1. You have had to explain, in full detail, way too many times, what a Chanticleer is.
2. Following this clarification, you will also have to correct their pronunciation of the word. (No, no, it’s not CHANT-icleers, it’s SHONT-icleers.)
3. You know that the hottest place to hangout on weeknights is Club K. (Disclaimer: It is not a club.)
4. Every time you cross Turtle Pond, you wish that you were one of the little turtles.
5. When it’s #CCUGameday, you #BleedTeal.
6. You continue to eat Hicks everyday, regardless of the horror that awaits afterwards in the bathroom.
7. And while in the bathroom, you’ve read Tissue Talk.
8. You participate in Teal Tuesday, and have numerous teal-colored clothes for this reason.
9. You follow Dean Overton on Twitter and cower in fear when you see him on Tuesdays and aren’t wearing a bit of teal.
10. You still brag to your USC friends that your baseball team beat theirs last season.
Gamecocks who??
11. You have gotten lost in Smith and Edwards more times than you can count, and still do on occasion.
12. Your favorite part of walking into Student Union is smelling its “new building” smell.
13. Your go-to hand sign to throw up at games is the “index finger to thumb” for “Chants up!”
14. You survived the alligator on campus in 2014.
15. The amount of money you spend on parking tickets equals the amount of money a household of ten spends on food in a year.
16. You get to campus an hour before your classes just so you can get a decent parking spot. Or you have admittedly stalked people to their cars.
17. But sometimes, you just gotta bite the bullet and make your own parking spot in the library parking lot.
18. You avoid 501 at all times.
19. Outsiders: “You go to college in Myrtle Beach?? I bet you’re always at the beach!”
You: “1) I go to college in Conway.
2) I don’t go to the beach because of 501 traffic.”
20. You’ve almost gotten run over by a golf cart/skateboarder/bicyclist on campus.
21. If there is a possible chance for snow, your classes are cancelled. Even less than an inch of snow is dangerous and CCU is not taking any chances!!
22. You’ve partied at Monarch for almost an hour. It got busted within that hour.
23. When you finally leave parties on the weekends, Cookout is your holy grail. You sincerely apologize to all of the employees who have dealt with you on those nights.
24. Three words: Fried. Chicken. Friday.
25. You’ve said “CCU later!” when leaving your friends for holiday breaks.
26. You successfully passed Math 130i after trying three times.
27. You have a picture on your phone of the teal football field.
