How well do you know your campus?

Working at TU over the summer has really opened my eyes to some of the things on campus I never knew existed. For example, I had no idea that we had four (4) vice presidents. And, not having a car, I only recently learned about a bunch of "secret" parking lots, like the one under Laurie and the faculty lot between the student lot (behind Laurie) and Laurie auditorium.  Or the room under the Witt center with nothing but art supplies? (I've been here for two years, btw)

Also, did anyone else know that it possible to get from the English/Language side of Northrup to the HR side without going outside at all? *shrug* Or maybe I'm just incredibly clueless. 

Well, here are a few things about Trinity that amazed me when I first found out. 

1. The layout of Chapman. I have yet to fully understand it, but from what I can tell, there is actually a section of it on the third floor that you can't get to unless you go up the correct staircase from the first second floor. Ie, it is possible to be on the third floor of Chapman, and be unable to get to the classroom you want to be in that's also on the third floor without going down and up a flight of stairs.
1. a. Also, who can tell me where the door is that leads outside to the tile-waterfall? Yes, I do know the answer. I am just curious to know if anybody else does. 

2. Lightner Tea Room. I feel like I was the last person on earth to find out about that one. And once I did find out about it, it was another six months before I figured out where it was. (on top of Lightner, for those other Emilys out there) The only disadvantage to it is that you can't get there unless you have your Tigercard. I suppose it's good for people who are worried about being followed by creepy people from the streets, but bad if you happen to be one of those people who tend to lose their Tigercard every other week. Not that I would know anything about that. No. Nothing at all. *wanders away*

Discussion question of the week: Suppose you ended up in the Tea Room somehow without your card. Let's say that you went with a friend who had a card, and that friend left with their card, and you said you'd stay behind before realizing you were trapped. And you had no phone. What would you do?

3. I would say the Meditation Garden or that random room stuck to the chapel that is sometimes used as a Mosque (and actually has a second organ in it), but thanks to organ lessons, I know everything about that dang chapel. 

Seriously, though, try coming here at night sometimes. It's very  beautiful when it's all lit up.

4. How about the chaplain's house. Who knew that he lived on campus? Well, I do, because I wrote an article on him earlier this year. Guess where he lives? No, not Oakmont Court. That would be too easy. 

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He lives on Rosewood. There are houses on Rosewood? Yes. One. Only one? Yes. Just one. Just one? Yep. The chaplain's? Yep. Now tell me where Rosewood is. 

5. Bonus question. Tell me where the Communications dept is, as well as the Animal Facility office. Yes, they're both on campus.

Any other places that people felt like they didn't know about for an embarrassingly long time?

What College Students Need (pilot)

[note: Yes, I am starting a new blog. I am not getting rid of my old one, but instead, breaking it up into three blogs. I'm hoping to attract a few more followers, based on what they are more interested in reading. Mozart and Chocolate will deal with random thoughts, and kind of whimsical posts like it always has. However, anything related to college life will be moved into this blog, which will consist of regularly written posts related to college stuff. The last post, "Tolkien and Taters," is a remake of an old blog that I haven't updated in months. Once I start posting again, it will deal primarily with books, class lectures, literature, and maybe religion.]

This is the first post of my new blog, The College Student's List! What I'm hoping to do is to build a series of posts on college-related subjects (while I will try and keep the same tone as Mozart and Chocolate, the subject material will be more specific, and the posts will be much shorter, on average). Most posts will involve some sort of list, and I would love if people contributed in the "comments" section under here (which I have deliberately left open for anybody to respond to), with additions to the lists, stories, other ideas for college-related posts, or whatever else you can think of.

So. To begin. The things nobody tells you that you really do need in college:

• Command strips (<---link). Get them nao. They hang up your posters, hooks (to hold bags), hold wires/cables, etc, without taking off half the wall at the end of the year. The trick is getting them off correctly, but I assure you that it is quite possible. I will write a "how to" post if necessary-- I will even walk over to your dorm and take everything down without tearing a single strip of wall paint or a single poster in return for more command strips-- but these little things are the best. 

J Biebs would look much nicer on the wall with some command strips

• Dishsoap. You will want this. If not for yourself, for the friend who needs it, doesn't have it, never buys it, and leaves you with dirty dishes all over your suite. Or, you could get it and be the only one in your hall who has it, and make money off of lending it to people. You'd be so rich by the end of the year that you basically wouldn't even need to go to college anymore-- you could just retire and move to the French countryside with a bottle of wine and some horses and laugh at the people who didn't bring dishsoap. But seriously. Get it. You will not regret it.

Do you want your sink to look like this? I think not.

• Granola Bars. These little things are great for when you have an eight thirty class, a nine thirty class, a ten thirty class, and an eleven thirty class, and due to all the, um, studying you were doing the night before, you miss your alar-- I mean, you feel like you should probably sleep in until eight twenty five, to maximize your sleeping time. Even if you're not a breakfast person, classes can last a loooooooong time at that hour of the morning. And freshmen: do not say that you're an early riser. Because you're not. You just don't know it yet. 

This is what you look like a minute before your alarm goes off. And quite possibly, an hour afterwards.

Soooo....what else did people realize that they needed in college after the year had already started? I will bake cookies for whoever responds. (am I telling the truth? Respond and find out!)