Alcove

The Alcove is the most recent traditionalist group that can be found at Lancaster. It is the result of a series of evolutions and mergers between LLRT, Digiclan, and the Eishans. The Alcove is more dominant during second session, due to the fact that it's more tradition heavy.

Generally speaking, Alcovians are the ones who hold all the traditional "positions" at Lancaster (see the Lancaster site page for a list). They are usually the first to run up to the speakers when a Canon song is heard at a dance, and they are often the ones who know all the traditions.

The Alcove always welcomes any newcomers, whether they are squirrels or nomores. Nonetheless, some students dislike the existence of the Alcove; this led to assorted disputes during at least LAN.04.1 and LAN.06.1.

Alcovians also generally make up a large portion of the student population at Acting Improv, and are the originators of many inside jokes. The cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Second Saturday is often entirely Alcovian as well.

Recently, the Lorekeeper decided that, every five years, the Alcove should receive an email that contains the entirety of the Nomore-Nomicon so that previous traditionalists could learn of all the going-ons and going-wrongs of the Alcove.

The Alcove has been known to gather in certain areas at certain times to discuss certain things, sometimes involving T-shirts. The general meeting place is often in Schnader 1 lounge, near the Electric Tree, or sometimes Atlee-Dubbs2 lounge in 06.2. Thomas, while acting as a previous hub, remains relatively empty, as it is (again) the new office of the administrative staff.

The Alcove, much like LLRT's Land of the Large Round Tables, is also a specific dining room area. It is located in the far corner of what used to be Dining Hall 1 in a small, rounded room. It is usually quite lively, and has actually been singled out by RAs in 06.2 for failure to clean up, sitting on counters, and general rowdiness. It has odd-looking lights and a window looking out to the parking lot behind South Ben, and is, in itself, an inefficient design (but we love it anyway). The Alcove also has a sign hanging outside that says "Game Corner," which inspired the original 06.2 t-shirt.

It also has many food-based posters, which inspired the following inside joke:

ALL HAIL THE ISLAND COCONUT CHICKEN!!! But who can forget the Panini bread?

   Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
   The Alcove (no longer in Exile) is located here.

Teh Corner

Teh Corner was first inhabited and recognized at Lancaster in 05.1 and consists of a circular table booth adjacent to the alcove. The "Teh" in its name was intentionally created by Nathan (whose last name escapes me) and is not a misspelling.

People who sat at Teh Corner do not consider themselves a group like the Alcove. Teh Corner refers to the actual location; those that sit there are often consider themselves Alcovians, or unwitting non-Alcovians who quickly get sucked in. They choose to sit at Teh Corner due to its more intimate feel than the Alcove, as it is one central table, as opposed to many smaller ones.

Originally "Teh Corner" served as the gathering place of the Greeklings, but as they made friends, the ranks swelled until additional tables were dragged over to increase the carrying capacity of Teh Corner, much to the dismay of RAs and SRAs who enforced the no-moving-furniture policy.

Teh Corner was often crammed full of 9 or more people sitting on each others laps, or up above Teh Corner's booth, adopting the catch phrase "Theres always room at Teh Corner", though RAs disapproved due to the often CTYI touching and PDA that occurred.

Teh Corner has a reputation as being incredibly noisy, often staging sing-a-longs. In 06.1, this caused a significant amount of strife as the site leaders ate their meals adjacent to Teh Corner. This prompted a crack-down on the moving furniture rules, despite the fact that the tables were always returned to their positions after meals, and limits on the number of people who could be squeezed into Teh Corner. Nevertheless, these rules were rarely followed.

Even during second sessions, some Alcovians choose to sit outside the actual Alcove, tending to squeeze into this built-in table and semi-circular seat right outside, dubbed "the Corner." While its location is the same as that of Teh Corner, it is spelled slightly differently

In fact, it is frequently said that the Alcove died for Session 1 in 05.1, and the Corner was born (out of the remains of the Alcove).

The Booth

The Booth is the booth on the opposite side of the corner.