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FactsSlang
- Benji’s - Benjamin’s, one of the school eateries
- Glass House - Lennox House, the multicultural residence
- JJ’s - Josh and John’s
- Nalgene - Requisite for discerning H2O carriers
- NORAD - The giant, government-owned mountain/fortress west of CC
- O-Chem, Orgo - Organic Chemistry
- Ratstall, Nasty Rasty, The Stall - Rastall Cafeteria
- Sketchy - Catch-all term for strange, unsavory, or weird occurrences or people
- Slack Lining - Hanging a line between two trees and balancing on it
- The Q, Wild Sage - Previous names for the Herb ‘n Farm
- The Quad - The grassy area that takes up the majority of campus
- The Wall - CC’s climbing wall
- TWIG - Theater Workshop Improvisational Group
- WC - Writing Center
- Yampa - Intramural fields east of campus
- Zoomies - Air Force cadets
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
- Develop a relationship with one or two faculty members during freshman year.
- Don’t worry about getting a single room freshman year.
- Even if you don’t play sports, play intramural sports.
- Get involved in extra-curricular activities ASAP.
- Getting an “A” isn’t always the most important thing in the world.
- Go to as many speakers/theatre/music events as you possibility can.
- How to “skim” through a book and still understand it.
- How to write a good paper (not just a five paragraph essay).
- Never skip TWIG, no matter what.
- Rush, even if you don’t plan on joining.
Tips to Succeed
- Ask upperclassmen for advice on professors and classes.
- Don’t get bogged down in schoolwork; find other activities to balance your life.
- Don’t go to parties every night, no matter how many of your friends are going.
- Find a place and time to study where you won’t get distracted by friends.
- Find something you love to study and pursue it.
- Get outdoors in the afternoons and on the weekends.
- Keep an open mind, and don’t lock yourself into a major right away.
- Learn how to manage your time.
- Schedule lab classes for times you know you won’t have many other time commitments.
- Start assignments early whenever possible.
- Take advantage of block breaks to relax your body and mind.
- Talk to professors if you have questions, even if they intimidate you.
- Use the tutoring resources: The WC, Quantitive Reasoning Center.
Urban Legends
- A number of members of a campus fraternity were once on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list for dealing out of their fraternity house and using a helicopter to ferry drugs in from South America.
- Colorado College is the subject of the movie PCU. The rumor is that the creators of the film are CC grads, and based their ultra-politically correct campus on their alma mater.
- The school cafeteria, Rastall, serves meat labeled “Grade F, Suitable for Prisons.”
- Women don’t live in the sorority houses because a Colorado Springs law dictates that any house with over six females living together without a male is a brothel.
Traditions
- Dance Workshop - CC is filled with artistically-minded people who have chosen to study Biology, Chemistry, or other such inartistic subjects, and thus have few opportunities to express themselves. Dance Workshop is a dance exhibition put on every semester. Students organize and choreograph the different programs, and practice tirelessly the last two blocks of the semester. The result is a beautiful medley of dances, from ballet to modern jazz to tap.
- Drag Ball - Once a year, the men at CC become gorgeous women, and the women become hunky men. The Drag Ball lets it all hang out as students compete, runway style, for prizes. Professional drag queens set the bar high, and the students enthusiastically respond to the challenge of switching genders—or at least clothes—for a night.
- Harley Party - Each year, the Sigma Chi fraternity throws this bash for the entire campus. Students dress as Hell’s Angels and other Harley-Davidson-riding gangs.
- Honors Ceremony - Near the end of each school year, the entire college gathers to honor its brightest in Shove Chapel. Each department gives out awards to exemplary students who have shown themselves dedicated to their studies and to learning in general.
- Honors Convocation - Many students sleep through this ceremony, as it begins at 8:30 a.m. on the first day of classes. The annual ceremony is worth at least one trip though; the school gives honorary degrees to outstanding CC alum, and the keynote speaker livens up the morning with jokes and true stories from the “real world.”
- Llamapalooza - Every spring, the school sponsors an outdoor concert (weather permitting) on the school’s grassy expanse, the Quad. School music groups contract local bands and some national acts to play the all-day-into-the-night festival as students lounge on couches brought from the dorms. The school always provides a good variety of tunes, although the music sometimes takes a back seat to the rest of the impromptu activities going on around the green grass.
- Psychedelic Bowling - The fraternities invite the campus to come bowling at midnight at an alley near CC. The games and shoes are cheap, but it’s the pitchers of beer that empty most students out. Money goes to charity.
- Senior Parties - Seniors don’t plan on getting much studying done during the first and last blocks of the year. At the beginning of these blocks, the president of the class hands out a “Senior Party Calendar” assigning a theme and location for a party every night. Some of the highlights are “Pirates and Booty” and “Go Geek.”
- The Glass House Cultural Xplosion - The Glass House, being the multicultural house, began a tradition of putting on a block party that celebrates the different cultural heritages of the students. It’s always a colorful night filled with wild music and even wilder dancing.
- Theatre Workshop - While the drama department puts on several productions each year, theatre workshop provides an outlet for smaller pieces. This primarily student-run organization dabbles in many play styles, and their pieces should never be missed.
- TWIG - Each block, a group of student comedians puts on an improvisational comedy show. The cast is forever changing and the jokes seem to get raunchier every time. The shows are always funny, though, and always worth the hour break from studying.
School Spirit
Despite a lack of consistent strong sports programs, CC enjoys a fun, vibrant sense of school spirit. There’s generally a small group of students at each sporting event, but their cheers and jeers make them seem bigger than they are. Men’s soccer and hockey games are the most fun, as students practice their profanity-slinging on the referees and any opponents unfortunate enough to be on the field. The strong school spirit, though, doesn’t originate on the athletic fields. Most CC students will tell you that they’re truly happy being on the campus and that their experience here has been a positive one. This general feeling of contentment leads naturally to what can best be described as a latent school spirit. Students are always happy to show prospective students around, show nervous parents the resident halls, or just greet a new face on campus. Visitors always take away a sense of fulfillment from their visits, due mostly to the quiet pride that CC students take in their institution.
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