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Location
Carlisle, Pennsylvania is a pleasant town about 20-30 minutes from Harrisburg. The site is notorious among its regulars for the town's automobile enthusiasts and psychotic drivers. It is also the location of Dickinson College, where the CTY program is held.
Campus
The Campus of Dickinson College is a stately place dating from the 1700s with plenty of open space and trees. Facilities are pretty nice, with air conditioning in all residential buildings, and academic buildings as well.
KW Field
The field next to Kisner-Wood Building is often referred to as the KW Lawn. It is a popular hang out during meet market and a general gathering spot. Many activities take place on KW Lawn, or meet here. As well as this, KW Lawn is central for portions of Mandatory Fun, including many activities on Big Saturday.
The HUB
The Holland Union Building (shortened to HUB) is one of the most important places on Dickinson's campus. It is where all meals are served (HUB potatoes are a staple, always), where Betty works, and even where some weekend activities such as Casino Night take place. The top floor consists of the cafeteria, a large conference room, and a lounge area with couches. However, the basement contains much more:
- A campus bookstore that sells, among other things, books, CDs, art supplies, Dick pants and souvenir beer steins.
- The Devil's Den, a convenience store named for Dickinson College's football team (the Red Devils).
- Lots of comfortable couches and chairs, useful for playing card games, listening to music, taunting the Rinas or making out when RAs aren't looking.
There are also comfortable couches upstairs, and 2 computers which are not available for CTY use. In 08.2, a rumor circulated that the computers were not available because a previous user had hacked the system and set the language to Flemish, but the origin and validity of this rumor are both unclear.
Note: This is not the reason we are disallowed from using the computers, however, it is true that a CTYer did hack the computer system and change the language to Flemish. This may have been in Carlisle, or in Lancaster, but it occurred in 2003 or 2004.
The ATS
The Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium is equally as important as the HUB, if not more so. All of the four dances are held there as well as the Talent Show, opening and closing ceremonies, and large activities like Starcrash. When all or most of the campers are needed at one time, Anita Tuvin Schlechter can accommodate them. For example, on July 8th, 2009, during Session 1, students were summoned to ATS prior to classes. The site director then informed them that CTY was ending Carlisle's Session 1 due to a flu outbreak [1].
The Quarry
The Quarry is a coffee shop similar to Starbucks...but better. It is located near the academic quad. It has a bunch of couches and chairs upstairs, and foosball tables in the basement. Some teachers and RAs take CTYers there as rewards for good behavior.
Dorms
All of the dorms on Dickinson's campus are newly renovated, and relatively nice. Every hall has a bathroom consisting of 3 showers. If your lucky, however, there are 2 bathrooms, and only the one with 3 showers is labeled. They are usually divided into two groups: Upper Quad and Lower Quad. Upper Quad consists of Quads 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and is where Passionfruit is traditionally held on the two Sundays, and the last Friday. Lower Quad consists of Quads 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. It's at the bottom of a small hill (hence the name), and floods badly after any minor rainstorms. Luckily the water usually drains within a day.(When it doesn't, the HUB has giant air blasters to dry you and if you're really unlucky jets of water shooting up to three feet are visible.)
- Quad 1 - Conway It was a girls hall in 06, 07, and 08 however, it housed boys in 09. Often only the second and third floors are used to house students and the first floor, which has a huge lounge, is left empty. However, in 06, all three floors were used to house students.
- Quad 2 - Buchanan Named after the most inept President (and Dickinson alumnus), it was an all-guys hall in 2009.1. It was home to Mike, Mike, and Dan/Nate/Mike/Clay. After the RA Dan caught pneumonia several days into the session there was much confusion to who the new RA would be, and it was often a new person for every check-in.
- Quads 4 and 5 - Superquad (guys only in '08, girls only as of '09). Since it has two adjoining halls connected by the lounge, the two quads are usually bitter rivals. it was the spawning area for both the Bluejays gang and their eventual rivals, the Phoenixs. The adjoining nature of the halls made it easy to carry out "Bluejay/Phoenix runs," where the attacking hall would run up and down the defending hall shouting the name of their gang and making their hand symbol. By 2008.1, the violence had died down, and was mostly restricted to the second floor of Superquad. On the third floor, there was a giant glow-stick fight on the last night. Quad 4 managed to grab all the glowsticks, throwing them at Quad 5. Clay, an evil SRA who had been patrolling that night, came in and yelled at Quad 5 immediately after Quad 4 threw the glowsticks.
