1. You are familiar with the line for the grilled chicken at Eick, and the meal equiv line at the Lib. “But there’s chicken in the bucket, please can I just have one.”
2. You know what meal equiv is now because it’s so easy, even though you were really confused during Welcome Week; like a Rubik’s cube, you finally figured it out.
3. You abbreviate EVERYTHING. “See you later for meal equiv in the Stud, I’m going back to Cent before my FSP class in the Ed building.”
4. You have given directions to Kendall or Trenton Hall at least once in your college life.
“Oh? Comm building, it’s behind the SS building. Yes, no, I know, not that brick building, the brick building behind it, it’s different because one has steps on the side. No, they don’t look the same, trust me.”
5. You understand the struggle of running across campus to get food before 1:30. Even if you are cutting it close, swiping your card at 1:29 is the ultimate power move.
6. Speaking of, I bet you already tried getting breakfast in Eick at 10, just to find out that you can’t get meal equiv anymore at 11. Tragic, but a learning experience.
7. You have taken at least one thing from Eick. Plates, cups, spoons, a chair (yes, a chair) you’ve done it all. Don’t get caught though, Larry will be disappointed.
8. Oh? You got an email that a package has been delivered? Wait a few hours/days, it’s not there yet.
9. “Where did all my meal points go?” TDubs. No question.
10. You understand that Paws is your worst nightmare. Please work, I need to sign up for classes, not sign another agreement form.
11. You know at least one person within a five-minute radius of you.
“Hi Joe, Sami, Tristan, Victoria, Luke, talk to you later I’m walking to Bliss.”
12. You know the pain of walking to Bliss. We’ve all been there. What do you mean the Annex is “separate?”
13. The sad realization that you will never get a study room in the Lib. We can dream, can’t we?
14. You know that random shows are always playing on the televisions at Eick and the Stud. Spanish dramas? Check. Law & Order? Check. Judge Judy? Always.
15. Something is always under construction. No doubt.
16. You aren’t phased by a broken elevator or two. Nine flights of stairs? It’s leg day.
“James you live on T4 take the stairs!”
17. Speaking of leg day, walking to Campus Town for a gym is already a workout enough.
18. You want to wash and dry your clothes? Funny, so do I. Trust me, no explanation needed.
19. Wednesdays are a day for recovery, class free.
20. The wait is about three years to warm up a shower, I’m still waiting to take one.
21. You’ve walked through a serious snowstorm or two, even though you went as far as putting an Eick spoon under your pillow in hopes Muha sends an email canceling class.
“Dear TCNJ students, at this time we will be running on a normal class schedule…”
22. There is no greater feeling than Sunday “morning” when you get to Traditions and there is no line to get in. Rare, but not impossible.
23. If you aren’t an athlete, do you know where Packer is? Asking for a friend.
24. You stopped questioning why there are random “iridescent” spheres around campus, because, you know, that’s just TCNJ.
25. You have either waited in a 12-hour line to get into Kendall Hall to see someone famous, or pitied the people who did as you headed to class. And yes, the line stretched so far it practically walked you to the Business Building, and wrapped around to your dorm to walk you back.
26. Funny enough, if you pay attention, you will start to realize the same people and sports teams eat at Eick at the same time as you do, because, you’re definitely synced up.
27. You’re quicker on your feet now when having to decide your next coffee order when you find out Lib cafe ran out of its strawberry refresher or mocha blah, blah, cause you’re no longer surprised.
28. You have been inside Forcina at least once and when you left you could have sworn you had just partaken in a low budget horror movie. If you’ve lived to tell the tale, you are aware that the elementary school bathroom tiles stretch across the second floor.
29. If you’re special, you have seen the lucky kitten that lives happily under the stadium bleachers in a wasteland of equipment and Eick bowls once filled with food. Please don’t try and find the cat, the cat will find you.
And finally, Roscoe sees you much more than you see him, why? Cause Roscoe is always watching.