150 THINGS NIP STUDENTS MUST DO BEFORE THEY GRADUATE

150 THINGS NIP STUDENTS MUST DO BEFORE THEY GRADUATE

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1. Watch a movie at the Champlain Cinemas.
*Champlain Cinemas closed before I knew they existed...

2. E-mail annoying chain letters to your friends in the hopes of having good luck.
*Dude, I stopped doing that...well, sort of... Ok, so maybe I did it once...

3. Rent a video from 'Cyclops' on Gormanville Road.
*Nope.

4. Complain about North Bay's transit system.
*Every bloody day.

5. Buy Dr. Marshall a tea and sit down to chat with him.
*Dr. Who?

6. Dance to Spirit of the West's Home For A Rest at The Wall.
*Hah! Done it.

7. Attend at least one keg party.
*I think I went to one in first year, when my ex came up to visit... Though, I had a 103 fever and early stages of mono, so I'm not sure it counts.

8. Spend a day on the hiking trails, taking time out for a picnic at the falls.
*Done! And with poetry reading none the less!

9. Make lame and thoroughly unoriginal jokes about Canadore students.
*I have to make them now, I might be one next year...

10. Stand in line for something.
*...Something, like OSAP? Books? Cafeteria food? Timmies? Getting on a bus??

11. Read, cover-to-cover at least one full issue of the North Bay Nugget.
*Only when I'm at work, and only when it's really, really, REALLY slow...

12. Read, cover-to-cover at least three full issues of The Hibou.
*...I've been published in at least 3!

13. Drink a green demon at The Wall.
*The wall is evil. The only good thing they make there is a gin and tonic

14. Actively promote and/or participate in at least one BACCHUS event.
*Not if my life depended on it. Besides, NSIAD should have been a BACCHUS event, but they shunned us.

15. Do some wild and crazy partying during Frosh Week (Bonus points awarded if you are an upper-year student who is NOT a Frosh Leader and you still do this!)
*No thanks. I left high school to get away from that crap.

16. Go to Fanny's and/or the Moe-Z-On-Inn.
*Fanny's. Twice.

17. Attend an event at the Capitol Centre.
*I've never actually attended one, but I've lit dozens.

18. Make rude, jaded, and completely justified comments about Dr. Hall's wretched multiple-choice exams (NOTE: Insert professor's name of your choice).
*Chow's. Professor Chow's. Yeesh.

19. Watch a North Bay Centennials game at Memorial Gardens.
*You mean the Skyhawks, and I cater enough of them that I'm sure I'd punch the forward in the face if I ever met him...

20. Dance on one of The Wall's speakers.
*I think I did that. I don't remember much of that night, though.

21. Watch Dazed & Confused, Half Baked, or Strange Brew after a long night at the bar.
*What about Fight Club or Flash animation on Mike's computer? That messes you up enough.

22. Ride every bus offered by North Bay Transit at least once (it does not have to be for the full route).
*Birchaven, Chipewa, Lakeshore, Junction, Downtown, Marshall, Campus Special, College. That leaves the North Highway, the Graniteville and the Ski Club. I think...

23. Walk down the crooked stairs while carrying your coffee on Monday morning.
*Ouch... done that a few too many times.

24. Eat some pizza from each of the pizza companies in North Bay.
*Pizza Hut, Pizza Pizza, 2-4-1, Toppers. Need Grecko's, Enzo's and... like, 7 others.

25. Watch an episode of each of The Simpsons, South Park, S Club 7 and The Drew Carey Show on the TV in Alumni Lounge.
*The alumni Lounge TVs don't play tv shows anymore, but I watched CNN on a TV in the Canadore lounge once.

26. Attend at least one university-related trip (NUSU, NUSAC, club trip, etc.)
*Going to Mattawa on Thursday.

27. Play at least one game of mini-putt at King Cone.
*Frosh Week.

28. Bitch about the price of books at the bookstore, proceed to buy your books there, and then never read them.
*...Shut up...

29. Take a ride with U-Need-A-Cab.
*Only company I trust.

30. Contend with the woeful computers in the Treehouse.
*Yup.

31. Get a job.
*Unfortunatly.

32. Thoroughly kick someone's ass in pool until losing the game because you scratch on the eight.
*Ouch! That would suck if I could play pool without looking like an epeliptic sloth...

33. Live in residence.
* times 3, and never, ever again...

34. Make faces to the surveillance cameras.
*hee hee hee...

35. Ask a professor for an extension on an assignment.
*...people don't do this?

36. Request for a room to be opened by security services.
*That's one of the main perks of being an SOS member

37. Visit the North Bay Public Library and sign out some
material.
*I went with Mads in first year, but I didn't get anything myself.

