Make a Man out of You" is played after Pie at the last dance. Also, some newly established sites, particularly those outside of the United States, tend to fail to play Canon.<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
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At [[Lancaster]], the Canon is divided into two sections: the "Upper Canon," (or "High Holy Canon") which is played at every dance, and the "Lower Canon," half of which is played at each dance (though the Lower Canon is generally not played at the final dance, but is instead played during lunch and dinner (usually a 5/4 split) the day of the final dance). Since Lancaster holds dances every Friday and Saturday, as well as the final Thursday (known canonically as Friday, since Dances can't happen on Thursdays), this means that each Lower Canon song is heard once each weekend.<br />
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The playing of the Lower Canon at lunch began in 2004 at the suggestion of RA Jeremy Orosz, who thought this system would allow for a night dance that was not comprised completely of Canon so that less traditional students would have a wider selection of music. In 2006, half the Canon songs were moved to dinner because, due to the staggered lunch schedule, no student would be able to hear all Canon songs just at lunch.<br />
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The Upper Canon songs are generally played (nonconsecutively) in the reverse of the order shown here (i.e. "Bizarre Love Triangle" is first). The last four songs of the dance are (in order): "Stairway to Heaven," a non-Canon song (in recent years, this has been "Mr. Brightside"), "Forever Young," and "American Pie."<br />
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===Upper Canon===<br />
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* [[American Pie]] - Don McLean<br />
* [[Forever Young]] - Alphaville<br />
* [[Stairway to Heaven]] - Led Zeppelin<br />
* [[In Your Eyes]] - Peter Gabriel<br />
* [[Nightswimming]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Bizarre Love Triangle]] - New Order<br />
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===Lower Canon===<br />
* [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[Blister in the Sun]] - Violent Femmes<br />
* [[Oh L'Amour]] - Erasure<br />
* [[Rock Lobster]] - The B-52's ''(Second Session only)''<br />
* [[Dr. Mario]] - Super Smash Bros. Melee ''(First Session only)''<br />
* [[James Brown Is Dead]] - L.A. Style<br />
* [[Birdhouse in Your Soul]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Tunak Tunak Tun]] - Daler Mehndi<br />
* [[The Time Warp]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''<br />
* [[Sweet Transvestite]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' ''(follows The Time Warp, only on Second Saturday)''<br />
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===History of the Canon===<br />
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Supposedly, the modern Canon began the first year CTY started (at St. Mary's in 1980/1981, theoretically; however, this may actually mean the first year of Lancaster, 1982), when the staff, who enjoyed American Pie, decided to play it at a dance. The students enjoyed it and transferred it to the following session, after which it was played in the following years as well.<br />
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There was a clear Canon at least as early as 1985 (note that Lancaster was opened in 1982), which included "Rock Lobster," "The Time Warp," "Shout" (Isley Brothers), "Louie Louie," "Good Lovin'" (Rascals), and -- of course -- "American Pie." By 1988, students expected others certain songs at every dance, too (i.e., "No One is to Blame," "Mony Mony" (Billy Idol), "Boys Don't Cry," "Forever Young," "Summer of '69," "Twist & Shout," "Bizarre Love Triangle"). Though the name of "Canon" had not yet been applied, by the mid-1980's these songs were already being played at virtually every dance.<br />
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In 1987 and 1988, a group of RAs mocked these songs, especially "American Pie." Their behavior reached its nadir when, in 88.2, they convinced the RA DJs ''not'' to play "American Pie" at all at one of the later dances. Scores of students refused to leave the dance area -- the end of quad in front of the Marshall-Buchanan porch. A student housed in Dubbs turned his stereo speakers to point out his room's windows and played the song as loud as he could. As the students heard this, they moved under his window and sang loud enough to make up for the size of his speakers. In 93.1, the RA DJs again screwed things up by omitting some important songs at a dance on the first weekend. The following Monday, students circulated a petition demanding that the DJs play "Bizarre Love Triangle," "Rock Lobster," "It's the End of the World as We Know It," "Forever Young," and "American Pie" at every remaining dance, without fail. The word "Canon" was still not applied to this list.<br />
<br />
Between 1994 and 1995, the [[Digiclan]] and [[LLRT]], after lengthy online discussions, finalized the Canon, cutting it down from a list of over 50 songs. By 1996, all of the fourteen modern Canon songs except for "Tunak Tunak Tun" had appeared.<br />
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Every few years, there is a vote at Lancaster to put more songs on the Canon. Recent votes (in 2000 and 2003) did not add any new songs, though the High/Low status of some songs slightly changed. A vote 05.2 decided to keep "James Brown Is Dead" as part of the canon and add Daler Mehndi's "Tunak Tunak Tun" to the Canon one year after kids from [[First Dietz]] hall made a CTY-Lancaster-specific dance (modeled after Daler Mehndi's music video).<br />
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In 08.1, "Rock Lobster" was voted out of the First Session Canon. The next night, "[[Dr. Mario]]" was voted into the Lower Canon by a 53% percent majority. It has been confirmed that this vote would only have been conducted had "Rock Lobster" been removed first. Yet, "Dr. Mario" will be Lower Canon only on a one-year trial basis (another vote will be conducted towards the end of 09.1). At the last dance of 08.1, "Rock Lobster" was played one final time. This is not to say it will never be played at dances again - also, "Rock Lobster" remains a part of the Second Session Canon.<br />
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====Protest Example (05.1)====<br />
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http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/ctylan20051/3f03c748.jpg<br />
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===Other Songs===<br />
<br />
Raving is very popular at Lancaster. Aside from "James Brown Is Dead," at least one techno/raving song is played at each dance, often Darude's "Sandstorm" or "Every Time We Touch." During 06.2, a new rule was instated at Lancaster that banned stringraving (and also lying on the ground after dark). This angered some students, especially since nobody was officially told that the PDA rule on hand-holding from the previous session had been lifted. Protests were planned; however, Rachel, then-Jesus, and Alexa, a onemore, worked with the site director to lift the ban. The string raving ban was changed to a restriction: that all raving be done on the hardtop. However, by the following year, the restriction had been lifted or ignored by administration.<br />
<br />
Aside from the Canon, commonly played songs/dances include the [[CTY Shuffle]], the Numa Numa Song ("Dragosta Din Tei"), "Cotton-Eyed Joe," the "Cha-Cha Slide," and "Sandstorm."<br />
<br />
The song "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers has, since 07.1, almost always been played between Stairway to Heaven and Forever Young, especially in 07.1. Mr. Brightside was commonly accepted to be a slow dance.<br />
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For many years, beginning with Amish Dan and later encouraged by Nixon, Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" was proposed as a canon song, but this vein of thought quickly died after Nixon's departure.<br />
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Completely unrelated to Canon, but also very important, is the song "[[The End of the Tour]]" which is always the last song played at the [[Electric Tree]] after the [[Passionfruit]].<br />
<br />
Also, "[[Iris]]"!<br />
<br />
==Carlisle==<br />
<br />
The Canon at Carlisle is over four hours long, and therefore is never played in its entirety. The songs are arranged in order of holiness.<br />
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The full list is too long to place here. See [[Canon/CAR]].<br />
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==Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)==<br />
<br />
I would appreciate it if someone would contact the copyright owner for this page and ask for permission to appropriate the material. Otherwise, we could just paraphrase the information ourselves. Also, perhaps someone should verify to see if the information is current.<br />
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This list was primarily compiled by Jon Good ('97-'00), a cult figure among Skidmore CTY students.<br />
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===High Holy Canon===<br />
<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* Let It Be - The Beatles<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* I'll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan (SESSION 1 ONLY)<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mendhi<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
<br />
===Canon===<br />
<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* My Sharona - The Knack<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* The Time Warp - ''Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* American Music - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana<br />
* Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice<br />
* U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer<br />
* Copacabana - Barry Manilow<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mixalot<br />
<br />
New addition 06.1 - "I'll Make a Man Out of You." It is considered to be the only song that is High Holy Canon AND an Afterdance. This tradition applies to Session 1 only and only after the last dance. <br />
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New addition 06.1 - Let it Be. However, instead of "let it be", "[[synergy]]" is sung in honor of Bill.<br />
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==Loudonville (Siena)== <br />
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Note: If someone could sort out the ones that aren't played second session, that'd be great.<br />
<br />
List compiled by RA Brendan (Loudonville 2006 Session 1 and 2)<br />
<br />
As RAs, we got official CTY Canon CDs from ResLife to play at the dances. This is what was on them, for the curious (note that it's slightly different from the (I would assume) student-compiled list).<br />
<br />
===Upper Canon (every dance)===<br />
<br />
Played at every dance/official real canon:<br />
<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants (banned 2005.1 because running around holding hands is too dangerous)<br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot<br />
* [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]] - Nirvana<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Like A Prayer - Madonna<br />
* I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* The Time Warp - ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
<br />
In particular these last four played in this order as the last four songs:<br />
<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
(on a 2nd CD, RAs had the option of playing some or all of these songs, but they weren't required)<br />
<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright<br />
* Sandstorm - Da Rude (de facto Canon)<br />
* Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners<br />
* Dragosta Din Tei - O-Zone (de-facto Canon)<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Sell Out - Reel Big Fish<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Piano Man - Billy Joel<br />
* I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Red-Nex<br />
* Heaven - DJ Sammy<br />
* It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls<br />
* Don't Stop Belivin' - Journey<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* Buddy Holly - Weezer<br />
<br />
===Other===<br />
<br />
These are other people's incomplete lists, could be cleaned up or compiled into something:<br />
<br />
====Canon but not always played====<br />
<br />
* Wonderwall - Oasis<br />
* In My Life - The Beatles<br />
<br />
====Traditions but not Canon====<br />
<br />
* The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe<br />
* Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, and Mary<br />
* One More Chorus - Battlefield Band<br />
<br />
====Other====<br />
<br />
* Fight For Your Right - The Beastie Boys<br />
* Origin of Love - Hedwig and the Angry Inch<br />
* I Touch Myself - Divynls (not played LOU 05.1)<br />
* Here's to the Night - Eve 6<br />
* I'm the Only Gay Eskimo - Corky and the Juice Pigs<br />
* Paradise City - Guns N' Roses<br />
* It's My Life - Jon Bon Jovi<br />
* Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day<br />
* Cupid's Shuffle - Cupid<br />
<br />
====Notes====<br />
<br />
* "Buddy Holly" in LOU 05.1 was revived at the last dance, but was not very popular.<br />
* "Sandstorm" is, in the opinion of the Law and Politics B Session 2 2006, Fast-Paced High School Chemistry Session 1 2006, and Mathematical Logic Session 2 2006 classes, Canon.<br />
* "Baby Got Back" may not be true Canon. <br />
* Thank you to everyone continuing "One More Chorus." I was afraid it died after 2005.<br />
* Siena traditionally does not chant, "Die, Die, Die, Die! Live, Live, Live, Live..." during "American Pie" because of a student who committed suicide during session one year. At Session 1, however, many students, perhaps from other sites, have adopted the chant as new tradition.<br />
<br />
==Los Angeles (LMU)==<br />
<br />
===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone<br />
* Don't Stop Believin' - Journey<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes<br />
<br />
LOS Canon is becoming smaller and smaller every single year with the departure of veteran RA's, and the installment of RA's who don't give a crap about tradition. <br />
<br />
In the first dance, first session of 2008, It's the end of the world as we know it was played in the first half an hour of then 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.<br />
In the second and last dances of second session, 2008, a good number of canon songs were played due to protests of traditionalists and RAs during the first dance.<br />
<br />
Thanks to Jorge's hall during 07.1, Don't Stop Believin' is now canon.<br />
<br />
At session 2, Leaving on a Jet Plane is traditionally played at every last dance.<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Thriller - Michael Jackson<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* Cha Cha Slide (remix)- Casper<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
* I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC<br />
* I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi<br />
* Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Cupid Shuffle - Cupid<br />
* Time Warp - Rocky Horror picture show.<br />
* Cotton-Eye Joe - Rednex<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* Stacy's Mom - Fountain of Wayne<br />
<br />
Interestingly, some of the Upper Canon songs at other sites are not played here.<br />
<br />
Mulan's "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is a highly traditional song sung at this site, but it is not played at the dances.<br />
<br />
==Easton==<br />
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===Upper Canon===<br />
<br />
* Swing, Swing<br />
* All My Life<br />
* American Pie<br />
<br />
===Lower Canon===<br />
<br />
* Every Time We Touch<br />
* The Cha-Cha Slide<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe<br />
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This is part of the CAA program (like [[Bristol]]).<br />
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==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site after the Frederick Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms as this was the first year males could live at the school during the year, in 2003. Many of these "Hood Rats" (the term for both students and faculty who went to Easton after they left Hood College) came to Lafeyette College in 2003. Since then the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
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==Buildings==<br />
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* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts- Location of Swashbuckler (war between colors) 2008<br />
* Easton Hall- Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm.<br />
* Keefe Hall- Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC). --beware of fire alarms. humidity sets them off.<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall- Temporary Dinning hall in 2008, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College- Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center- Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center- Usually Science Courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights- Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall- Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
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==Traditions==<br />
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* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occured during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* Casino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life- threatening hail, caused black outs and brown outs at Lafayette, and caused flooding in lower Easton.<br />
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==Activities==<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
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* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Spans across both periods. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls.<br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, and no I will not tell you what it is.<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching.<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. Spans across two periods.<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once.<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive.<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. Does not span across two periods.<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. Few people do it and it was enjoyable.<br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered once during 08.1.<br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
* After Swashbuckler 08.1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) and several male halls had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet- another RA who run great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it partway through the session<br />
<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=16543Easton2008-07-23T22:40:12Z<p>Firefly1029: additonal facts</p>
<hr />
<div>{{siteformat}}<br />
This is part of the CAA program (like [[Bristol]]).<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site after the Frederick Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms as this was the first year males could live at the school during the year, in 2003. Many of these "Hood Rats" (the term for both students and faculty who went to Easton after they left Hood College) came to Lafeyette College in 2003. Since then the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Williams Center For The Arts- Location of Swashbuckler (war between colors) 2008<br />
* Easton Hall- Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm.<br />
