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| + | One thing CTYers are known for is their general weirdness. I personally know CTYers who have spent whole days wearing signs with strange messages on them, and whole classes who have had pillow fights on stage at closing ceremonies. However, these acts weren't well-known or significant. There are some acts of weirdness that are much more well-known or widespread. These earn a place in the The CTY [[Hall of Fame]]. |
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| − | One thing CTYers are known for is their general weirdness. I personally know CTYers who have spent whole days wearing signs with strange messages on them, and whole classes who have had pillow fights on stage at closing ceremonies. However, these acts weren't well known or significant. There are some acts of weirdness that are much better known or wide spread. These earn a place in the The CTY Hall of Fame.
| + | '''If you are adding something to a Hall of Fame, please do not do so unless it actually is memorable for years to come or had particular significance for your site. Anyone adding something that is pointless or is an inside joke, or who is just trying to look cool by becoming a legend, will have their entries deleted or, if stupid enough, moved to the [[Hall of Shame]].''' |
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| + | The Halls of Fame are divided by site: |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:LAN|Lancaster Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:CAR|Carlisle Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:SAR|Saratoga Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:LOU|Siena Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:LOS|LMU Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:STM|St. Mary's Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:JHU|JHU Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:EST|Easton Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:BRI|Bristol Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:UCSC|Santa Cruz Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:SUN|Seattle Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:HKU|Hong Kong Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:SRF|San Rafael Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | * [[Hall of Fame:HAV|Haverford Hall of Fame]] |
| | + | '''NOTE: If your Hall of Fame entry has disappeared, it has probably been moved to [[Memories]]. If you are the author and you are wondering why, the likely reason is that people from your site/session agreed that the event or act was not quite as memorable as you may believe it to be. The distinction between HoF and Memories is admittedly a little hazy, but the criterion for deciding where a given entry ends up usually boils down to whether (1) it had lasting effect or (2) it was a large-scale and positive rules protest, change, or breakage; most HoF entries fall into one of these two groups. Many well-known events or stunts that were famous in a given session but not necessarily carried to later years can be found in the Memories pages. If your entry entirely, please contact an admin who will restore it to the proper Memories page, or feel free to put it up there yourself.''' |
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| − | ===The Squirrel Theory===
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| − | At Clinton Session One of '97, an interesting theory circulated. Basically, it stated that there is but a single squirrel. He is a mystical five-dimensional beast, which means he can travel in the regular 3, and also time and dimensions. His dimension hopping abilities allow him to go into another dimension and pull back a copy of himself from that dimension, which explains how you could see more than one at once, or in different places, or how they would look different, because in other dimensions, he would have undergone different life's conditions, and that would have altered his appearance. This theory, created by Dwight Bussman, was told throughout the session, and remembered well by CTYers who were there, thus earning it a place in the CTY Hall of Fame.
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| − | Wow...I can't believe that kid got into CTY. The fifth dimension is not, as stated "dimensions."
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| − | (edit) Coincidentally, at Carlisle '06 session 1, there was a completely different theory by the exact same name. In this theory, the abundant squirrels were actually RAs, spying on CTYers as to catch them doing anything against the rules. Squirrels would often catch kids making out or cussing. They could not fool certain enlightened CTYers, who would shoo the squirrels before doing anything illegal.
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| − | ===RainbowGhettoFabulous Day===
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| − | Throughout 2003 and 2004, session 2, at the CTY site in Bristol, RI (at Roger Williams University) a phenomenal holiday entitled RainbowGhettoFabulous Day has taken place. This holiday was first created by Ally. Methods for celebration include mostly wearing extremely colorful clothing, possibly including coloring your hair with rainbow markers, along with occasionally shouting "I love you!" to another random CTY-er (or non-CTY-er, if you really want to confuse people), giving hugs, wishing people a Happy RainbowGhettoFabulous Day and smiling. Its purpose is to spread joy and love to everyone (has nothing to do with gay pride).
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| − | Eventually, the holiday became such a large part of this site, this session that at the end, when the RAs performed their goodbye performance of "You know you've been at CTY Bristol too long when...," two of the RAs, Jill and Brandon, finished the sentence with "you understand--and celebrate--RainbowGhettoFabulous Day." They were, of course, decked out in colorful clothing, necklaces etc. The holiday now occurs whenever Ally and her friends decide that they need one.
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| − | Hello, My name is Ally and I am the founder of rainbowghettofabulous day. Rainbowghettofabulous day was created when in 2001, I witnessed a rainbow. That session was the session of wannabe gangsters, so it was appropriate to yell "hollER" to everyone you met. When I witnessed the rainbow I had achieved an enlightment: Rainbowghettofabulous. This holiday is intended to spread love happiness and joy.Feel it! and don't forget to rock some rainbow toe socks<3
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| − | edit: the whole bristol site is full of wannabe gangsters. its sortof a thing theyve got going there.
