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FactsSlang
- Bay’s - The Bombay Bicycle Club, a nearby bar and hangout.
- C3 - The convenience store, convenience to the third power, and cost to the third power.
- Cardiac Hill - The hugely steep hill that anyone on upper campus must climb to get to class. To avoid the Freshman 15, walk up and down this hill several times a day.
- CLS - The psychology building.
- Coates - The Coates University Center, the main student center on campus, which also houses the dining halls.
- Coffee House - Friday nights in the Tiger’s Den. Anything could happen, and it’s likely you’ll end up a participant.
- Computer Essentials - A class for those who are not yet proficient at using a computer. Also known as “Computers for Monkeys” and “an easy A.”
- Cowles - Cowles Life Science building.
- DAFY - Dumb-A$$ First-Year. (Don’t be like this)
- First-Year - Freshman. For some reason, everyone calls them “first-years.”
- GDI - God-D@mn Independent; anyone who is not a part of the Greek system.
- Halsell - Halsell computer lab.
- Javalanche - Currently is the most popular drink at the coffee shop, and well-worth trying once.
- Mulberry - The place to find a frat party.
- TC’s - Taco Cabana; possibly the only acceptable place to get really good tortillas after one in the morning.
- The Bell Center - The gym and a popular spot to gather before heading out on another drinking binge.
- The Bubble - Trinity campus. You will be sucked in and never get to know most of San Antonio in four years unless you make an effort to leave.
- The Couches - The chairs in Coates where everyone meets.
- The Fountain - A fountain located next to Northrup. Often dyed as a fraternity or sorority prank, you will probably be thrown into this on your birthday.
- The Freshman Quad - Where all the freshmen are housed/hidden.
- The Ghetto - Hernden or Beze residence halls. (Sleazy Beze)
- The Hotel - Prassel Hall. Nicknamed because it recently received millions of dollars worth of renovations.
- The IM Field - The grass field next to the tennis courts where people play sports, hang out, or just cheer for their favorite IM or club teams.
- The Magic Stones - The sculptures outside the library, a great meeting place.
- The Pit - Thomas Hall.
- The Quarry - The Alamo Quarry Market. A shopping center, but when people use the term they’re probably referring to the movie theater there.
- The Storch Head - A bust located on the Storch Memorial Plaza. Students think it’s probably a bust of George Storch himself, but nobody has ever bothered checking.
- The Tower - The giant phallic symbol; the Trinity penis.
- Tiger TV - The television station run by Trinity that shows student-produced shows.
- Tigerpaws - The online registration Web site. You’ll often hear it referred to with some colorful adjectives preceding it, when it doesn’t work right.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
- Don’t bring everything you’ve ever owned—you’ll neither need it, nor have room for it.
- Frat parties are a good place to get drunk and a bad place to meet your future husband.
- Get involved early on, but don’t sign up for too much.
- Get off campus and into the city.
- Get on the smallest meal plan possible.
Tips to Succeed
- Always check your e-mail.
- Be open-minded about your classes.
- Don’t get stuck on AOL Instant Messenger, you will get nothing done.
- Don’t switch majors too late.
- Go to finals study sessions.
Urban Legends
- The President of the University has his own elevator from his parking space to his office so that he does not have to share it with the other members of the faculty.
- The spirit of Arthur Stieren apparently roams the greenroom of the Stieren Theater. Arthur apparently doesn’t like it when people attempt to change the shape of the room.
- Trinity cancelled GDI week because they want the Greeks to completely take over the campus.
- Trinity will give “academic” scholarships to total blockheads because they don’t have athletic scholarships.
Traditions
- Bid Day - After months of getting to know the students, the sororities and fraternities finally decide on who they will be invite to be a part of their organization, on what is known as Bid Day. Future members of the clubs are escorted to the Miller Fountain by members of the fraternity or sorority that they are now able to pledge. They then join their friends in a celebration. This is the most visible Greek event of the year, and they will seem to be everywhere on campus. But it’s all in good fun, and it can be avoided by anyone who really wishes not to be around it.
