Every school has a particular set of behaviors, places to go, things to see, and spaces to avoid at all costs. The University of St. Thomas is no exception. Here are a few things I have noticed as I am coming to the end of my freshman year.
1. This sculpture is more than art. It makes a great place to sit, and for some, a great tanning bed. Beware though, it becomes an unpleasant swimming pool after it rains.
*Editor's Note: DO NOT try to climb into it when it's icy. You will never get out. Trust me.
2. No human person can comfortably fit through this cutout. The bottom would slice you in half from your rear end if you tried to jump through it. For some reason, people still try though.
3. The night time howling noises are the seminarians. We don't know what they are doing, but we know it is them.
4. The lunch line for the View can stretch across the second floor every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday specifically at noon. Only freshmen stand in the line because they need to use their swipes.
5. The side walks subliminally teach obedience. If you cut across the grass, you are more than likely late to class.
6. You can't help but be frustrated about the tunnel system because it only connects two buildings. If anything, it should have connected south campus to north campus.
7. 99% of your mail will be a weekly Christian news paper. You will open your mail box seeing that you have something, but will be sorrowfully disappointed.
8. Mocking club is a real thing. No, this is not a club that mimics people. People use the trees in the quad and also the ones by the river to literally "hang" out.
9. Every little noise made in the quad echoes for everyone to hear. If you leave your window open at night, which most everyone has to since there is no air conditioning, you can hear all the hollers of the night. Usually, it is the loud people coming back from the bars at night.
10. Lastly, people are savage in the laundry room. If you leave your clothes in there for over a second, others will take it out and put it on top of the washer. Often, the washers eat your socks and you get clothes lost behind the machines. Simply put, the laundry rooms are just a mess.
For those of you who will go to St. Thomas in the fall, you will figure this out soon enough if you have not already. This is just a short list of everything that could be noticed, and I am sure others notice more than myself. But, these are a few things only St. Thomas kids know.
