there's got to be more than "wear sandals in the shower

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Post by Imperator Severn » Thu Aug 21, 2003 5:10 pm

-Get a good map of the city/town you are going to. Locals are sometimes NOT nice to college kids.
True. Whenever these vapid college girls come up to me and ask directions to Applebee's or Cheddars or Outback or one of those other expensive chains, I give them directions to the sewage treatment plant.
-Don't bring things unless you know you will need it. Packing is a pain and you have NO room.
Definitely. My cousin brought a whole U-haul full of stuff to college. And surprise surprise, she had to move it several times! Dumb whore.
-Phonecards are also very good.
Making friends that actually live near you is better.
-If you stay up late gaming, get headphones so that you don't keep others up. Kill them if they are not as considerate.
Rivers do not make good dumping spots unless they are very wide and deep. Contrary to popular belief, swamps inhibit rot rather than encouraging.
-A waterproof/fireproof safe is often a GOOD thing. They make small ones that are great for money,important papers, the number of the hot girl you met but don't want your roomie to find..etc.
I'd recommend a foot locker. That is, a real one, made of wood, not bendy plastic. You have room to store all your valuables, and they're sturdy enough to sit on, eat off of, play Risk on...

-A big bowl, a plastic cup, one set of silverware. Useful for everything from instant cocoa, to instant oatmeal or ramen.
Also very good advice. You're only one person, so you only need one knife, one fork, one spoon, one bowl... That way, you don't have to worry about washing dishes, and it's cheaper than using disposables.


Over all, don't be a party animal. It may be fun, but it won't last. Good grades in college will. You can't party until 1 AM every night, then make "A"s. It just doesn't work that way, no matter how smart you are. My cousin fucked around her first year, and now she's a three semester freshman. I have more hours than she does, and I'm a year behind her. Also, your parents (most likely) are not made of money, and they don't owe you jack shit. They raised you, that is enough. Don't beg for money under any circumsances, and especially not to pay for etertainment. You may find it hard to believe, but there is life without televison and computers. If you're starving, soup kitchens aren't so bad.
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Post by CorruptTiki » Thu Aug 21, 2003 5:46 pm

I know at my school you could miss class three times before they get nasty with you. Doesn't matter if you were sick, abducted by aliens, or just didn't go. So remember don't skip more than once or twice or you'll have to go when you really are sick, and nobody wants that.
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Post by Beware of the Leopard » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:26 pm

*points at sig* :mrgreen:

and shy... the food is always better for visitors...

and billf my room number really is 420... 8)

also also also... http://www.shaftnews.com/ most of the tips in this issue are specifically for my nerdy school, but some may translate. :)
"I think all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am."
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Post by Saurenath » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:34 pm

Put on a glove, before you love...if you know what i mean...
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Post by Dreamer » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:42 pm

My residence hall had condoms in the vending machine on the first floor.
My sig would have contained the secret of life, but I'd already clicked submit.
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Post by HoBoMoMo » Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:14 pm

the ra's in my hall are supposed to provide condoms to everyone. free love for all! :P
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Post by billf » Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:19 pm

[quote="Beware of the Leopard";p="139921"]
...and billf my room number really is 420... 8)[/quote]

So was mine. What's worse is that it was an art school so I was probably the only person NOT smoking pot in the building.
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Post by Beware of the Leopard » Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:57 am

awesome *high fives billf*

in contrast, my school was rated one of the top schools that "does not inhale"
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Post by amlthrawn » Fri Aug 22, 2003 12:43 pm

One year ('98, I believe), my school was listed as one of Newsweek's top 10 non-party schools. It was the only one on the list that wasn't an ultra-conservative religious institution.

Silly engineers.
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Post by billf » Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:45 pm

engineers are far too busy thinking up new drinking games to actually play them. Those diagrams and scale models take time!
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Post by Salvation122 » Fri Aug 22, 2003 6:19 pm

Don't piss off the RA.
Here I am, to sing you a song. And there you are, asleep against the windowpane, just like always.
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Post by billf » Fri Aug 22, 2003 6:34 pm

A real quick way to get to know a lot of people very quickly is to take part in all the stupid activities that RAs and others try to organize. even if it's a stupid game of wiffleball or something. Fortunately I was at the kind of school where almost everyone was as afraid of the giant day star as I was, so instead of wandering into the out of side, we'd hold Goldeneye and Super Smash Brothers tournaments in the meeting hall.
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Post by rawkeye » Fri Aug 22, 2003 6:48 pm

wow, what a feedback

anyway, i wrote that at approximately 3am the night before i left. this is my first day and already i have:

-smoked half my pack (i'm usually a pack a month)

-gotten high on the hill behind the church

-made an exorbitant amount of cool friends. writing this i'm in the next room over on kevin's computer, since mine won't come until next week (t1 rawks). his rooms is a collections of piles of xbox znd ps2 titles, anime posters (dbz and perfect blue), and the ambience of badass.

-made an op ivy friend

-inquired and have found a strong possibilty of a hall clan; which games are undecided


so there it is. i'm making a very premature suggestion here by recommending ksu to anybody in the vicinity. nice campus, damn lovely rooms, and a badass bookstore. thanks for the advice!
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Post by Fixer » Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:37 pm

ok, for future reference, he is not a 'serious student'.

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Post by Quietus » Fri Aug 22, 2003 9:31 pm

[quote="MissCheetah";p="139711"]
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