- Quad 7 - Atwater. It was nicknamed "Sewerwater" after it flooded during session 2006.1. Former home of the awesome RA Doug, and the infamous phrase "Don't Do Dougs". After the flood, the lounge had to be renovated and now includes amenities such as a fridge, stove, and pool table; however, Dickinson does not approve of CTYers being given free reign in the lounge. Also, Quad 7 was a girls' dorm in '09, and yet the bathrooms are clearly marked "MEN," which results in an annoying lack of available toilets.
- Quads 9 and 10 - Uber Quad. Formerly a girls dorm, Uber Quad is now a guys-only dorm. It is very similar to Super Quad, only with an additional, lingering smell that cannot be identified. It contains EDDIE, the janitor with a TV in his glorious janitor's office and posters of scantily clad women on his wall. He tends to walk down the hall way at 7 in the morning, right when everyone is showering. -It should also be noted that Superquad's two lounges can see clear down the hallway of Uberquad. In 2008.1, one CTY-er named Will got caught miming a sex act with his shirt off by the Uber Quad RA. This resulted in a call to Dan, one of the best RA's of that session. The girls of Uber Quad have been asked not to interact with said boys... this was as result of some inappropriate interaction of the girls on the 3rd floor, session 1..... Bummer...(Most girls from Uberquad 3rd floor 2008.1 had dance parties with Superquad floor 2 and 3, which resulted in getting yelled at by Quad 9's RA., but not their own). Site director Bret is also known to live under Uberquad; some were given a tour of his quarters in the "places you can't go" activity.
- Malcolm. Malcolm, an all-boys quad, is far from the rest of the residential quads. It is known for its basement ("no one can hear you scream in Malcolm basement"), which often floods and has mice. Despite the humidity and necessity for industrial-strength dehumidifiers, Malcolm's basement is actually the best floor to be on, since no one can catch you doing anything. There are no large lounges, only smaller ones between each pair of rooms. The unique layout of the dorm (with two hallways instead of one and the bathroom in the middle) as well as the unusually large number of trash cans makes it perfect for games of hallway frisbee or for chasing "counter-revolutionaries" up and down the halls during a communist revolution using a detergent-loaded watergun stolen from your RA. However, this is only the case if that RA is Ian and leaves his watergun out. A common Malcolm mantra: "Malcolm men never get laid." (due to their hassling location)
- KW - Kisner-Woodward Building. (K-Dubbs) The guidance, nurse, and administrative offices are located here, but there are also four residential halls, which are located in two separate towers (KW A and KW B). Most of the dorms in KW are singles.
Outside of Campus
- The City of Carlisle holds car shows every Sunday, and classic cars can often be seen driving past the campus.
- Massey's, a great frozen custard stand, is just down the block and some halls go there occasionally, usually during Meet Market. Lots of CTY-ers also travel here after camp is over, before their parents pick them up.
- Sometimes people order out, usually from Papa John's Pizza or an obscure Chinese restaurant that has caused several bouts of food poisoning.
- Casa Mani (an Italian bistro) is farther from from campus than Massey's, but sells delicious gelato and desserts. At least one group of students has visited it, but it is still a relatively well-kept secret.
- Regal Cinemas near walmart is a 15-20 minute walk from campus. Students get to watch a movie of their choice there on ModSat (campus-wide activity on the first Saturday).
Former Off-Campus Offerings
- Four-Star Pizza, home of the cheapest pizza in Carlisle and the driver of the infamous pizza-car of death. Featuring the gigantic 'General' sheet pizza, capable of feeding four to six hungry guys after lights-out. A commonly held legend about Four-Star Pizza was that only returning students had the intestinal fortitude to withstand the pizza. Went out of business circa 2001.
- Classic Rags, a downtown vintage clothing shop. Burned down (arson?) circa 1999.
