Hall of Shame

Welcome to the CTY Hall of Shame. The object of this page is to lambast stupidity related to CTY, meaning stupid actions, traditions, customs, and other shameful items. Acts of infamously stupid weirdness belong here, where they will receive the...um...commendation/attention they...um...deserve.

Lancaster

2000.1 -- "Stairway to Heaven" Cut Short Scandal

Another editor of this page, me, heard my hallmate from Lancaster '05, Henry, that "Stairway to Heaven" got cut off sometime in the past two or three years at Lancaster. Then everybody protested during "American Pie."

There have been rumors that a sit-down occured at the end of the dance. More rumors say that the sit-down actually worked and the RAs did play "Stairway to Heaven" due to the fact that nobody would leave the dance.

At LAN.00.1, Stairway was cancelled at TWO dances, once for "bad behavior" ie running too fast during End of the World, etc. and once because of time constraints. LAN.00.1 became notorious for the frequent cancellations of various canon songs.

Similarly, at Siena, several songs were cut short; an entire-site sit-down led to an extension of the dance and replaying of several songs. This, however, is in the Hall of Fame:LOU, because it happened only once, and the massive protest that it led to.

2004.1 -- Security Guard Incident

At Lancaster 2004 Session 1, a male Franklin and Marshall security guard handcuffed a male CTYer and gave the key to two female CTYers nearby, instructing them to "help him out" while he watched. The incident could have been just the joke of a bored campus staff worker, or it could have been a totally creepy sketchy act of pedophilia. Although it will never be known for sure, the RAs asked the girls for their side of the story and a hall meeting announcement was made for CTYers to "avoid talking to any Franklin and Marshall staff".

2006.1 -- Hand-holding Ban

At Lancaster Session 1 '06, there was a horrible new PDA rule instated where no one was allowed to hold hands. This was immediately followed by several other strict rules, such as no linking arms. Soon, you could get in trouble for just a hug. After a 42-person grass orgy occured, grass orgies were banned. Everyone was miserable. It escalated to the point where people were bursting into tears and going to the counselors to complain. Many people complained of feeling that they weren't allowed to be affectionate towards friends. Students were getting yelled at for minor transgressions such as hugging, touching each other's hair and, in one case, sitting too close. Through the efforts of Molly Brean, Aliza Alperin-Sheriff and Dana Reback, and after several parents complained, the administration saw the error of their ways and the new PDA rules were repealed. There was much rejoicing and blatant hand-holding all over the quad.

2006.2 -- Fatal Lanyard Swinging

At Lancaster 06.2 during Acting Improv during the game World's Worst (for World's Worst Raver) a girl (who?!?!?!?)(Marieke Williams) entered the center of the circle, swinging her lanyard (jokingly), but hit herself on the forehead with her key, making her bleed.

2006.2 -- String Raving Ban

In Lancaster 06.2, the night of Second Saturday, the story of the admistration banning string raving flew through campus. Left shoe protests were planned for James Brown is Dead, because it was planned for playing that night. But then, Alexa went to the site director with a couple of other students and asked why they banned it. Their reasoning was "because we dont allow lanyard swinging and that is much like it." Nobody was hurt, they simply decided it "wasn't safe." They made a compromise, during the designated raving songs (James Brown is Dead, Everytime We Touch, Heaven, ect.), students would be allowed to rave on the hardtop; however, non-raving students could not set foot in the area. Stupidly enough, James Brown was played while it was still light out. At the next dance, a "raving section" was created for those who wanted to practice before the designated songs. Still, no circles were allowed. Nobody yet knows if CTYers will be allowed to rave in circles in the future.

NOTE: Glowstringing has been banned in Skidmore for many years already, though the idea of a small stage is pretty good.

Carlisle

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 occured 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 tradtionally 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 dificulties, spaces of time when no song was played and songs cut short.

During the last dance, we were told that there was to be absolutly 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. It is unkown 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 RA's decided that should ORGY be yelled after the traditional DieLiveSexMore chant, they would stop the song(though people wrote ORGY on their arms). Soe CTYers even wrote ORGY and other phrases, such as quotes from the booke 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 RA's 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 predjudiced RA (I think he has something against tall attractive blondes, since he's not exactly attractive himslef) 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 admin.(due 2 sit down protest @ dance #2(or 3?))edit----- I know of at least 4 people who got sent to the "penalty box." molly, david, julia, and maggie(who ran away and dint 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.