38. Read a novel - unassigned.
*Battle Royale, thanks Sarah!

39. Participate, in some fashion, in Shinerama.
*Done

40. Sign the Treehouse wall.
*I'm too scared too! But I will at the end of this year.

41. Mispronounce Al Carfagnini's last name.
*Car-fig-ni-ni?

42. Kiss a male/kiss a female.
*Done and Done!

43. Vote and/or run in a NUSU election.
*Voted, but you couldn't drug me into running.

44. Discover long-expired food in your fridge.
*...It was my roomate's (2nd year) fault, I swear!

45. Volunteer to be the DD.
*DD or DM? Either way, I suppose I should do it.

46. Attend a concert at The Wall and then make rude and completely irrational comments about how loud it is.
*The Trews Unplugged.

47. Join a club.
*...Nope, never done it. [/sarcasm]

48. Set off the book-alarm at the front of the library.
*It'll happen eventually.

49. When riding the bus, count the discrepancy between the number of beeps the driver enters and the number of people boarding at that time.
*Dude, someone else noticed that??!!

50. Lose an entire essay (or, better yet, GIS Project) when your computer dies.
*Part of an essay, and I cried for a good 45 minutes.

51. Send someone a birthday card without anyone having reminded you.
*...what about Christmas Cards??

52. Flippantly remark about the amount of campaign posters candidates put on the walls during Executive elections.
*Ok, that one girl really did look like a complete tramp!!

53. Visit the 'It Store' and laugh at some of the merchandise.
*Closed the it store, but a walk through Le Chateau usually puts me into fits of giggles.

54. Catch one of your professors in a drunken state.
*Borody.

55. Have an outdoor couch party in residence.
*Dude, that sounds awsome!

56. Live off-campus.
**looks around* Check!

57. Return to your high school and reminisce.
*Did it in first year. It made me depressed.

58. Purchase a product from one of the Canadore students when they do their sales practica.
*I don't think they do that any more... but I've bought things from the booths infront of the Hub.

59. Marvel at some of the designs at Hammerhead Creations.
*Hammerhead?

60. Contemplate getting a tattoo.
*got one, getting 1 more in April and another shortly after.

61. Attempt explaining to your friends who are attending a southern Ontario university how you are able to go from class to class within one minute.
*HAH! I'm a marvel amoung my people. Actually, some people don't believe me when I say that all of my classes are in one building.

62. Endure endless jokes about Nipissing from your friends who chose other universities.
*...What about my friends who GO to Nipissing?

63. Use your Interac card to purchase one small candy worm at Pal's.
*small lighter?

64. Make a PowerPoint presentation.
*Ugh... too many.

65. Participate in Winter Classic in an attempt to dethrone "The Regulators" as the drunkest team participating.
*couldn't pay me enough. Drunk + cold = Angry and possibly violent Sparky.

66. Get an irritating song stuck in your head for days on end.
*Big Balls by ACDC, and Ultimate Showdown by Lemon Demon.

67. Buy a CD at Star Trax or the Hock Shop.
*I bought a used DVD yesterday!

68. Play varsity and/or intra-mural sports.
*Uh... I don't think we still have any... That and I'm not allowed to play Volleyball because they have no place for rodeo clowns.

69. Kiss NUSU's ass. Have them kiss yours. Kiss theirs...etc.
*It's a never ending cycle of Ass-Kissing.

70. When an Arts & Science student, point out the irony that Education students, adept at blocking the hallways, will one day be getting children to line up in single-file in an orderly fashion. When an Education student, point out the irony that the Arts & Science students who are complaining will soon be blocking the hallways themselves!
*It's true! Alas, I may never be an Eddie.

71. Cheer on the Lakers during a home game.
*Lakers? Home game? Cheer? Buh?

72. Return a long overdue library book.
*I think the worst Late fee I've had was $10 for 1984.

73. Go to Casey's on your birthday with friends, family, or "that special someone."
*Went for Lissa's birthday. Never, EVER again.

74. Get Wayne to serve you in the cafeteria.
*Wayne?

75. Phone home for money.
*I try to do it sneakily...

76. Use video games as an excuse to procrastinate.
*FLASH!!

77. Sleep in through an 8:30 a.m. class.
*Yup

78. Sleep in through a 1:30 p.m. class.
* I've never had a 1.30pm class, but I've slept through a 5.30pm class.

79. Watch a movie at the Gateway theatre.
*Gateway? Don't you mean Galaxy?

80. Run around residence in your underwear or bathrobe.
*I did that every weekend. What? I did laundry!

81. Flash your neighbours.
*...Yeah. yeah.

82. Visit the Muskoka Campus in Bracebridge and make smart-ass remarks by comparing it to Santa's Village.
*Ewww! Bracebridge.

83. Swear at the folks in the Finance Office when waiting in line, but thank them profusely when they hand over your OSAP papers.
*Heard it done, never done it.

84. Slide spaghetti noodles through the walls in old residence houses.
*Dear God...

85. Run through the halls of Nipissing, yelling and screaming, when it is virtually empty.
*Not yelling and screaming, but singing loudly.

