Baltimore/places

The major buildings/areas at the Johns Hopkins Campus.

AMR I

Home of the Girls Dorm, as well as home of the nurses, office, and Individually Paced Math Sequence. The dorms are in fairly good condition, with the exception of the occasional bug (there were some scary ones in the bathroom) and the weird doors that wouldn't lock. During 2007, several matressess had to be switched out on the first floor due to bug infestation.

The lower floor contained a room (the Reading Room) for general purposes, (Registration Day, Casino Day, Movie Nights, and other afternoon activites like Talent Show Practice, Silent Reading, and Board Games)and the Site Office, where the site director was most of the day. There was also a TV room where the RAs hung out when they had time to, and where we had the activity Friends Watching.

The basement had a common kitchen where most kids made Ramen and other food that could be cooked with a microwave. The common kitchen was also home to Board Games and Starburst Flowers a few times. There was also a small computer lab that was available Social Time everyday (that is, 9:00-9:45), and a small laundry room right across from it.

In the weird corner of AMR I was the nurse, or rather, nurses. I would like to point our that as the nurses were male, they were in fact murses and were christened "Pattycakes" and "Danny Poopykins" by Erin in 2007 session 1. If you can't guess, their names were Pat and Dan.

Note: The common kitchen was also home to a memorable spelling bee in the first round of which not one person spelled a word correctly.

AMR II

Home of the guys dorm, housing office, and social lounge. AMR II was in sufficiently better condition than AMR I (much to the girls' dismay). They also had the cool lounge in the basement (In 2007, you weren't allowed in, however, because another group was using it), TWO laundry rooms (instead of one, but the girls got to use them), the housing office (where you went if you lost your key), and a small common kitchen.

The Beach

No, it's not really a beach. It's actually a pretty big circular area (grassy field) where a lot of activities were held (Kindergarten Games, Downhill Rolling, Cloud Watching, Blowing Bubbles) called the beach because obviously, Johns Hopkins doesn't have one. A lot of people were still found tanning there though. There's a stone wall near the back of the field where you can sit; the JHU lettering is on it.

Gentle Slope

All classes met here in the morning, before lunch, and dinner, by lampposts that circle the entire area. Mandatory Fun was usually held here. During free time, at least a few people could be found playing Ultimate Frisbee, throwing around a football, or just hanging out. It was basically the central meeting place for everything.

Gilman Hall

Most of the classes were in here. It actually looks really creepy because the lights are always dimmed... and it's like six floors high. We had our Game Show day in there (walking up all those steps is NOT fun). The bookstore where all the JHU merchandise and really cool books was in the basement. And the bell tower you always see representing JHU is actually the tower at Gilman.

Glass Pavillion

a.k.a. the Fishbowl, where the Dances were usually held. This building is really just (like the name says) a pavillion with walls of glass. It was really an awesome place to hold dances (except maybe it was a little too big). Downstairs was a screening room where they showed a movie if people didn't want to dance.

Levering Hall

Connected to the Glass Pavillion where kids could just hang out if they didn't want to dance. The second dance of 06.1 was held in a really small room in Levering because the Glass Pavillion couldn't be used.

Mattin Center

The Mattin Center had a bunch of practice rooms where Music Practice was held. All of the rooms are soundproof and most have a piano in them.

Sculpture Garden

A really nice garden/forest place. Some activities held there were silent reading, sketching, and best of all, You Wanna Buy A Duck?, which involved water guns. The sculptures were of various animals, such as penguins, bears, camels, and snails.

Note: In Session 2 of 2007, the Sculpture Garden was off-limits, though at least one class went there to do some reading and writing. Note: yes, as pointed out to us many times, you would get hit by a bus if you entered this area, even the campus security warned that if we entered at night there would be a "friend" flowwing us. most campers didn't understand if this meant a security guy to catch us, a creepy molester, or someone to hook up with. either way, it was a do not enter zone.

Shriver Hall

The auditorium where the closing ceremony, talent show, and orientation was. Also really big and scary if you go in there when the lights are dimmed.

White Athletic Center

The swimming pool was located here. Also, the second gym was where our dining hall was (a long way out there), because the actual dining hall was under renovation.

Wolman

A dorm that we normally wouldn't go to, but for 06.1 the World Cup Watching took place there.

Wyman Quad

a.k.a. the Question Mark Field. Some people think it looks like a question mark but dementedly shaped blob would probably be more like it. Activities like Ultimate Frisbee, Recess Games, and Kickball would be here.

Sleepy Hollow

way cooler than it sounds. It is the area next to the rock on the field that contains the small cabin-esque building. THis building was named the "Love Shack" in 2007 session 1 by two Laurens, Sharon and Allison.