* Keefe Hall- Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC). --beware of fire alarms. humidity sets them off.<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theater. <br />
* Marquis Hall- Temporary Dinning hall in 2008, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College- Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center- Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center- Usually Science Courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights- Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall- Computer Labs, as well as other random classes, like English<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occured during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa (Convenience store) and The Purple Cow (Awesome ice cream parlor).<br />
* Swashbuckler Color War<br />
* Casino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life- threatening hail, caused black outs and brown outs at Lafayette, and caused flooding in lower Easton.<br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
There are various activities offered throughout the session.<br />
<br />
* Morning 'Fun' Run - Offered most mornings. Students would be picked up around 6 a.m. and would be taken to the track. Occasionally a roundabout way of getting to the track would be taken. 08.1 - mostly girls would go<br />
* Basketball - Offered everyday. Spans across both of the activity periods.<br />
* Dodgeball - Offered throughout most of the session, but was sometimes replaced by volleyball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Volleyball - Occasionally replaced dodgeball, but was less common than dodgeball. Spans across both periods.<br />
* Tennis - Offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the second week of session one 2008. Spans across both periods. Courts are outdoors. Good idea to bring your own tennis balls.<br />
* Braveheart - Offered about twice during the first session of 2008, and no I will not tell you what it is.<br />
* Cloud Watching - Offered a good deal of time. Students sit on Farinon quad and oftentimes just play cards…no real "cloud watching" occurs. Activities like "Chillaxing," and "The Art of Chilling" are the same as Cloud watching.<br />
* Disney Channel Appreciation - Offered once. No, it is not merely watching movies. They ask questions and do games. Spans across two periods.<br />
* Mystery Activity - Offered once.<br />
* Balloon Stomping - Offered around two times. Participants tie balloons to each of their feet and must pop the balloons of others while keeping their own alive.<br />
* Water Balloon Filling - This was offered the week before Water Day. This is often the day they have poor selections for one period activities. Does not span across two periods.<br />
* Ballroom Dancing - This was a fun activity offered twice. Few people do it and it was enjoyable.<br />
* Salsa Dancing - Offered once during 08.1.<br />
<br />
==Noteable Occurances==<br />
* After Swashbuckler 2008 Session 1 you would still find random groups of people yelling (insert color name here) Squad, this was first started by Valerie's (Val's) hall, who were on the Black team.<br />
* Valerie's (Val's) hall had their own unofficial cross dressing day on the second Wednesday of the first session.<br />
* Major cheating occurred during Casino night causing massive amounts of money to be made.<br />
* During dances groups of people (mainly guys) would encircle a dancing couple for a few minutes and then move onto another couple. This was amusing to some, and annoying to others.<br />
<br />
==Advice to People looking at the Easton campus==<br />
* '''Be sure to clean up the campus''', they have been known to take away quad time for leaving messes.<br />
* '''Thank the cafeteria staff'''…and save us all from hearing "Please thank the cafeteria staff" over and over again at hall meetings.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
* Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
* Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
* Juliet- another RA who run great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
* Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
* James - For having purple hair…and redying it partway through the session<br />
<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=16454User:Firefly10292008-07-22T01:22:33Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
*Hello all, it's Stuart<br />
*I am 15<br />
*I am one of the approximately 4% of Americans who have red hair.<br />
*I can do a Rubik's Cube in 1 min 45 secs<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Years==<br />
===2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I===<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science (B?), Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
<br />
<br />
===2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II===<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals B, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
<br />
<br />
===2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I===<br />
*RA: Eric Wong<br />
*Bioethics, Erica Laethem/ Frank Januitis<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Experinces==<br />
===2006===<br />
*Watching the World Cup<br />
*Receiving my first Rubik's Cube in a care package<br />
*Crashing each others computer programs in Class<br />
**Well, really others crashing my programs (grr.)<br />
*Four Square<br />
*Lots of various card games, in which I manged to get owned in all of them<br />
<br />
===2007===<br />
*Playing [[FLAAR]] <br />
*Watching Pokemon<br />
**Don't ask<br />
*Having the most hyper- active kid in the entire camp as your roommate<br />
**One Word: ouch<br />
*Hurting my wrist from playing too much dodge ball<br />
*Eating a firefly<br />
**Yes, I actually ate a firefly. My RA, Jeff, was wondering if one were to eat a firefly, would the glowing fluid in the tail squirt out in your mouth and make your mouth glow. I decided to try it during quad time. The firefly didn't taste that bad, except for the fact that it was dirty. My mouth did glow somewhat. (My roommate video taped it, but wont send me the file ): )<br />
*Doing Sudokus from the morning newspaper<br /><br /><br />
<br />
===2008===<br />
* The health office's least favorite hall. In our hall we had<br />
** 1 panic attack<br />
** 1 suspicious set of scabs along a wrist<br />
** 1 mild 2nd degree burns<br />
** 1 not waking up (this was scary)<br />
** 2 heat exhaustion collapses<br />
** 10 of 10 kids who got a cold in the last week (including me)<br />
* Winning swashbuckler- "''*clap* black *clap* squad''"<br />
* Beating Logic in debate<br />
* peep hole watching at night<br />
* Ultimate Frisbee<br />
* Potatoes<br />
* Eric is a beast<br />
* Wonders if he is getting to old for CTY/CAA...<br />
<br />
May all your sporks stay sharp,<br />
<br />
SMY<br /><br /><br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 More info about me]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=16426Easton2008-07-21T03:42:30Z<p>Firefly1029: grammer, alphabetizing, additions, corrections</p>
<hr />
<div>{{siteformat}}<br />
This is part of the CAA program (like [[Bristol]]).<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site after the Frederick Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms as this was the first year males could live at the school during the year, in 2003. Many of these "Hood Rats" (the term for both students and faculty who went to Easton after they left Hood College) came to Lafeyette College in 2003. Since then the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Easton Hall- Older, crummier, hotter, girls' dorm.<br />
* Keefe Hall- Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC).<br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theatre. <br />
* Marquis Hall- Temporary Dinning hall in 2008, as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
* South College- Boys' dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Buildings where various classes were held:<br />
** Acopian Engineering Center- Usually Engineering courses, as well as math courses<br />
** Hugel Science Center- Usually Science Courses<br />
** Kirby Hall of Civil Rights- Usually Humanities courses<br />
** Pardee Hall- Computer Labs, as well as other random classes<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occured during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa.<br />
* Swashbuckler Color Wars<br />
* Casino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life- threatening hail, caused black outs and brown outs at Lafayette, and caused flooding in lower Easton.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
*Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
*Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
*Juliet- another RA who run great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
*Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=16424Easton2008-07-21T03:25:25Z<p>Firefly1029: clean up, other stuff</p>
<hr />
<div>{{siteformat}}<br />
This is part of the CAA program (like [[Bristol]]).<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The first people came to the Easton site after the Frederick Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms as this was the first year males could live at the school during the year, in 2003. Many of these "Hood Rats" (the term for both students and faculty who went to Easton after they left Hood College) came to Lafeyette College in 2003. Since then the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* South College- Boy's dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Keefe Hall- Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC).<br />
* Easton Hall- Older, crummier, hotter, more distant girls' dorm. <br />
* Farinon College Center - Contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theatre. <br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
* Marquis Hall- Temporary Dinning hall in 08.1 and 2 as the Farinon dinning hall was being renovated<br />
<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occured during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa.<br />
* Swashbuckler Color Wars<br />
* Casino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
* Blackouts<br />
** The electrical system at Lafayette College/ Easton goes out very easily, usually by the first lightning strike of a storm. The most famous blackout in CAA Easton history was in 2006, in which storms produced life- threatening hail, caused black outs and brown outs at Lafayette, and caused flooding in lower Easton.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
*Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
*Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
*Juliet- another RA who run great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
*Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=16289User:Firefly10292008-07-19T16:58:45Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
*Hello all, it's Stuart<br />
*I am 15<br />
*I am one of the approximately 4% of Americans who have red hair.<br />
*I can do a Rubik's Cube in 1 min 45 secs<br />
*<insert any CTY cliche here about living the year for 3 weeks of CTY><br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Years==<br />
===2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I===<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science (B?), Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
<br />
<br />
===2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II===<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals B, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
<br />
<br />
===2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I===<br />
*RA: Eric Wong<br />
*Bioethics, Erica Laethem/ Frank Januitis<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Experinces==<br />
===2006===<br />
*Watching the World Cup<br />
*Receiving my first Rubik's Cube in a care package<br />
*Crashing each others computer programs in Class<br />
**Well, really others crashing my programs (grr.)<br />
*Four Square<br />
*Lots of various card games, in which I manged to get owned in all of them<br />
<br />
===2007===<br />
*Playing [[FLAAR]] <br />
*Watching Pokemon<br />
**Don't ask<br />
*Having the most hyper- active kid in the entire camp as your roommate<br />
**One Word: ouch<br />
*Hurting my wrist from playing too much dodge ball<br />
*Eating a firefly<br />
**Yes, I actually ate a firefly. My RA, Jeff, was wondering if one were to eat a firefly, would the glowing fluid in the tail squirt out in your mouth and make your mouth glow. I decided to try it during quad time. The firefly didn't taste that bad, except for the fact that it was dirty. My mouth did glow somewhat. (My roommate video taped it, but wont send me the file ): )<br />
*Doing Sudokus from the morning newspaper<br /><br /><br />
<br />
===2008===<br />
* The health office's least favorite hall. In our hall we had<br />
** 1 panic attack<br />
** 1 suspicious set of scabs along a wrist<br />
** 1 mild 2nd degree burns<br />
** 1 not waking up (this was scary)<br />
** 2 heat exhaustion collapses<br />
** 10 of 10 kids who got a cold in the last week (including me)<br />
* Winning swashbuckler- "''*clap* black *clap* squad''"<br />
* Beating Logic in debate<br />
* peep hole watching at night<br />
* Ultimate Frisbee<br />
* Potatoes<br />
* Eric is a beast<br />
<br />
May all your sporks stay sharp,<br />
<br />
SMY<br /><br /><br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 More info about me]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Easton&diff=16214Easton2008-07-18T21:40:49Z<p>Firefly1029: Passionfruit has caught on.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{siteformat}}<br />
This is part of the CAA program (like [[Bristol]]).<br />
<br />
The first people came to the Easton site after the Frederick Maryland site said JHU could not come back, as they were renovating all the dorms as this was the first year males could live at the school during the year, in 2003. Many of these "Hood Rats" (the term for both students and faculty who went to Easton after they left Hood College) came to Lafeyette College in 2003. Since then the Easton site has slowly begun to establish its own traditions. The 2006 summer is infamous for it's 3-day blackout, brownouts, flood in the town below, and life-threatening hail. <br />
<br />
==Buildings==<br />
<br />
* South College- Boy's dorm, site office, and health office.<br />
* Keefe- Newer and nicer of the two girls' dorms (central AC).<br />
* Easton- Older, crummier, hotter, more distant girls' dorm. <br />
* Farinon - contains the cafeteria, dance/activities room, and movie theatre. <br />
* Colton Chapel - Location of All-site meetings, Swashbuckler, and Talent Show.<br />
<br />
--Beware of blackouts. In the event of one, open all doors and string emergency lights through the hallway. Boys, start sleeping in the lower hallways. BRING FLASHLIGHTS (now illegal)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Traditions==<br />
<br />
* Easton has dress up days the last week of camp. There is Goth Monday, SuperPrep Tuesday, and Crossdress Wednesday. There was also a Twin Thursday, which was less common. The traditions began in 05.2 by students in the Psychology A course, most notably Priya Mehta, JT Shepard-Blankenheim, and Megan Dent.<br />
* Passionfruit, which has now become an established tradition.<br />
* American Pie, with chanting, circles with kicking of feet at the beginning and end. [beware; injuries have occured during this song.]<br />
* Weekend trips to WaWa.<br />
* Swashbuckler Color Wars<br />
* Casino Night<br />
* Talent Show<br />
* Water Carnival<br />
* Olympics<br />
<br />
==Notable RAs==<br />
*Matt Weber- One of the 3 creators of [[FLAAR]] and would run Star Wars Galactic Senate at least once person session (2003-2005).<br />
*Jeff Murphy- Another creator of [[FLAAR]]; always run odd activities (2003-2005, 2007).<br />
*Juliet- another RA who run great activities; in 2005 she would sing the phrase "DON'T SWING YOUR LANYARD" (2004-2005).<br />
*Gabe Ulman - For Robot Sock-Wars Tournaments (2006) and being the RA to organize Passionfruit 06.2. <br />
<br />
[[Category:Sites]]<br />
[[Category:Easton|*]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=16212User:Firefly10292008-07-18T21:33:03Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
*Hello all, it's Stuart<br />
*I am 15<br />
*I am one of the approximately 4% of Americans who have red hair.<br />
*I can do a Rubik's Cube in 1 min 45 secs<br />
*<insert any CTY cliche here about living the year for 3 weeks of CTY><br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Years==<br />
===2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I===<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science (B?), Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
<br />
<br />
===2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II===<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals B, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
<br />
<br />
===2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I===<br />
*RA: Eric Wong<br />
*Bioethics, Erica Laethem/ Frank Januitis<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Experinces==<br />
===2006===<br />
*Watching the World Cup<br />
*Receiving my first Rubik's Cube in a care package<br />
*Crashing each others computer programs in Class<br />
**Well, really others crashing my programs (grr.)<br />
*Four Square<br />
*Lots of various card games, in which I manged to get owned in all of them<br />
<br />
===2007===<br />
*Playing [[FLAAR]] <br />
*Watching Pokemon<br />
**Don't ask<br />
*Having the most hyper- active kid in the entire camp as your roommate<br />
**One Word: ouch<br />
*Hurting my wrist from playing too much dodge ball<br />
*Eating a firefly<br />
**Yes, I actually ate a firefly. My RA, Jeff, was wondering if one were to eat a firefly, would the glowing fluid in the tail squirt out in your mouth and make your mouth glow. I decided to try it during quad time. The firefly didn't taste that bad, except for the fact that it was dirty. My mouth did glow somewhat. (My roommate video taped it, but wont send me the file ): )<br />
*Doing Sudokus from the morning newspaper<br /><br /><br />
<br />
===2008===<br />
* Coming soon...<br />
<br />
May all your sporks stay sharp,<br />
<br />
SMY<br /><br /><br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 More info about me]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=14507Talk:Main Page2008-06-17T00:12:26Z<p>Firefly1029: /* Countdown */</p>
<hr />
<div>I am cool with a raise in security --[[User:Jeff Sachs|Jeff Sachs]] 20:34, 30 August 2006 (MST)<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where a shrug never follows a shrodem"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where fun is sometimes mandatory."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY: where pronouns are hienous."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY: where guys wear girls pants better than girls do."<br />
<br />
:Actually, this is true in a lot of places... --[[User:Memoriesonfilm|Max W.]] 17:22, 4 September 2006 (MST)<br />
<br />
::It is. A lot of guys are eerily hot as girls. And better looking as girls as some girls. It's kind of weird to have a guy look way better in your clothes than you do. -[[User:Starr|Starr]] <br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where the Imperial Battleship halts... The FLOW of TIME" - Reference to Carlisle's [[Starcrash]]<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where the Hoopy Froods roam."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where the Universe Ends."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, it's just a jump to the left."<br />
<br />