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| − | ===The Deaf Mexicans===
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| − | <b>WHAT SITE, WHAT YEAR?</b>
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| − | On the first day of second session, a article appeared on the front page of the New York Times, detailing the discovery of a evil scheme, in which Deaf Mexicans were forced into slavery in the US. This in itself wouldn't have gained the attention of CTYers, if the New York Times hadn't displayed such a strange obsession with the story. For the rest of the week, front page headlines blared things like, "DEAF MEXICANS WRITE POSTCARDS!!" while on page 8, small countries were being over thrown. When they caught Versache's killer on page two, the Deaf Mexicans were eating waffles on page 1. This bizarre media event captured the minds of CTYers and inspired several wonderful discussion about the Deaf Mexicans, a song that was almost sung at the Talent Show, and an entry into the CTY hall of Fame.
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| − | During JHU-1-06 the Genomics class dressed up for the first ever Pirate Day. Attire consisted of eyeliner beards and mustaches (or just eye liner for a more rugged look), eye patches, cardboard and duct taped swords, head bands, and striped, red, black, white, and/or torn clothing. Members consisted of full fledged pirates, firates (female pirates), wenches, and ienches (it wenches - no gender). Honorary titles consisted of Ienchmaster, captain, Dread Pirate Amandark and murse. The genomics class pirated Tracey's hall, parts of the biology class, a TA (Nick) and an instructor (Tom). Sword fights were common during pirate day and usually resulted in missing arms, legs, and fingers. Such duels often resembled parts of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. During the meet and greet the pirates gave "pillage grams" which consisted of whacking CTYers with cardboard swords, declaring that their village had been pillaged, and giving them the opportuntity to direct the pirates to their next victims. Such victems were bubblicious, and Andy the RA who was pillaged by an umbrella-turned-sword.
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| − | -Edit: There was also a more toned down version of a Pirate Day in Skidmore Session 1 2006. This was started by a nevermore named Edwin Ma who wished to honor a close friend of his named Andrew Yu who was unable to return in 2006. This was created due to the fact that Ninja Day (Sucessfully done in 2005 started by Andrew and Edwin) was cancelled because SRA Felicia said that students were not allowed to cover their faces. Andrew Yu was recognizable in 2005 Session 1 due to the fact that he wore a bandanna on his head like a Pirate everyday, so in Skidmore alongside End of the World Day a large group of people wore either badannas or a t-shirt around their heads pirate style for what Edwin called "Pirate/Andrew Yu Day". Coincidently due to the fact that so few people had bandannas,(around 6-7 people) many people had to use t-shirts which resulted in looking like people were wearing doo-rags. This caused many people to instead call this "Gangster Day" which oddly enough "gangster" was a very oftenly used term by Edwin and Andrew and that Edwin was called by people who didn't know him "That gangster Asian" although Edwin repeatedly said he'd rather not be called that.
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| − | Siena Session 1 2006 also featured a pirate day, in the form of pirate versus ninja day, on the first friday of the session. This day featured many people dressed up in the all important character attire but not much actually competition between the two groups as the "vs" suggests.
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| − | *we should so make that happen for next year Skidmore Sesh. 1
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| − | -Edit: At Saratoga, 2006 S.2, Pirates vs. Ninja vs. Cavemen was a daily during the second week.
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| − | -Edit: Carlisle Session 2 had both Pirate and Ninja activities one day, at the end of which they fought each other
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One thing CTYers are known for is their general weirdness. I personally know CTYers who have spent whole days wearing signs with strange messages on them, and whole classes who have had pillow fights on stage at closing ceremonies. However, these acts weren't well-known or significant. There are some acts of weirdness that are much more well-known or widespread. These earn a place in the The CTY Hall of Fame.
If you wish to add info about famous staff members, name pages with the name the RA was most commonly known by. Famous students or things done by students should be placed in the Hall of Fame pages; most interesting things arise from individuals anyway.
If you are adding something to a Hall of Fame, please do not do so unless it actually is memorable for years to come or had particular significance for your site. Anyone adding something that is pointless or is an inside joke, or who is just trying to look cool by becoming a legend, will have their entries deleted or, if stupid enough, moved to the Hall of Shame.
Sites
The Halls of Fame are divided by site:
NOTE: If your Hall of Fame entry has disappeared, it has probably been moved to Memories. If you are the author and you are wondering why, the likely reason is that people from your site/session agreed that the event or act was not quite as memorable as you may believe it to be. The distinction between HoF and Memories is admittedly a little hazy, but the criterion for deciding where a given entry ends up usually boils down to whether (1) it had lasting effect or (2) it was a large-scale and positive rules protest, change, or breakage; most HoF entries fall into one of these two groups. Many well-known events or stunts that were famous in a given session but not necessarily carried to later years can be found in the Memories pages. If your entry entirely, please contact an admin who will restore it to the proper Memories page, or feel free to put it up there yourself.
