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School Slang
  • "The Box": The Shoebox, the only place on campus where you can buy alcohol and get great food
  • "The Run": When the new members of sororities or fraternities have just gotten their bids, they run through campus to their new house.
  • Candle lights: This is a ceremony for sorority members who have been lavaliered or have gotten engaged.
  • The CC: The campus center—more specifically, the main dining hall in the campus center
  • Cornhole: This is a game played with four people where the object is for partners to stand across from each other and throw beanbags into holes cut into wooden wedge shapes.
  • The DeWine shrine: The president's house on campus
  • Euchre: Card game
  • Kissing rock: The traditional location for the first kiss between Hanover couples. It is said that couples who have their first kiss there will be married.
  • The Point: The outdoor space the overlooks the Ohio River
  • The quad: Large grass space between the classroom buildings in the center of campus
  • Rack room raid: This is when people run through the fraternity or sorority rack rooms in the middle of night, yelling and waking everyone up.
  • Serenades: A formal introduction of new sorority and fraternity members after "the Run." It involves a dance or song from each group.
  • The UG: The Underground, the fast food dining option in the lower level of the CC
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • High prevalence of alcohol on a "dry" campus
  • The free tutoring available for all subjects through the Learning Center—if this is used during freshman year, it can really increase a student's chance of succeeding at Hanover.
  • The high stress level that can come from the challenging academics
  • The isolated, rural location
  • The large amount of extracurricular activities available
Tips to Succeed
  • Be careful about getting mixed up in drinking and partying, especially freshman year.
  • Be well prepared for class discussions and participate in them.
  • Don't be afraid to ask for help from a professor or to go to the Learning Center for help.
  • Don't procrastinate.
  • Work on your writing skills before coming to Hanover because all of the classes include writing papers—not just the English and history classes.
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Inside Scoop at Hanover College

Confuzzled15

'15

Psychology

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Hidden Away

One really cool thing about Hanover College, is that it sits on 650 acres of land that overlook the Ohio River. There are trails that are mapped out that you can hike and breath-taking views from many places on campus. If you arrive at the campus via Scenic Drive, the road winds through the forest where one can see cliffs and small waterfalls. Then it opens up to the campus itself. It is really unique to Hanover College. One gets the feeling that they are hidden away in a forest clearing, on a bluff with a great view of the river.

Feb 02, 2012

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potentato13

'08

English

4.6
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A Tighly-Knit and Beautiful Place

Being a small college in a small town, Hanover is a very tightly knit community. You recognize most of the students by sight if not by name. When I visited Hanover for the first time I was struck by how friendly and helpful everyone was. I really felt that everyone there had my best interests at heart and wanted to help me in any way possible. After three years there, I still feel that Hanover is a really wonderful and helpful community.

I also would argue that Hanover has one of the most beautiful campuses that you could possibly find. It is covered in trees and there are many opportunities for hiking and other outdoor activities. There are even a few waterfalls on campus!

Jun 06, 2011

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QuirkyRalph

'13

Theology and Religious Vocations

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Great Professors, Great Community

Apart from crappy housing and crappy cafeteria food, Hanover has a distinctively familial feel to it. With only 1000 students, everyone knows everyone, and the Student Life staff is completely maternal towards us. I have become great friends with most of the professors in my department, and consider most of the professors at Hanover to be top rate, great people, and great teachers.

Feb 21, 2011

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Traditions
  • August Experience: This refers to the freshman orientation week held at the beginning of each year.
  • Bell Game: The Bell Game is an annual football rivalry between the Hanover College Panthers and the Franklin College Grizzlies. The winner keeps the victory bell until they play again the following year.
  • Convocation: Fall convocation is held at the beginning of the school year, and it is a traditional ceremony introducing the freshman to the College and the seniors to their last year at Hanover. The seniors wear their graduation caps and gowns for the first time. Honors convocation is held near the end of the year, and it honors seniors and other high-achieving students.
  • Fall Gala: The Fall Gala is a fancy party for faculty, students, and alumni held in the Science Center at the beginning of the year.
  • I-Club Banquet: International Club event held every year that showcases food and talent from all over the world.
  • Midnight Breakfast: Held the Sunday night before finals week begins, professors and staff cook free pancakes and other breakfast food for late-night studiers.
  • Midnight Snowball Fight: On the night of the first big snowfall of the year, students gather on the quad at midnight for an all-out snow battle.
  • Wake Up and Live: A weekend-long spring festival sponsored by People for Peace and various other campus organizations. This event features live music and food.
  • Welcome Back Picnic: There's a picnic for students, faculty, and staff at the beginning of the school year.
  • Wiffleball Tournament: The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity hosts a coed wiffleball tournament during spring term that is the highlight of the campus. Each team makes T-shirts, and students gather around to watch the games at night.
Urban Legends
  • Donner Hall is said to be haunted by a couple of ghosts: a student who hung herself in the attic and a child who fell down the stairs and now haunts the third floor.
  • Parker Auditorium is said to be haunted by the ghost of Albert Parker, former president of Hanover College.
  • Supposedly, a girl in a white windbreaker was jogging on Scenic Drive and was hit by a car on a blind corner. She is said to be seen on foggy mornings turning that same corner.

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