Phone-flipping

Aka: Phone Flipping

In order to restore order in the universe, there must be a balance between "oing" and "boing". To establish this, payphones around the campus (like in the halls of the CTY office in North Ben) have the actual telephone reciever turned upside down and then put upon the handle. This display is easy miss if passed by but if one needs to use such a payphone, it is an obvious act of good will to humanity. RA's discourage such acts, saying "It is harmful to the cords that connect the reciever to the actual pay phone. It streches it out, etc.". It was banned in 1991(?) This is doubtful since the actual cord of most pay phones are wrapped in a metal coil. It is probable the counselors just don't like being surprised by an upsidedown phone. Who needs to use the payphones anyway? Bring two cellphones to Lancaster. On the first day the RA's tell you that every night, they are going to confiscate all phones/cellphones throughout the night to be picked up in the morning. I guess they just don't like being left out of conversations. If one brings two cellphones, one can give the RA the useless/an old cellphone while the working one is kept under a bed/pillow during the night/day. Just remember to pick up the old cellphone in the morning. Some RAs have stopped night-time phone confiscation anyway.