---Porter and Corby

2006.2 -- 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., John K., Elliott R., Tina G., Kara D., Olivia R., Ali G., Lauren M., Eve R., Traci D., Courtney K., and others, the staff of second session issued the following warning to campers before the first dance:

"Absolutley 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

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, reknown for their trusty, unabashed heroics. His vomit was allegedly induced by the union of his raucous gyrations 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.

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

Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)

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 -- 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, 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???? 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.

2006.2 -- A Whole New World

During Meet Market, 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.

Loudonville (Siena)

2004.1 -- Negative Article in College Paper

During Session 1 of 2004, the Siena student newspaper came out with an especially vicious editorial lambasting CTY students. A CTYer enrolled in the Astronomy course wrote a letter of rebuttal to the newspaper and circulated it, collecting over 50 signatures. It was presented to the site director, who said that he would look over it and submit it to the paper if he deemed it appropriate. As the paper isn't available online, the letter's fate remains unknown.

2005.2 -- Phantom Duker at Siena

During Session 2 of 2005, a turd was found in the showers of Ryan Hall(males). The incident was purported to have been committed by the Phantom Duker. To this day the identity of this shady fellow has never been uncovered but a certain uncertainty hung over Malcolm's hall (the nearest to the bathroom) for the rest of the session as to whether they would encounter the duker at night.

2006.1 -- Die, Die, Die

At each dance at Loudonville 2006 Session 1, the newbies insisted on singing, "Die, die, die..." during American Pie. The time-honored tradition at Siena College has been not to do so - it's one of the unique points of the campus culture. However, due to nevermore and nomore turnover and a suddenly influx of second-year students who had not gone to Loudonville before, this tradition was overturned. At the last dance, RA Brendan O. made an announcement that "this Die Die Die stuff is offensive, so don't do it", but the crowd at large persisted anyhow. It appears that this Siena tradition has been lost.

RA Brendan here - 2nd session kids have little to no interest in doing "Die die die". We haven't had to make announcements or anything like that.

2nd session kid here - actually, trust me , we really do, but they actually told us the whole story this time so :( no die die die for us

Baltimore (JHU)

2005.1 -- Prank Calls

At JHU Session 1 2005 there was this doofus who was prank calling Clark 2nd floor AMR 1 dorm at 2 am.......pretending to be the pizza guy, insurance company, et cetera. Two roommates pretended to be KGB operatives to the prank callers and the calls ended.

2006 -- Cross-Dressing Deemed Offensive

At JHU 2006 Session 1 and 2, cross dressing day was cancelled by the administration because it was alledgedly "offensive" to "real cross-dressers" and homosexuals. A few CTYers attempted to cross dress, but were sent back into their dorms during breakfast to change. Despite the ethics class' attempt to reschedule crossdressing day on a later date through a petition and the administration's supposed consent, no cross dressing day ever took place. This has been called a CTY SIN.

Hawai'i

????.2 -- Cross-Dressing Day Cancelled

The site director called a meeting, at which he discouraged all kids from participating in cross-dressing day. The RAs told all of their halls that they supported his opinion, and that cross-dressing would only be permitted during activities and other non-class time events. However, the activites scheduled for the day, capture the flag and dodgeball, were site wide, so it became impractical for anyone to switch clothes and still hope to be able to actively participate in the activities (think: guys in skirts running amock). It seems as if cross-dressing day should have just been officially cancelled.

Edit: Several students from Mokihana and Kukui went right ahead and cross-dressed, and were not stopped and told to change. They include: Jergen, Will R., Will B., Andy R., Amanda F., Claudia V., Laurie S., Laila B., Maggie P., and others.

Edit: You forgot to name the Life Cycle B kids like: Kevin G., Tyler S., Garrett R., Vince whatever, Maggie Z., Ashley, Chanel, Ellen, and yours truly, Ryan M. And Tom, the RA for Mokihana, said it was ok to cross dress just as long as you didn't draw attention to yourself in a childish way. I heard Whitney, Kukui RA, said that the girls were allowed to as long as it was ok with their teacher.