Other Lancaster Positions

Positions at Lancaster, especially during Second Session, spring up each year extemporaneously and in great numbers. It is uncertain whether new traditions will continue, and it turns out that some have not; however, both are still a very symbolic part of CTY history.

New Positions

Documentator

The position of Documentator was created by Max Wang during Session 2 of 2007. Since 05.2, and with increasing dedication each year, Max had captured Session 2 CTY memories with his trusty camera. In 07.2, Max came bearing many memory cards, batteries, a camcorder, and a tripod. He also was forced to sign an all-site consent form to continue his work.

Max, however, did not want to continue this task into his nomore year. He loved everything he did for other people and was delighted that his pictures were appreciated; but carrying around bulky camera equipment hinders participation in CTY. Thus, after his Passionfruit speech, Max called up willing successors. He knighted Daniel Tracht, the new Documentator, with his umbrella.

Among other things, a Documentator should document things on film and tape, preferably digitally. Important tasks include filming Rocky Horror (and taking rehearsal pictures to enable focusing on video during the performance, or vice versa) and at least one American Pie; documenting Canon, dances, and the Afterdance as best as possible; documenting AI, including filming the first Park Bench and the last World's Worst or Sphinx; filming/documenting the Passing of the Duck and the Last Supper, as well as Passionfruit; and doing general documentation.

In 2008.1, Daniel Tracht's 12 hours of footage was confiscated and erased by the Overlords of Baltimore. However, Dan Salvato managed to discretely film Rocky Horror and much of Passionfruit, as well as other various incidences of lesser importance. The ability to conspicuously film at CTY is in question for the future.

The job is difficult. It will be rewarding, but it will be hell.

The position of Documentator exists so that CTY will always be documented, and so that our memories will never fade or weaken. It exists to ensure that somebody will always be willing to do the job. However, all those who devote themselves to such a task may rightfully take upon themselves the title of Documentator, even if they were not knighted.

Max also hopes that the knighting will continue because relevant objects such as cameras, memory cards, camcorders, tripods, or even umbrellas are all rather expensive.

Though it is not as much of a duty, the Holy Ghost of the Session 1 Trinity is chosen for similar reasons.

Duct Tape Dress Wearer

The Duct Tape Dress was created by Yulia Korovikov in Second Session of 2007. The dress is very shiny and of quite good quality.

Yulia decided to pass down the dress at Passionfruit to Ellie Kladky, whom she, along with many others, felt deserved a special item and title for her nomore year. The Dress is the third duct tape garment currently in existence. Ellie is expected to return with the dress in 08.2, and hopefully pass it on. However, Ellie has expressed that if she does pass it on, it will probably be informally to a friend and not formally at Passionfruit, because there's already a lot of stuff passed down at Passionfruit.

The Robe of Mischiefiny

The Robe of Mischiefiny began as the Communist Duct Tape Bathrobe which, like the 42 Duct Tape Bathrobe, is a bathrobe made of duct tape. It was created by Joseph Schwartz, a.k.a. (actually known as) Acid Trip and was passed down during Passionfruit of 07.2. Acid was very anti-authoritarian, in addition to being communist. He consistently ignored authority and broke rules, and caused general trouble. Acid wanted to make sure that there would always be someone to defy authority in years to come, and so he passed down the Bathrobe as a symbol of resistance to John Harrison, who will wear the robe in 08.2. The Communist Bathrobe is the fourth duct tape garment currently in existence.

Quite a rule-breaker himself, John felt that it was his duty to reinforce the robe. He spent hours and hours with rolls and rolls of duct tape, fixing all of the tiny imperfections and shining up the silvery outer layers until the entire robe was essentially new; the hammer and sickle insignia on the back was reworked as well. After noticing how much it had been transformed, John made a Facebook conference with Acid and decided that the robe would be renamed and given a more prominent purpose. From that point onward the robe became known as The Robe of Mischiefiny. The inside pocket of the Robe is cryptically labeled with the letters FOBoD. The meaning of this acronym is only divulged to wearers of the robe, but is said to be associated with an object through which the most dastardly of CTY shenanigans can be performed.

Starting in 08.2 the inside of the robe will be plastered with the Behavior Contracts of its owners. One of the main requirements for any candidate for the robe is that he/she must have gained the highly esteemed honor of being under a Behavior Contract with the CTY staff. Since John was an idiot and lost his, he's gonna need to do something bad again to get another one to add to the Robe.

Wearers

• 07.2-Joseph "Acid" Schwartz
• 08.2-John Harrison

The FOB of Destiny

The FOB of Destiny is a very secret device that will be passed on along with the Robe. Only the wearer of the Robe is allowed to know what it really is or what it is capable of doing. The whereabouts of the FOBoD are undisclosed for the time being, but its true power will be revealed during 08.2

Holders

• 08.2-John Harrison

Bitch Bra

This article of clothing is a strapless, hot pink bra with seven claps. During Session 2 of 2007, this bra forfeited/passed on to Maggie Ferrell, a two more and to be continued to be passed on to a two more. The receiver of this bra is someone who is known as a 'bitch' because she speaks her mind. She also knows her way around inducing pain through a male's genitalia (just kidding...or am I?)

