Hall of Shame:SAR

2005.1 -- "The Peeing Bandit"

At Skidmore College, Session 1, 2005, there was a bandit on the loose. During the last week, a boy decided to pee all over the bathroom wall. The next day, all the guys were called to a meeting, at which the RAs proceeded to threaten the guys with horrible things if no one confessed. Shortly after the meeting, the bandit struck again, and two more bathrooms were destroyed. The RAs brutally took away quad time for all the guys. The girls were in an uproar, and rumors started to circulate that the last dance was at stake. That night, the bandit struck for the last time, but was not caught. After intensive interrogations, the RAs gave up. All privileges were re-instated, but we never found out who the peeing bandit was. It might remain a CTY mystery forever.

2006.1 -- Pop Your Collar Day

It was already decided by the majority of the nevermores of 2006, the former emperor of 2006, and all 4 new emperors and empresses of 2007 that Pop Your Collar Day will not be continued.

• Thank god!

2006.2 -- Superstars Game Cancelled

NOTE: The shame is NOT the team, but the SHAME of the game being cancelled. The Pretentious Inuits (Saratoga Session 2, '06), captained and assembled by James B, were an all star soccer team. They were more than qualified to beat the staff for what would have the ONLY Skidmore '06(both Session I and II) student win. Inspired and brought together by RA Meng's (pronounced Mung) quest for decency, PI, as some called them, were ready for a win. But when the nurse declared playing soccer in 98 degrees too dangerous, the student-staff game was off.

Inuit's Roster:
Nevermores: Mike S., Bonny G., Anthony, Veda
The Rest: Aseem M., Sam S., 'Pip', James B., Wande O., Eric C., Ian ?, Jane C., Gaby G., Brian M., and Jarett.

GO INUITS 2007!!!!!!!!!

2006.2 -- Near Ramen Fire

At Skidmore '06 session 2, a Crafting the Essay A student - Brandon Kim, caused two fire alarms to ring. On the night of the first saturday, Putting on the Ritz Casino Night, we, the boys of Rounds 3, were leaving. He was leaning against the wall. He slid down, hitting the fire alarm. Next, on the second tuesday, he was to lazy to go to breakfast, and thus proceeded to make ramen that he bought on a sunday town trip. He left for a minute, and (nobody is actually sure) he apparantly microwaved it on high, without much water. This resulted in the entire room filling with smoke, and actually starting a fire and plasma inside the microwave, sending the fire trucks in and destroying the microwave (the cord was cut by the fire department. Until the end of CTY this year, he was known by people he had never met before as 'Ramen Man' and 'kid who burned ramen'. There have been fires at Skidmore, but RAMEN???? The dorm smelled like burnt ramen for most of the rest of the session. There have been instances where someone may have overheated popcorn and caused the firemen to arrive but for someone to get the firemen there twice in one session deserves to be in the hall of shame.

note - he microwaved it with a fork in the cup, on top of it.

From brandon kim himself- The real story went like this; A crisp and bitter morning (not unlike potato chips) I got up with a hankering for some ramen. If you were here in '06 you would know about the rabid squirrel and extremely bad cafeteria food. I just didnt care enough to go down anyway (rounds 3 wooooo!). I got my ramen and made my way to the 'wave. I had the water on and i guess i missed it when i swiped the bowl through. So, i put it in (NO FORK). Then, i went back to my room. I returned and then i saw smoke in the wave. So i shut the door and opened the wave to find smoke pouring out and i almost fainted. I opened hte door and ran for a fork for who knows what. The fire alarm rang and i dropped the fork in my mad dash out. For the record, i was to awesome to go to breakfast...not lazy

ok brandon, no one believes you. you only knew this site because i told you it existed. so there.

ookkkkaaay jerrry. your so mean to me! appreciation day >.>

hey, the ramen kid is notorious :D

2006.2 -- A Whole New World

During Quad Time, couples liked to go to the small quad in front of Case to talk and make out and such because it's away from what was temporarily the main quad due to construction. The small quad has quite a few trees and each couple had their own tree to do their thing. Usually the RAs just walk around, shine their flashlights here and there, and just in general keep a watchful eye over everyone without disturbing them much. But during second session, two RAs decided it would be fun to surprise and publicly humiliate friskier couples by singing A Whole New World at the top of their lungs. Not only was it annoying to the couple being "serenaded", it was an annoyance to everyone else because the RAs weren't exactly the best singers.

2007.2 -- The Evil Reign of Tim (Mr. Rogers)

Many a student had stolen a white staff lanyard from the main office during the session. During the last dance, Nevermore Pat Sullivan was caught wearing one, and suffered the wrath of Tim. Pat had not even stolen the lanyard, but was given it by another CTYer. Tim was furious. Pat said he got it from a friend. When asked who he said he "forgot". Tim, however, thought Pat was covering for someone. He said if Pat confessed he would give Pat the right to go to Passionfruit.

