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September 22nd, 2005

2:51 PM

Boring but Useful Reference Entry!

Hey, kids. Did you know that I've actually been at Elon for almost a month now? I just haven't written anything about it yet. And I haven't really given much background on the school at all (A Mr. Scurra of the UK seems to think that we're a bunch of rednecks). So I'm going to do that now. You might want to bookmark this entry, just so you'll know what the feces I'm talking about later.

Hmm...what's the best way to give a lot of background info really quickly?

I know! It'll be in STAR WARS FORMAT!

(Scroll down slowly for the full effect)

(Music [just play it in your head]: BAAAAM! Bud-a-bum! Dat-dat-dat-dat-dat-datdat-da-dum....)

ELON UNIVERSITY

DE II: WELCOME BACK, LEO

er successfully completing his Freshman year at Elon and having a mostly b
mmer working at the movie theatre in his hometown, Adam returns to Elon fo


(Music stops abruptly)

Hold on, let's do this in "Widescreen Star Wars Format." The "Full Screen Home Video" version just isn't working here.

(Music starts again)


ELON UNIVERSITY

EPISODE II:
WELCOME BACK, DUDE!


After successfully completing his Freshman year at Elon, and having a mostly boring summer working at the movie theater in his hometown, Adam has returned to college and the beloved student housing, conveniently located in Ukraine.  This year he's living in the "M" building, as opposed to "N," where I lived last year. Here's a map, edited with our friend MS Paint:





As for the school itself, it has a famously beautiful campus, nice, small classrooms (about high school-sized), a great communications program, and yadda, yadda, you don't care. Here's what The Princeton Review  says about our's Student Body:

"The 'bubble' is a bit like Beverly Hills: 90210, only in North Carolina," jokes one student. "It's not uncommon to see kids driving around in BMWs and Lexuses" or donning wardrobes that leave some feeling that they are "living in an Abercrombie and Fitch" catalog. While "diversity may be lacking," there's a "feeling of camaraderie" at Elon that everyone notices "when they visit for the first time." "I guess it's just that good southern hospitality kicking in!" exclaims an undergrad. Much of the student body hails from mid-atlantic and southern states, though some come from "as far away as Japan and Yugoslavia." Students describe their peers in a variety of ways, ranging from "very religious" to "liberally biased." "Most are also smart and come from good families," according to one student, while another adds, "courteous, intelligent, caring, and generous" to the list of appropriate adjectives describing his classmates. And, without question, the student population is "very Greek oriented."

Translation: Most of us are not rednecks. They're actually the opposite extreme, Rich, preppy tools. But not all of us are like that. Some of us, myself for example, can only be described as "The apex of coolness."

Here's the Princeton Review's  take on Campus Life:

Never mind. It was too boring to post. But here's the better part:

There are also "more than 150 student organizations," not to mention "events in The Zone, our student center, such as Monday night football or Midnight Meals every Thursday, which always include food and features anything from a movie to a comedian to 'The Art of Kissing.' " Students can also hit the Greek parties that dominate the late-night social scene in the "very small" town. If students want to escape campus for a few hours, they're able to find some appealing options in the vicinity. "We're an hour's drive from Raleigh [and Winston-Salem], 30 minutes from Durham and Greensboro." Nearby Burlington offers a little diversion in the form of bowling and restaurants. The university's emphasis on internships, volunteering, and studying abroad also encourages students to explore the world beyond campus. Overall, students believe they live the good life in "a very country-club kind of place."

Hold on, we're actually way more Greek-oriented than that. We're ranked #5 nationally for major frat and sorority scene.  But there are many, like myself, who aren't in any real frat. There's even an online club for "People who aren't Greek." I'm in it, along with 404 others. They even designed a bunch of shirts like this one:



A couple of my friends and I have been talking about creating a pirate-themed co-ed frat, called Ro Ro Ro.

Hey, I don't hear any "Star Wars" music coming from the inside of your head! Keep it going! Gosh!

As I said before, I live in the Danieley Center, also known as the Ukraine, due to it's being about 20,000 miles from the rest of campus. Our building, like most of them here in the Ukraine, is made up of "flats." Calling it such a thing might lead people to believe that we're located in Britain, but trust me, we're in Ukraine.  They'd call them apartments or suites, but they already have totally different  building layouts with those names. Here's a useless blueprint of what the DC flats look like:



There are two people in each double bedroom. Freshman flats have five double bedrooms, us sophomores have four and we get to use the first room as a commons room. There are four flats per building and eight buildings with this layout. The Danieley Center must have been designed by Math Majors. (How many students live in the DC at once)?


Well, I had hoped to include some actual stories about what's been going on here so far this year, but this entry is hella long already. Good thing that there aren't any rules for Star Wars format, or else I would have broken them all, including switching from third to first person in the  same sentence. Sorry this isn't as great of an entry as I had hoped it would be. To make it up to you, here's a rabbit with a pancake on his head:


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