1:40:45 WE BROUGHT SEXY BACK!
1:40:45 WE BROUGHT SEXY BACK
By far one of the best weeks I've had: Frosh week at Queen's - You may have heard it said that it is legendary across Canada. I only figured that every university said that. That is, until I walked into a local diner down the street from my new apartment after the Highland Games (see below for details) and was asked by a diner about the orientation. She was from a University in Alberta and her orientation was nothing like this...much more tamer. While this was only one opinion it still held water. Anyways, here's how my week started off:
FYNIRS: First Year Not In Rez. (Students)
In a nutshells this orientation was for students in first year (across all faculties) who chose not to live in residence. This orientation included various activities, including a barbeque, olympics, speakers, and live entertainment, and a cruise with cheers interspersed between the various campus living locations.
App. Sci. Orientation:
This orientation is given a lot more energy and is regarded as crazy by even other faculties. The first day, it was pretty much made clear which faculties the Engineering Faculty was friendly with and which ones they were rivals with (more of a orientation thing); the feelings were always mutual between faculties (if we liked them they liked us and vice versa):
* Alliances: Nurses (Nurses! Nurses! We Love Nurses!), Queen's Bands (We love Queen's Bands, We love Queen's Bands)
* Neutral/unspecified: ConEd, Med, PEC (though they have been made fun of in past year cheers).
* Mortal Enemies/Rivals: Commerce (nicknamed commies), Artsci's (McDonald's employees)
I've stored our year's Eng. Cheer somewhere but it's hidden because it does contain offensive content.
DAY ONE: Return of the Frecs.
Anyways, once the orientation started, we were put into Grant Hall, separated into groups and sat through a few talks from the Engineering Brass. This was followed by a video about summoning the warriors of the past back to the battlefield, which ended with figured in black hooded cloaks entering the Hall. When the song ended, the robes were cast off, revealing the chief frecs who yelled at everyone in the hall, getting them to mosh (jumping up and down). Then we were directed outside amidst the yelling taunts and water from other frecs and their water guns.
Outside we got into our assigned groups where we were introduced to our group leaders/frecs. There we were told to do several things.
Later on we went into the ghetto (immediate student housing area around campus) to try and get some stuff/furniture for free by trading things (Event was Bigger and Better) for bigger and better things. At the end of our time we would present whatever we found to the chief frecs. The stuff presented ranged from furniture to vehicles (cars, trucks, snowplows) to deeds/keys to churches and other buildings.
That night we got our Engcuts
DAY TWO: THUNDERMUGS
There were basically 3 major events today: Thundermugs, Go Nuts, and TNL.
Thundermugs.
Using the furniture (the cars, deeds, and keys had to be returned shortly after BnB) we got in Day One we had to basically build thrones that were carried by the frosh with a frosh sitting on top. There were two interesting details about the thundermugs. One, each one had to use a toilet as the seat, carrying the lightest frosh. Two, upon completion, the lightest frosh in each group sat upon the thundermug as it was being carried by other frosh through an obstacle course as frecs threw thundersludge at us.
Go Nuts!
Later on that afternoon we gathered at Mack Corry Parking Lot for what's known as Go Nuts! This was an event participated by the Alumni. Now, the Alumni did not have to sign contracts like the FRECs did and were not obligated to keep the frosh sober nor stay sober themselves around frosh. Here's what we were told about it.
You will get into a car with an alumni. Once in the car you will be brought to an undisclosed location and they will open up their trunk for you. In the trunk may or may not be cases, which may or may not be filled with alcohol. You (and your fellow frosh) are not allowed to leave until the cases are empty. You are going to be so pissed when you come back.
If you still want details about this leave a comment with your email address.
TNL:
This event was entertainment provided by the frec committee where we learned who they were. We also chose our year verse (sung after the engineering year verse). Each year verse is different per year. If you want to know our year verse also let me know in the comments with your email address. Warning though, it contains rather coarse language or I'd put it on here; it is not the same as the Oil Thigh (below) but it follows the same tune. It was here that we saw our FRECs without their eng cuts and depurpled.
DAY THREE: HIGHLAND GAMES.
That was the big event for this day. Think olympics, peat, and water. Here the frosh groups participated in various events (moshing intermittently) that involved getting dirty in mud. If you weren't dirty the FRECs made sure you were dirty. This was particularly fun because occasionally we got to dirty pretty much anyone who got near the mud pit. We also had mud fights as well. It was here that we chose our Year Song (Officially Sum41's Over My Head...but another was more popular...guess which one). We also were given tips for the hallowed event tomorrow.
