Other Lancaster Positions

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Positions at Lancaster spring up each year extemporaneously and in great numbers, often via the passing down of objects at Passionfruit. It is uncertain whether these will become traditional or, indeed, whether they will become positions at all (that is, whether they will carry any vaguely-defined roles), and it turns out that many have not done either. Those that remain, however, become an ever greater part of CTY history.

Current Positions

Documentator

The position of Documentator was created by Max Wang during Session 2 of 2007. Since 05.2, Max had captured Session 2 CTY memories with his trusty camera. By 07.2, Max had amassed an arsenal of many memory cards, batteries, a camcorder, and a tripod. He also was forced to sign an all-site consent form to continue his documentation of CTY memories.

Max, however, did not want to continue this task into his nomore year. While he loved everything he did for the visual capture of CTY memories, carrying around such bulky camera equipment hindered participation in CTY. Thus, after his Passionfruit speech, Max called up willing successors. He knighted Daniel Tracht, the new Documentator, with his umbrella.

Among other things, a Documentator should document things on film and tape, preferably digitally. Important tasks include filming Rocky Horror (and taking rehearsal pictures to enable focusing on video during the performance, or vice versa) and at least one American Pie; documenting Canon, dances, and the Afterdance as best as possible; documenting AI, possibly filming the first Park Bench and the last World's Worst or Sphinx; documenting the Passing of the Duck and the Last Supper, as well as Passionfruit; and otherwise being outspoken with one's camera.

Historically, Lancaster admin has been very edgy about this level of documentation, going to extremes to prevent legal issues that do not actually exist due to the existence of copyright law and the limitations of privacy law. To this extent, the Documentator has been variably singled out for a rule to ban picture-taking or has had memory cards wiped (rather illegally) by the admin.

The Documentator position is more of a duty or responsibility than many other positions, which are intended to be priveleges of sorts rather than duties. That said, the title of Documentator goes to whoever performs the Documentator's task rather than to the person who is knighted or to whom the title is passed. If nobody performs the duty, the Documentator's role will likely go unfilled. In 2013, the position was split up between two people for the time being.

Documentators:

Stripper

The Stripper is a First Session position. The Stripper is the owner of a very short skirt which is held together by nothing but a little clip and some Velcro. She/he is required to wear the Stripper Skirt to at least one dance. The Stripper is the leader of the "CTY, Has Nice Butt Brain Quads" chant during the Afterdance, during which she tears off the skirt in the middle of the circle. (It should be noted that usually the Stripper wears boxers underneath.) After the Stripper strips, others go into the center of the circle and do the same.

The position started with Gina Allen, who would do a stripping dance for "CTY Has a Nice Butt" in 04.1 and 05.1. After Gina nomored out, Dana Reback was "peer-pressured" into becoming the new Stripper; she held this position for three years running. She is the original owner of the skirt, which she bought at AYP after her Squirrel year. The Stripper skirt is not required to be passed down to a onemore.


Strippers:

  • 04.1: Gina Allen
  • 05.1: Gina Allen
  • 06.1: Dana Reback
  • 07.1: Dana Reback
  • 08.1: Dana Reback
  • 09.1: Rachel Larrowe (who would like to point out that if you found any of these fine young people by googling them, and you were going to pass judgement on them for being 'strippers' you should (a) get a life and a better attitude towards strippers and (b) recognize that we're not actually strippers)
  • 10.1: Alex "Prenatal Vitamins" Natale
  • 11.1: Originally given to Erik "Genitalia" Goldberg/ fulfilled by Sydney "Sleazy Speizy" Speizman
  • 12.1: Gabby "Frisky Lysky" Lysko
  • 13.1: Shea Minter

Jack Flash

Jack Flash is a First Session position. His/her main duty is the organization and management of the stringers and breakdancers during songs such as James Brown is Dead, Sandstorm, etc. Jack Flash will always be a nomore glowsticker, preforming in the circle along with other glowstickers and breakdancers. Jack Flash is also charged with promoting and teaching glowsticking among the students. Lastly, Jack Flash will play the role of Jack Flash in the students' circle during American Pie.

