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School Slang
  • The ASTs, The nASTys: Nickname for sorority Alpha Sigma Tau.
  • The Aux: A little known auxiliary gym in the Recreation Center; it has a nice hardwood floor and is normally unoccupied.
  • Bike: Term for a loose girl with a bad reputation.
  • The Complex: A combination of Serra, Neumann, and Cabrini Halls
  • The Cove: Pirate’s Cove, a coffeehouse on campus.
  • DA: Desk Attendant.
  • Dogs, Pigs, and Elephants: Nickname for sorority Delta Phi Epsilon.
  • The Dungeon: Aquinas Hall.
  • Five-O: What students yell out at a party when they see the cops coming.
  • The Fleas, Fees: Nicknames for the sorority Alpha Phi.
  • Fresh Meat!: What the upperclassmen yell out when they see a hot freshman female.
  • The Green: The big patch of grass in the middle of campus.
  • The Hams, Slamma Gams: Nicknames for the sorority Alpha Gamma Delta.
  • Jubs: the terms for Jubilee Hall, where most business classes are held
  • Katie: Ketomine.
  • Larry, Charlie: Cocaine.
  • The LQ: The liquor store.
  • Meal Card: Your student ID that gets you into your building, checks out library books and pays for you meals.
  • PA: Your academic advisor.
  • Phi (Fee) Esta Bowl: Keg party and touch football tournament put on by the Alpha Phi sorority.
  • The Phi Kapps: Nickname for the fraternity Phi Kappa Theta.
  • The Pi Kapps: Nickname for the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi.
  • The Pikes, Miners: Nicknames for underground fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha.
  • The Pink House: A big house on Academy Street that Phi Delta Pi lives in.
  • Pirate dollars: Money you can only use at the cafeteria on campus
  • Pirates Gold: Money deposited on your meal card that works like a debit card
  • RA: Resident Assistant.
  • Random: Term coined by Greek life to outcast non-members.
  • The Red House: Right across South Orange Ave., this big red house is a big party house.
  • SHUpermarket: The term for the small shop found outside of the main buffet
  • The Sig Eps: Nickname for the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon.
  • The Skulls: Nickname for the fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma.
  • Spring Fling: A party at the end of the school year put on by the Skulls in South Mountain.
  • Swipes: The number of meals left of your meal card
  • Toy Cop: Term of endearment for any security guard at Seton Hall.
  • Tree Lighting: Party trip to the city that the Pikes throw every year to see the tree light up Rockefeller Center.
  • The X: Xavier Hall.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • $50 fake IDs don’t work.
  • Be prepared for the winter.
  • Bring a fan—bring two.
  • Bring snacks to your dorm room.
  • Download Instant Messenger.
  • Get on the smallest meal plan possible.
  • Go rush every fraternity or sorority, you get free stuff.
  • How to do laundry.
  • How to manage time.
  • The cell phone reception in dorms can be sketchy at best.
Tips to Succeed
  • Always dispute bad grades, your professor’s job relies on you.
  • Be very organized and make a schedule.
  • Check your e-mail religiously.
  • Don’t ever fall behind.
  • Don't be afraid to leave something if it isn't fitting into your schedule or isn't for you.
  • Get involved with as many things as you can.
  • Go to class every day, even if you do not take notes, you will probably pass.
  • Go to the Chapel.
  • Keep every mark you get until your final grade, a couple of teachers lose papers.
  • Research your professors before choosing your classes.
  • Say hi to every freshman you can, most students do not know anyone when they come to Seton Hall.
  • Shake hands with your teacher, it is hard to fail someone you know.
  • The laptops freeze often, so, when you are writing a paper, hit save every chance you have.
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pr1ncess0592

'14

Film and Video Studies

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Small Campus

Campus is very small so its easy travel from building to building. Professors often work in the field they teach in.

Jan 19, 2012

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ncatherine

'11

Research and Experimental Psychology

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Friendliness & Tolerance

So far I can only speak from a prospective student's viewpoint, but the admissions staff and the faculty of my program have been very friendly- far more personable and helpful than other grad schools I applied to. Also, I'm encouraged by signs that the campus is tolerant towards other faiths besides the Catholicism it's established on.

Jun 29, 2011

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heroman703

'12

Finance

5.0
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Stellar Career Center

The main reason students go to college is to pursue a career, and the Career Center does a great job in matching students with positions in their desired field. Not only will they match you with the job, but they will prepare you for the interview. The Career Center holds mock interviews twice a week, resume workshops, and sends out frequent emails about positions they were notified of.

May 29, 2011

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Traditions
  • Avoid the Seal: Seton Hall students are noted to avoid walking over the seal found in the center of the campus green. While some claim it is out of respect, most are superstitious that doing so will cause them to fail a test, class, or drop out of school entirely.
  • Face Graffiti: If someone happens to pass out drunk at a fraternity house with their shoes on, it is customary for people to draw things all over your face, so on his or her walk back to campus in the morning you will draw a few looks. So, if a friend of yours happens to nod off, kindly remove their shoes.
  • The Flag: At every basketball game a male cheerleader grabs a flag and takes laps with it around the court during a timeout. He normally receives more cheers than the basketball team as he attempts to break the record of seven laps.
  • Fun in the Snow: The first snow of every year tends to draw the first class cancellations. The school plows all the snow towards the green, forming the best makeshift snow-fort you have ever seen. This brings the inevitable every-man-for-himself brawl, along with the enormous snowmen planted on the school seal.
  • Grabbing Pledge Books: When it comes time for the Greeks to pledge, they have to have their pledge book with them all the time. If you see a pledge who is not guarding the book with their life, take it and return it to their fraternity/sorority so they will get ripped a new one.
  • Greek Week: In the spring, the sororities and fraternities compete in a series of events to see which organization is crowned the best for that year. There are both athletic and creative contests running all week, which are capped off by a “Gong Show” to determine the winner, even the Randoms pour in to see this.
  • Midnight Madness: Every year when the calendar says it is time for men’s basketball to start practice, schools across the country throw a midnight pep rally to open up the season. Traditionally, it has fallen during school vacation, causing Seton Hall to come up with their Pirate Showdown, which is the same thing only a week later. This event is free, but tickets are limited.
  • Parties on the Green: When the snow clears and spring arrives, students go crazy. When the weather finally breaks, the semester is almost over. Every nice night, the whole school will throw a huge party on the green by hiding kegs in the garbage cans. When it gets broken up, the party moves to the top floor of the parking deck.
  • Senior Bar Crawl: During finals, a designated night is set aside where all the students pack into the bars of South Orange for one hour at a time saying good bye to their favorites.
  • Underground Pledging: Freshmen at Seton Hall are not allowed to pledge until their second semester so they can become acquainted with the college experience and the fraternities before they make their decision. But many fraternities pluck the best freshmen and invite them to pledge first semester, unbeknownst to the school, to ensure that another fraternity won’t pick them up. This is called underground pledging.
  • Uninterested: Before a basketball game starts and they are announcing the opposing team, the student body hands out several copies of the the Setonian and the fans hold it up to show no respect for the enemy.
Urban Legends
  • There is a series of underground tunnels going through the school, the entrance of one is in the back of the laundry room at Boland Hall.
  • We are one of the top beer drinking schools in the country.
  • We were one of the top five party schools in the nation before the school's bar, the Hall, was closed.
  • When Boland Hall housed a seminary, a nun who got pregnant hung herself on the fifth floor.

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