"Halt! This is RealCTY! We demand....A SHRUBBERY!"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where there is no beer."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where we cover the 5 major food groups: ramen, pop tarts, potatoes, pasta, and more potatoes"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, which has just lost the game."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, not Constantinople"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where you swing your lanyard at your own risk."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where these are the right tentacles"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where i'm coming out of my cage (and I've been doing just fine"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where even Frank Wang is [[Hall of Shame:LAN|vulnerable]]"<br />
<br />
== Concerning the quality of realCTY articles ==<br />
<br />
When I came here I expected Wikipedia like articles about CTY, not articles filled with what would be called test edits. I would like to propose that we keep all the fandom in the fourums and make this Wiki more serious. Thanks. [[User:Marlith|Marlith]] 20:57, 17 July 2007 (MST)<br />
<br />
:Sure, it is fun, but if a person who wanted encyclopedia like info about CTY and came to this site wouldnt they be dissapointed?[[User:Marlith|Marlith]]<br />
<br />
::Well, if someone did want good articles they would go to Wikipedia. [[User:Marlith|Marlith]] 21:07, 17 July 2007 (MST)<br />
<br />
:::I also had a comment about the state of articles here. While perusing the wonders of the "random article" button, I came across quite a few class pages (actually most--or all--of them) that had comments that seemed perfectly suited to the talk page of the particular article, but not to its main text. I would happily undertake the task of moving these comments to talk pages and create more objective articles if it would be something useful to do. [[User:Kakofonous|Kakofonous]] 13:19, 23 December 2007 (PST)<br />
<br />
How about making a separate section on class pages called "Student Comments"?<br />
[[User:FJØRKËN|FJØRKËN]]<br />
<br />
By the way, Schrodem is spelled thusly.<br />
<br />
== Format of Main Page ==<br />
<br />
In the interest of clarity, usefulness to newcomers, and organization i suggest making a seperate news page for announcements and leaving the main page solely for welcome and navigation. --[[User:Izzlefree|Siri]]<br />
<br />
PCTYD has been fixed, and now the notice saying that it's down is misleading. --[[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy]]<br />
<br />
Yeah, what Lizzy said. -- Kimcheeeee/jackidy/allegra<br />
<br />
Except now it's down again. =[ [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 19:44, 20 February 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
What exactly happened to it? --[[User:LordZeebmork|LordZeebmork]] 15:24, 21 February 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
It's still down. Anyone know what's up? - [[User:Fred3426|Fred3426]] 17:48, 23 Feb. 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
Never mind, it's back. We hit some turbulence. [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 18:36, 23 February 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
And now it's down again. - [[User:Fred3426|Jimmy]] 12:53, 13 Mar. 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
*Nevermind. - Same<br />
<br />
It's down again. --[[User:Lietk12|Lietk12]] 15:13, 29 April 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
Down again, or at least getting 403 forbidden when I try to go there. [[User:Twoshotted|Twoshotted]] 12:26, 2 May 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
It's down again again. I'm getting the same thing as ^.--[[User:kimcheeeee|Allegra]]<br />
<br />
== On Wikipedia? ==<br />
<br />
Just an idea that I had...I've noticed that quite a few of the users here are also on Wikipedia, and thought it might be a worthwhile project getting [[wikipedia:Center for Talented Youth|CTY]] to featured article status. Please add your ideas and responses below. [[User:Kakofonous|Kakofonous]] 12:31, 30 December 2007 (PST)<br />
<br />
:Yeah that's a good idea, how? If it evolved editing the article, however, I don't know what we can add. In addition, I created some CTY User boxes for the wikipedia user pages. They are at this page --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/New_Userboxes/Archive_11#December_30_2] If you want to put these in you user page, just copy and paste the code into your user page.<br />
-[[User:Firefly1029|Firefly1029]] 20:29, 30 December 2007 (PST)<br />
<br />
^^ They got archived, so I fixed the link. =D [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 21:13, 1 March 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
== Countdown ==<br />
<br />
It would be cool to have a countdown to the beginning of Sessions one and two on the front page.<br />
[[User:Firefly1029|Firefly1029]] 17:12, 16 June 2008 (PDT)</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=14506Talk:Main Page2008-06-17T00:12:10Z<p>Firefly1029: Countdown</p>
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<div>I am cool with a raise in security --[[User:Jeff Sachs|Jeff Sachs]] 20:34, 30 August 2006 (MST)<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where a shrug never follows a shrodem"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where fun is sometimes mandatory."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY: where pronouns are hienous."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY: where guys wear girls pants better than girls do."<br />
<br />
:Actually, this is true in a lot of places... --[[User:Memoriesonfilm|Max W.]] 17:22, 4 September 2006 (MST)<br />
<br />
::It is. A lot of guys are eerily hot as girls. And better looking as girls as some girls. It's kind of weird to have a guy look way better in your clothes than you do. -[[User:Starr|Starr]] <br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where the Imperial Battleship halts... The FLOW of TIME" - Reference to Carlisle's [[Starcrash]]<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where the Hoopy Froods roam."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where the Universe Ends."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, it's just a jump to the left."<br />
<br />
"Halt! This is RealCTY! We demand....A SHRUBBERY!"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where there is no beer."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where we cover the 5 major food groups: ramen, pop tarts, potatoes, pasta, and more potatoes"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, which has just lost the game."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, not Constantinople"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where you swing your lanyard at your own risk."<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where these are the right tentacles"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where i'm coming out of my cage (and I've been doing just fine"<br />
<br />
"From RealCTY, where even Frank Wang is [[Hall of Shame:LAN|vulnerable]]"<br />
<br />
== Concerning the quality of realCTY articles ==<br />
<br />
When I came here I expected Wikipedia like articles about CTY, not articles filled with what would be called test edits. I would like to propose that we keep all the fandom in the fourums and make this Wiki more serious. Thanks. [[User:Marlith|Marlith]] 20:57, 17 July 2007 (MST)<br />
<br />
:Sure, it is fun, but if a person who wanted encyclopedia like info about CTY and came to this site wouldnt they be dissapointed?[[User:Marlith|Marlith]]<br />
<br />
::Well, if someone did want good articles they would go to Wikipedia. [[User:Marlith|Marlith]] 21:07, 17 July 2007 (MST)<br />
<br />
:::I also had a comment about the state of articles here. While perusing the wonders of the "random article" button, I came across quite a few class pages (actually most--or all--of them) that had comments that seemed perfectly suited to the talk page of the particular article, but not to its main text. I would happily undertake the task of moving these comments to talk pages and create more objective articles if it would be something useful to do. [[User:Kakofonous|Kakofonous]] 13:19, 23 December 2007 (PST)<br />
<br />
How about making a separate section on class pages called "Student Comments"?<br />
[[User:FJØRKËN|FJØRKËN]]<br />
<br />
By the way, Schrodem is spelled thusly.<br />
<br />
== Format of Main Page ==<br />
<br />
In the interest of clarity, usefulness to newcomers, and organization i suggest making a seperate news page for announcements and leaving the main page solely for welcome and navigation. --[[User:Izzlefree|Siri]]<br />
<br />
PCTYD has been fixed, and now the notice saying that it's down is misleading. --[[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy]]<br />
<br />
Yeah, what Lizzy said. -- Kimcheeeee/jackidy/allegra<br />
<br />
Except now it's down again. =[ [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 19:44, 20 February 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
What exactly happened to it? --[[User:LordZeebmork|LordZeebmork]] 15:24, 21 February 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
It's still down. Anyone know what's up? - [[User:Fred3426|Fred3426]] 17:48, 23 Feb. 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
Never mind, it's back. We hit some turbulence. [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 18:36, 23 February 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
And now it's down again. - [[User:Fred3426|Jimmy]] 12:53, 13 Mar. 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
*Nevermind. - Same<br />
<br />
It's down again. --[[User:Lietk12|Lietk12]] 15:13, 29 April 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
Down again, or at least getting 403 forbidden when I try to go there. [[User:Twoshotted|Twoshotted]] 12:26, 2 May 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
It's down again again. I'm getting the same thing as ^.--[[User:kimcheeeee|Allegra]]<br />
<br />
== On Wikipedia? ==<br />
<br />
Just an idea that I had...I've noticed that quite a few of the users here are also on Wikipedia, and thought it might be a worthwhile project getting [[wikipedia:Center for Talented Youth|CTY]] to featured article status. Please add your ideas and responses below. [[User:Kakofonous|Kakofonous]] 12:31, 30 December 2007 (PST)<br />
<br />
:Yeah that's a good idea, how? If it evolved editing the article, however, I don't know what we can add. In addition, I created some CTY User boxes for the wikipedia user pages. They are at this page --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/New_Userboxes/Archive_11#December_30_2] If you want to put these in you user page, just copy and paste the code into your user page.<br />
-[[User:Firefly1029|Firefly1029]] 20:29, 30 December 2007 (PST)<br />
<br />
^^ They got archived, so I fixed the link. =D [[User:Clcrhiggaeeermo|Clcrhiggaeeermo]] 21:13, 1 March 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
== Countdown ==<br />
<br />
It would be cool to have a countdown to the beginning of Sessions one and two on the front page.</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=What_to_bring&diff=14451What to bring2008-05-15T02:26:05Z<p>Firefly1029: /* General */</p>
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<div>==General==<br />
<br />
The items here are generally universal; they may not apply to a site or two. Please do not repost this list for individual sites.<br />
<br />
* Flashlight (forbidden at JHU, LAN, CAR, EST, and SAR, although people bring them anyway)<br />
* Duct tape<br />
* Scissors (for cutting holes in your jeans)<br />
* Glowsticks (for [[raving]], learning to rave, and hitting oneself in the balls (guys only))<br />
** Lanyard-like objects (non-2005 lanyards work well) for stringraving<br />
* Deck of cards and Poker chips (kind of forbidden at CAR, but nobody enforces it)<br />
* Camera(s)<br />
* Snacks (no peanuts at LAN!)<br />
* Permanent marker (for tee-shirt signing the last day)<br />
* Poster(s)<br />
** And post-its telling people not to make out with it if it features a hot guy (such as Johnny Depp)<br />
* iPod and speakers<br />
** A massive amount of batteries for any mp3 player(s)/CD players you bring + chargers<br />
* Water bottle<br />
* Rubik's Cube (should be a requirement, and if you can solve one fairly quickly, enter the Talent Show)<br />
* It's even cooler if you can get one of those unique ones like the ones with only four squares on each side, the metallic ones, the sparkly ones, the neon ones, and even those weird deformed ones that I would never be able to solve if my life depended on it. <br />
* Clothes to lend for cross-dress days<br />
* Black Lanyard (be careful of confiscation)<br />
* A copy of Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (To some people, this is their veritable Bible, and will hate you if you disgrace the book)<br />
* Food and Drinks. Nothing makes friends better than a warm smile and a case of Mountain Dew.<br />
* Fishnets. If you don't wear them, then someone else will. So bring them.<br />
* Extra batteries for your calculator!<br />
* A hairbrush (no, they don't have it on the to-bring list) and plenty of hairties<br />
* Nail clipper<br />
* Texting plan - this isn't completely needed but texting is useful! seriously, for those times in class when you are too high tech to use a piece of paper and a pen. also, u can text people in the other classes & this way there is no evidence, theres no paper for the teacher to take. and finally, for all those people looking for a summer love, text your crush at night! or just text your opposite gender friends at night! texting comes in handy!!!<br />
Note: At least at LMU, cell phones are not allowed in class.<br />
A note from a friendly staffer: If you have somehow managed to acquire a staff lanyard, congrats on your mad skills of lanyard steal-age, but leave it at home! There is a significant chance that if a staffer sees it, they will confiscate it.<br />
<br />
==Lancaster==<br />
* Snacks cannot contain peanuts; they cannot even have been made in a factory that also processes peanuts or makes peanut products. RAs WILL confiscate contraband food.<br />
* Bathrobe <<Don't overlook this. Countless souls have gone to CTY without a bathrobe and felt excluded on [[Thursday|Thursdays]] when they had no bathrobe to wear.<br />
* Extra Towels<br />
* Halloween costume<br />
* Umbrella (but only if it pops out when you push the button.)<br />
* Frisbees<br />
* Old lanyards<br />
* Ramen -- BEWARE: Cup Noodle has PEANUTS!!!<br />
* --> Ramen? Who needs ramen? You HAVE to go for BOWL APPETIT, ''especially'' Three Cheese Rotini. Immediately upon arrival, locate your nearest microwave (there is usually one in each hall)!! Also, Simply Thai coconut noodles are good. Try to bring a variety of microwavable foods, with mugs and utensils and stuff, or prepare to lift some from the dining hall. (Just a thoughtful note from a Schnader basement Latinite)<br />
* ----> They have those Bowl Appetits at Turkey Hill in case you get there and want to pick one up. Apparently they're habit-forming. (From the Greek 1 girl in Schnader, who lived across from the microwave used by both the greekies and the latinites downstairs)<br />
* Boxers for [[Song:Bizarre Love Triangle|BLT]]<br />
* just in case medicine (advil tylenol and of course the miracle medacine Bendaryll (shop rite duckies remember that ugly hives incident very early of 07.01))<br />
* Fancy clothes, for the dances<br />
* Clothes for cross dressing day<br />
<br />
==Siena==<br />
* Duct tape, strong string, and clothes hangers for Fairy Princess Day<br />
* Clothes for Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl Day<br />
* A backpack<br />
* SNACKS or tons of change for vending machines (most of the machines don't accept the declining balance cards)<br />
* Boys: make sure you bring a fan. Ryan Hall is: 1) cramped and 2) non air conditioned and it can get pretty hot in New York. Girls should also bring fans and give them to the boys, some of whom are certain to have forgotten to bring one. Bring an alarm clock also; you will want to wake up early to be able to get one of the end shower stalls, since there is only one drain.<br />
* A long-sleeved tee and/or hoodie because the movie theater and the classrooms are usually extremely cold. Trust me.<br />
* An umbrella, raincoat, and rain boots... it can get quite wet and rainy... and your sandals can get quite moldy.<br />
* A good attitude so you won't get TOO pissed at the sucky RAs and suckier administration<br />
* Lots and lots of clothes; there aren't too many working laundry machines<br />
<br />
==Carlisle==<br />
* Boys: bring energy drinks. Soon they'll prohibit buying them at the Devil's Den due to Chris White's hall in Session 1 of '05 and Matt's hall in Session 1 '06 and Matt's hall's Hammbit Chang in Session 2 and Ian's hall in Session 2 '06 (not really, but yea). We found our ways around the rules. Especially right after check in at 10. STOP DRINKING ENERGY DRINKS RIGHT BEFORE BED!!!<br />
* Sidewalk chalk<br />
* Assorted crap for various theme-day or dance costumes including fishnets for girls (goth day) and clothes for the opposite sex to wear for Drag Day<br />
<br />
==LMU==<br />
* Bathing suits<br />
* Bathrobe (You'll need it if the fire drill's during your shower.)<br />
* Black clothing and eyeliner, for Emo Day.<br />
* Bubble solution and bubble wand (everyone loves bubbles!)<br />
* Board shorts for Wet 'N Wild Day<br />
* Camera (preferably digital)<br />
* Candy<br />
* Cards<br />
* Clothing of many different types, mostly dressy, for themed dances. (girls)<br />
* Comfortable shoes for dances (NO HEELS! They kill your feet.)<br />
* Drag day outfit (Girls: baseball cap; Boys: Fake hair/ hair extensions)<br />
* Extra frisbees (they tend to fly onto roofs or into gutters)<br />
* Fan (electric) You might be in Huesman or Doheny where it's unbearably hot. Whelan & Rosecrans are better, and Desmond is by far the best.<br />
* Flashlights (If it makes blue/white light instead of yellow, like an LED or glowstick, then RAs will not notice it after lights-out.)<br />
* Flip flops that don't break easily<br />
* Food Packages<br />
* Hats<br />
* Instant ramen (there's hot water in the cafeteria)<br />
* Laundry hamper/bag<br />
* Magazines<br />
* Peanuts (for the squirrels)<br />
* Seasonings (If you want your food to taste like anything)<br />
* Sidewalk chalk (they often run out in the activity)<br />
* Some sort of casino outfit (Dress/Suit)<br />
* Sunblock<br />
* Sunglasses<br />
* Tape- masking and duct. (it always comes in handy)<br />
* Tennis racket/balls (if you're into tennis)<br />
* Tissues<br />
* Towels: Beach towel, hand towel, full-sized shower towel.<br />
* Your lovely self!<br />
<br />
==Saratoga Springs==<br />
* Masking tape/duct tape for flat-ironing it into your hair (LAURA TIMS 2nd session '07)<br />
* Insect Repellent<br />
* Fans, especially Wilmarth, girls don't have to worry (17" box fans fit PERFECTLY in any window and are highly recommended)<br />
* Extra towels/bathrobe<br />
* Old clothes<br />
* Hats<br />
* Chalk<br />
* Extra Frisbees (the ones they sell in the store break in two seconds)<br />
* Sharpies<br />
* Energy drinks (Red Bull, No Fear, Monster, etc.)<br />
* Catholic school girlish clothes aka uniforms<br />
* Boots for the massive puddles found there<br />
* Cheez doodles and 8-oz sprite cans<br />
* Ninja gear for Ninja/Caveman/Pirate attack days<br />
* Lots of spending cash (in hand and on card) for vending machines in Wilmarth and for laser tag, CVS, Borders, etc.<br />
* CD player (for playing CDs bought at Borders during a town trip)<br />
* Glow bracelets (for the dances)<br />
<br />
== Johns Hopkins (JHU) ==<br />
* Cards (You need them when you're waiting for classes. Its always fun to play BS or Speed.)<br />
* Two pairs of sneakers (the rain is CRAZY when it comes...the water will fully soak your sneakers..so bring a dirty/extra one for occasions like that)<br />
* Hand-held Fans (It gets HOT there...one girl even fainted)<br />
* Lots of Change (Soda/Drink Machines are everywhere...and you need that change when you're thirsty! Also, if you're a neat-freak, and constantly want to clean your clothes in the laundry, then $10 in quarters won't quite cover it..so that change will come in handy!)<br />