The first Jack Flash was Wes McClung, who saw the need for the position and created it in 08.1, his nomore year. The position was passed down to J. T. Booth ("Mongoose") in the form of the orange glowstick used for American Pie during 2nd saturday dance in 08.1. The one used during the last dance exploded in a shower of pure CTY awesomeness.

In 11.1, a very awesome and PLUR-tastic raver had to leave CTY mid-session, and bequeathed upon then-Jack Flash Ajay Nadig a pair of chain raving nun-chuks. Made of precisely 44 42 chain links each (the perfect length!), Ajay chose to pass these down as the new Jack Flash relic to Logan Castrucci

Jack Flashes

King James

The position of King/Queen James is both similar and dissimilar to the position of Jack Flash. King James is a glowsticking position, yet this position doesn't go to the best or most talented glowsticker; rather, it is bestowed on a glowsticker who embodies P.L.U.R., demonstrates their passion for glowsticking in their performance, and shares the artistry of glowsticking with the greater community whether through teaching or otherwise. They are more of a rallying point and encouraging, positive force in the glowsticking community and less of a leader. Even so, King James should ensure that the rave circle is always big enough to give everyone enough space to rave and ensure that two rave songs are played at each dance. This position was created in 2010 session 2 by Sam Fomon. During "James Brown is Dead" at the last dance of 10.2, instead of passing on her James Brown Lives jacket, she coronated Ryan Cebulko as King James I using a luminous crown she had fashioned from a plastic gold crown and EL-wire. This is to be the relic for King James, and each wearer of the crown should ideally add something shiny, flashy, and/or glow-y to the crown to make it even more seizure-inducing in the rave circle. King/Queen James is not necessarily given to a onemore, yet the recipient is encouraged to wear the crown for only one year and then pass it on in ceremony at the final "James Brown is Dead" of session. Jackie Liu made the crown anew, styled after the first, to guarantee its longevity and wearability, no matter whose cranium it cradles.

King/Queen James

  • 11.2: Ryan Cebulko, King James I
  • 12.2: Jackie Liu, King James II
  • 13.2: Chris Hough Deane, King James III
  • 14.2: Lou Lindsay, King James IV

Quotebook

Quotebook spans both sessions. The duties of he or she who holds the quotebook are to record funny, inspirational, or just plain weird things that are said at LAN in his or her quotebook, and then publish them for all to see on the internet after CTY. When a holder of the quotebook nomores or nevermores out, their quotebook will be passed down to someone who is coming back the next year and is willing to carry the duties out.

The Quotebook has not yet been passed down at Passionfruit. It may be passed through whatever method is most convenient to the outgoing quotekeeper.

It began in 08.1, when two year tragedy Zoe Madonna noticed the multitude of quotable sayings being said wherever she went in Lancaster. Due to the lack of computers and her bad memory, she forgot most of them. Therefore, a quotebook made of notebook paper was created and decorated. It filled up within three days, as well as started to fall apart. A new, sturdy, 80 page mini notebook was bought and decorated. 250 quotes were collected in 08.1, and about 550 were collected the next year. At the end of the session, quotebooks were passed to twomore Marnie P. of second session and onemore Vira Shao of first session. Due to some necessary position switching, is unknown if second session will continue to have a book.

The Quotebook has proven tricky to keep continuous between sessions, as in 11.1 when there was no Quotebook until the second week when it was realized that there was no Quotekeeping being done. Even if there is no strictly passed-down Quotebook, it is true that wherever there are CTYers, funny things being said, and notebooks for sale, there will be a quotebook

All quotebooks are transcribed on the userpages of the quotekeepers.

The Guide

After the end of session 1 2011, Sam Cawkwell had the idea of creating a guide to CTY for squirrels to help them integrate more easily into the student culture. The guide is co-written by many people, but always led by the person who holds the position of The Guide. The passed down item is the master copy of the Guide itself from the previous year. For example, Sam passed down the 2012 edition of the Guide to Hannah Barclay, who will in turn pass the 2013 edition to whomever she chooses.

