1. You don’t really know if the underground tunnels on the quad are myth or fact.
2. You know to bring a few sheets of Charmin Ultra from home when going to Kam’s.
3. You have gone into Fat Sandwich after the bars and ordered a little too ambitiously.
4. You have gone to the gym specifically to gain the capability to open the UGL doors.
5. You are so used to the smell of manure, you can basically guess what the cows ate for breakfast.
6. You have gone to Farm Lakes during the day to search through the hay for your phone and have been surprised that there is, in fact, a lake there.
7. Living in Urbana – Do you even go here?
8. You don’t care that it takes 10 minutes to get a cookie at Insomnia. You NEED that s’mores deluxe.
9. You try to quell your urge to shop by visiting Market Place Mall, but always leave unsatisfied. What even is Bergner’s?
10. You have a friendly relationship with at least one homeless person on Green Street.
11. You have taken some sort of classically cheesy picture on the Alma Mater pedestal.
12. You know that the Illini Union Bookstore is overpriced, but you still go there because you are too lazy to order online.
13. You recognize that you are smart for getting into the U of I, so you congratulate yourself by treating going out like a three-credit-hour course.
14. You have a handful of Bibles acquired from the guys on the quad that are just too awkward to refuse.
15. You own four or five shirts with different variations of the profile of the chief to avoid the “no chief” rules.
16. Getting hit with a blow dart on your way home from the bars is an actual possibility.
17. You have had a stare down with an abnormally large squirrel.
18. You think you are diverse if you are not from the Chicagoland suburbs.
19. You know that the top of the arcade game at Brothers is the best spot to keep your jacket.
20. You know it is virtually impossible to stay a James Scholar all four years.
21. …So you try to make James Scholar friends so they can hold classes for you.
22. You have made the mistake of trying Second Story sober.
23. A CUMTD bus has legitimately started driving away when you had one foot on the bus and one on the sidewalk.
24. You have a soft spot in your heart for Illini Inn, but don’t really know why.
25. Your hardest morning choice is deciding between Starbucks and Espresso Royale.
26. When you talk to people who do not go here, you feel compelled to mention the engineering program even if you’re not in it.
27. You know entering the Joe’s dance floor is a death sentence…
28. …..But alas, you bear at least one scar from a Joe’s pole-related accident.
29. You have trouble conceptualizing March without Unofficial.
30. Whether you have made irrevocably bad life choices here, or even if you have devoted your entire social existence to the wonderful inhabitants of the UGL, you cannot look at this place with more reverence or pride.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C…
http://archives.library.illino…
http://incorporatingcolor.blog…