* Snacks (seems obvious, but those Snickers and Hershey Bars will come in handy when you watch a movie in the theater or just when you're craving a snack!Oh yeah, and ramen noodles are the best! You know, like cup noodles? The trick is to let the water in the sink run for a bit and it'll become steaming. Put the water in the cup noodles, and wah-lah! This is only when your RA doesn't let you use the microwave, though. Warning:If your a germ-a-phobic, don't do this.) <br />
* Umbrella (The rain will soak you to bits...literally. Sometimes when its raining really hard, they take you to the theater and make you watch a movie. Let me warn you: it is COLD, ICY, and FREEZING in there. If your soaking wet in the rain , and go into this cold theater, lets just say its not very pleasant. Speaking of the cold...)<br />
* Hoodie/Sweater(It's freezing in some of these buildings! A hoodie/sweater will save your life. Oh, and they do come in handy when its raining...most hoodies/sweaters don't soak easily. Suggestion: Buy a JHU hoodie from the college bookstore...not only are they comfortable, but they are really warm and work really well in the rain. Its a bit pricey, though..around $50...)<br />
* Extra Dressy Clothes (Only for girls. Bring more than what you need for dances, and share them with your hallmates! Its lots of fun...oh, and another suggestion: don't hesitate to bring fancy clothes. Some girls are even seen wearing prom dresses, strapless dresses, or really fancy stuff that would surprise you.) <br />
* Video Cameras (Oh gosh, its hilarious. When someone brings a video camera and starts filming random stuff, they end up getting some funny footage. Suggestion: Small video cameras work the best. If they're big and bulky...never mind. Just don't bring one)<br />
* Ghost Stories (Seems lame, but its not. When you have those sleepovers on the weekend, and its light out, its always fun to grab a flashlight and whisper out ghost stories. Even though they're not always scary, its fun to do it and you usually end up having a great time.) <br />
* Packs of Drinks (You cannot live without Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Flavored Water, Tropicana Juices, Snapple, and of course, Frappuccinos, which are delicious coffee drinks..suggestion: buy a 12 or 24 pack and share them with your hallmates.)<br />
* Personal Posters/Pictures (This is HIGHLY suggested for people who get homesick! Bring some posters or pictures of famous movie stars, family, friends, or someone familiar. You can hang them up in your room- it not only makes your side of the dorm look more personal and cool, but it also makes you feel a little bit more at home!)<br />
* Flashlight - yes these are "not allowed" but everyone uses them. they come in handy for those nights when you wait until 30seconds before lights out to brush your teeth and can't find your pjs in the dark. Also, they are handy at times when you're actually trying to eat at night. (let me tell you, it is very hard to eat ramen in the dark!)<br />
* Laundry basket/hamper/bag - You could be waiting for the whole morning to wash and dry your laundry, so you will want something to hold your clothes. People who forget can use a suitcase, but this is rather bulky and inconvenient.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=14406User:Firefly10292008-04-28T21:40:28Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>==About Me==<br />
*Hello all, it's Stuart<br />
*I am a 15 <br />
*I am one of the approximately 4% of Americans who have red hair.<br />
*I can do a Rubik's Cube in 1 min 45 secs<br />
*<insert any CTY cliche here about living the year for 3 weeks of CTY><br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Years==<br />
===2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I===<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science (B?), Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
<br />
<br />
===2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II===<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals B, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
<br />
<br />
===2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I===<br />
*?<br />
*Bioethics, ?<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==CTY Experinces==<br />
===2006===<br />
*Watching the World Cup<br />
*Receiving my first Rubik's Cube in a care package<br />
*Crashing each others computer programs in Class<br />
**Well, really others crashing my programs (grr.)<br />
*Four Square<br />
*Lots of various card games, in which I manged to get owned in all of them<br />
<br />
===2007===<br />
*Playing [[FLAAR]] <br />
*Watching Pokemon<br />
**Don't ask<br />
*Having the most hyper- active kid in the entire camp as your roommate<br />
**One Word: ouch<br />
*Hurting my wrist from playing too much dodge ball<br />
*Eating a firefly<br />
**Yes, I actually ate a firefly. My RA, Jeff, was wondering if one were to eat a firefly, would the glowing fluid in the tail squirt out in your mouth and make your mouth glow. I decided to try it during quad time. The firefly didn't taste that bad, except for the fact that it was dirty. My mouth did glow somewhat. (My roommate video taped it, but wont send me the file ): )<br />
*Doing Sudokus from the morning newspaper<br /><br /><br />
<br />
May all your sporks stay sharp,<br />
<br />
SMY<br /><br /><br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 More info about me]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=American_Pie&diff=14395American Pie2008-04-21T11:46:02Z<p>Firefly1029: At least in 06.1...</p>
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<div>[[Song:American Pie|American Pie]] is the last song played at nearly every dance of every site. Released on the album of the same name in 1972, it topped the charts for many a week and was nominated for (but failed to lose for some odd reason) many Grammies. The song was voted 5th Most Memorable Song of the 20th Century in a survey taken several years ago. Don McLean has said that he wrote the song in order to sum up what rock and roll was like up to that time and how it influenced the lives of the people around it. The nature of the lyrics is rather cryptic and Don McLean has not officially stated what he meant by them; rather, he encourages people to give them meaning. It is not affiliated with the movie of the same name in any way, shape, or form.<br />
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==Lyrics==<br />
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<b><i>American Pie</i></b>, by Don McLean<br />
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A long, long time ago,<br/><br />
I can still remember<br/><br />
How that music used to make me smile<br/><br />
And I knew if I had my chance,<br/><br />
That I could make those people dance<br/><br />
And maybe they'd be happy for a while<br/><br />
But February made me shiver,<br/><br />
With every paper I'd deliver<br/><br />
Bad news on the doorstep,<br/><br />
I couldn't take one more step<br/><br />
I can't remember if I cried<br/><br />
When I read about his widowed bride<br/><br />
But something touched me deep inside<br/><br />
The day the music died<br/><br />
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<b>Chorus:</b><br/><br />
So bye, bye Miss American Pie<br/><br />
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry<br/><br />
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye<br/><br />
Singing this will be the day that I die,<br/><br />
This will be the day that I die<br/><br />
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Did you write the Book of Love,<br/><br />
And do you have faith in God above,<br/><br />
If the Bible tells you so?<br/><br />
Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll,<br/><br />
Can music save your mortal soul,<br/><br />
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?<br/><br />
Well, I know that you're in love with him<br/><br />
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym<br/><br />
You both kicked off your shoes,<br/><br />
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues!<br/><br />
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck<br/><br />
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck<br/><br />
But I knew that I was out of luck<br/><br />
The day the music died<br/><br />
<br />
I started singing...<br/><br />
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<b>Chorus</b><br/><br />
<br />
Now for ten years we've been on our own,<br/><br />
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone,<br/><br />
But that's not how it used to be.<br/><br />
When the jester sang for the King and Queen<br/><br />
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean<br/><br />
And a voice that came from you and me<br/><br />
Oh, and while the King was looking down,<br/><br />
The jester stole his thorny crown.<br/><br />
The courtroom was adjourned,<br/><br />
No verdict was returned.<br/><br />
And while Lennon read a book on Marx,<br/><br />
The quartet practiced in the park,<br/><br />
And we sang dirges in the dark,<br/><br />
The day the music died.<br/><br />
<br />
We were singing...<br/><br />
<br />
<b>Chorus</b><br/><br />
<br />
Helter Skelter in a summer swelter<br/><br />
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter<br/><br />
Eight miles high and falling fast<br/><br />
It landed foul on the grass<br/><br />
The players tried for a forward pass<br/><br />
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast<br/><br />
Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume<br/><br />
While The Sergeants played a marching tune<br/><br />
We all got up to dance,<br/><br />
Oh, but we never got the chance<br/><br />
'Cause the players tried to take the field<br/><br />
The marching band refused to yield<br/><br />
Do you recall what was revealed<br/><br />
The day the music died?<br/><br />
<br />
We started singing...<br/><br />
<br />
<b>Chorus</b><br/><br />
<br />
Oh, and there we were all in one place<br/><br />
A generation lost in space<br/><br />
With no time left to start again<br/><br />
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick<br/><br />
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick<br/><br />
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend<br/><br />
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage<br/><br />
My hands were clenched in fists of rage<br/><br />
No angel born in Hell<br/><br />
Could break that Satan's spell<br/><br />
And as the flames climbed high into the night<br/><br />
To light the sacrificial rite<br/><br />
I saw Satan laughing with delight<br/><br />
The day the music died<br/><br />
<br />
He was singing...<br/><br />
<br />
<b>Chorus</b><br/><br />
<br />
I met a girl who sang the blues<br/><br />
And I asked her for some happy news...<br/><br />
But she just smiled and turned away<br/><br />
I went down to the sacred store<br/><br />
Where I'd heard the music years before<br/><br />
But the man there said the music wouldn't play<br/><br />
And in the streets the children screamed<br/><br />
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed<br/><br />
But not a word was spoken<br/><br />
The church bells all were broken<br/><br />
And the three men I admire most<br/><br />
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost<br/><br />
They caught the last train for the coast<br/><br />
The day the music died<br/><br />
<br />
And they were singing...<br/><br />
Bye, bye Miss American Pie<br/><br />
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry<br/><br />
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye<br/><br />
Singin' this will be the day that I die<br/><br />
This'll be the day that I die<br/><br />
<br />
They were singin'<br/><br />
Bye, bye Miss American Pie<br/><br />
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry<br/><br />
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye<br/><br />
Singing this'll be the day that I die.<br/><br />
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==Significance==<br />
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It is the last song played during all CTY dances (except for Skidmore Session 1), which makes it part of the High Holy [[Canon]] for nearly every site. This also includes Baby CTY, which does not always observe the same traditions as regular CTY, as well as [[CAA]]. The tradition has more recently spread to TIP (a somewhat CTY-like program run by Duke University) and the Summer Institute for the Gifted (a vaguely CTY-like program).<br />
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Each site has different traditions/dances that go along with the song:<br />
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===Lancaster===<br />
====Student participation====<br />
*Clapping hands twice and then once on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*The whole camp linking arms in a giant circle, swaying, and kicking alternate feet during the first and last verses. ("Right foot first!" although it used to be "Left foot first, right!") (For the other verses, everyone runs into the center jumping up and down.)<br />
*Waving hands back and forth during the chorus.<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" everyone chants "Die, die, die, die! Live, live, live, live! Sex, sex, sex, sex! More, more, more, more!" while shaking fists (Right for each "die" Left for each "live" Both for each "sex" do a pelvic thrust with fist pumps for each "more") tradition is the shout of "Orgy!" after the final "more," though some dislike this. The RAs usually respond with a shout of "No Orgies!"<br />
*Small circles are formed in which groups act out certain parts in the song (there are usually two circles, one composed of (mostly instructional) staff members and the other of the Alcove.)<br />
*When singing "And can you teach me how to dance real slow?" two people dance slowly in the center as others mimic.<br />
*When singing "You both kicked off your shoes," pretend to kick off your shoes by kicking at air two(+) times. do not ACTUALLY kick off your shoes (footwear must be worn at all times).<br />
*When singing "With a pink carnation..." pretend to stick a flower in your mouth (use glow sticks as available), or pretend to stick a pink carnation on your chest.<br />
*When singing "...and a pickup truck" pretend to drive a car by turning an imaginary steering wheel.<br />
*When singing "And moss grows fat on a rolling stone", bend down, rolling your arms around each other.<br />
*When singing the part about the [[Jester]], a person act out the part of the Jester, while two other people act the part of King and Queen (and wears any kind of hat as a sub for real crown). Someone helps the Jester don their coat (the Jester's "James Dean").<br />
*After singing "And while Lennon read a book on Marx," yell 'Which One?'<br />
*When singing "The birds flew off with a fallout shelter/Eight miles high and falling fast", use your hands to imitate a bird flying upwards and falling.<br />
*When singing "The players tried for a forward pass", pretend to throw a football.<br />
*When singing "With the Jester on the sidelines in a cast", the Jester hops around as if in a cast.<br />
*When singing "the halftime air was sweet perfume", accent "sweet" (swEEEt) and reach into the air.<br />
*When singing "While The Sergeants played a marching tune", pretend to play a marching band instrument. <br />
*When singing "Oh, but we never got the chance", accent "oh" (OHH).<br />
*When singing "refused to yield" yell that line.<br />
*When signing "lost in space" wave hand into space, or point skyward.<br />
*When singing about Jack Flash, "Jack" and (usually) "Satan" act out the part with a glow stick.<br />
*When singing about the devil and the fire, a person wearing red for the fire and "Satan" act in an amiable manner. Alternatively, Satan caresses/deepthroats a glow stick (hopefully red, as available)<br />
*During the "fists of rage" part, the line is shouted and fists are shaken in the air.<br />
*After singing "no angel born in hell," raise for index finger and yell "Not even one!"<br />
*(Session 1 only) When singing "the flames climb high into the night", the fire is carried piggyback (or lifted), or the motion is simply acted out by Satan (and everyone else).<br />
*When singing "to light the sacrificial right", the person designated as the "sacrificial right" lies down and is "lit" (glow stick) by everyone.<br />
*When singing "Satan laughing with delight", Satan supplies maniacal laughter.<br />
*At "smiled and turned away" people smile dejectedly and turn away, quickly returning to the large circle.<br />
*After the "sacred store" line, everyone yells "Turkey Hill!"<br />
*After the "And in the streets the children screamed" everyone scream.<br />
*After "but not a word was spoken" say "Not A Word" or "shhhhh".<br />
*After the "The church bells all were broken" say 'Clang!'<br />
*After "three men I admired most," someone shouts "Crosby, Stills, and Nash", or alternatively, "Larry, Moe, & Curly."<br />
**Or, even better, "Pomm, Timmer, and Adam Roush."<br />
***It has also been recently suggested that the three names to be shouted out should be the ones of the [[Emperor#Trinity|CTY Holy Trinity]].<br />
*After "the father, son, and the holy ghost," many shout "Casper!"<br />
*After "...they caught the last train for the coast," everyone shouts "LA sucks!" and then, usually in retaliation by LA students (though some people yell both), "So does New Jersey!"<br />
*After the "This'll be the day that I die" at the very end, RAs shout "Go home! Nobody loves you!" Students (and instructional staff) respond, "We love you!" and students then jog/run/skip to the second lamppost in front of Thomas for [[The Afterdance]]<br />
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====Artifacts====<br />
* The Jester's Garments: These were introduced long ago and are shared between sessions (although in 2007, the reigning Jester of Session Two did not send the coat and hat to Session One). The hat is a regular Jester's hat (with the bells and everything), the coat is a plaid jacket of some sort. The hat was originally Ken Levin's.<br />
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* Glowsticks: These are used for the verse which starts out "And then we were all in one place." They are ordinary glowsticks, generally borrowed from a raver and not passed down. They are used to represent candles for Jack Flash and for the sacrificial rite, as well as by Satan to represent fire. Glowsticks are often inserted by Satan into a variety of her orifices.<br />
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* The Thorny Crown: For Session Two The Thorny Crown, worn by the King, can be any hat so long as the Jester can steal it. It has often been the Duct Tape Hat. For Session One, starting 2007, the Thorny Crown is actually a wreath made out of grape stems and purple duck tape. The King does not necessarily pass it down but borrows it for the purposes of acting out the scene (In 2007, Zev was the wearer of the Thorny Crown but David Federman, who was the king, used it for American Pie).<br />
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====Positions====<br />
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* The King and Queen: Two people are chosen to represent the king and queen mentioned in the third verse. The King looks down and has his crown stolen.<br />
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* [[Jester|The Jester]]: A position passed down generation to generation, the Jester is a nomore and bears the artifacts mentioned above. The Jester is the only character who has parts in multiple verses; in the third the jester entertains the King and Queen and then steals the Thorny Crown, and in the fourth displays that they have a broken bone (almost always the leg; this is represented by holding said leg up and hopping around)<br />
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* The Players: A position which has since died, the players try to take the field and the person chosen runs across the circle.<br />
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* Jack Flash: Jack Flash is a reference to <u>Jumpin' Jack Flash</u> a song by The Rolling Stones and is mentioned in the song. Jack Flash is chosen during the session and simply sits on a glowstick during the fifth verse.<br />
