Hall of Shame:CAR

2005.1, 2006.1 -- "Get Low" Cut Short Scandal

At Dickinson, Session 1, 2005, at the first dance, the RAs began to play Get Low. Only the first few seconds were heard, and then, as everybody was ready to sing along, they cut it. Uproar was everywhere.

This happened also with other 'controversial' songs throughout later dances, including such songs as Electric Six's Gay Bar and System of a Down's B.Y.O.B. What now?

However, at Dickinson, Session 2, 2005, they did play the full rendition of Gay Bar at almost every dance.

This occurred again at Dickinson Session 1, 2006. At the last dance, RAs made a rule that if there were any sit-down protests, the dance would end. However, at the last dance, they didn't stop songs anyway.

2006.1 -- Dance-based Sins

It was decided by the administration of Carlisle that Forever Young by Alphaville was no longer Holy Canon and should only be played before stairway to heaven at the last dance. The student body complained, but it was not played until the last dance, as they had said.

REBUTTAL: Forever Young is actually considered High Holy Canon, and has traditionally been only played at the very last dance of the session at Carlisle. The DJs messed up a couple times, playing it at every dance before Stairway to Heaven and American Pie, but for many, many years, Forever Young has traditionally been only played at the last dance of the session.

Is it up to the administration to decide on the students traditions? The answer is yes. Without the administration, there is no CTY, and without CTY there are no traditions. RA Carlin would like to point out that: "as much as we'd all like to believe, CTY is not a democracy. It is a fascist state. Deal with it. Your parents didn't pay $3000 dollars to let you run around wild. You can do that for free at home."

Also, During most dances there were lots of technical difficulties, spaces of time when no song was played and songs cut short.

During the last dance, we were told that there was to be absolutely no grinding or suggestive dancing "because we have 12 year olds here," and that any suggestive dancing would result in the people dancing being sent to time out (penalty box). The further into the dance, the more time you spent in time out. It is unknown as to whether or not this policy was carried out, as I have not heard or seen anyone getting in trouble for grinding.

Additionally, the RAs decided that should ORGY be yelled after the traditional DieLiveSexMore chant, they would stop the song (though people wrote ORGY on their arms). Some CTYers even wrote ORGY and other phrases, such as quotes from the book 1984 on their shirts, notably from Zach's hall. On Zach's hall, John I., Mark P., Nathan P., and Gosha K. participated. After various plots by students to get around this threat, the RAs issued a flyer stating that words that sounded like sexual words, such as "orange" were forbidden, too. However, many of the guys who wanted to protest chose a word that sounded nothing like Orgy: BLUEJAYS!!

The "penalty box" was all but forgotten until the third dance of session 2 at Carlisle. At both the third and fourth dances, however, several RAs used it as punishment for both grinding and making out, often without issuing any warnings before removing kids from the dance. Some people chose to enjoy the penalty box, joking with the RA supervising them and having intense games of slackjaw. There was even an instance in which two people were threatened with the penalty box during the beginning of Forever Young at the final dance for making out, but they were luckily able to persuade the misguided RA to give them a second chance. That was a prejudiced RA because at the 3rd dance, he told two other people that he wouldn't bust them for grinding because "I'm not uppity like those other RAs, just enjoy yourselves."

Any sort of sit-down protesting was also outlawed by the administration (due to the sit-down protest at dance #2 or 3).

Edit: I know of at least four people who got sent to the "penalty box": Molly, David, Julia, and Maggie (who ran away and didn't get caught)

Edit: The playing of "Forever Young" was a subject of some contention amongst the staff—the argument in favor of playing it at every dance was that first-years (especially those unfortunate first-year nomores) won't see it as Canon if they only hear it once.

2006.1 -- Dance Warning

In order to prevent the type of dancing exhibited by Carlislians at session one, such as Julia V., Maggie Z., Suhayl C., Ram N., Alyce S., Jessy L., Jane K., John K., Elliott R., Tina G., Kara D., Olivia R., Ali G., Lauren M., Eve R., Rachel H., Jeanette K., Traci D., Courtney K., Sam F., and others, the staff of second session issued the following warning to campers before the first dance:

"Absolutely no:

• Grinding
• Dancing in way that mimics sexual acts
• Dancing in a manner that would induce an ORGASM."

So how was this written before the end of the second session?—kids from first session are in touch with kids who are currently at second session.

Wow, half those people I hung out with LAN 05.1—DavidJohnny

• I would just like to say that I am honored to be one of the reasons for the "penalty box", which I miraculously escaped (though my hallmates and fellow STDers Julia, Molly, and Maggie did not). Keep up the fight for sex through our clothes. ORGY FOREVER!—Courtney Koval (Car06.1)

2006.2 -- The Superquad Bathroom Scandal

At Carlisle '06 Session 2, floor 2 of Quad 4 a.k.a. Superquad went wild when an unknown CTYer, presumably of mellow quad, left the hall's inhabitants with a gift. A trail of feces on the floor of the bathroom and a bit on the walls. It is speculated that there was an emergency case in which it could not be held because of the trail leading to a stall, however, that may not be the case...

Staff of the Dickinson library have also accounted of a case of there being a pile of fecal matter in a bathroom, seen right after CTY classes left the library after study hall. Many suspect that this is a serial pooper, though there have been no other reported instances than the Superquad and library incidents.