  • 12.1: Sam Cawkwell
  • 13.1: Hannah Barclay

The Friend

The Friend is a position which was created by Brenton Whiting at Passionfruit 12.1 and given to then one-more, Anna Mehrabyan. The idea of The Friend, as said by Brenton, is simply to be a friend. Someone to talk to or rely on. The Friend represents the friendships that form and kinship that exists between the people at CTY. This person is meant to personify these things and to be willing to be anyone's friend when they need one. The passed down item is a pair of rainbow suspenders, because like the Friend, they are whimsical and when the time comes will hold your pants up.

  • 12.1: Brenton Whiting (created position at Passionfruit)
  • 13.1: Anna Mehrabyan

Chester Q. Carter

Chester Q. Carter, or CQC, was the nickname of Loren Sherman, whose nomore session was 11.2. Loren was jokingly known for his status as "pimp" among his friends. Venya Mayakovsky-Gushchin, double-sessioning in his final year of 2012, informally declared himself CQC of 12.1. He then began considering making it an actual position. Loren's girlfriend, Hannah (still at CTY), spoke with Loren over the phone, and he gave his consent to CQC becoming a position. Venya did not give a Passionfruit speech at session 1, so even the ceremony of passing the position down was incredibly informal, although in the grand scheme of things, it could really be thought of as almost a joke position, but a position nonetheless. The purpose of the position is, as said by Venya and his successor Mike, is to teach the importance of independence and staying true to yourself and your own personal happiness, although not necessarily in a selfish manner. (But everyone knows it's really about getting all of the biddies.) The passed down item is intended to be a top hat (Loren is known for wearing one), but the top hat has yet to be purchased by the current positionholder.

  • 11.2: Loren Sherman
  • 12.1: Venya Mayakovsky-Gushchin
  • 13.1: Mike Suh

Blammo God

The Blammo Gods of CTY are the runners of the game of Blammo. They sign up CTYers, RAs, and protagonists from certain books who wear Guy Fawkes Masks for Blammo. They are also in charge of organizing targets for everyone, handing out said targets, and being mercilessly tortured. They are also in charge of being asked questions. For example:
"Bob who's my target?"
"Bob I forgot my player number?"
"Bob, whats my name?"
The Blammo Gods also can have helpers, such as Brian Derose and Alex Della Fontina, sometimes referred to as Blammo Angels. in this case, it is recommended the angels discreetly stalk the Gods themselves, and attempt to get them out by cheating/changing the blammo list to kill a blammo god and end up being blammoed themselves. Session 2 gods usually have bitches, who get the Blammo Gods quesadillas and drinks. The bitch is usually self- proclaimed, but the session 2 gods may appoint someone as their bitch. Blammo Gods are also in charge of having obscene amounts of spoons on them at all times. It is recommended for a blammo god to have spoons in their pants, for otherwise they're skin will chafe from missing their spoons too much. Blammo Gods decide on which rules are in play and whether an area is blammo safe or not. For example, Shenanigans may or may not be blammo safe depending on whether someone asks the Blammo Gods. They can also decide on whether projectile blammos are legit or not, or whether a kill maybe accepted simply because it is too cool to not be accepted. Blammo Gods have also been known to bend the game to their whim, especially so in the case of Bob, who was able to use loopholes in his and Eidan's rules to protect a certain player *coughCarlislecough*. Bob also decided to troll all of blammo by rigging target selection so that the case of CTYers getting people close to them as targets or stalkers drastically increased. In one case he got five people from one hall all to chase each other(they also came up and received their targets in order). He also made the Alex Chain, which consisted of every CTYer named Alex chasing another CTYer named Alex. Blammo Gods also get to have their own personal "Godspoon", which can really be anything they touch that is somewhat spoon like. For example, a stuffed animal spoon named Gregory, who like his owner, had an obscene amount of hair. During Session 2, Dinospoon, a spaghetti spoon in the shape of a dinosaur is passed down from God to God. In the event of multiple Gods for session 2, the Gods will alternate between holding the Dinospoon and the folder and pen with the Blammo lists. Session 2 has a (relatively) strict set of rules. Handouts are printed and taped in each hall as well as handed out to players. In these rules, safe times/zones are clearly defined, as well as how one must blammo someone. It is usually recommended that one Blammo god be a onemore so that they can teach future Blammo gods how to be Blammo god (yay tautology!).
Blammo Gods can play blammo if they so choose. In fact, Bob was a winner of Blammo in 12.1 with 6 kills, with the other being Michael Ing. In addition to having great amounts of hair, especially in the cases of Eidan Jacob and Bob, Blammo Gods also have ShirtlessBlammoGod time, which has quickly progressed to Shirtless everyone time. This started when Eidan Jacob decided to take his shirt off at a hall meeting, proclaiming it was Shirtless Eidan time. Bob followed up and declared it to be Shirtless Blammo God time. They loved to strip on their way back to their hall every day. In fact, their hall had shirtless bonding/bondage time. In conclusion, Blammo god forever.