Immediately after was the Commie Shoutout. There we shouted cheers at them (commerce students) and they shouted cheers at us. We were told whoever lost (decided by some neutral committee party) would have to run towards the lake and jump in. Apparently, the engineering frosh have never lost in 50 years. Naturally, after about 15 minutes of shouting, the commies ran towards the lake. After we saw them leave some of our frosh gave chase (something we weren't supposed to do as the FRECs had to try to stop them). Anyways, that was the end of that day. That night there was an All-Faculty concert, which was ok, but nothing too wonderful.
DAY FOUR: END GAME
All of the events during frosh week were optional, including this one. Despite that, this event is the one event I made sure not to miss. At about 8:00pm all the frosh, FRECs, actions, and alumni pile onto buses and went to an undisclosed location (frosh weren't allowed to know) where the hallowed Grease Pole was. It was a 25 - 30 ft metal pole covered in lanolin (used to be grease, but lanolin was slicker, and more environmentally friendly) standing in a pit filled with water and mud. On the pole was a tam (stolen from the Artsci's) nailed to the top. Our goal as frosh was simple: get the tam. After several tries and interruptions (one person had to be taken to hospital by ambulance - he's fine tho; that was a precaution), the upper years and alumni got into the pit to help us. Our official time on getting the pole was 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 45 seconds, we got the tam. Once we got the tam, we were considered a year. We moshed to our year song (both official and unofficial) and chanted our year verse.
Day Five: Eng Clubs/Semi Formal/Conclusion.
This day was more relaxed. No more moshing or sizzling. We could change out of our frosh week clothes (which we had been wearing through thundermugs, highland games, and the grease pole unwashed - I still have mine unwashed) and into some nice clothes for the conclusion of frosh week at a gathering where we heard a motivaitonal speaker and thanked our Chief Frecs, as well as got a nicely cooked meal. We also found out who our Hardcore Frosh was (they get a bar on their GPA as well as the previous years pain chains). Tomorrow we would begin classes
All in all it was an unforgettable experience and week. That was two weeks ago. I'm two weeks into classes now and well..midterms are creeping up. Can't wait to get my GPA (accepting donations for it now) :P
By far one of the best weeks I've had: Frosh week at Queen's - You may have heard it said that it is legendary across Canada. I only figured that every university said that. That is, until I walked into a local diner down the street from my new apartment after the Highland Games (see below for details) and was asked by a diner about the orientation. She was from a University in Alberta and her orientation was nothing like this...much more tamer. While this was only one opinion it still held water. Anyways, here's how my week started off:
FYNIRS: First Year Not In Rez. (Students)
In a nutshells this orientation was for students in first year (across all faculties) who chose not to live in residence. This orientation included various activities, including a barbeque, olympics, speakers, and live entertainment, and a cruise with cheers interspersed between the various campus living locations.
App. Sci. Orientation:
This orientation is given a lot more energy and is regarded as crazy by even other faculties. The first day, it was pretty much made clear which faculties the Engineering Faculty was friendly with and which ones they were rivals with (more of a orientation thing); the feelings were always mutual between faculties (if we liked them they liked us and vice versa):
* Alliances: Nurses (Nurses! Nurses! We Love Nurses!), Queen's Bands (We love Queen's Bands, We love Queen's Bands)
* Neutral/unspecified: ConEd, Med, PEC (though they have been made fun of in past year cheers).
* Mortal Enemies/Rivals: Commerce (nicknamed commies), Artsci's (McDonald's employees)
I've stored our year's Eng. Cheer somewhere but it's hidden because it does contain offensive content.
DAY ONE: Return of the Frecs.
Anyways, once the orientation started, we were put into Grant Hall, separated into groups and sat through a few talks from the Engineering Brass. This was followed by a video about summoning the warriors of the past back to the battlefield, which ended with figured in black hooded cloaks entering the Hall. When the song ended, the robes were cast off, revealing the chief frecs who yelled at everyone in the hall, getting them to mosh (jumping up and down). Then we were directed outside amidst the yelling taunts and water from other frecs and their water guns.
Outside we got into our assigned groups where we were introduced to our group leaders/frecs. There we were told to do several things.
- mosh
- sizzle (lie on the ground and pretend you're sizzling bacon/sausage)
- mosh
- respond to their questions (Them: How X is Y frosh? Us: SO X)
- mosh
- taunt other faculties, mainly artsci's and commerce/commies
- mosh
- cheer and mosh around a chief frec or an action
- mosh
- learn engineering cheers
- mosh
- tour campus
- mosh
- get our purple frosh shirts (to be worn for the rest of frosh week; read on and you'll know why)
- mosh
Later on we went into the ghetto (immediate student housing area around campus) to try and get some stuff/furniture for free by trading things (Event was Bigger and Better) for bigger and better things. At the end of our time we would present whatever we found to the chief frecs. The stuff presented ranged from furniture to vehicles (cars, trucks, snowplows) to deeds/keys to churches and other buildings.
