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| − | [[Turkey Hill]] is a marvelous store placed near Franklin Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. | + | [[Turkey Hill]] is a marvelous store placed near Franklin Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Essentially the central Pennsylvania equivalent of 7/11, it sells a variety of good-and-good-for-you foods such as Barbeque potato chips, jerky, and most importantly Ramen. Trips are scheduled to visit this establishment once or twice a week, and RAs are in charge of scheduling these trips. |
Each hall usually goes twice a session, unless awarded another specially (e.g., for winning Mandatory Fun). Turkey Hill trips used to be unscheduled and uncoordinated; each RA would decide when to bring their hall. This changed after an infamous "perfect storm" in '98 when nearly half the RAs on campus decided to take their halls to Turkey Hill during quad time one night. The result was a chaotic scene where well over 200 students were either inside or standing in the parking lot of Turkey Hill. Additionally, many halls did not get back to their dorms by 9:45. To prevent this from happening again, the RAs drew up a Turkey Hill schedule. | Each hall usually goes twice a session, unless awarded another specially (e.g., for winning Mandatory Fun). Turkey Hill trips used to be unscheduled and uncoordinated; each RA would decide when to bring their hall. This changed after an infamous "perfect storm" in '98 when nearly half the RAs on campus decided to take their halls to Turkey Hill during quad time one night. The result was a chaotic scene where well over 200 students were either inside or standing in the parking lot of Turkey Hill. Additionally, many halls did not get back to their dorms by 9:45. To prevent this from happening again, the RAs drew up a Turkey Hill schedule. | ||
Revision as of 18:57, 30 June 2008
Turkey Hill is a marvelous store placed near Franklin Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Essentially the central Pennsylvania equivalent of 7/11, it sells a variety of good-and-good-for-you foods such as Barbeque potato chips, jerky, and most importantly Ramen. Trips are scheduled to visit this establishment once or twice a week, and RAs are in charge of scheduling these trips.
Each hall usually goes twice a session, unless awarded another specially (e.g., for winning Mandatory Fun). Turkey Hill trips used to be unscheduled and uncoordinated; each RA would decide when to bring their hall. This changed after an infamous "perfect storm" in '98 when nearly half the RAs on campus decided to take their halls to Turkey Hill during quad time one night. The result was a chaotic scene where well over 200 students were either inside or standing in the parking lot of Turkey Hill. Additionally, many halls did not get back to their dorms by 9:45. To prevent this from happening again, the RAs drew up a Turkey Hill schedule.
Some people ended up going to a nearby gas station (Tom's, which shall be brought up at the next silent football game) when Turkey Hill became too crowded.
Turkey Hill is sometimes known as Harvest Goose, Chicken Mountain, or Jerky Hill.
Turkey Hill is also part of the American Pie traditions. After the part in the song that says "I went down to the sacred store", some people like to yell "TURKEY HILL!", thus establishing that Turkey Hill is a sacred store.
The manager of said store (#79) has worked there for 25 years and has seen many a CTY student return years later. These include a NASA scientist, Texas congressman, and an NYU professor.
Currently, it is here where the Passionfruit drinks are bought.
As of 06.2, Turkey Hill does not sell Ramen brand noodle soups. Instead, it markets Cup Noodles, which unmercifully CONTAIN PEANUTS.
During 07.1, Zev declared during a game of Silent Football that Turkey Hill exists in all universes.
