Baltimore

Baltimore
The main "bell tower" of Gilman Hall.
Site Information
College	Johns Hopkins University
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Dates	Session 1: June 25 - July 14 | Session 2: July 16 - Aug 4
Years of Operation	Early 1990s?-1995 | 2001-present
Avg. Number of Students	240
Courses Offered
Humanities	Beyond the Binary: A Cultural History of Gender | Global Politics: Human Rights and Justice | Human Nature and Technology | Playing God: The Ethics of Human Subjects Research |
Writing	You Will Be Offended: Satire, Comedy, and Public Discourse |
Math and Computer Science	The Mathematics of Competitive Behavior | Topology |
Science	Advanced Topics in Physics: Special Relativity | Epidemiology | Investigations in Engineering | The Global Environment |
Canon
High Holy Canon	American Pie | Stairway to Heaven | Mr. Brightside | Forever Young
High Canon	Don't Stop Believing | Sandstorm | Cha Cha Slide | Come On Eileen | Iris | Tunak Tunak Tun
Middle Canon	Wobble | Bohemian Rhapsody | For baltimore | Cotton Eye Joe | Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | I'll Make a Man out of You | Time Warp | Stacey's Mom | Bad Romance | Can't Hold Us | Sweet Caroline | Blister In the Sun |
Lower Canon	Nightswimming | How far we've come | Every Time We Touch | Fireflies | Anna Sun | Closing time | Somewhere only we know | Numa Numa | Satisfaction | Heartless or the hills | Long live | Pokémon Theme Song
Site Specifics
Position-holders	Empress and Emperor | Prince and Princess of the Blood | Games God and/or Goddess | Rave Monarch
See The Essential CTY for cross-site articles.

The Baltimore site uses the actual campus of Johns Hopkins University. Although it houses the main administration for CTY, it was not made into an actual site until fairly recently. It is also considered in popular belief to be the strictest site, and has the fewest formal, site-wide traditions. Baltimore is infamous among CTYers at other sites for passing down controversial new rules.

Dorms

The girls' and boys' dorms are known as AMR I and AMR II, respectively. AMR I houses the administrative headquarters, as KW does at Carlisle. Both quads have very tight security, and are guarded at all times. However, it is possible to enter either building without using a keyfob using a roundabout pathway, although the keyfob is required for local stairs. There is a labryinth of tunnels and hallways underneath the two buildings (and the rest of the campus) and possibly a secret passageway between the two. All dorms are air conditioned, some bathrooms are. More detailed information can be found at Baltimore/places

Traditions

Baltimore is well known for having a lack of traditions. It is one of the newest sites and we just started importing traditions like Passionfruit; we still need more people from tradition heavy sites to come to Baltimore and be a rebel to bring the traditions. In 08.1, students organized a drag day. However, RAs were forbidden from participating, and the administration did not officially organize it. In 08.2, it was less concerted and organized.

The Rape Buttons

The "rape buttons" are emergency buttons that are attached to poles with a blue ball light above and when hit, lights up, sirens sound, and campus security arrives. Why we called it the rape button is a mystery.

Meet Market

Meet market is after 9:00 and lasts for an hour and is basically social hour on the Gentle Slope. It is supervised by RAs who are there to prevent and discourage "risque activities." Occasionally, there is an impromptu dance. In 08.1 and 08.2, there were several dances either at the front of AMR I or AMR II.

The lawn used for Meet Market and outdoor activities is known as the Gentle Slope. It borders ANMR I, ANMR II and the cafeteria, and is surrounded by a brick walkway and park benches.

Dances

As of 06.1, Baltimore now has a set canon (not in order):

• American Pie - Don McLean
• Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
• Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes
• Everytime We Touch - Cascada
• Sandstorm - DaRude
• Forever Young - Alphaville
• Let It Be - The Beatles

As of 07.2:

• Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's (subject to change)
• Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin (subject to change)
• Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

As of 08.1 and 2:

• Cotton Eyed Joe - Unknown
• Satisfaction - Benny Benassi
• Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Dances played sub-par music, much to the dismay of most of 07.2. However, it is improving. It is true that a canon is starting up. Song requests have been taken advantage of, with Tunak Tunak Tun being introduced in 08.1. However, song requests were broken in 08.2, so Canon importing has been slowed. Glowstick raving was also introduced during "Sandstorm" in 08.1 and has been carried on into 08.2.

Rules about dances are enforced, but not strictly. At 08.1 and 08.1, there was grinding at impromptu dances, but people would crowd around them to make them hard to detect.

General Information

While it's false that the RAs are generally very strict, SRAs may be strict (especially SRA Ben). In 07.2, flashlights and sleepovers were banned, although with a bit of sneaking around and hiding you could manage to get into each others' rooms. The ban against sleepovers has been removed as of 08.1. Neighboring dorm rooms could also tap messages with Morse Code through the wall. Tylenol, Advil, Aspirin, and Ibuprofen were all confiscated by RA's, but it's handy to stash a few in your pillow or wardrobe just in case. However, there is a vending machine with such medications.

The food was a lot better 07.2 than that of other years, there being French fries, pizza, grilled cheese, hot dogs, pasta, and a sandwich and salad bar everyday. During lunch, here is always some fried potato product, pasta, a few types of pizza, hamburgers, cake or other sugary desserts, and fruits. The macaroni and cheese was amazing, but it was mediocre in 08.1. The scrambled eggs got runny and goopy though... and the food was basically the same thing every day. There's also a person who serves ice cream.

Sleepovers

In 07.2, sleepovers were banned. This was due to a conflict in rules--CTY administration did not allow sleepovers without transportation of mattresses, while JHU housing did not allow transportation of mattresses due to its classification as a fire hazard. However, in 08.1 and 08.2, this was resolved--CTYers could sleep over on weekends if they moved their sheets/blankets, but not their mattresses. Depending on your RA, it is possible to have discreet sleepovers on non-legal nights. Unfortunately, sleepovers on the last night of 08.2 were banned, causing anger to many nevermores.

The following article is currently obsolete. However, it may become useful if sleepovers become banned again. How to Survive an Illegal Sleepover

CTYers

This is an alphabetical list of all RealCTYers who have attended Baltimore:

• Christinecatastrophe
• Lightman
• Lietk12
• Miacrow
• Wendeth
• Sharpshooter1321