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[[Digiclan]] was a group of students at [[Site:Lancaster|Lancaster]] between 1994 (1993?) and 1998.
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The [[Digiclan]] was a group of students at [[Lancaster]] between 1994 and 1998.  Some of its members had become friends in 1993, but the group did not coalesce until they and others took [[Digital Logic]] (abbreviated DIGI.LAN.2, hence the name "digiclan") in 1994.  Despite being a large class (17 people), most of its members bonded quickly.
  
Originally, it was simply referred to as Digi, which is derived (perhaps slightly uncreatively) from the name of the class that most of the original members took in '94, [[Course:DIGI|Digital Logic]].  According to [http://www.angelfire.com/weird/cty/general.html this page], it began in '03; however, the Digiclan webpage indicates that the course was taken in '94.
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As with so many things CTY, the Digiclan was maintained and expanded outside of CTY by the development of a mailing list.  This mailing list was tremendously active in the mid-1990s, though it was eventually subsumed by [[LLRT]], particularly as the early Digis went off to college.
  
Like [[LLRT]], the Digiclan saw it's peak in 1995.  Many of it's members nomored in 1996.  In 1998, they merged with the LLRT.
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Digis, who were mostly concentrated along the DC/NYC axis, were able to get together for many reunions.
  
 
==Notable Digiclan Contributions and Members==
 
==Notable Digiclan Contributions and Members==
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===Dennis Clark===
 
===Dennis Clark===
  
Dennis Clark started the tradition of wearing bathrobes on [[Thursday|Thursdays]] in 1995. He also later came back to [[Site:Lancaster|Lancaster]] as a TA.
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Dennis Clark started the tradition of wearing bathrobes on [[Thursday]]s in 1995. This was a reference to ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', as the book starts out on a Thursday and Arthur Dent is in his bathrobe.  Dennis (and others around him) was known to quote: "Today must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays." 
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He also later came back to [[Lancaster]] as a TA.
  
 
===Tarpy (Jessi) Miller===
 
===Tarpy (Jessi) Miller===
  
<i>4 March 1980 - 2 December 1996</i>
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''4 March 1980 - 2 December 1996''
  
Along with Louis Gerbarg, Tarpy burned the original [[Canon|Lancaster Canon CD]]. She died tragically in 1996, the winter after her nomore year. Her history is intricately connected with that of [[Song:James Brown is Dead|James Brown Is Dead]]. A memorial web site was created in her memory, but sadly it seems to be no more.
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Tarpy burned the original [[Canon|Lancaster Canon CD]]. She was conspicuous for her sense of humor and great smile.  She committed suicide in 1996, the winter after her nomore year, which triggered a great deal of mourning among Digis . A web site was created in her memory, but sadly it seems to be no more, although the [http://www.digiclan.org/ Digiclan front page] is still black in her memory.
  
 
==Conjunction Groups==
 
==Conjunction Groups==
  
In 1997, some squirrels began a small group called XNMPDA (Xenophobic, Narcoleptic, Multiple Personality Disorder Anonymous.  The members of XNMPDA were supposedly rejected from the Digiclan because of one of its members, Adam Feldman, and a Digi, Michael Mishkin, saw each other with a degree of enmity.
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In 1997, some squirrels began a small group called XNMPDA (Xenophobic, Narcoleptic, Multiple Personality Disorder Anonymous).  The members of XNMPDA were supposedly rejected from the Digiclan because of one of its members, and a Digi, saw each other with a degree of enmity.
 
 
The next year, first session, XNMPDA became the HCNPD (Hard-Core Normal People, Dammit).  Then, next session (98.2), the two groups united, and formed a new generation of LLRT.
 
 
 
More information on the Digiclan, LLRT, and related groups can be found [http://www.angelfire.com/weird/cty/general.html here.]
 
 
 
==Aurora Says:==
 
  
I would love to tell you a few things. For one, that link is so old! It makes me sad, like a sad kitten in the snow. I'd love to see it updated.
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The next year, first session, XNMPDA became the HCNP,D! (Hard-Core Normal People, Dammit!).  Then, next session (98.2), the two groups united, and formed a new generation of LLRT.
  