- Coffee House - For students who don’t want to leave campus on a Friday night, or are just tired of going clubbing, coffee house is the best choice of activities for the sober. Sometimes bringing in live bands, and sometimes just setting out mountains of food for those who want to play video games or pool, the Tiger’s Den becomes a laid-back haven of light-hearted fun (unless the interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show is playing, at which point, the crowd can become quite obscene).
- Community Market - Trinity allows students to spread out over the Coates Esplanade and sell their homemade creations, such as art, jewelry, purses, and other crafts. This is the best time to support your friends in their endeavors and find some truly unique gifts for yourself or a family member.
- Family Weekend - This is the weekend in the spring when the student body welcomes the people who are the most responsible for their education—their parents. Parents are invited to come to classes, attend varsity games and awards ceremonies, and watch their students perform at the annual talent showcase called Spotlight. Students practice for weeks prior to create the most impressive act of the evening, although each parent generally assumes that their child’s act is the best one.
- Miller Fountain - If you have a birthday during the school year, expect to be thrown into the fountain. Some people go quietly, others are dragged kicking and screaming, but all of them wind up soaking wet. Remember not to drink the water, it’s recycled, and while it won’t kill you, nobody is quite sure what effect it will have. Don’t be the first to find out. You don’t need to get upset either, because someone you know will also have a birthday, sooner or later.
- NIOSA - Once a year, the entire city of San Antonio ceases to function because everyone is either downtown partying in the streets, or is calling in sick to work with a hangover. They’ve been to a Night in Old San Antonio (NIOSA). Many of the streets downtown get blocked off so that the music, food, and alcohol can be relatively contained during this celebration of San Antonio culture and history. Trinity students head downtown by the carload to enjoy the party. Getting home before dawn is a plus, but not a necessity. Usually, your good friends—or your inherent alcohol tolerance—will let you know when it’s time to go home.
- Senior Disorientation - There are events throughout the year that are designed to congratulate the graduating seniors and encourage them in their future decisions. From getting together for drinks to learning how to sit at a formal dinner at “Wine, Dine, and Act Fine,” seniors are given the chance to make connections with alumni and prepare for entry into the real world.
- The Calvert Ghosts - The men who live on the third floor of Calvert, in the freshman quad, may have only one thing in common—their undying passion to get naked. Every year, on Halloween, the men of Calvert third strip naked and streak across campus. Several years ago, they were lucky enough to be featured on the front page of the campus newspaper. Resident Assistants every year fail to keep a vigilant watch, and conveniently, none of the ghosts have ever been caught or prosecuted.
- The Chocolate Festival - Nobody ever thought that Trinity would sanction Jell-O chocolate pudding wrestling, yet sanction it they did, and it is a part of what has recently become an annual event, the Chocolate Festival. Traditionally held in the spring, it is a celebration of all things indulgent and chocolate. From the bake-off, a surprisingly competitive battle between those who can bake and those who can only add water and stir hopefully to the music, piñatas, and wrestling, there is something for everyone who has ever had a sweet tooth to experience.
- Tigerfest - This is a week of celebratory activities, all leading up to a Homecoming football game at the end of the week. The activities include an armadillo hunt that leads students from clue to clue all across campus in the hopes of finding the armadillo and claiming the cash prize, and the Tigerfest dance, a semi-formal open to everyone who wants to get dressed up and show off their dance moves in front of their peers. Before the football game, there is a parade of golf carts that have been designed and created by the students. The parade mobiles represent all the organizations involved in the game.
School Spirit
Trinity students know what a football team is because they once saw it on television during the Super Bowl. They don’t often feel the need to attend sporting events, even when the team is doing really well. This may be in part because of the general apathy that tends to pervade the campus, but it is also due in part to the fact that there are so many options of activities for students to do. Trinity students love their school, and know that they are getting a great education. In every group of people, you will find someone who is disgruntled with his or her situation, but a quick dunk in the fountain is usually enough to dissuade any kind of negativity. Once people feel like they belong, they have a hard time disliking even the minor inconveniences that begin to define campus life, such as 4 a.m. fire drills. Each individual group of students will proudly defend their activity, be it swing dancing or lacrosse, and all students enjoy the Trinity atmosphere during the annual family weekend when they can showcase their talents at the Spotlight talent show.
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