Every college has it's little quirks. A cool restaurant that everyone likes to go to, a special name for different parts of campus, a caffeinated drink named after the mascot. It is only once you start living in your college town that you grow accustomed to these little oddities. With every college being a unique community, it only makes sense that the student body begins to develop some distinct traits that set them apart from other campuses. For those of us that attend EWU, we are no exception. Here are 18 definite signs that you go/went to Eastern Washington University:
1. When you say we’ll meet in the ‘pub’ you don’t mean a restaurant.
2. You have grown accustomed to sleeping through a train horn.
3. At least one of your late nights has ended at Zips.
4. You have been scared by a squirrel jumping out of a trashcan, running across your feet, or dropping something on you from a tree.
5. When someone asks where you grew up, you are either from the Westside, the Spokane area, or the Tri-cities. (Or you are one of those odd few from out of state)
6. You aren’t used to seeing green turf on a football field.
7. Every bar that you could possibly go to is within a two block radius.
8. “Let’s get cheesy bread from Rosa’s” is a phrase you have said at least once in your life.
9. You were pissed off when the new Verizon store opened because you thought it was going to be a food place.
10. You have high-fived Swoop at least once.
11. You know where all of the malls are in Spokane because there is no such thing as shopping for clothes in Cheney.
12. In your closet you have clothes ranging from a tank top to a snow suit because once October hits you just never know.
13. You were forced to take a CPLA class even though you have been using Microsoft word for TEN FREAKING YEARS.
14. Eagle blasters are what got you through finals week.
15. Food truck day in Spring Quarter is a day you look forward to all year.
16. You have been asked the question “Is there even anything to do in Cheney?” at least once.
17. You know how to pronounce Snyamncut.
18. You have learned to love our little college town.
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