Stuff Dartmouth Kids Like: 12X bucket list
Ladies and gentlemen of the Class of 2014, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Sophomore summer is officially underway. Whether you’re like me — taking astro, classics and developmental psychology — or slumming it in orgo, we’ve all been promised that this term, these 10 weeks, are different. Best term ever.
1. The Ledyard Challenge
Apparently there’s always one night during sophomore summer when one person decides to do it and gets their friends to join them, and then the friends each convince three people and each of those people brings more, and you get the picture. I am still awaiting that day, but hopefully it’ll come soon. Just don’t get poison ivy in uncomfortable places.
2. Off-campus m@s+erz
Seriously. For the sake of H-Po not arresting me and my housemates, I am not going to publish the full name here, but watch out **** ******** Street! Besides, outdoor pong is better than indoor pong when you have a backyard filled with tiki torches and a grill.
3. Shark Week party
Thanks to a friend who didn’t want to deal with the hassle of storage, my house is now blessed with her 40-inch TV. Besides the fact that I can now watch as much non-Netflix TV as I want from the comfort of my couch and not get judged by the people who used to judge my roommate and me for our weekly Jersey Shore viewings, it also means that I possibly have cable. I don’t have Internet yet, which sucks, but maybe Comcast will figure it out. If I do have cable, there is no way I will NOT be hosting a Shark Week party. Shark Week is the best week of the year!
4. Go to the shooting range
I love going to shooting ranges. Not because I am a crazy mass murderer in training, but just because guns are fun. Unfortunately, I only know how to shoot handguns and I don’t think I have the proper Safety and Security certifications to go to the range sans supervision. Will somebody in Bait and Bullet please take me under their wing?
5. Finally do that circuit
With mocktails, of course. Remember, Psych 25, mocktail hour starts at 4 p.m. Get ready to rage!
6. Ledge jumping
The first time I jumped into a body of water from a high-up location was six years ago, and technically I didn’t jump. I fell from a cliff into the Adriatic Sea, and it was terrifying, and I haven’t done it since. The ledges seem a little tamer, so I figure it’s a good place to start to find my inner adventurer.
7. Have a birthday party when all my friends are here
For all the summer babies on campus (and there are a lot of us!), this will be the FIRST time in our lives when we get to celebrate a birthday during school. Kids at my high school wore tiaras and got their lockers decorated, but all we got were Facebook posts and a random smattering of our friends who weren’t out of the country or at summer camp. Move over, September to June kids — it’s our time.