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* Fire: A Session One position usually decided during the session. Fire acts as the devil's only friend in the proper line of the song. Fire is also lifted up in the verse "the flames climbed high into the night". Fire usually wears red to the dances, or some attire to indicate fire; however, this is not required.<br />
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* The Sacrificial Rite: Someone is selected to this position and lies down in the circle during the proper verse, the rest of the participants light them with imaginary torches. Satan uses a glowstick.<br />
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* [[Satan]]- This position is affiliated with the Satan of Session Two and recently has been passed down for Session One as well. Satan has several roles, but they are different depending on the session. During First Session, Satan must be friends with Fire. During Second Session, Satan lights the sacrificial rite with a glowstick, holds the candlestick for Jack Flash, and inserts a glowstick into some orifice as the flames climb high into the night. During both sessions, Satan is to laugh manically when "Satan laughing with delight" is heard.<br />
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===Carlisle===<br />
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*The whole camp linking arms in a giant circle and swaying and kicking alternate feet during the first and last verses.. The Dean of Residential life yells out which foot to start with. Then the name is repeated and which foot. ("Right Foot! "Lesa says Right Foot!")(People leaving CTY stay in smaller circles in the center. After the dance, those in the center chant where and when "[[Passionfruit]]" will be)<br />
*Clapping hands once and then twice on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*Waving hands in the air during the chorus.<br />
*Shaking fists and yelling at the line "[My hands were clenched in] fists of rage."<br />
*^^The same applies for "refused to yield" and "lost in space".<br />
*"sweet perfume" is said, well, sweetly.<br />
*"falling fast" - the fast has an elongated a, with a crescendo.<br />
*Screaming after the line "And in the streets, the children screamed."<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" every chants "Die, die, die, die. Live, live, live, live. Sex, sex, sex, sex. More, more, more, more." (This is called "callbacks"(for obvious reasons)). (Yelling "Orgy!" is strictly forbidden since 2006, where many past-Lancaster students yelled it)<br />
*After the line "They caught the last train for the coast" people yell "East Coast", though people from the west coast yell "West Coast"<br />
*After "the father, son, and holy ghost", one yells "Casper!"<br />
*After "the church bells all were broken", one can yell "ding-dong", but Bret will mock you behind your back for doing so, because broken bells don't ring.<br />
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===Siena===<br />
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*The whole camp linking arms in a giant circle and swaying and kicking alternate feet during the first and last verses. ("Brett says right foot!" <- The Dean of Residential Life decides the great existential quandary of our time: left or right foot first?)<br />
*Clapping hands once and then twice on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*Waving hands in the air during the chorus.<br />
*Shaking fists and yelling at the line "[My hands were clenched in] fists of rage."<br />
*Screaming after the line "And in the streets, the children screamed."<br />
*Not chanting after "This will be the day that I die." (This is because at a previous year, a CTYer committed suicide during a dance, and to chant "die die die" is seen as very disrespectful). <br />
**There is an interesting problem with this tradition. It had previously been the exception, not the rule, to follow it. However, at least since 2006, those who knew what to do were eclipsed by those that did not, despite numerous attempts to remedy the problem.<br />
*After the "The church bells all were broken" say a broken "Ding-dong!"<br />
*During the line "You both kicked off your shoes" everyone takes off their shoes.<br />
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===Saratoga Springs===<br />
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*The first verse and last verse are sung in a giant circle.<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" everybody chants "Die, die, die, die. Live, live, live, live. Sex, sex, sex, sex. More, more, more, more."<br />
*If people yell "Orgy" after "Die die die die live live live live sex sex sex sex more more more more" People reply with "Fu-- that Lancaster Sh--" or just "*@#% that" in general opposition created by Ben Loffredo and Edwin Ma (Session 1 2006) and the Notorious Sex (Session 2).<br />
*During the line "You both kicked off your shoes" everyone kicks off their shoes.<br />
*Screaming after the line "And in the streets, the children screamed."<br />
*After the line "The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost," everyone yells "and Jon Good!"<br />
*Clapping hands once and then twice on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*Pump your hands and scream "Fists of rage"<br />
*On the last dance the nevermores all get their own circle<br />
*During the circle, you kick with your left foot first.<br />
*Session 1 - after the chorus during the large circles everyone runs into the center.<br />
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It is also worth noting that [[Don McLean]] wrote and first performed the song "American Pie"<br />
in the Cafe Lena in the city of Saratoga Springs.<br />
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===Los Angeles===<br />
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*Everyone linking hands and kicking alternate feet during first and last verses<br />
*Massive charge towards the center at the end of the first verse and second last verses.<br />
*At the last dance, on the last verse, tiny circle of nevermores in the center, of swaying people with linked arms.<br />
*The phrase "Fists of Rage" is shouted, with fists being raised in the air.<br />
*At the end of the song, the RAs shout "Go Home! Nobody Loves You!" Student responses are varied.<br />
(Recently, the RAs would shout GO HOME! and the students would respond NOBODY LOVES YOU!)<br />
*Clapping hands once and then twice on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" everyone chants "Die, die, die, die! Live, live, live, live! Sex, sex, sex, sex! More, more, more, more!"<br />
*At the 07.1 session a boy named Thomas who in previous years went to the Baltimore site began to yell ORGY after the last more and with his friends help it began to stick<br />
*Jumping during the chorus<br />
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===Baltimore===<br />
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*Everyone linking hands and kicking alternate feet during first and second-last verses<br />
*Massive charge towards the center at the end of the first and second-last verses<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" every chants "Die, die, die, die. Live, live, live, live. Sex, sex, sex, sex. More, more, more, more."<br />
*at 06.1 shouting ORGY at the end of the last more was added<br />
*Clapping hands once and then twice on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*Scream "fists of rage" while holding one fist in the air<br />
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===Hawaii===<br />
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*Hold hands in circle and kick alternate feet in first and last verses, and first chorus<br />
*Run towards center at end of first chorus<br />
*At the last dance, the nevermores form a circle in the center of the main circle<br />
**This becomes the center of the dance when everybody runs in<br />
*Sing loudly when in center<br />
*Scream "fists of rage" while holding both fists in the air<br />
*Scream after "... the children screamed"<br />
*Alternate single and double clap in pre-chorus (the day the music died)<br />
*Jump up and down during chorus, after "we started singing..."<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" every chants "Die, die, die, live, live, live, sex, sex, sex, more, more, more."<br />
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===Easton===<br />
*Clapping hands once and then twice on the offbeats of the pre-choruses.<br />
*The whole camp linking arms in a giant circle and swaying and kicking alternate feet during the first and last verses. ("Right foot first!") (For the other verses, everyone runs into the center jumping up and down.)<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" everyone chants "Die, die, die, die! Live, live, live, live! Sex, sex, sex, sex! More, more, more, more!" while shaking fists.<br />
*During the "fists of rage" part, the line is shouted and fists are shaken in the air.<br />
*After the "And in the streets the children screamed" everyone scream.<br />
*In 07.1 CTYers started a trend of running into the center again for the last stanza, however much to the chagrin of nevermores and other returners, and so may not ultimately be adopted. In 07.2, The center run for the second time was done in the first two dances, however in the last dance, every one retreated back into the large ring with the nevermores remaining in the center as a tribute to the nevermores.<br />
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===Bristol===<br />
*After the line "This will be the day that I die" everyone chants "Die, die, die, die! Live, live, live, live! Sex, sex, sex, sex! More, more, more, more!" while shaking fists.<br />
*There are two center runs, once at the beginning of the second verse and before the final verse. <br />
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===San Francisco State University===<br />
This site is a CTY Civic Leadership Institute site, which is supposedly a part of CTY. They refused to play American Pie as the last song at the dances.... until Teresa Frame and Allison Carniglia decided to change this. For the first dance, we met with the site director, Katrina, and she told us that "this isn't CTY". Sure, it's not as CTY-ish as regular CTY, but it could at least observe the primary tradition of all CTY-affiliated sites around the country. So we finally got Kat to change it for the first dance, but not for the last one... (it took several meetings, a petition, and much arguing)<br />
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Allison here- please, anyone who goes to CLI in the future, persevere and get Kat to change her mind... she doesn't understand what CTY means to all of us...<br />
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==Outside Links==<br />
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*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/ The Annotated "American Pie"] - explains the song and all its references<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_%28song%29 Wikipedia's article on "American Pie"]<br />
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[[Category:Traditions]]<br />
[[Category:Music]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=14381User:Firefly10292008-04-17T20:16:36Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
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2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
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2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I<br />
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*Bioethics, ?<br />
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[[FLAAR]] is an awesome game.<br />
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I wouldn't eat fireflies, they taste like dirt. :)<br />
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May your sporks stay sharp.<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 My Wikipedia Page]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Rich_Schellhas&diff=14286Rich Schellhas2008-03-07T00:36:35Z<p>Firefly1029: forgot a bracket</p>
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<div>[[Staff:Rich Schellhas|Rich Schellhas]] was the site director of [[Site:Lancaster|Lancaster]] during sessions 00.1, 00.2, 01.2, 02.1 and 02.2. Probably the most beloved site director since [[Staff:Papa Jack|Papa Jack]], Rich is most associated with Haribo gummi bears. Known for having a system of positive reinforcement in which CTY staff or students could put a slip of paper in his box describing a praiseworthy act, Rich would then send that CTYer a small package of Haribo gummi bears with a message like "You're doing a great job."<br />
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Rich Schellhas was appreciated by CTYers for his seemingly boundless energy, his good cheer, and the respect with which he treated the staff and students. "Chat with Rich" was a well-attended activity in which students could bring up concerns or suggestions. Rich was also known to occasionally wear a bathrobe on Thursdays.<br />
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There has occasionally been confusion between Rich Schellhas and Rich Groff; usually, this occurs when Lancastrians of different eras converse.<br />
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During the school year, Rich teaches German/ is Assistant Headmaster/ is High School Principal at an all- boys school in Baltimore, MD. He teaches several current CTYers such as [[User:WiiWouldLikeToPlay|Wii]] and [[User:Firefly1029|Firefly]].<br />
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[[Category:Lancaster Staff]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Rich_Schellhas&diff=14285Rich Schellhas2008-03-06T23:52:52Z<p>Firefly1029: Small world. I know this him because of the gummi bears.</p>
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<div>[[Staff:Rich Schellhas|Rich Schellhas]] was the site director of [[Site:Lancaster|Lancaster]] during sessions 00.1, 00.2, 01.2, 02.1 and 02.2. Probably the most beloved site director since [[Staff:Papa Jack|Papa Jack]], Rich is most associated with Haribo gummi bears. Known for having a system of positive reinforcement in which CTY staff or students could put a slip of paper in his box describing a praiseworthy act, Rich would then send that CTYer a small package of Haribo gummi bears with a message like "You're doing a great job."<br />
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Rich Schellhas was appreciated by CTYers for his seemingly boundless energy, his good cheer, and the respect with which he treated the staff and students. "Chat with Rich" was a well-attended activity in which students could bring up concerns or suggestions. Rich was also known to occasionally wear a bathrobe on Thursdays.<br />
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There has occasionally been confusion between Rich Schellhas and Rich Groff; usually, this occurs when Lancastrians of different eras converse.<br />
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During the school year, Rich teaches German/ is Assistant Headmaster/ is High School Principal at an all- boys school in Baltimore, MD. He teaches several current CTYers such as [[User:WiiWouldLikeToPlay|Wii]] and [[User:Firefly1029|Firefly].<br />
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[[Category:Lancaster]]<br />
[[Category:Staff]]<br />
[[Category:Lancaster Staff]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=14252User:Firefly10292008-02-22T02:55:10Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
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2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
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2008: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session I<br />
*?<br />
*Bioethics, ?<br />
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[[FLAAR]] is an awesome game.<br />
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I wouldn't eat fireflies, they taste like dirt. :)<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 My Wikipedia Page]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=14038User:Firefly10292008-01-20T15:10:17Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
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2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
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[[FLAAR]] is an awesome game.<br />
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I wouldn't eat fireflies, they taste like dirt. :)<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011 My Wikipedia Page]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=13926Talk:Main Page2007-12-31T04:29:58Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>I am cool with a raise in security --[[User:Jeff Sachs|Jeff Sachs]] 20:34, 30 August 2006 (MST)<br />
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"From RealCTY, where a shrug never follows a shrodem"<br />
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"From RealCTY, where it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane."<br />
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"From RealCTY, where fun is sometimes mandatory."<br />
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"From RealCTY: where pronouns are hienous."<br />
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"From RealCTY: where guys wear girls pants better than girls do."<br />
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:Actually, this is true in a lot of places... --[[User:Memoriesonfilm|Max W.]] 17:22, 4 September 2006 (MST)<br />
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::It is. A lot of guys are eerily hot as girls. And better looking as girls as some girls. It's kind of weird to have a guy look way better in your clothes than you do. -[[User:Starr|Starr]] <br />
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"From RealCTY, where the Imperial Battleship halts... The FLOW of TIME" - Reference to Carlisle's [[Starcrash]]<br />
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"From RealCTY, where the Hoopy Froods roam."<br />
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"From RealCTY, where the Universe Ends."<br />
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"From RealCTY, it's just a jump to the left."<br />
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"Halt! This is RealCTY! We demand....A SHRUBBERY!"<br />
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"From RealCTY, where there is no beer."<br />
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"From RealCTY, where we cover the 5 major food groups: ramen, pop tarts, potatoes, pasta, and more potatoes"<br />
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"From RealCTY, which has just lost the game."<br />
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"From RealCTY, not Constantinople"<br />
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"From RealCTY, where you swing your lanyard at your own risk."<br />
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"From RealCTY, where these are the right tentacles"<br />
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"From RealCTY, where i'm coming out of my cage (and I've been doing just fine"<br />
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"From RealCTY, where even Frank Wang is [[Hall of Shame:LAN|vulnerable]]"<br />
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== Concerning the quality of realCTY articles ==<br />
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When I came here I expected Wikipedia like articles about CTY, not articles filled with what would be called test edits. I would like to propose that we keep all the fandom in the fourums and make this Wiki more serious. Thanks. [[User:Marlith|Marlith]] 20:57, 17 July 2007 (MST)<br />
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:Sure, it is fun, but if a person who wanted encyclopedia like info about CTY and came to this site wouldnt they be dissapointed?[[User:Marlith|Marlith]]<br />
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::Well, if someone did want good articles they would go to Wikipedia. [[User:Marlith|Marlith]] 21:07, 17 July 2007 (MST)<br />