Many campers, as well as many RAs, were in uproar. Another Nevermore, Eli Aubain, fessed up to the crime in an attempt to save Pat. Pat had to wait for the last day to "remember" who gave it to him so he could confirm Eli confessed and Tim believed him. Tim said the night before that if Pat remembered he could tell his RA and he could go to Passionfruit. Several people, including Nevermore John Grover, stayed in the office until well after lights out arguing Pat's case. When lanyards were stolen, the office was almost always completely empty, with the lights off. The fault was therefore also on the administration. Tim probably understood this, and how he shouldn't have been NEARLY as harsh, which is probably why he kicked out John and other Pat supporters after a certain point. Pat "remembered" who gave him the lanyard (after confirming that eli confessed) but either Tim or the Administration went back on their word and didn't let Pat go to PassionFruit. Eli was also not allowed to go to Passionfruit.

In a less publicized but equally alarming event, Tim stole and threw away nevermore Peixuan Guo's water. One day after dinner, Pei was chilling on the sidewalk near Wilmarth when he had a sudden urge to use the bathroom. He went, but unfortunately made the mistake of leaving his bottle of water unattended on the edge of the sidewalk. When he came back, his bottle of water had vanished. Witnesses say that Tim stole Pei's bottle of water, dumped it all out, and threw it in the garbage can. At least have the respect to recycle it you asshole.

Tim is extremely disliked in CTY because of rules that are getting stricter and stricter to the point of stupidity. CTYers are not allowed to walk any where they want without an RA. The events that night also increased the amount of Anti-Tim feeling on the campus.

A scratched drawing on a cement pillar between Wilmarth Hall and Murray Dining Hall also appeared, depicting Tim doing obscene things...

Tim has also, unfortunately, been defaming the name of Mr. Rogers. Listen to his wierd, nasal voice and you'll get flashbacks to It's a Wonderful Neighborhood (will you be mine? muahahahaha). His creepy Rogers-esque voice and questionable behavior has convinced many that he is Mr. Rogers reincarnated in the form of a pedophile. Please, if you find yourself in close proximity to him, sprinkle him with chopped garlic and holy water. Theoretically, he should dissolve into a puddle of sweaters.

Tim tobaggans deer. (pat again... Tim can turn water into date rape)

Tim is also frightening when he's wearing his neon lime green shirt

And to anyone who remembers Tim who walked around the track during the track weeklys and Staff/Student Ultimate Frisbee and Soccer game. No one likes you Tim.

A small source of joy: Tim will not be returning as Site Director at Skidmore for the 2008 summer session! We can only hope that the trend continues...

2007.2 -- Slap-Your-Neighbor's-Ass-Day

'Nuff said. This day was very, very amusing, but deserves a spot in the Hall of Shame, as it sparked many discussions as to whose butt was firm or squishy. I've never touched so many butts in my life. Unfortunately, I was caught by Mr. Rogers (masquerading as site director Tim) who creepily instructed me to come to his office at three. There was a line of people who had been caught gently smacking their friend's asses. I went in, defended myself (mostly by lying) and bit my lip to keep from cracking up.

Quotes from this conversation (pinch your nose while you say these, and you may get an idea of how hysterical they were).

Tim: "Do you deny that you hit someone's butt-end?"

Tim: "It's dangerous, hitting someone's butt-end. You could get them in the eye."

Me: "But aren't eyes usually up...never mind."

Laura Tims and some other CTYers were caught whacking people's butts with a towel. Die, Tim, die.

2007.2 -- Jim

Jim, also known as Jesus (not to be confused with the position of Jesus at LAN), Duckboy, Jack Black, and probably a lot of other things, was a crazy kid in Math Modeling. He became known throughout CTY for his various acts of total insanity, such as going to Drag Day wearing a towel (it is unknown if he was wearing anything under the towel), picking up a live duck and carrying it around, and breaking one of the lights on Wilmarth third floor with a belt, and randomly declaring himself to be Jesus. There was a problem with all this, because he thought he was being funny, when in reality he was annoying as Hell. Seriously.

He also had a Nintendo DS, but the RAs didn't care. The DS was also a major part of the Duct Tape Incident, where Wesley duct-taped a flashlight to Jim's door and told a few people about it, then duct-taped the DS to the top of the door. (Almost everyone on the third floor stood outside Jim's door staring after that happened...) A few days later, Colton stole it.

After he went to the Monty Python daily, he started throwing rocks at people while yelling "CONFESS, I SAY! CONFESS!! I AM WITHOUT SIN!". The next day, he got into a rock-throwing fight with Colton, and Jim was kicked out. Colton, who was also an absolute asshole, was kicked out as well, making it a too-sweet-to-believe two for one deal. It led some people to believe that the third floor was cursed. (Colton, Jim, and Will, who was kicked out for hitting Rohan with a chair were all on the third floor, and all on different halls.) When Jim was leaving, he was going completely insane because he couldn't find his DS. Colton might still have it.