- White Mountain Creamery, while Massey's features great custard, the White Mountain had the best homemade ice cream in the area. Known for their eight-inch tall waffle cones and three scoops of icy goodness. Burned down circa 2000, the space is currently occupied by Kimberly's Cafe.
Traditions
- Meet Market, basically: social time after study hall. You're only allowed by the quads. Ra's walk around with flashlights and will constantly shine them at you if you are alone with someone of the opposite sex. It starts at 9 and ends at 10.
- HUB potato obsessions (The HUB is infamous for serving at least one potato-based dish with EVERY meal)...for short time afterward EVERYONE goes through "fried potato product" withdrawal
- Signing yearbooks with "Have a Bocongalicious Summer!" during the last few days.
- Betty Negley. "Hel-lo! (sometimes pronounced Heh-do) ::swipes card:: Thank-you!" ((what's especially funny is hearing her try to fit "good morning" into two syllables)). Betty gets extremely, mind-bendinly hulk angry when kids try to sneak out beverages for Passionfruit. A sight to behold. Betty's wrath can also be awakened when she sees people playing with their food (i.e. putting tea leaves in milk). If you are nice enough, she might let you take a picture with her... Other card readers include Doris Brion, Leona Teeter, and the creepy guy with the big ring.
- Kill Murray/Save Murray - the only game in which you can use "Dick Cheney" and "Good thing his helmet runs on hamster-power" in the same sentence. Unfortunately, no more Cheney, as political humor has officially been banned :( Run by Matt and Drew. Chuck Norris is also a favorite (despite the rule "No Chuck Norris").
- Most RAs being annoying at end of Meet-Market: At the end of every Meet-Market, the RA's are called to the alley. They put their hands on top of each other's, and then they break up shouting "Go home!" telling CTYers to go back to their dorms.
Edit: it actually used to be much worse. In fact, the RAs used to sing at us to get us to go back to our dorms. :O
- Starcrash, one of the best/worst movies from the "let's all try to be Star Wars! era" in film history. Shown once a session, it spawned such great lines as "Imperial Battle Ship: halt the flow of time!".
- RA Ian's former activity (he now works with the Census Office) involving his horrible medical history. Those easily nauseated bewore (its usually right before dinner...)
- The Worst Activity Ever (sometimes known as "Don't Pick This Activity!"). Always done, sometimes these activities are horrible, others amazingly fun.
Special Days
- Passionfruit
- First Friday
- Big Saturday
- Poetry Night
- Lovetape Day
- Drag Day
- Goth Day/Emo Day
- Dances in ATS
- Talent Show in ATS
- Free high-five Thursdays
- D-Day, or Epidemic Fail, a tradition conceptualized during the 2009 first session which will take place during all future first sessions on the wednesday of the second week, commemorating the closure of 2009 Carlisle Session One due to a H1N1 outbreak.
CTYers
- Brian Carlstrom - 88.1
- Matthew Cuevas - 09.1
- George Hotz
- Schleifer-Katz
- Jeanette Kim - 06.1, 07.1, 09.1 (Empress)
- Steve Norum
- Mindy O - 04.1
- Albert Han - 07.2, 08.1, 09.1
- Trisha Sanghavi
- Ella Bailey
- Rachel Feltman
- Rosalie Nathans
- Fish Stark - 08.2, 09.2, 10.2
- Paul Kim
- Danny Martin
- Rachel Hall
- Fionna Howes - 05.2, 07.2, 08.2
- Sara Lu - 06.1, 07.1, 08.1
- Julia Dolinger - 08.1, 09.1
- Kat Pong - 08.1, 09.1
- Lauren Bostjanick
- Rebecca Trickey - 09.2
- Ben Breuninger - 08.1
- Aaron Kroeber - 07.1, 08.1, 09.1 (cancelled midway due to swine flu)
- Teryn Dickson"TJ" - 09.1
- Elyse Lee
- Brittany Brazil
- Daria Berstell - 09.2
- Jake Meyers
- Maddie Ossmus - 08.1
- Micaela Rodriguez -07.2, 08.2, 09.2
- Brett Bell -09.2
- Ashley Kim - 09.2
- Jessica Choi - 09.1
- Brandon Yu - 09.1