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:::I also had a comment about the state of articles here. While perusing the wonders of the "random article" button, I came across quite a few class pages (actually most--or all--of them) that had comments that seemed perfectly suited to the talk page of the particular article, but not to its main text. I would happily undertake the task of moving these comments to talk pages and create more objective articles if it would be something useful to do. [[User:Kakofonous|Kakofonous]] 13:19, 23 December 2007 (PST)<br />
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How about making a separate section on class pages called "Student Comments"?<br />
[[User:FJØRKËN|FJØRKËN]]<br />
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By the way, Schrodem is spelled thusly.<br />
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== Format of Main Page ==<br />
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In the interest of clarity, usefulness to newcomers, and organization i suggest making a seperate news page for announcements and leaving the main page solely for welcome and navigation. --[[User:Izzlefree|Siri]]<br />
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PCTYD has been fixed, and now the notice saying that it's down is misleading. --[[User:Pink Lizzy|Lizzy]]<br />
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Yeah, what Lizzy said. -- Kimcheeeee/jackidy/allegra<br />
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== On Wikipedia? ==<br />
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Just an idea that I had...I've noticed that quite a few of the users here are also on Wikipedia, and thought it might be a worthwhile project getting [[wikipedia:Center for Talented Youth|CTY]] to featured article status. Please add your ideas and responses below. [[User:Kakofonous|Kakofonous]] 12:31, 30 December 2007 (PST)<br />
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:Yeah that's a good idea, how? If it evolved editing the article, however, I don't know what we can add. In addition, I created some CTY User boxes for the wikipedia user pages. They are at this page --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/New_Userboxes#December_30]<br />
If you want to put these in you user page, just copy and paste the code into your user page.<br />
-[[User:Firefly1029|Firefly1029]] 20:29, 30 December 2007 (PST)</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=13925User:Firefly10292007-12-31T03:44:29Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
<br />
<br />
2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
<br />
<br />
[[FLAAR]] is an awesome game.<br />
<br />
I wouldn't eat fireflies, they taste like dirt. :)<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Osfan1011/ my wikipedia page]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Scum&diff=13921Scum2007-12-30T04:53:28Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>==Overview==<br />
Presidents is a card game for 4-6 players that is similar to crazy eights in the fact that you have play cards to get rid of you hand. This game is played with a standard 52 Card deck. You play cards by playing them higher and in the same quantity (ex: you can only play singles on singles, pairs on pairs, triplets on triplets, unless there is a completion) than the last card played. You win by becoming the first person to get rid of you hand.<br />
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==Ranks==<br />
The game so called presidents because the winner, or the first person to get rid of all his cards, is the President. The second person to finish is called the vice president. However, if you finish last you are called the bum, or any sort of degrading name that the deal likes (Bum is the nicest term I have used). The second to last person is called Vice Bum. If you are paying with more than 4 players, the players who finish between the Vice President and the Vice Bum are called neutral. The importance of the titles is that at the beginning if the next hand, the Presdient can take any two cards form the Bum's hand and replace them with any two cars from his hand. The Vice President can do the same thing to the Vice Bum, however the Vice President can only substitute one card.<br />
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==Other rules==<br />
I have played this game with many people, with every one having their own different rules. These are the rules I know about, feel free to add.<br />
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*You deal out all of the cards equally<br />
*The first person to go in the first hand is the person who has the 3 of spades, this is not wild.<br />
*The first person to go in the first hand is the person who has the 3 of clubs, this is not wild.<br />
**You only play with one of the previous two rules. <br />
*In subsequent hands, the president goes first.<br />
*2s are bombs, which clears the cards played.<br />
**After a Bomb, the person who played then bomb can play what ever he wants.<br />
**They can be played on anything<br />
*Jokers are included and are either bombs or wild.<br />
*3s are wild. <br />
*If you have the cards, that when added will make a four of a kind on the top or the pile, you can play them even if it's not your turn.<br />
**This is called a "completion." When it occurs, it clears the pile.<br />
*You cannot complete a triplet with a single.<br />
*If you have all of four of one card, you can treat it like a bomb.<br />
*If Someone plays a single, and the next person plays a single with the same number, the next person is skipped. <br />
*If the person after the person who is skipped plays a single with the same number, the next two people are skipped.<br />
*If you cannot play a card you are skipped. <br />
*If a person finishes his entire hand, and his last card(s) clears the pile, the next person can play any card he wants.<br />
*If your last cards are bombs, you can hold them up, and anyone can grab them. You are finished with you hand. <br />
*If a person is President 3 times in a row, he can create and add his own rule.<br />
**This resets when the game is over.<br />
*There can be no other trading but between the President and Bum and the Vice President and the Vice Bum.<br />
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[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Card Games]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Scum&diff=13920Scum2007-12-30T04:52:52Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>===Overview===<br />
Presidents is a card game for 4-6 players that is similar to crazy eights in the fact that you have play cards to get rid of you hand. This game is played with a standard 52 Card deck. You play cards by playing them higher and in the same quantity (ex: you can only play singles on singles, pairs on pairs, triplets on triplets, unless there is a completion) than the last card played. You win by becoming the first person to get rid of you hand.<br />
<br />
===Ranks===<br />
The game so called presidents because the winner, or the first person to get rid of all his cards, is the President. The second person to finish is called the vice president. However, if you finish last you are called the bum, or any sort of degrading name that the deal likes (Bum is the nicest term I have used). The second to last person is called Vice Bum. If you are paying with more than 4 players, the players who finish between the Vice President and the Vice Bum are called neutral. The importance of the titles is that at the beginning if the next hand, the Presdient can take any two cards form the Bum's hand and replace them with any two cars from his hand. The Vice President can do the same thing to the Vice Bum, however the Vice President can only substitute one card.<br />
<br />
===Other rules===<br />
I have played this game with many people, with every one having their own different rules. These are the rules I know about, feel free to add.<br />
<br />
*You deal out all of the cards equally<br />
*The first person to go in the first hand is the person who has the 3 of spades, this is not wild.<br />
*The first person to go in the first hand is the person who has the 3 of clubs, this is not wild.<br />
**You only play with one of the previous two rules. <br />
*In subsequent hands, the president goes first.<br />
*2s are bombs, which clears the cards played.<br />
**After a Bomb, the person who played then bomb can play what ever he wants.<br />
**They can be played on anything<br />
*Jokers are included and are either bombs or wild.<br />
*3s are wild. <br />
*If you have the cards, that when added will make a four of a kind on the top or the pile, you can play them even if it's not your turn.<br />
**This is called a "completion." When it occurs, it clears the pile.<br />
*You cannot complete a triplet with a single.<br />
*If you have all of four of one card, you can treat it like a bomb.<br />
*If Someone plays a single, and the next person plays a single with the same number, the next person is skipped. <br />
*If the person after the person who is skipped plays a single with the same number, the next two people are skipped.<br />
*If you cannot play a card you are skipped. <br />
*If a person finishes his entire hand, and his last card(s) clears the pile, the next person can play any card he wants.<br />
*If your last cards are bombs, you can hold them up, and anyone can grab them. You are finished with you hand. <br />
*If a person is President 3 times in a row, he can create and add his own rule.<br />
**This resets when the game is over.<br />
*There can be no other trading but between the President and Bum and the Vice President and the Vice Bum.<br />
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[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Card Games]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Scum&diff=13913Scum2007-12-29T19:04:43Z<p>Firefly1029: Complete rewrite.</p>
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<div>==Overview==<br />
Presidents is a card game for 4-6 players that is similar to crazy eights in the fact that you have play cards to get rid of you hand. This game is played with a standard 52 Card deck. You play cards by playing them higher and in the same quantity (ex: you can only play singles on singles, pairs on pairs, triplets on triplets, unless there is a completion) than the last card played. You win by becoming the first person to get rid of you hand.<br />
<br />
==Ranks==<br />
The game so called presidents because the winner, or the first person to get rid of all his cards, is the President. The second person to finish is called the vice president. However, if you finish last you are called the bum, or any sort of degrading name that the deal likes (Bum is the nicest term I have used). The second to last person is called Vice Bum. If you are paying with more than 4 players, the players who finish between the Vice President and the Vice Bum are called neutral. The importance of the titles is that at the beginning if the next hand, the Presdient can take any two cards form the Bum's hand and replace them with any two cars from his hand. The Vice President can do the same thing to the Vice Bum, however the Vice President can only substitute one card.<br />
<br />
==Other rules==<br />
I have played this game with many people, with every one having their own different rules. These are the rules I know about, feel free to add.<br />
<br />
*You deal out all of the cards equally<br />
*The first person to go in the first hand is the person who has the 3 of spades, This is not wild.<br />
*The first person to go in the first hand is the person who has the 3 of clubs, This is not wild.<br />
**You only play with one of the previous two rules. <br />
*In subsequent hands, the president goes first.<br />
*2s are bombs, which clears the cards played.<br />
**After a Bomb,the person who played then bomb can play what ever he wants.<br />
**They can be played on anything<br />
*Jokers are included and are either bombs or wild.<br />
*3s are wild. <br />
*If you have the cards, that when added will make a four of a kind on the top or the pile, you can play them even if it's not your turn.<br />
**This is called a "completion." When it occurs, it clears the pile.<br />
*You cannot complete a triplet with a single.<br />
*If you have all of four of one card, you can treat it like a bomb.<br />
*If Someone plays a single, and the next person plays a single with the same number, the next person is skipped. <br />
*If the person after the person who is skipped plays a single with the same number, the next two people are skipped.<br />
*If you cannot play a card you are skipped. <br />
*If a person finishes his entire hand, and his last card(s) clears the pile, the next person can play any card he wants.<br />
*If your last cards are bombs, you can hold them up, and anyone can grab them. You are finished with you hand. <br />
*If a person is President 3 times in a row, he can create and add his own rule.<br />
**This resets when the game is over.<br />
*There can be no other trading but between the President and Bum and the Vice President and the Vice Bum.<br />
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[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Card Games]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=13271User:Firefly10292007-12-19T17:48:28Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
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2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
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[[FLAAR]] is an awesome game.<br />
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I wouldn't eat fireflies, they taste like dirt. :)<br />
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OsFan1011@yahoo.com</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=User:Firefly1029&diff=13128User:Firefly10292007-11-06T01:46:29Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>2006: Bristol, RI; Roger Williams University; Session I<br />
*RA: David Orr<br />
*Computer Science, Dan Ditursi/ Nick Flath<br />
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2007: Easton, PA; Lafayette College; Session II<br />
*Team Awesome, The Murph Squad (RA: Jeff Murphy)<br />
*Chaos and Fractals, Ilia Toli/Kimberly Askmit<br />
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[[FLAAR]] is an awesome game.<br />
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I wouldn't eat fireflies, they taste like dirt. :)</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=FLAAR&diff=13096FLAAR2007-10-27T18:41:23Z<p>Firefly1029: your- you're</p>
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<div>[[FLAAR]] is a card game that was created by RAs Matt, Jeff, and Laurie (from this point on refered to as FLAAR Masters). It was run as an activity at least once per week as well as Make Your Own FLAAR once per session. The best way to describe FLAAR is by saying "FLAAR cannot be described but only experienced." Play will often become intense. It was described by Matt as the zaniness of Flux with the anger of [[Illuminati]]. They also made a game called [[Scroggle]]<br />
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==Rules==<br />
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The rules are simple<br />
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In your turn:<br />
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# Draw a card<br />
# Play a card<br />
# Justify ALL other actions<br />
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===Winning===<br />
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At the beginning of every game session FLAAR Master Matt will ask the group "How do you win in FLAAR" and the response is "By winning." Some cards will facilite this better then others such as "Make up a rule" and "Make up a Wacky Rule"<br />
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==Cards==<br />
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Listed Below are some of the FLAAR cards. Many of these card are related and they will be listed in groups. If you remember any others please list them.<br />
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===Clerks===<br />
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All the drawning for these cards was done by Matt in the style of Clerks: The Animated Series.<br />
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*Dante Hicks<br />
*Randle Graves<br />
*Quick Stop<br />
*RST Video<br />
*Silent Bob and Jay<br />
*Salsa Shark<br />
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===Site Jokes===<br />
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*[[Staff:Thaddeus|Thaddeus]] "You can call a meeting" - He was the the residential dean for several years at Frederick/Easton<br />
*Mega Phone<br />
*Milo Tufts<br />
*Steve Marcowski<br />
*Voodoo Hat<br />
*Jeb Butler (a former SRA)<br />
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===The Pope===<br />
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*The Pope <br />
*The Pope Hat<br />
*The Popemobile<br />
*You're a Mean One Mr. Pope<br />
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===Others===<br />
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*Grey Squirell<br />
*The Grimace<br />
*The Hulk<br />
*Dalorian Time Machine<br />
*Tube of Ham Gravy<br />
*Zoinks!<br />
*Hide<br />
*Make up a rule<br />
*Make up a wacky rule<br />
*Snake (more powerful on [[SNAKES!!!]] Day)<br />
*Snakes (more powerful on SNAKES!!! Day)<br />
*"We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat"<br />
*No Body Kills the Grimace<br />
*Margret Thatcher<br />
*Light Saber<br />
*Underground Lair (showing a picture of a standard porch)<br />
*Lair Chair (OOO Comfy)<br />
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==FLAAR Jack Variation==<br />
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Using the same cards a second game was created similar to Black Jack but knowing how to play Black Jack will not help.<br />
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===Rules===<br />
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*The dealer deals each person two cards<br />
*The person the chooses to hit or stand<br />
*After everyone has completed this process the dealer will judge each persons hand and choose a winner based on the strenth of the connection between the cards. This is part of where the groups come in.<br />
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==Making Your Own FLAAR==<br />
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It is very simple to make your own FLAAR deck. Just follow these steps.<br />
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# Gather a Pile of Blank Index Cards<br />
# On the First Write the Rules<br />
# Make up as many crazy cards as you want. Use the list above as a spring board if you need help.<br />
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[[Category:Easton]]<br />
[[Category:Activities]]<br />
[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Card Games]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Mao&diff=13095Mao2007-10-27T01:49:08Z<p>Firefly1029: </p>
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<div>[[Mao]] is a card game. The first rule of Mao is "You can't discuss the rules of Mao." It is up to players to figure them out.<br />
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Some people consider it proper to tell new players that the object of the game is to get rid of all cards; others feel it is okay to tell them the general idea of how to play cards.<br />
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The best way to learn how to play Mao is to watch other people playing it.<br />
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There are some sites (search for it on a search engine) that describe a fictional game of Mao to learn how to play.<br />
For instance --> [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202151328/home.earthlink.net/~guardcaptain/Mao.html/ Sample Game]<br />
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[[Category:Games]]<br />
