Lanyard

Lanyards are loose, thin cloth bands to be worn around the necks of CTYers at all times. Lanyards hold room keys, student IDs/ debit cards, and fobs. They are printed with the term JHU-CTY and the URL of the CTY website. Lanyards are given out by staff to campers on the first day.

Colors

The color of the campers' lanyards changes every year. The color for 2006 was yellow.

Black Lanyards

Black lanyards are worn by RAs, teachers, TAs/LAs/PAs, and other staff members. They are often widely envied by campers. Campers have been known to try to take black lanyards from staff. Occasionally, at the Passionfruit, black lanyards are given to nevermores.

Lanyard Swinging

Staff members can be strict about forcing campers to keep their lanyards on their necks. Campers find it entertaining to take their lanyards off and swing them around, keys and fobs create a decent amount of momentum. RAs are very disapproving of this practice (they think that someone could let go and the flying key could cause an injury), and often will reprimand campers found swinging their lanyards. Some campers retaliate by wearing their lanyards up around their ears, as belts, or woven as bracelets. This practice is also frowned upon by staff.