EDIT: Allegations have been tossed around by various RAs as to the reason for the poo on the floor. A complication to this case stems from an episode of vengeful student hijinx that occurred independently of the "Mad Crapper" in the SAME BATHROOM in Quad 4 on the same afternoon. Supposedly, Camper "X" and Camper "Y" of Quad 4 2nd Floor engaged in some sort of quarrel (this was the afternoon of Big Saturday's dance) that ended with Camper X deciding to strew a great deal of the belongings of his roommate, Camper Y, all over the bathroom while Camper Y was gone (it is believed this occurred right as campers were leaving for the dance), specifically placing Camper Y's possessions inside shower stalls, locking the stall doors, and crawling out under the doors. There was also a report of a soccer ball being left in the toilet. Done with his dirty deed, Camper X proceeded to the dance and was stopped by one RA asking him why he was late. He replied that he had "overslept". As Carlisle CTYers know, Quad 4, part of Superquad, is the location of Mellow Quad during CTY's dances. Because of this fact, traffic was heightened in Quad 4 during the evening hours. Eventually, Camper X and Camper Y's RA discovered the bathroom hijinx. (At this time there was no poo on the floor.) He unlocked the shower stall doors and removed the soccer ball from the toilet since it obstructed the toilet's use. He decided to leave the other belongings in the shower stalls for Camper X (the identity of whom was unknown at the time) to clean up after the dance. THEN, sometime during the night, the Poo-Poo Pirate struck! Was he under the impression that he had entered a parallel universe where dorm rooms were replaced by shower stalls and toilets were replaced by tile floors? ONE MAY NEVER KNOW! But he struck a mighty blow to Quad 4 2nd's bathroom floor and general health, and his identity still remains unknown!!! Let him come forward now to admit to his dirty deeds!

2006.1 -- The Vomitteer

The Vomitteer (term coined by RA Joli) was an overexuberant camper who became infamous for his bouts of projectile vomit on the dance floor and in other areas throughout ATS during dances. His title was bestowed as a reference to the Three Musketeers, renowned for their trusty, unabashed heroics. His vomit was allegedly induced by the union of his raucous gyrations (he exuberantly interpreted danced in a trench coat, drawing large crowds at times) on the dance floor with his stomach's contents of rich, delectable HUB food (Indian stir fry mixed with exorbitant amounts of Tea Cooler was the verified culprit of Vom #3 [in an ATS water fountain]). His upchucks caused many different areas of ATS to be roped off (much to the chagrin of dancing/socializing campers), including a flight of carpeted stairs, a dance floor exit, and a water fountain/camper hang-out. He was threatened with a loss of dance time for his reckless actions. No one knows what really came of him, but there was no recorded case of vomit at Dance #4.

(Edit: I distinctly remember there being vomit at more then one dance, most likely also dance #2, in the seats of ATS. People near by smelled it and pointed it out to RAs, who had it cleaned up by the end of the dance)

Many RAs also referred to him as a "puking pal".

2007.1 -- Dance Insanity

During Dances 1, 2, and 3, about four boys ran into the middle of the dance floor during the end of American Pie. This was when everyone was still swaying. The boys jumped around, ignoring the cries of, "Stop it!" "You're not cool!" and "Curl up and die!", because most of the people cheered. Eventually they left the circle, high-fiving each other. At the second dance, the boys did the same thing, but were attacked by two Caucasian males wearing caps. The sexy Asian one with the long hair (Phil's and Scott's hall knows who) tackled one of them in retaliation. He was dragged out of the dance and was forced to sit out for the remaining 5 minutes of the dance. They didn't do it during the last dance because a couple of close friends had advised them not to. Also, during Dance 3 (I think), there was an equipment malfunction and the music stopped for a few minutes caused by a melted electrical wire that had overheated from excess strain. The CTYers all began singing "We Will Rock You" and stomping/clapping rhythmically, and went on to sing "Barbie Girl" before the sound was restored. If that wasn't bad enough, someone decided to split the canon between the dances. They only played portions of the canon for each dance, for example, Sandstorm wasn't played during the first dance at all.

2007.2 -- The Lice Scandal

During the second week of the second session at Carlisle, students returned from afternoon classes and were told to rush to their dorms. There, their RAs read out a long-winded speech about how they were to remain in the common rooms and have their heads examined by their respective RAs. The first activity period was canceled for the mandatory lice check. This was induced by a certain CTYer who was said to have loudly proclaimed within staff earshot, "THERE ARE BUGS IN MY HEAD!"

It is said that this CTYer, known for many strange and outlandish claims including, but not limited to, chocolate-filled hot dogs, the existence of "Werefags" on full-moon nights, and neo-socialism, had known of his head lice condition for weeks and decided not to let anyone know until the time was right. Also, the clothes he borrowed for Drag Day were ran through the wash, his hall and room fumigated, and the Medical Office room (reportedly #2) were fumigated AND sanitized.

The Quarantine was successful, and at that night's hall meetings, RAs reported that no one else was infected by the feared parasites. Life returned to normal, but when asked about their favorite activities, some students still allude to having their RAs "run their fingers through my hair for ten minutes."

EDIT: Said camper was actually reported by another student after informing that individual of the "bugs in his hair". He then accompanied three other students to the medical office where he described the bugs in great detail. He was apparently fascinated by the bugs "not wanting to make it a big deal" therefore not reporting it. There was also a great deal of distress caused by the fact that he had borrowed several Harry Potter books from different people.

2007.2 -- Clay and Beans

Haha... there was an activity called "Get Revenge on Clay" because he had previously made an activity called "12 Things You Should eat before you die" and most of them had to do with gross beans. Basically, we had to show him how pissed off we were. So... we had to write lyrics to the tune of Hey Juliet and the group that made him look the stupidest got to dump raw beans on his head. It was really funny how all the people coming from Kline got to see him get beaned! Clay smelled after that.

2009.1 -- Swine Flu Outbreak

An outbreak of swine flu that in one day went from 5 to 40 cases, led to the session ending early and everyone being sent home, due to a lack of room with which to isolate infected students.