[[Category:Card Games]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=What_to_bring&diff=13094What to bring2007-10-26T00:30:24Z<p>Firefly1029: This is something that occurs at all sites.</p>
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<div>==General==<br />
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The items here are generally universal; they may not apply to a site or two. Please do not repost this list for individual sites.<br />
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* Flashlight (forbidden at JHU, LAN, CAR, and SAR, although people bring them anyway)<br />
* Duct tape<br />
* Scissors (for cutting holes in your jeans)<br />
* Glowsticks (for [[raving]], learning to rave, and hitting oneself in the balls (guys only))<br />
** Lanyard-like objects (non-2005 lanyards work well) for stringraving<br />
* Deck of cards and Poker chips (kind of forbidden at CAR, but nobody enforces it)<br />
* Camera(s)<br />
* Snacks (no peanuts at LAN!)<br />
* Permanent marker (for tee-shirt signing the last day)<br />
* Poster(s)<br />
** And post-its telling people not to make out with it if it features a hot guy (such as Johnny Depp)<br />
* iPod and speakers<br />
** A massive amount of batteries for any mp3 player(s)/CD players you bring + chargers<br />
* Water bottle<br />
* Rubik's Cube (should be a requirement, and if you can solve one fairly quickly, enter the Talent Show)<br />
* It's even cooler if you can get one of those unique ones like the ones with only four squares on each side, the metallic ones, the sparkly ones, the neon ones, and even those weird deformed ones that I would never be able to solve if my life depended on it. <br />
* Clothes to lend for cross-dress days<br />
* Black Lanyard (be careful of confiscation)<br />
* A copy of Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (To some people, this is their veritable Bible, and will hate you if you disgrace the book)<br />
* Food and Drinks. Nothing makes friends better than a warm smile and a case of Mountain Dew.<br />
* Fishnets. If you don't wear them, then someone else will. So bring them.<br />
* Extra batteries for your calculator!<br />
* A hairbrush (no, they don't have it on the to-bring list) and plenty of hairties<br />
* Nail clipper<br />
* Texting plan - this isn't completely needed but texting is useful! seriously, for those times in class when you are too high tech to use a piece of paper and a pen. also, u can text people in the other classes & this way there is no evidence, theres no paper for the teacher to take. and finally, for all those people looking for a summer love, text your crush at night! or just text your opposite gender friends at night! texting comes in handy!!!<br />
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A note from a friendly staffer: If you have somehow managed to acquire a staff lanyard, congrats on your mad skills of lanyard steal-age, but leave it at home! There is a significant chance that if a staffer sees it, they will confiscate it.<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
* Snacks cannot contain peanuts; they cannot even have been made in a factory that also processes peanuts or makes peanut products. RAs WILL confiscate contraband food.<br />
* Bathrobe <<Don't overlook this. Countless souls have gone to CTY without a bathrobe and felt excluded on [[Thursday|Thursdays]] when they had no bathrobe to wear.<br />
* Extra Towels<br />
* Halloween costume<br />
* Umbrella (but only if it pops out when you push the button.)<br />
* Frisbees<br />
* Old lanyards<br />
* Ramen -- BEWARE: Cup Noodle has PEANUTS!!!<br />
* --> Ramen? Who needs ramen? You HAVE to go for BOWL APPETIT, ''especially'' Three Cheese Rotini. Immediately upon arrival, locate your nearest microwave (there is usually one in each hall)!! Also, Simply Thai coconut noodles are good. Try to bring a variety of microwavable foods, with mugs and utensils and stuff, or prepare to lift some from the dining hall. (Just a thoughtful note from a Schnader basement Latinite)<br />
* ----> They have those Bowl Appetits at Turkey Hill in case you get there and want to pick one up. Apparently they're habit-forming. (From the Greek 1 girl in Schnader, who lived across from the microwave used by both the greekies and the latinites downstairs)<br />
* Boxers for [[Song:Bizarre Love Triangle|BLT]]<br />
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==Siena==<br />
* Duct tape, strong string, and clothes hangers for Fairy Princess Day<br />
* Clothes for Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl Day<br />
* A backpack<br />
* SNACKS or tons of change for vending machines<br />
* Boys: make sure you bring a fan. Ryan Hall is: 1) cramped and 2) non air conditioned and it can get pretty hot in New York. Girls should also bring fans and give them to the boys, some of whom are certain to have forgotten to bring one. <br />
* A long-sleeved tee and/or hoodie because the movie theater and the classrooms are usually extremely cold. Trust me.<br />
* An umbrella, raincoat, and rain boots... it can get quite wet and rainy... and your sandals can get quite moldy.<br />
* A good attitude so you won't get TOO pissed at the sucky RAs<br />
* Lots and lots of clothes; there aren't too many working laundry machines<br />
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==Carlisle==<br />
* Boys: bring energy drinks. Soon they'll prohibit buying them at the Devil's Den due to Chris White's hall in Session 1 of '05 and Matt's hall in Session 1 '06 and Matt's hall's Hammbit Chang in Session 2 and Ian's hall in Session 2 '06 (not really, but yea). We found our ways around the rules. Especially right after check in at 10. STOP DRINKING ENERGY DRINKS RIGHT BEFORE BED!!!<br />
* Sidewalk chalk<br />
* Assorted crap for various theme-day or dance costumes including fishnets for girls (goth day) and clothes for the opposite sex to wear for Drag Day<br />
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==LMU==<br />
* Sunblock<br />
* Camera (preferably digital)<br />
* Sunglasses<br />
* Hats<br />
* Extra bathing suits<br />
* Flip flops that don't break easily<br />
* Comfortable shoes for dances (NO HEELS! They kill your feet.)<br />
* Bathrobe (You'll need it if the fire drill's during your shower.)<br />
* Peanuts (for the squirrels)<br />
* COSTUMES!!<br />
* Polo shirt<br />
* Board shorts for Wet 'N Wild Day<br />
* Extra towels<br />
* Some sort of casino outfit (Dress/Suit)<br />
* A fan. You might be in Huesman or Doheny where it's unbearably hot. Whelan & Rosecrans are better, and Desmond is by far the best.<br />
* Food Packages<br />
* Extra frisbees (they tend to fly onto roofs or into gutters)<br />
* Tennis racket/balls (if you're into tennis)<br />
* Sidewalk chalk (they often run out in the activity)<br />
* Bubble solution and bubble wand (everyone loves bubbles!)<br />
* Masking/duct tape (it always comes in handy)<br />
* A cross-dressing/drag day outfit (Girls: baseball cap; Boys: Fake hair/ hair extensions)<br />
* Instant ramen (there's hot water in the cafeteria)<br />
* Tissues<br />
* Magazines<br />
* Plenty of dressy clothes (for girls) (to wear at dances and swap with friends)<br />
* Laundry hamper (to put dirty clothes in and carry them to laundry rooms)<br />
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* Your lovely self!<br />
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==Saratoga Springs==<br />
* Masking tape/duct tape for flat-ironing it into your hair (LAURA TIMS 2nd session '07)<br />
* Insect Repellent<br />
* Fans, especially Wilmarth, girls don't have to worry (17" box fans fit PERFECTLY in any window and are highly recommended)<br />
* Extra towels/bathrobe<br />
* Old clothes<br />
* Hats<br />
* Chalk<br />
* Extra Frisbees (the ones they sell in the store break in two seconds)<br />
* Sharpies<br />
* Energy drinks (Red Bull, No Fear, Monster, etc.)<br />
* Catholic school girlish clothes aka uniforms<br />
* Boots for the massive puddles found there<br />
* Cheez doodles and 8-oz sprite cans<br />
* Ninja gear for Ninja/Caveman/Pirate attack days<br />
* Lots of spending cash (in hand and on card) for vending machines in Wilmarth and for laser tag, CVS, Borders, etc.<br />
* CD player (for playing CDs bought at Borders during a town trip)<br />
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== Johns Hopkins (JHU) ==<br />
* Cards (You need them when you're waiting for classes. Its always fun to play BS or Speed.)<br />
* Two pairs of sneakers (the rain is CRAZY when it comes...the water will fully soak your sneakers..so bring a dirty/extra one for occasions like that)<br />
* Hand-held Fans (It gets HOT there...one girl even fainted)<br />
* Lots of Change (Soda/Drink Machines are everywhere...and you need that change when you're thirsty! Also, if you're a neat-freak, and constantly want to clean your clothes in the laundry, then $10 in quarters won't quite cover it..so that change will come in handy!)<br />
* Snacks (seems obvious, but those Snickers and Hershey Bars will come in handy when you watch a movie in the theater or just when you're craving a snack!Oh yeah, and ramen noodles are the best! You know, like cup noodles? The trick is to let the water in the sink run for a bit and it'll become steaming. Put the water in the cup noodles, and wah-lah! This is only when your RA doesn't let you use the microwave, though. Warning:If your a germ-a-phobic, don't do this.) <br />
* Umbrella (The rain will soak you to bits...literally. Sometimes when its raining really hard, they take you to the theater and make you watch a movie. Let me warn you: it is COLD, ICY, and FREEZING in there. If your soaking wet in the rain , and go into this cold theater, lets just say its not very pleasant. Speaking of the cold...)<br />
* Hoodie/Sweater(It's freezing in some of these buildings! A hoodie/sweater will save your life. Oh, and they do come in handy when its raining...most hoodies/sweaters don't soak easily. Suggestion: Buy a JHU hoodie from the college bookstore...not only are they comfortable, but they are really warm and work really well in the rain. Its a bit pricey, though..around $50...)<br />
* Extra Dressy Clothes (Only for girls. Bring more than what you need for dances, and share them with your hallmates! Its lots of fun...oh, and another suggestion: don't hesitate to bring fancy clothes. Some girls are even seen wearing prom dresses, strapless dresses, or really fancy stuff that would surprise you.) <br />
* Video Cameras (Oh gosh, its hilarious. When someone brings a video camera and starts filming random stuff, they end up getting some funny footage. Suggestion: Small video cameras work the best. If they're big and bulky...never mind. Just don't bring one)<br />
* Ghost Stories (Seems lame, but its not. When you have those sleepovers on the weekend, and its light out, its always fun to grab a flashlight and whisper out ghost stories. Even though they're not always scary, its fun to do it and you usually end up having a great time.) <br />
* Packs of Drinks (You cannot live without Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Flavored Water, Tropicana Juices, Snapple, and of course, Frappuccinos, which are delicious coffee drinks..suggestion: buy a 12 or 24 pack and share them with your hallmates.)<br />
* Personal Posters/Pictures (This is HIGHLY suggested for people who get homesick! Bring some posters or pictures of famous movie stars, family, friends, or someone familiar. You can hang them up in your room- it not only makes your side of the dorm look more personal and cool, but it also makes you feel a little bit more at home!)<br />
* Flashlight - yes these are "not allowed" but everyone uses them. they come in handy for those nights when you wait until 30seconds before lights out to brush your teeth and can't find your pjs in the dark. Also, they are handy at times when you're actually trying to eat at night. (let me tell you, it is very hard to eat ramen in the dark!)<br />
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[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Canon&diff=13084Canon2007-10-22T22:54:31Z<p>Firefly1029: /* Easton */</p>
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<div>The [[Canon]] is a list of songs that are traditional and played at each dance (or every other dance, etc.). The list varies by site.<br />
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Sites not listed below may or may not have well-defined Canons. If you know yours, add it! However, [[Song:American Pie|American Pie]] is played last at every CTY dance at nearly every site, except for a new tradition at Skidmore Session 1.<br />
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==Lancaster==<br />
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At [[Site:Lancaster|Lancaster]], the Canon is divided into two sections: the "Upper Canon," (aka "High Holy") which is played at every dance, and the "Lower Canon," half of which is played at each dance (though the Lower Canon is generally not played at the final dance, but is instead played during lunch and dinner (usually a 5/4 split) the day of the final dance). Since Lancaster holds dances every Friday and Saturday, as well as the final Thursday, this means that each Lower Canon song is heard once each weekend.<br />
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The Upper Canon songs are generally played (not consecutively) in the reverse of the order shown here (i.e. Bizarre Love Triangle is first). The last four songs of the dance are (in order): Stairway to Heaven, a non-Canon song, Forever Young and American Pie.<br />
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Upper Canon:<br />
* [[Song:American Pie|American Pie]] - [[Don McLean]]<br />
* [[Song:Forever Young|Forever Young]] - Alphaville<br />
* [[Song:Stairway to Heaven|Stairway to Heaven]] - Led Zeppelin<br />
* [[Song:In Your Eyes|In Your Eyes]] - Peter Gabriel<br />
* [[Song:Nightswimming|Nightswimming]] - [[R.E.M.]]<br />
* [[Song:Bizarre Love Triangle|Bizarre Love Triangle]] - New Order<br />
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Lower Canon:<br />
* [[Song:Istanbul|Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] - [[They Might Be Giants]]<br />
* [[Song:Blister in the Sun|Blister in the Sun]] - Violent Femmes<br />
* [[Song:Oh L'Amour|Oh L'Amour]] - Erasure<br />
* [[Song:Rock Lobster|Rock Lobster]] - The B-52's<br />
* [[Song:James Brown is Dead|James Brown is Dead]] - LA Style<br />
* [[Song:Birdhouse in Your Soul|Birdhouse in Your Soul]] - [[They Might Be Giants]]<br />
* [[Song:It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)|It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]] - [[R.E.M.]]<br />
* [[Song:Tunak Tunak Tun|Tunak Tunak Tun]] - Daler Mehndi<br />
* [[Song:The Time Warp|The Time Warp]] - [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]<br />
* [[Song:Sweet Transvestite|Sweet Transvestite]] - [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]<i> (follows [[Song:The Time Warp|The Time Warp]], only on Second Saturday)</i><br />
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===History of the Canon===<br />
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The first definitive Lancaster Canon had come into existence by 1987, defined as the songs Rock Lobster, Oh L'Amour, Bizarre Love Triangle, Time Warp, Forever Young, and American Pie. The name of "Canon" had not yet been applied. By 1989, all of these songs were being consistently played.<br />
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In 93.1, the RA DJs screwed things up by omitting some important songs at a dance on the first weekend. The following Monday, students circulated a petition demanding that the DJs play Bizarre Love Triangle, Rock Lobster, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Forever Young, and American Pie at every remaining dance, without fail. The word "Canon" was still not applied to this list.<br />
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Between 1994 and 1995, the [[Digiclan]] and [[LLRT]], after lengthy online discussions, finalized the Canon, cutting it down from a list of over 50 songs. By 1996, all of the fourteen modern Canon songs except for Tunak Tunak Tun had appeared.<br />
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Every few years, there is a vote at Lancaster to put more songs on the Canon. Recent votes (in 2000 and 2003) did not add any new songs, though the High/Low status of some songs slightly changed. A vote 05.2 decided to keep "James Brown Is Dead" as part of the canon and add Daler Mehndi's "Tunak Tunak Tun" to the canon one year after kids from [[First Dietz]] Hall made a CTY-Lancaster-specific dance (modeled after Daler Mehndi's music video).<br />
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It is also under much speculation whether or not the [http://www.realcty.org/mw/index.php?title=Hall_of_Fame:LAN#2007.1_--_Dr._Mario_Dance Dr. Mario Dance] will also enter the Lancaster Canon. A vote will be held in Session 1 of 2008 to determine its final status.<br />
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===Other Songs===<br />
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Raving is very popular at Lancaster. Aside from James Brown is Dead, at least one techno/raving song is played at each dance, usually Darude's "Sandstorm". During 06.2, a new rule was instated at Lancaster that banned string raving (and also lying on the ground after dark). This angered some students, especially since nobody was officially told that the PDA rule on hand-holding from the previous session had been lifted. Protests were planned; however, Rachel (Jesus) worked with Alexa, a onemore, to work with the site director to lift the ban. String raving is now still allowed, with the restriction that it is only done during designated raving songs, and only on the hardtop in front of the speakers.<br />
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Aside from the Canon, commonly played songs/dances include the [[CTY Shuffle]], the Numa Numa Song (Dragosta Din Tei), Cotton-Eyed Joe, the Cha-Cha Slide, and Sandstorm.<br />
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For many years, beginning with Amish Dan, and later encouraged by Nixon, Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" was proposed as a canon song, but this vein of thought quickly died after Nixon's departure.<br />
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Completely unrelated to Canon, but also very important, is the song [[Song:The End of the Tour|The End of the Tour]] which is always the last song played at the [[Electric Tree]] after the [[Passionfruit]].<br />
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The song "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers is almost always played between Stairway to Heaven and Forever Young, especially in 07.2.<br />
Also at 07.2, Mr. Brightside was commonly accepted to be a slow dance.<br />
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Also, we love Iris!<br />
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"And I don't want the world to see me<br><br />
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand<br><br />
When everything's meant to be broken<br><br />
I just want you to know who I am!"<br />
<br />
"You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be,<br />
and I don't want to go home right now."<br />
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===Protest Example (05.1)===<br />
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http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/ctylan20051/3f03c748.jpg<br />
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==Carlisle==<br />
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The Canon at Carlisle is over four hours long, and therefore is never played in its entirety. The songs are arranged in order of holiness.<br />
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The full list is too long to place here. See [[Canon:CAR]].<br />
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==Skidmore==<br />
<br />
I would appreciate it if someone would contact the copyright owner for this page and ask for permission to appropriate the material. Otherwise, we could just paraphrase the information ourselves. Also, perhaps someone should verify to see if the information is current.<br />