Past and Present Blammo Gods (incomplete):

05.2 Mama Will Colmer

06.2 Rachel Todd

07.1 Zev Hurwich

07.2 Laney

09.1 Elena Karras

10.2 Sam Fomon and Declan Kennedy

11.1 Rudy Garcia and Alex Kohanski

11.2 Ryan Cebulko and Graeme McGuire

12.1 Sanan "Bob" Venkatesh and Eidan Jacob

12.2 Sam Ngan and Mindy Cheng

13.1 Ankita Satpathy and Alex Lesnik

13.2 Sam Ngan and Ashley Wang

14.2 Sharon Lin

Passed-Down Things

Duct Tape Dress Wearer

The Duct Tape Dress was created by Yulia Korovikov in Second Session of 2007. The dress is very shiny and of quite good quality. Yulia decided to pass down the dress at Passionfruit to Ellie Kladky, whom she, along with many others, felt deserved a special item and title for her nomore year. Ellie returned in 08.2 and treated the dress as a friendly gift rather than a weighty tradition, and so gave it to Lena Beckenstein after the Passionfruit was over to avoid the trend of making empty traditions. However, the dress managed to survive and continues to be passed down. In 09.2, when Dennis Cowan received the dress, there were some issues with getting it to fit. Because of this, the dress was remade with velcro down one side so as to be easier to put on and take off.

Dress-wearers:

  • 07.2 - Yulia Korovikov
  • 08.2 - Ellie Kladky
  • 09.2 - Lena Beckenstein
  • 10.2 - Dennis Cowan
  • 11.2 - Ryan Reed
  • 12.2 - Jocelyn Baird
  • 13.2 - Mindy Cheng (given to Caleb Shapiro when Mindy did not return)
  • 14.2 - Ethan Henley

For Squirrels

Example is a CD by a band called For Squirrels. It was discovered in the fall of 2006 by Ariel Hyre, who simply could not leave it where she found it. She brought it back to Lancaster in 07.2, her nomore year, with the intent of passing it on to a worthy squirrel who had the intention of returning. The disc is to be bestowed on a squirrel at Passionfruit of Second Session at Lancaster, one who has approached CTY with great energy and enthusiasm and who plans to return the following year. For this reason, this position is frequently referred to as Squirrel of the Year.

Holders of For Squirrels:

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Defuncted Passed-Down Things

Some items or positions that have been passed down have not been revived or continued. Most of these positions are not likely to be brought up again. Here, they rest, until their records may be placed in a more proper location.

The Pimp

The Pimp, or Master Pimp is a first session position. The duty of The Pimp is to use his/her insanely amazing sexiness to make other incredible CTYers feel loved, good about themselves, and unbearably sexy as well. The Pimp is often found in the center of pimp-lines and encourages other pimp-lines to form. S/he is a frequent giver of hugs and other public displays of affection.

Monogamy is not unheard of in the polygamous lifestyle of The Pimp, although it usually occurs toward the end of the session. The Pimp must keep in mind however, that loving one person more does not mean they have to love the rest of CTY less. If the Pimp is fortunate enough to form a relationship with an understanding and not particularly territorial CTYer, then he/she need not cease whoring off of everyone else. The Pimp should be a rather out-going CTYer who is loving, caring, and sexy beyond reason.