That night we got our Engcuts
DAY TWO: THUNDERMUGS
There were basically 3 major events today: Thundermugs, Go Nuts, and TNL.
Thundermugs.
Using the furniture (the cars, deeds, and keys had to be returned shortly after BnB) we got in Day One we had to basically build thrones that were carried by the frosh with a frosh sitting on top. There were two interesting details about the thundermugs. One, each one had to use a toilet as the seat, carrying the lightest frosh. Two, upon completion, the lightest frosh in each group sat upon the thundermug as it was being carried by other frosh through an obstacle course as frecs threw thundersludge at us.
Go Nuts!
Later on that afternoon we gathered at Mack Corry Parking Lot for what's known as Go Nuts! This was an event participated by the Alumni. Now, the Alumni did not have to sign contracts like the FRECs did and were not obligated to keep the frosh sober nor stay sober themselves around frosh. Here's what we were told about it.
You will get into a car with an alumni. Once in the car you will be brought to an undisclosed location and they will open up their trunk for you. In the trunk may or may not be cases, which may or may not be filled with alcohol. You (and your fellow frosh) are not allowed to leave until the cases are empty. You are going to be so pissed when you come back.
If you still want details about this leave a comment with your email address.
TNL:
This event was entertainment provided by the frec committee where we learned who they were. We also chose our year verse (sung after the engineering year verse). Each year verse is different per year. If you want to know our year verse also let me know in the comments with your email address. Warning though, it contains rather coarse language or I'd put it on here; it is not the same as the Oil Thigh (below) but it follows the same tune. It was here that we saw our FRECs without their eng cuts and depurpled.
DAY THREE: HIGHLAND GAMES.
That was the big event for this day. Think olympics, peat, and water. Here the frosh groups participated in various events (moshing intermittently) that involved getting dirty in mud. If you weren't dirty the FRECs made sure you were dirty. This was particularly fun because occasionally we got to dirty pretty much anyone who got near the mud pit. We also had mud fights as well. It was here that we chose our Year Song (Officially Sum41's Over My Head...but another was more popular...guess which one). We also were given tips for the hallowed event tomorrow.
Immediately after was the Commie Shoutout. There we shouted cheers at them (commerce students) and they shouted cheers at us. We were told whoever lost (decided by some neutral committee party) would have to run towards the lake and jump in. Apparently, the engineering frosh have never lost in 50 years. Naturally, after about 15 minutes of shouting, the commies ran towards the lake. After we saw them leave some of our frosh gave chase (something we weren't supposed to do as the FRECs had to try to stop them). Anyways, that was the end of that day. That night there was an All-Faculty concert, which was ok, but nothing too wonderful.
DAY FOUR: END GAME
All of the events during frosh week were optional, including this one. Despite that, this event is the one event I made sure not to miss. At about 8:00pm all the frosh, FRECs, actions, and alumni pile onto buses and went to an undisclosed location (frosh weren't allowed to know) where the hallowed Grease Pole was. It was a 25 - 30 ft metal pole covered in lanolin (used to be grease, but lanolin was slicker, and more environmentally friendly) standing in a pit filled with water and mud. On the pole was a tam (stolen from the Artsci's) nailed to the top. Our goal as frosh was simple: get the tam. After several tries and interruptions (one person had to be taken to hospital by ambulance - he's fine tho; that was a precaution), the upper years and alumni got into the pit to help us. Our official time on getting the pole was 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 45 seconds, we got the tam. Once we got the tam, we were considered a year. We moshed to our year song (both official and unofficial) and chanted our year verse.
Day Five: Eng Clubs/Semi Formal/Conclusion.
This day was more relaxed. No more moshing or sizzling. We could change out of our frosh week clothes (which we had been wearing through thundermugs, highland games, and the grease pole unwashed - I still have mine unwashed) and into some nice clothes for the conclusion of frosh week at a gathering where we heard a motivaitonal speaker and thanked our Chief Frecs, as well as got a nicely cooked meal. We also found out who our Hardcore Frosh was (they get a bar on their GPA as well as the previous years pain chains). Tomorrow we would begin classes
All in all it was an unforgettable experience and week. That was two weeks ago. I'm two weeks into classes now and well..midterms are creeping up. Can't wait to get my GPA (accepting donations for it now) :P
