Whim Staff

We at Whim don't claim to be experts on everything. However, many of us have been here at RU for a few years and we have a pretty good idea how this University works. So below, we pass our tomb of knowledge on to you. If you have any advice of your own, feel free to leave at the bottom in the feedback forum.

• Don't walk on the sidewalk between Dalton and Floyd/Peery quad; it stinks.
• Always buy the bigger box of condoms.
• Don't be fooled: emergency phones can be used as regular FREE phones.
• Do yourself a favor: Cut ties with boy/girlfriends before you come to school.
• Don't room with friends.
• Don't expect your advisor to advise you correctly.
• Expect to gain a local accent.
• Don't schedule anything before 10am.
• Don't schedule anything after 3pm.
• Don't plan on going to bed before 2am.
• ...Don't worry...things get worse.
• Pizza is a food group.
• Beer is, too.
• Take advantage of the money on your RU express.
• Join Whim.
• Get involved with something or you will be lonely.
• Be scared of greeks.
• Hug a geek daily.
• Take advantage of the computer resources at RU.
• Make friends with an upperclassmen.
• Don't go to the Health Center if you have other stuff to do that day.
• Leave your door open in the dorms.
• Never eat alone. There are always hungry people.
• Know local restaurant phone numbers and hours.
• Be nice to maintenance and housekeeping people.
• Always keep your professors and administrators in check
• Clean your bathroom once a week.
• Make friends with Ruth (if you live in Muse).
• Don't screw around with fire or smoke. The fire alarm WILL go off.
• Try new things. Open your mind. This is the last place where being stupid is acceptable.
• If you are in a group, SPEND money. This is the last place where it's free money.
• Pirating software and MP3 is illegal. Go for it!
• Learn the rules. Learn to bend them.
• Take naps daily.
• Respect those around you. Turn your damned stereo down.
• Don't go home the first two weeks of school. Don't ask- just trust us.
• Jaywalk incessantly.
• Hump at 15 mph.
• You don't know everything. No one does.
• The doughnuts in Dalton aren't as good as they look.
• Save your quarters. They're worth more than the silver they are minted on.
• Being in college doesn't make you better than anyone else.

Name: Tim Burton
Year: next season
Major: flying at night
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Joker! I killed you!

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Don't rub in another man's ruhbarb!

Name: Pam
Year: future freshman
Major: Music
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thanks guy, this helped a lot! :)

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The 5th one down is so true. Most of the people I've known who roomed with long time friends did not have a great time. I've known 3 sets of roomates who were longtime friends before college and they all got on each others nerves, had fights and had to get seperated. I, on the other hand, have taken my luck with strangers and in two years have not had one fight with my roomates, but you can't get along with everyone. Anyways, if you want to kill a friendship room with a friend, if you don't then get seperate rooms. And you'll probably make more friends if you aren't with the same people all the time.

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Get a work study job. It has to be the easiest job ever and you get rewarded because you meet a lot of professors and administrators that can be referrals later when you are applying for jobs. You get paid to do your school work and sit at a desk.

Name: 2 year Muse resident
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If you're going to live higher than the third or forth floor of Muse start building up your leg muscles because you might have to take the stairs back to your room after a fire drill, and there will be drills. With 900 students someone is bound to do something stupid and make the alarm go off.

Name: jeff
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Roommate? I don't have a roommate. I just have this guy who comes in every now and then to shower and type at his computer. $5,000+ a year...

Name: living alone
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Always be more of a freak than your roommate.

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yeh! fight fight fight! Fight in bars! Fight in the fountain! But don't piss in the fountain, because big guys with guns will come for you.

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Try to do a lot of your studying at the library. If you do it in your room or even in your floor's lounge you are bound to get interupted or distracted by someone or something and you won't be able to concentrate on what's important.

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If you don't like your residential staff, fight!! Fight them but never let them make anything stick. Hopefully they will not do it next year and that's one less crappy RA. I did it this year! I love to fight and I love to win. And I'm not done yet!

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Ramen noodles are also a food group, and probably the cheepest :-)

Name: Luke
Year: not yet
Major: still thinking
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coffee. plain and simple

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Ask questions. Know your professors. Strive to do well. For God's sake, don't cheat. Leave that to high school. Stakes are higher here. It's not worth it.

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Frequent 24-hour establishments. They will be your livelihood. There isn't anything you need that you can't get at Walmart or Waffle House. :-)

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Explore sexuality as much and as often as you can. It's a whole new world in college.

Name: PeeR
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Attendance policies are a bitch. Skip wisely. Don't let class get in the way of making memories. Learn your priorities in life and stick with them...is your goal REALLY to learn? Or is your goal rather to make friends, learn about life, open your mind, do things you've never done, make memories, and be as free as you can be? That's the real question. Be honest with yourself. After four years, the only one who can be true to you IS you, so don't cut yourself short by sticking to all the rules. They're meant to be bent a bit. Be safe, enjoy yourself, and stay away from open containers. hehe

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Look at your bank account before you start in the fall. It will never be that large again. :)