The role of the Pimp is a far less pronounced roles than the roles of most other Lancastrian positions. The position, in fact, is not even passed down during CTY, but is given a less official transfer via direct communication between past and present Pimps.

Pimps:

  • 07.1: Aaron Ladd
  • 08.1: Kate Wymbs (Ev Maus may have also done some pimping during 08.1; however, it was not official)
  • 09.1: Faye Elgart

Bitch Bra

This article of clothing is a strapless, hot pink bra with seven claps. During Session 2 of 2007, this bra was forfeited/passed on to Maggie Farrell, as a twomore, by Nixxi Chen. The receiver of this bra is someone who is known as a 'bitch' because she speaks her mind. She also knows her way around inducing pain throughout a male's genitalia (just kidding...or am I?).

For purposes of making it CTYA, the significance behind this bra, asides from being the ruling Queen Bitch, is that the wearer knows how to make fun of themselves and not take things too seriously. However when her friends need her she's always the shoulder to cry on.

  • 2007: Nixxi Chen
  • 2008-2009: Maggie Farrell

Jay and Silent Bob

Jay and Silent Bob is a new tradition that may or may not be revived as seen fit. It all started on Halloween at CTY Lancaster Session 2 2006 when Cristina D'Ancona dressed up as Jay from the movies "Clerks", "Mallrats", "Dogma" and others. Immediately, her friend Peter Treadway caught the reference and changed his costume (originally it had been "emo") by borrowing a bathrobe and a hat and drawing a beard on his face with sharpie to represent Jay's infamous partner, Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob proceeded to terrorize the campus with their antics, their place in CTY history carved in stone.

The Jay and Silent Bob tradition is unique in that it CANNOT be passed on to the next generation of CTYers by the current Jay and Silent Bob. Anyone who wishes to continue the tradition only needs to don the costume, and play the part.

Risk Board

At Passionfruit of LAN 06.2, Greg Lawrence passed his Risk board which he'd used in previous years down to Vishal Mehta. The Board had been modified in Sharpie, changing the names of the oceans to various geographic locations at Franklin and Marshall, and the names of the continents to types of courses and groups of people. The idea behind it was that each bearer of the Board would cross out a territory's name and rename it.

Unfortunately, Vishal chose not to return to CTY in 2007. Instead, he chose to go to some medical study in California. As such, the Board is currently discontinued, and extremely unlikely to come back again.

Hammertime

The Hammertime has several definitions:

  1. The official time zone of CTY Lancaster Session 2, especially during Silent Football, but still applicable elsewhere.
  2. The time on the watch of Jeff Sachs, which may or may not correspond with CTY time.
  3. The time on the watch of the person wearing the Hammertime mood ring.

Unfortunately, Jeff has lost the mood ring, which he had planned on passing down to the next Keeper of the Hammertime.

Relatedly, during opening ceremonies at LAN.09.2, Matt the DRL declared, "CTY time is 7:21 p.m." supposedly neglecting to include the word "currently." This led many to respond throughout the session to the question, "What time is it?" with "7:21 p.m." along with the occasional "Hammertime," and also [un]officially established the time (in addition to the time zone) of Lancaster Session 2 as 7:21 p.m., Hammertime.

Origin of the Hammertime

Hammertime was created during a game of Silent Football during LAN.05.2, some time after music was declared existant within the universe.

During this game, MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This" was being played from a Kunkel balcony. The universe was dancing happily. Suddenly, horror of unspeakable horrors, a player wanted to know what time it was! Said player raised said player's hand and made said player's query, stating, "Mr. Dictator, what is the current time?" to which Mr. Dictator (Shea Levy) replied, "It is the Hammertime." To which the ever-curious player replied, "What is the current hammertime?" A certain player, Dr. Strangelove or: Etymologies SUCKS, was then called on and said, "Mr. Dictator, the current Hammertime is X:YZ." The term Hammertime was used repeatedly to ask this question, and the same player always had the answer. That player then made a request, saying, "Mr. Dictator I motion that the official time zone of the Universe be the Hammertime!" This motion was granted and has been enstated ever since.

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