For purposes of making it CTYA the significance behind this bra, asides from being the ruling Queen Bitch, is that this person knows how to make fun of themselves and not take things too seriously. However when her friends need her she's always the shoulder to cry on.

• 2007: Nixxi Chen
• 2007-2008: Maggie Ferrell

For Squirrels

Example is a CD by a band called For Squirrels. It was discovered in the fall of '06 by Ariel Hyre, who couldn't leave it where she found it. She brought it back to Lancaster in 07.2, where she was a Nomore, with the intent of passing it on to a worthy squirrel who had the intention of returning. The disk was and is to be bestowed on a squirrel at Passionfruit of Second Session at Lancaster. The reciever promises to come back to Lancaster, and to throw his or herself into CTY with all the passion and energy physically possible.

Holders of For Squirrels:

• 2006-2007: Ariel Hyre
• 2007-2008: Otter Lee

Links

• http://www.forsquirrels.net Official Band Site
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Squirrels The Wiki Page

Stripper

A position only First Sessioners have, the Stripper is just what the title suggests, though has come to be noted as the owner of a very short skirt which is held together by nothing but a little clip and some Velcro. The Stripper is the leader of the "CTY, You Have a Nice Butt" chant during the Afterdance, in which she tears off the skirt in the middle of the circle (usually the Stripper wears boxers underneath the skirt). After the Stripper strips, others would go into the center of the circle and do the same.

The position started with Grace Alloy-Relihan who would do a stripping dance, for "CTY Has a Nice Butt" in 04.1 and 05.1. Then Dana Reback has been the Stripper for the three years since (she is the original owner of the skirt, which she bought after her Squirrel year). The Stripper skirt is not required to be passed down to a onemore, though it has been; the skirt was given to Rachel Larrowe during Passionfruit in 2008.

Hiatus Positions

Some items or positions that have been passed down have not been revived. They are not by any means dead; they are simply on a hiatus of continuation. However, many of these objects or positions were well known during the years of their passing, and thus they are a valuable part of CTY history.

Jay and Silent Bob

Jay and Silent Bob is a new tradition that may or may not be revived as seen fit. It all started on Halloween at CTY Lancaster Session 2 2006 when Cristina D'Ancona dressed up as Jay from the movies "Clerks", "Mallrats", "Dogma" and others. Immediately, her friend Peter Treadway caught the reference and changed his costume (originally it had been "emo") by borrowing a bathrobe and a hat and drawing a beard on his face with sharpie to represent Jay's infamous partner, Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob proceeded to terrorize the campus with their antics, their place in CTY history carved in stone.

The Jay and Silent Bob tradition is unique in that it CANNOT be passed on to the next generation of CTYers by the current Jay and Silent Bob. Anyone who wishes to continue the tradition only needs to don the costume, and play the part.

Risk Board

The Risk Board is a new position at Lancaster Session 2.

At Passionfruit of LAN 06.2, Greg Lawrence passed his Risk board which he'd used in previous years down to Vishal Mehta.

The Board, however, has been modified in Sharpie, changing the names of the Oceans to various geographic locations at Franklin and Marshall, and the names of the continents to types of courses and groups of people.

Each bearer of the board crosses out a territory's name and renames it.

Unfortunately, Vishal chose not to return to CTY in 2007. Instead he chose to go to some medical study in California. In which case, one must wonder if this should be removed. Also one must wonder why a certain person currently editing this, who played a lot of risk in Thomas 2, was not included on the board.

Hammertime

The Hammertime has several definitions:

1. The official time zone of CTY Lancaster Session 2, especially during Silent Football, but still applicable elsewhere.
2. The time on the watch of Jeff Sachs, which may or may not correspond with CTY time.
3. The time on the watch of the person wearing the Hammertime mood ring.

Unfortunately, Jeff has lost the mood ring, which he had planned on passing down to the next Keeper of the Hammertime.

Origin of the Hammertime

Hammertime was created during a game of Silent Football during LAN.05.2, some time after music was declared existant within the universe.

During this game, MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This" was being played from a Kunkel balcony. The universe was dancing happily. Suddenly, horror of unspeakable horrors, a player wanted to know what time it was! Said player raised said player's hand and made said player's query, stating, "Mr. Dictator, what is the current time?" to which Mr. Dictator (Shea Levy) replied, "It is the Hammertime." To which the ever-curious player replied, "What is the current hammertime?" A certain player, Dr. Strangelove or: Etymologies SUCKS, was then called on and said, "Mr. Dictator, the current Hammertime is X:YZ." The term Hammertime was used repeatedly to ask this question, and the same player always had the answer. That player then made a request, saying, "Mr. Dictator I motion that the official time zone of the Universe be the Hammertime!" This motion was granted and has been enstated ever since.