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FactsSlang
- Bon - Pronounced “bone;” short for Bon Appetit and LC’s catering service, refers to Fields Dining Room.
- Campo - Nickname used by LC students to refer to Campus Safety officers, as in “Oh man, hide that bottle. I hear Campo coming.”
- Freddy's - Fred Meyer, the supermarket in Burlingame where students go to get their groceries and other necessities
- NSO - New Student Orientation, which lasts for the first week of school and helps new students and incoming freshmen get oriented to life at LC.
- Pac-Man Lawn - Lawn below Hartzfeld that is shaped like a Pac-Man.
- Prospie - Prospective student, often used in a derogatory manner, “I heard that a prospie chick went home with a baseball player during her overnight visit.”
- Raz - The Pioneer Express, the bus that ships students to and from Pioneer Square every hour.
- RD - Acronym for Residence Director, the authority figures that RAs report to.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
- Don’t overcommit yourself. Classes take a lot of time, and if you take too many classes, you’ll be overwhelmed and you won’t enjoy yourself.
- Don’t take morning classes unless it’s a subject about which you’re truly passionate. Getting up at 8 three days a week will get very tiresome after a month
- Hooded sweatshirts are indispensable.
- Speak up and participate during class; get to know your professor and go to the office hours. The small classes provides a great opportunity to have a closer relationship with professors, but you have to reach out and grab it.
- Word spreads quickly, so don’t do anything you don’t want everyone at school to know about.
Tips to Succeed
- Check your e-mail often.
- Don’t stay in the Bon too long. There are several fine eateries a short drive away.
- Don’t use the words “gay” or “retarded” as descriptive terms. You will get pounced on by some of the extremely PC students.
Urban Legends
- A second legend about the Stewart nurse depicts that North Stewart, one of the halls of Stewart hall, was once an infirmary. The Stewart nurse, a middle-aged woman, was in charge of taking care of these students. The result of her death is unknown, but to this day students claim that Stewart is haunted by the Stewart nurse. She roams the downstairs hallways, moaning with her footsteps echoing. Students claim that she likes girls and will leave them be, but it is the boys that she dislikes the most, and will aggravate late at night by banging on the pipes and following them around the laundry room in the basement.
- According to the legend, Stewart Hall had a live-in nurse in the 1950s, who spent her days walking through the halls to check on students. During winter break, one of the students staying on campus fell sick and was visited by the nurse several times. When his roommate returned to school in January, he discovered the boy dead in his room. A surgical scalpel was found near his bed. Why would the nurse have murdered the boy? Well, the boy had gone to Alaska to work on the oil rigs during the summer, and there he had supposedly killed the nurse’s husband. After the murder, the nurse mysteriously disappeared. During the ‘60s, two more students were murdered in their rooms in Platt, and students reported seeing an elderly woman in a white outfit exiting the building at the time of the murders. Surgical scalpels were found in the rooms. This was strange, because the scalpels hadn’t been used since the ‘50s, and they were the exact same kind that had been used by the Stewart nurse. The four murders all happened under similar circumstances.
Traditions
- Casino Night - Students get decked out in their finest ‘20s attire to bet with fake money, dance, and mingle. It’s held in the Bon, which also gets a makeover for the occasion.
- Lu’au - Held annually, this colorful festival of costume, food, and dance celebrates native Hawaiian and Polynesian culture. The event is sponsored by the Hawaii Club and is well attended.
- Naked Mile - In April, daring students run about a mile around campus to celebrate being comfortable with their bodies—or maybe just to practice a little exhibitionism. Students peek out of dorm windows to catch a glimpse of their fellow students displaying their goods.
School Spirit
School spirit does exist at LC, just not in the way it is usually manifested on college campuses. Sporting events are poorly attended, and there aren’t any cheerleaders. However, most students here seem proud to go to LC. School sweatshirts are commonly worn on campus, and activities like Casino Night and the Lu’au are well-attended by students.
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