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This list was primarily compiled by Jon Good ('97-'00), a cult figure among Skidmore CTY students.<br />
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High Holy Canon<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
* Nightswimming - R.E.M.<br />
* I'll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan (SESSION 1 ONLY)<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mendhi<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
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Canon<br />
* It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* My Sharona - The Knack<br />
* Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* American Music - The Violent Femmes<br />
* Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana<br />
* Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice<br />
* U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer<br />
* Copacabana - Barry Manilow<br />
* YMCA - The Village People<br />
* Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
* I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
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New addition 06.1 - <b>I'll Make a Man Out of You</b>. Is considered to be the only song that is High Holy Canon AND an Afterdance. Applies to Session 1 only and only after the last dance. <br />
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New addition 06.1 - Let it Be. However, instead of singing "let it be", you sing "[[synergy]]", in honor of Bill.<br />
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==Siena== <br />
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Note: If someone could sort out the ones that aren't played second session, that'd be great.<br />
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===Official Canon===<br />
<br />
by RA Brendan (Loudonville 2006 Session 1 and 2)<br />
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As RAs, we got official CTY Canon CDs from ResLife to play at the dances. This is what was on them, for the curious (note that it's slightly different from the (I would assume) student-compiled list).<br />
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====Upper Canon (every dance)====<br />
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Played at every dance/official real canon:<br />
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* [[Song:Blister in the Sun|Blister in the Sun]] - The Violent Femmes<br />
* [[Song:Bohemian Rhapsody|Bohemian Rhapsody]] - Queen<br />
* [[Song:Istanbul|Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] - They Might Be Giants (banned 2005.1 because running around holding hands is too dangerous)<br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot<br />
* [[Song:Smells Like Teen Spirit|Smells Like Teen Spirit]] - Nirvana<br />
* [[Song:Birdhouse in Your Soul|Birdhouse in Your Soul]] - They Might Be Giants<br />
* [[Song:Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]] - Madonna<br />
* I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor<br />
* Love Shack - The B-52's<br />
* [[Song:The Time Warp|The Time Warp]] - The Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
* [[Song:Brown Eyed Girl|Brown Eyed Girl]] - Van Morrison<br />
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In particular these last four played in this order as the last four songs:<br />
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* [[Song:Nightswimming|Nightswimming]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Song:It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)|It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]] - R.E.M.<br />
* [[Song:Stairway to Heaven|Stairway to Heaven]] - Led Zeppelin<br />
* [[Song:American Pie|American Pie]] - Don McLean<br />
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====Lower Canon====<br />
<br />
(on a 2nd CD, RAs had the option of playing some or all of these songs, but they weren't required)<br />
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* [[Song:Hallelujah|Hallelujah]] - Rufus Wainwright<br />
* [[Song:Sandstorm|Sandstorm]] - Da Rude (de facto Canon)<br />
* Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners<br />
* Dragosta Din Tei - O-Zone (de-facto Canon)<br />
* [[Song:In Your Eyes|In Your Eyes]] - Peter Gabriel<br />
* Sell Out - Reel Big Fish<br />
* [[Song:Forever Young|Forever Young]] - Alphaville<br />
* Piano Man - Billy Joel<br />
* I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Red-Nex<br />
* Heaven - DJ Sammy<br />
* It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls<br />
* Don't Stop Belivin' - Journey<br />
* Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
* Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations<br />
* [[Song:Buddy Holly|Buddy Holly]] - Weezer<br />
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These are other people's incomplete lists, could be cleaned up or compiled into something:<br />
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===Other===<br />
<br />
Canon but not always played:<br />
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* [[Song:Wonderwall|Wonderwall]] - Oasis<br />
* In My Life - The Beatles<br />
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Traditions but not Canon:<br />
<br />
* The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe<br />
* Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, and Mary<br />
* One More Chorus - Battlefield Band<br />
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Other: <br />
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* Fight For Your Right - The Beastie Boys<br />
* Origin of Love - Hedwig and the Angry Inch<br />
* I Touch Myself - Divynls (not played LOU 05.1)<br />
* Here's to the Night - Eve 6<br />
* I'm the Only Gay Eskimo - Corky and the Juice Pigs<br />
* Paradise City - Guns N' Roses<br />
* It's My Life - Jon Bon Jovi<br />
* Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day<br />
* Cupid's Shuffle - Cupid<br />
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Notes:<br />
* Buddy Holly in LOU 05.1 was revived at the last dance, but was not very popular<br />
* Sandstorm is, in the opinion of the Law and Politics B Session 2 2006, Fast-Paced High School Chemistry Session 1 2006, and Mathematical Logic Session 2 2006 classes, Canon.<br />
* Baby Got Back may not be true Canon. <br />
* Thank you to everyone continuing One More Chorus. I was afraid it died after 2005.<br />
* In Cotton-Eyed Joe, the tradition is to turn 90 degrees with each Cotton Eyed Joe dance.<br />
* Siena is the only site where people do not chant "Die, Die, Die, Die, Live, Live, Live, Live..." during American Pie.<br />
(Most of the people were chanting in LOU 06.1 and LOU 07.1, but this has apparently stopped in LOU 07.2)<br />
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==Los Angeles==<br />
<br />
Played at every dance:<br />
* American Pie - Don McLean<br />
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin<br />
* The Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
* It's the End of the World (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.<br />
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Sandstorm - Darude<br />
* In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (edited from "some songs")<br />
* Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone<br />
* Baby Got Back - Sir Mixalot<br />
* Cotton-Eyed Joe - Rednex<br />
* Forever Young - Alphaville<br />
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Some of these songs are played at some dances and not others:<br />
* Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver<br />
* Thriller - Michael Jackson<br />
* Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison<br />
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen<br />
* Love Shack - B-52's<br />
* Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes<br />
* Cha Cha Slide (remix)- Casper<br />
* Nightswimming - REM<br />
* Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants<br />
* Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright <br />
* I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith<br />
* Don't Stop Believing - Journey<br />
* You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC<br />
* I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers<br />
* I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness<br />
* YMCA - The Police<br />
* Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi<br />
* Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation<br />
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Interestingly, some of the High Canon songs at other sites are not played here.<br />
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Mulan's '''I'll Make a Man Out of You''' is a highly traditional song sung at this site, but it is not played at the dances.<br />
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==Easton==<br />
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Upper Canon: <br />
*Swing, Swing<br />
*All My Life<br />
*American Pie<br />
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Lower Canon: <br />
*Numa-Numa<br />
*Every Time We Touch<br />
<br />
*The Cha-Cha Slide<br />
*Cotton-Eyed Joe<br />
*Stairway to Heaven<br />
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[[Category:Music]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Things_we_like&diff=13080Things we like2007-10-22T00:48:49Z<p>Firefly1029: /* General */</p>
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<div>Different sites, different traditions, different things that the students adore. There are some things that are pure CTY; others go by site.<br />
<br />
==General==<br />
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* Movies<br />
** [[Monty Python]] <br />
** [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]<br />
* Music<br />
** [[Canon]]<br />
** [[They Might Be Giants]]<br />
** [[R.E.M.]]<br />
** Led Zeppelin<br />
** [[Don McLean]]<br />
* Books<br />
** [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]] <br />
** [[Harry Potter]]<br />
** Anything by [[Terry Pratchett]]<br />
** [[Ender's Game]]<br />
* Games<br />
** [[Mao]]<br />
** [[Kemps]]<br />
** [[Mafia]]<br />
** [[Risk]]<br />
** [[Ultimate Frisbee]]<br />
** [[Basketball]]<br />
** Non-Ultimate Frisbee<br />
** [[Four Square]]<br />
** [[Egyptian Rat Screw]]<br />
** [[Chinese Poker]]<br />
** [[Presidents]] *Edit Also known as Asshole, Socialism, or Capitalism<br />
** [[Set]]<br />
** Poker<br />
** [[Pokey]]<br />
** [[Dodgeball]]<br />
** Rubik's Cubes<br />
* Other Assorted Things<br />
** [[42]]<br />
** [[Duct tape]]<br />
** [[Passionfruit]]<br />
** [[CTY]]!!!<br />
** EVERYBODY!!!<br />
<br />
==Lancaster==<br />
<br />
* Games<br />
** [[Scum]] and its variant [[Scum: The Masquerade]], or simply [[Masquerade]]<br />
** [[Silent Football]]<br />
** [[The Game]] (I lose.)<br />
** The <i>Other</i> Game (I LOSE!)<br />
** [[Acting Improv]] (AI)<br />
** [[Blammo]]<br />
** [[Basketball]]<br />
**[[Art Of War]]<br />
* Movies<br />
** Rent<br />
** The Princess Bride<br />
** Mulan<br />
* Other<br />
** [[Bathrobes]] and Towels<br />
** Caution Tape<br />
** Danger Tape<br />
** [[Island Coconut Chicken]]<br />
** [[Alcove]]-shaped things<br />
** Trees (and hugging)<br />
** Tom Lehrer<br />
** The Amish<br />
** Angry, Young and Poor<br />
** hair dye<br />
** Peanut products (for they are the forbiden fruit... or legume)<br />
** FOBs<br />
<br />
==Carlisle==<br />
<br />
* Movies<br />
** [[Starcrash]]<br />
* Games<br />
** Palace -- an obsession in Carlisle 06.1<br />
** ERS<br />
** Rapido<br />
** [[Cult of Godzilla#One Card Milard|One Card Milard]]<br />
* Other<br />
** Mystery Science Theater 3000<br />
** [[HUB Donuts]]<br />
** [[Places:CAR|HUB Potatoes]]<br />
** Couching!!<br />
** [[Lexicon|Tea Cooler]]! (... but do we reeeally like it?)<br />
<br />
==Siena==<br />
<br />
* Movies<br />
** [[Xanadu]] -- an obsession that spread through most (or at least a large portion) of camp at Siena 03.1<br />
** [[Princess Bride]]<br />
** Clue<br />
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* Music<br />
** Umbrella<br />
** Sandstorm<br />
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*Games<br />
**DARE OR DARE!!! (07.1)<br />
<br />
==Saratoga Springs==<br />
<br />
* Movies<br />
** [[Dark Side of Oz]]<br />
** [[Harold and Maude]]<br />
** [[Princess Bride]]<br />
* Games<br />
** [[Varsity Catch]]<br />
* Music<br />
** Be A Man (Mulan)<br />
** Let it Be (Synergy)<br />
* Other<br />
** [[Hall of Fame:SAR#Jon Good|Jon Good]]<br />
** [[Love Tape]]<br />
** Grass Orgies<br />
** Synergy<br />
** Freeing Lee-Kai<br />
<br />
==Los Angeles==<br />
<br />
* Movies<br />
** [[Alice in Wonderland]] (crossed with Radiohead's ''Kid A'')<br />
** Dodgeball<br />
** Finding Nemo<br />
** The Incredibles<br />
** DIRTY DANCING<br />
** Soccerface<br />
* Music<br />
** Baby Got Back<br />
** Simon & Garfunkel<br />
** Teddy, Shawno & Jonas<br />
** Tears in Heaven<br />
** Time Of Your Life<br />
** CTY Remix<br />
** Leaving, On a Jet Plane<br />
* Games<br />
** Wah<br />
** [[Kemps]]<br />
** Trench<br />
** Spongeball (or "jump into the Seaver fountain")<br />
** Splinko<br />
** Pushey<br />
<br />
==Easton==<br />
<br />
* Movies<br />
** Clerks (at least at Easton 2003-2005)<br />
* Music<br />
** Numa Numa ("Tres Chalupas" Dan, Bobby, James 2005)<br />
** Seasons of Love (Easton "Tree Crew" 2006)<br />
** Barbie Girl (at Easton 2006, Session 2)<br />
** Hey There Delilah (At Easton 2007, Session 2)<br />
* People<br />
** Thadeus! (Admin. 2004)<br />
** Jim (Math Modeling, Session 2, 2004)<br />
** The Tree Crew (Session 2, 2006)<br />
** The Swedish-Dutch-Swiss-Kid (Whodunit, Session 2, 2006)<br />
** The 'Originals', students who went to Easton from 2003-2006.<br />
<br />
==JHU==<br />
<br />
*Movies<br />
**Borat<br />
**Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br />
*Music<br />
**Crazy Train<br />
*Books<br />
**How to Surive a Horror Movie<br />
**Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<br />
*Games<br />
**"Would You Rather..."<br />
**Hackey Sack<br />
**Football<br />
*Other Activities<br />
**[[Party-boying]]<br />
**Skinning/J-packing<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other Sites==<br />
<br />
* Movies<br />
** [[Princess Bride]]<br />
** [[Real Genius]]<br />
** [[WarGames]]<br />
** [[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]] <br />
** [[Moulin Rouge]]<br />
** Pirates of the Caribbean<br />
** Wayne's World<br />
* Music<br />
** [[Radiohead]]<br />
** [[Moxy Fruvous]]<br />
* Books<br />
** [[Catch-22]]<br />
** Wheel of Time<br />
** Stranger in a Strange Land<br />
* Games<br />
** The Art of War (it's a dodgeball variant)<br />
** [[Illuminati]]<br />
** Gotcha<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki><br />
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[[Category:General]]</div>Firefly1029https://www.realcty.org/index.php?title=Lanyard&diff=13043Lanyard2007-10-14T00:24:00Z<p>Firefly1029: /* White Lanyards */</p>
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<div>[[Lanyard]]s are loose, thin cloth bands to be worn around the necks of CTYers at all times. Lanyards hold room keys, student IDs/ debit cards, and [[fob|fobs]]. They are printed with the term JHU-CTY and the URL of the CTY website. Lanyards are given out by staff to campers on the first day.<br />
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==Colors==<br />
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The color of the campers' lanyards changes every year (unless you count 06 and 07 those lanyards were about the same).<br />
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* 2007- Neon Yellow<br />
* 2006- Yellow<br />
* 2005- Red<br />
* 2004- Sky Blue<br />
* 2003- Neon Yellow-Green<br />
* 2002- Red<br />
* 2001- Purple<br />
* 2000- Neon Green<br />
* 1999- Light Blue<br />
* 1998- Neon Orange <br />
* 1997- Navy Blue with yellow lettering<br />
* 1996- Yellow with blue lettering<br />
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In 1996, lanyards had "IAAY" printed on them. From 1997 to around 2001, lanyards had "CTY CAA IAAY" printed on them. "CAA" and "IAAY" were dropped by 2001 and replaced merely with the acronyms "CTY JHU." Lanyards are now printed with "CTY" and "JHU" as well as the official web site for CTY: "www.cty.jhu.edu."<br />
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===Black Lanyards===<br />
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Since 2003, black lanyards have been worn by RAs, instructors, TAs/LAs/PAs, and other staff members. These lanyards are often widely envied by campers, who have been known to try to take black lanyards from staff. Occasionally, at the [[Passionfruit]], black lanyards are given to [[nevermore|nevermores]].<br />
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===White Lanyards===<br />
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In 2007, all staff members were given new white lanyards. The white lanyards were a result of a typo (or misprint?) and will not appear again; they were meant to be black as usual.<br />
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While most lanyards worn by the staff members turned into a murky gray by the end of the session, Art Frankel (Chem SAR 2007.2) masterfully kept his white. His secret? Wear it around the collar of the shirt. -Brandon Wang<br />
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In an event unheard of at the time, John "Jarrison" Harrison (CTY.LAN.2007.1+2) masterfully acquired not one, not two, not even three, but 4 white lanyards during his six week (double session)stay in Lancaster. In an act of pure chivalry,(and needless to say, manliness) Jarrison then "donated" one of his prized white lanyards to one Max Wang in exchange for a considerable discount (for free) on the session 2 t-shirt. He has yet to receive said t-shirt...<br />
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==Lanyard Swinging==<br />
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Staff members can be strict about forcing campers to keep their lanyards on their necks. Campers find it entertaining to take their lanyards off and swing them around; keys and fobs create a decent amount of momentum. RAs are very disapproving of this practice (they think that someone could let go and the flying key could cause an injury), and often will reprimand campers found swinging their lanyards. Some campers retaliate by wearing their lanyards up around their ears, as belts, or woven as bracelets. This practice is also frowned upon by staff. Although some campers think that the staff just owrry to much, I did get hit in the nose by a lanyard and can assure you that it is quite painful, so PLEASE don't swing it!<br />
On the last day, however, there is nothing stopping you from running around on the forbidden grass swinging your lanyard while singing at the top of your lungs.<br />
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An activity called Bizarro CTY allows you to swing your lanyard, along other things that are usually contraband.<br />
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==Re-use==<br />
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Many CTYers bring lanyards from past summers back to their current site. All old lanyards are worn at the same time as their current lanyard. This is a sign of returning-student pride, and sometimes also a sign of seniority. Reused lanyards are either woven as bracelets, or worn around the neck with current lanyards (often braided together). RAs usually don't care what you do with your old lanyards, as long as you're not swinging them. You can wear them as bracelets, etc. without fear of reprimand. <br />
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==KEEP YOUR LANYARD==<br />
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NEVER throw out your lanyard. The lanyard gods will punish you.<br />
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Either that or Simon from JHU '07 will eat your face.</div>Firefly1029