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School Slang
  • 619: Usually a popular party house.
  • 7th Street: The coffee place.
  • The Beach: An outdoor patio area located on one of the roofs of Swartz dorm.
  • The Bison: A popular food court in the LC.
  • Box Number: Your mailbox number (needed to get into frat parties)
  • The Courtyard: A computer area in the library where many students meet for projects.
  • C-store: A place to get snacks and candy.
  • Downhill LC: The entrance to the LC, located on the northern end of campus (Students often meet here).
  • Downtown: The area between campus and Lewisburg (party zone)
  • Fire-Escape: Usually a popular party house.
  • Frat Row: Where many of the fraternities are; located behind the library.
  • The Gateways: Upperclassman apartment-style housing.
  • KLARC: Fitness center and indoor track area/building.
  • The LC: The student center, where the mailboxes, bookstore, and many eating venues are located.
  • The LC Mall: Bottom level of the LC between the Campus Bookstore and the Bison where clubs and activities and sometimes outside stores have tables to sell you things and tell you about upcoming events.
  • Mixers: Small gatherings between a fraternity and a sorority.
  • The Mods: The trailerpark, small on-campus houses.
  • The Penis: A grotesque-looking statue in front of Vedder Hall.
  • The Pit: The basement of Vedder hall. There is a study area, vending machines, and a TV room.
  • Points: Bucknell’s punishment system.
  • PS: Public safety.
  • Purple Pillars: Usually a party house.
  • Registers: Large fraternity parties that have an invite list.
  • Ride Board: Located in the LC, where people can sign up for rides with other students to different states.
  • The Ski lodge: A study room in McDonnell Hall.
  • The Suite: Any of the sorority suites in Hunt Hall.
  • The Taj: Often a popular party house.
  • Uphill LC: The entrance to the LC on the southern end of campus. (Students often meet here.)
  • Yellowwood: Popular party house.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • Greek life dominates.
  • Having a car is vital.
  • How incredibly preppy the student body is.
  • How isolated and rural the surrounding area is.
  • The party scene is pretty much nonexistent for freshman guys.
  • The workload is more extensive than it is in high school.
  • There are no clubs and only a few bars.
  • There is a sushi restaurant in Williamsport.
  • What wind chill is.
Tips to Succeed
  • Balance your academics and social life.
  • Buy books online or from someone selling them on campus because the bookstore is extremely overpriced.
  • Don’t make reading optional.
  • Don’t spend too much time on Facebook
  • Don’t take 8 a.m. classes, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays, because you won’t want to get up after going out on Monday and Wednesday nights.
  • Get involved on campus
  • Get to know your professors.
  • Get your GEs out of the way early on.
  • Go to class—classes are small, so the professors know if you don’t show up.
  • If you want to be part of the Greek system, work on your networking!
  • Take advantage of the career fairs on and off campus.
  • Visit the CDC (Career Development Center) early on.
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Biology '15

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My Favorite Place on Earth...For Real

I love Bucknell! and to be honest almost every person I know Loves it too, The level of school spirit at this school is insane for it's size. Once a Bucknellian, always a Bucknellian. Many people dread the thought of leaving Bucknelll on breaks, Bucknell becomes your "home" after only a week of getting here. seriously, i couldn't have even asked for a better place to call home 'RAY BUCKNELL

Sep 04, 2011

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Connections, Connections, Connections

Although its not an Ivy, its probably even better. Bucknell's alumni connection runs deep. Almost everyone who graduates finds a job in their field. Bucknell is a good investment to make some bank. By going to Bucknell, you are hooked-up to the inside scoop.

Jun 27, 2011

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smiles621

Creative Writing '08

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Study Abroad and Feel Included

I'm absolutely in love with Bucknell. The campus is beautiful, the school isn't so big I feel lost, the professors and classes are educated and interesting, and I've been able to meet some of the most incredible people I'll ever know. Some of the things I love most about my school are the availability of Professors for one-on-one help, that a lecture or lab will never be taught by a grad student, and that it is more common than not for a student to study abroad for a semester. I hope to go to London myself, and I personally know students that have studied in Asia, Africa, South and Central America, and Australia. There are approved programs in almost 50 countries that you can get class credit for, as well as Bucknell-run programs in Spain, England, Barbados, and France.

Jul 28, 2010

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Traditions
  • 100 Nights: This event brings back a tradition from the 1970s and 1980s of counting down the days until graduation. The senior class gathers in Davis Gym to celebrate their years at Bucknell, reminisce about the experiences, and generate excitement about staying involved with Bucknell after graduation. 
  • Bid Day: The day that all students involved in the rush process gets their bids from a Greek organization. Many girls can be seen running back to their dorm rooms from the LC.
  • BU After Dark: This takes place once every semester in the Fieldhouse and is basically an indoor carnival. Carnival food such as cotton candy is provided, and the activities include sumo wrestling and obstacle courses.
  • Christy’s: Christy’s is the huge a cappella concert held annually in the Rooke Chapel where all four groups (the Bison Chips, Two Past Midnight, Beyond Unison and the Silhouettes) perform.
  • Chrysalis: Chrysalis is the spring formal dance with a different famous performer each year.
  • First Night: At the First Night ceremony for freshmen, the entire class gets together at the beginning of their second semester to meet their student governing body, get the class flag, crest, and colors. Then, they go sing the alma mater on the president’s lawn. It declares them officially as alumni.
  • Greek Welcome Day/Night: This occurs the day after Bid Day. In the afternoon, all of the female pledges stand on top of Freas Hall screaming their sorority’s songs. The new fraternity brothers come watch with their fraternity’s banner in tow. That night, there is a big party, and all of the fraternities are open to new and old Greek members.
  • Houseparty Weekend: Houseparty Weekend occurs in the springtime at the end of March. It is basically an entire weekend of partying. The fraternities remain open to every student with a wristband.
  • Welcome Back Fesitval: At the Welcome Back Festival each fall, there is a carnival set up on the lawn outside of the LC. There’s food, games, bucking broncos, and an air-filled trampoline. Everyone mingles and is welcomed back to the University for another academic year.
Urban Legends
  • All freshmen cross through the Big University gates after Matriculation and they go back through the gates after graduation. Legend has it that if a student goes back through the gates before graduation then they are doomed to fail out of Bucknell.
  • In the quad area above Freas Hall, there are some benches that look out towards the mountains. Legend has it that if you kiss someone while the sun is setting up here, then you will marry him or her someday.
  • Legend has it that Hunt Hall (the sorority dorm) is haunted by a female ghost dressed in a red or green raincoat.

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