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Carleton College? FactsSchool Slang
- Baldspot - Carleton’s central lawn. Watch for flying Frisbees.
- Caucus - Student Web site with dirt about professors, beer, sex, and activities.
- CBL - Carleton Beirut League. Plays every Wednesday night.
- Comps - Senior Final Comprehensive Exams/Papers.
- Dacie Moses - House devoted to cookie baking.
- DVD Fest - Film festival, sponsored by Apple Computers, showcasing films made by dorm floors and student houses.
- East - East Dining Hall.
- Ebony - Student dance troupe that puts on a show every term. Known for sexy dancing.
- Hill of Three Oaks - The place to party in the spring.
- Huck - A long Frisbee throw.
- KRLX - The student-run radio station.
- Laissez-Faire - Annual Capitalist party. Pay to see people eat dog food and make out with each other.
- Marriott - Carleton’s food supplier.
- Minnesota Nice - The extreme and aggravating kindness found in all Minnesotans.
- NNB - Carleton’s daily bulletin about events and announcements.
- Oles - St. Olaf students. Usually blond, Norwegian, and not smart.
- Prospies - Prospective high school students looking at Carleton.
- Rotblatt - America’s longest kegger/softball game.
- S/Cr/Nc - “Scrunch.” Carleton students can select up to five classes to take Satisfactory/Credit/No credit instead of taking letter grades. Perfect for Organic Chemistry.
- Schiller - The bust of the German philosopher brought out at large events by his secret masked guardians.
- Snacky/Snack Shack - The Snack Bar.
- The Carl - Carleton’s alternative newspaper.
- The Chiefs - Carleton’s club hockey team.
- The CLAP - Carleton’s other alternative newspaper.
- The Hue - Goodhue Hall.
- The Libe - The library.
- The Rueb - The Rueb ‘N’ Stein.
- The Shocker - Look at hand, place ring finger under thumb.
- Townies - Northfield residents.
- Traying - Sledding down snow-covered hills on dining hall trays.
- Wednesday Knights - Official mascot for the CBL.
- Writing Requirement - On top of the huge workload, Carleton also makes you turn in a writing portfolio at the end of sophomore year. Otherwise known as the “hated writing portfolio.”
- Yellow Bikes - On-their-last-legs bikes painted yellow that serve as communal campus transportation.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
- How awful the weather really is
- How smart everyone here is
- How to write a good paper
- The intensity of classes
- The train that wakes everyone up at 1:30 a.m., 4:30 a.m., and 7:30 a.m.
- To bring a laptop
- To bring ice skates
- To bring more long underwear than you think you could ever possibly need
- Who Schiller is
Tips to Succeed
- Ask for help—people are more than happy to help you
- Ask Russ for help in the CMC
- Be sociable with your floor
- Befriend smart people on the first day of class
- Do extracurriculars—they relieve stress
- Get distribution credits out of the way as early as possible
- Go abroad—it’s a great break from Carleton
- Go out at least once a week—once again, relieves stress
- Participate in class
- Take deep breaths
- Talk with professors
- Work in groups
Urban Legends
- Girls take off their shirts when “Like a Prayer” comes on
- Playboy ranked Carleton the ugliest school in America
- That the administration will someday open up Carleton’s network of underground tunnels for pedestrian use
- The Chiefs (Carleton’s club hockey team) inspired the movie Slap Shot
Traditions
- Halloween Concert - Every Halloween, the Carleton orchestra puts on a concert in the Chapel. The entire orchestra and conductor dress up in costumes, and after the concert there’s a costume contest for the audience. The president makes a “surprise” visit, dressed in an elaborate, carefully-crafted costume, and proceeds to perform as a guest conductor or tell scary stories. Schiller usually makes an appearance.
- Mai Fete - Every Wednesday night during Spring Term, there is a party thrown by the seniors on Mai Fete Island on Lyman Lakes. These parties can be fun because there’s a bonfire and free beer, but seniors tend to get on power trips and try to boss people around on the island.
- Midnight Breakfast - The night before exams start, professors and deans serve a midnight breakfast to over-stressed students. They do this to try and give students a study break, but the poor quality of the food, namely eating bad sausage links, leads to more harm than good. It’s not fun to have to leave an exam ten minutes in because of—ahem—stomach problems.
- Mid-Winter Ball - Really the only significant social event in the winter, Mid-Winter Ball gives Carls an excuse to wear fancy clothes and try to ballroom dance.
- Rotblatt - Carleton’s famous all-day softball game/kegger, which is curiously named for ‘70s Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Marvin Rotblatt. This event occurs during the second half of Spring Term, with an additional inning added onto the game for every year Carleton has been in existence. At daybreak, the president of the college throws out the first pitch, the Carleton Knightengales sing the national anthem, the kegs are tapped, and Carls spend a day of fun in the sun hitting—or attempting to hit—softballs with a bat in one hand and a beer in the other.
- Schiller - The bust of Friedrich von Schiller is one of the most recognizable symbols of Carleton tradition. Schiller’s bust is held by a mysterious group of Carleton students who bring him out at big campus events. During the events, such as a concert or convocation, the lights completely go out, and a spotlight focuses on a masked Carl holding the bust high over his or her head as they yell, “Schiller!” Chaos ensues. The masked guardian runs off to a waiting vehicle, boat, or helicopter manned by other guardians as students attempt to run down the coveted bust and commandeer it. The bust passes down from Carl to Carl, either through a network of friends or from outright abduction. Trying to capture the bust can be a very violent procedure as Schiller’s guardians will protect the bust by any means necessary. It’s every Carl’s goal to have Schiller at some point in their college career, but it’s only the rare few that actually have the dream realized.
- Screw Your Roommate - During fall term, roommates get a chance to set each other up on blind dates. This event is usually reserved for freshmen that finally decide to take the plunge and talk to the opposite sex. Screw Your Roommate dates can be extremely awkward, but they can also be a blast. This is the most dreaded event of the year for a lot of Carls, but for a select few it’s the most anticipated.
- Spring Concert - Known as “Arb Fest” to non-Carls, Spring Concert occurs during the waning weeks of Spring Term. Held outside by the Hill of Three Oaks, Carleton brings in a number of bands for an all-day outdoor music festival. Bands include a Carleton student band, a few local musicians, one lower-tier nationally recognized group, and one upper-tier nationally recognized group. Spring Concert is always blessed by warm weather and sunshine (knock on wood), and makes for one of the most anticipated events in the Carleton year.
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