I'm a Digi. Was LLRT, then joined Digi when it combined. Either it's fallen apart in the past 5 years, or I've fallen out of it. Can't really tell. Most of us went to college. Some of us graduated. Some got married and/or have real jobs now. Isn't life grand?
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== DIGI Says ==
  
The Supa-Happy picture for Digi linked off the main page needs a little bit of background. However, I remember that day, so I will share! That was LAN96-1, after a bright and sunny day spent in Pomm and Timmer's THEO class. We'd gotten ahold of the highly coveted hot pink lecturers' (or was it artists'?) chalk, and covers our faces with it! That, and the Pythagoras Nose colored chalk. I believe we took the opportunity to become chalk goddesses. Who can pass up a chance like that? All 5 of us were the girls in THEO, the only girls there, and we all lived in the same suite above the admin in the admin building (which I cannot remember the name of at this time.) The three girls in the middle had single rooms, the two on the ends shared a double, and life was grand.
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We have hung together long enough to have a 25th reunion in 2019. We have taken the opportunity to correct some misapprehensions and remove personally identifying information -- the things that seem important and/or amusing when fifteen exist in a different light when pushing forty. Reviewing the mutation of traditions and lore have caused us to reflect on the nature of myth and how it mutates over time. Ultimately, the only thing that matters in the long run is friendship.
  
Please, if you see this page, add more anecdotes? Think of the poor little children and kittens who will benefit!
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Be excellent to each other.
  
-[[User:Aurora|Aurora]]
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-[[User:Digi|Digi]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
  
[http://digiclan.org/ The Digiclan Web Site]
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* [http://digiclan.org/ The Digiclan Web Site] ''Currently defunct.''
  
 
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[[Category:Student Groups]]
 
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[[Category:Lancaster Student Groups]]
 
[[Category:Lancaster Student Groups]]

Latest revision as of 22:59, 17 August 2019

The Digiclan was a group of students at Lancaster between 1994 and 1998. Some of its members had become friends in 1993, but the group did not coalesce until they and others took Digital Logic (abbreviated DIGI.LAN.2, hence the name "digiclan") in 1994. Despite being a large class (17 people), most of its members bonded quickly.

As with so many things CTY, the Digiclan was maintained and expanded outside of CTY by the development of a mailing list. This mailing list was tremendously active in the mid-1990s, though it was eventually subsumed by LLRT, particularly as the early Digis went off to college.

Digis, who were mostly concentrated along the DC/NYC axis, were able to get together for many reunions.

Notable Digiclan Contributions and Members

Dennis Clark

Dennis Clark started the tradition of wearing bathrobes on Thursdays in 1995. This was a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as the book starts out on a Thursday and Arthur Dent is in his bathrobe. Dennis (and others around him) was known to quote: "Today must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

He also later came back to Lancaster as a TA.

Tarpy (Jessi) Miller

4 March 1980 - 2 December 1996

Tarpy burned the original Lancaster Canon CD. She was conspicuous for her sense of humor and great smile. She committed suicide in 1996, the winter after her nomore year, which triggered a great deal of mourning among Digis . A web site was created in her memory, but sadly it seems to be no more, although the Digiclan front page is still black in her memory.

Conjunction Groups

In 1997, some squirrels began a small group called XNMPDA (Xenophobic, Narcoleptic, Multiple Personality Disorder Anonymous). The members of XNMPDA were supposedly rejected from the Digiclan because of one of its members, and a Digi, saw each other with a degree of enmity.

The next year, first session, XNMPDA became the HCNP,D! (Hard-Core Normal People, Dammit!). Then, next session (98.2), the two groups united, and formed a new generation of LLRT.

DIGI Says

We have hung together long enough to have a 25th reunion in 2019. We have taken the opportunity to correct some misapprehensions and remove personally identifying information -- the things that seem important and/or amusing when fifteen exist in a different light when pushing forty. Reviewing the mutation of traditions and lore have caused us to reflect on the nature of myth and how it mutates over time. Ultimately, the only thing that matters in the long run is friendship.

Be excellent to each other.

-Digi

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