Juniata College
- Local Atmosphere

5 Fun Facts about Juniata:
• “Herbie,” the star of the 1969 movie The Love Bug, can be found at the Swigart Museum, three miles east of Huntingdon.
• Juniata hosted one of the largest Monopoly games ever played. The board was laid out on the streets and sidewalks of Huntingdon and Juniata. Players cast huge foam dice from the third floor of a building and were informed of their moves via walkie-talkie and messengers on bicycles.
• Raystown Lake is a central, not-quite-natural highlight of the area. The lake is manmade and located less than half an hour from campus. Students go there not only to relax, but also to work and research at the College’s new field station.
• The Peace Chapel, a popular walking destination for students and residents, was designed by Maya Lin, who also designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It has both a public and private area, and is meant to evoke the different aspects of spirituality for people of any faith. The Peace Chapel is used for everything from personal meditation and worship to weddings and College and community events.
• Downtown Huntingdon is home to all sorts of unique shops and restaurants that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. Check out Mark’s Corner Store, which advertises that it has everything you’ll ever need, from candy and the local paper to “guns, ammo, and cutlery.” There’s also a tree that literally grows in the middle of Africa Street—the town paved around it. Finally, there’s the Standing Stone monument downtown, a reminder of the area’s Native American heritage.

Local Slang:
“Redd up” – To clean up a room; make ready.
“Needs fixed,” “Needs washed” – It’s typical Central Pennsylvania-ese to leave out the verb “to be.”