86. Mix your lights and darks in the washing machine. Better yet, mix lights and reds.
*Nice. I think I did that once.

87. Clean a toilet after vomiting in it.
*IN it. I have half-decent aim in that department.

88. Volunteer for a local event.
*Me? volunteer? ppft.

89. Walk through both Northgate and North Bay Malls without buying a damn thing.
*Several times!

90. Tell someone that you love him/her.
*Yes, and Yes, for better and worse.

91. Go to a formal and/or semi-formal.
*Never!

92. Recycle.
*Why? It all goes to the same place!

93. Cram for an exam the night before writing it.
*you're not supposed to?

94. Borrow a video camera from UTS and make a complete ass of yourself on video.
*Seen it done. FLOOR 5!!

95. Go see Sue Johanson at the Nipissing theatre and ask her to show you how to put a condom on.
*Ew.

96. Be the butt of the joke and laugh at yourself.
*Constantly.

97. Slip on the icy paths leading to school in the middle of the winter multiple times.
*In the same day.

98. Go commando, ensuring that your zipper is ALWAYS done up.
*Only once, while I was on rez, for about 2 minutes.

99. Exhibit school spirit.
*HAH.

100. Participate in one of the lame games on Fox 102 in the morning.
*Been there.

101. Sit down with a circle of friends to hold a lewd and disgusting conversation.
*Aka: lunch in the caf?

102. Visit the War Memorial.
*I'm sure I will soon..

103. Sign the Canadian Shield in bright colours down College Drive hill.
*I will in June.

104. Surf the 'Net for "artwork" while in the computer lab.
*...artwork? I always look for porn...

105. Eat wings at a North Bay location of your choice.
*I hate wings, but I had them at the moose once.

106. Tell off a professor who really deserves it.
*Hmm... I yelled at Dunn about Feminism once, but it was more a rant, and she thought it was funny.

107. Pierce something.
*Working on it.

108. Plan to make yourself a gourmet meal but settle for Kraft Dinner.
*Every weekend.

109. Do some serious soul-searching only to find...nothing.
*I already knew I had no soul... wait, what?

110. Have loud sex, annoying your roommates and/or neighbours.
*...never...*shifty eyes*

111. Summon up the courage to bang on the walls and tell off your neighbour/roommate to keep it down when s/he is having loud sex (Bonus points awarded if #111 occurs very soon after # 110).
*not while on Rez, but I did it on Thanksgiving vacation. Yeah, it was my sister, and yeah, I was scarred for life because of it.

112. Get caught in the act of staring at the person to whom you are attracted.
*...*blush*

113. Wait for hours in a North Bay emergency room.
*between myself and others, I've logged at least 12 hours so far.

114. Drag yourself out of bed at an ungodly hour of the morning to have breaky at The Highwayman.
*how about the Husky? while Hung Over?

115. Watch a porno and wonder aloud whether Kenny G supplied the soundtrack.
*...I usually watch them on mute... the sound is just distracting.

116. Set off the smoke alarms in a new residence house, preferably after everyone else in the house has fallen asleep.
*I HATE those people!!!

117. Call Much Dedications and dedicate "Shut Up and Sleep With Me," to someone who you know wants nothing to do with you.
*Nice. Nope, but I've dedicated "Head over feet" to Nathan on the Fox.

118. Go to bed after the sun comes up, and wake up after the sun goes down (on the same day, of course).
*First year exams.

119. Dress up as a member of the opposite sex.
*...not really that difficult.

120. Sing/chant/scream or otherwise vocalize the Nipissing Drinking Cheer.
*we have a drinking cheer?

121. Experiment...
*name it, I've probably done it.

122. Make comments to your fellow students about how much Dr. Plumstead resembles Albert Einstein.
*But it's so obvious!!

123. Sleep through a class after arriving to it on time (Bonus points if you do it during a test!)
*not through a test, but definatly through a lecture. While in the front row.

124. Wake up early (say, before 9:00 a.m.) and watch every episode of Sportsdesk on TSN until noon.
*Or every episode of TNG on Spike TV from 1pm until 7?

125. React to some bad news by proverbially 'shooting the messenger' instead of going to the source to make your feelings known.
*This is the motto of SOS!

126. Enjoy brownies that your mother would not approve of.
*...hee hee hee.

127. Console someone who did not get into Teachers' College.
*That'll be me.

128. Party with someone who got into Teachers' College.
*that'll be next year.

129. Sit around trying to think of something to do with your 3-year History Degree after you don't get into Teachers' College and are being consoled.
*funny how I can do more with a 3 year Lib. Arts degree than almost any other program...

130. Visit The Portage and Top Spot and laugh at the local wildlife.
*Who and the What now?

131. Learn more from one game of Trivial Pursuit than from a course that you just paid $700.00 for.
*Or Jeoparody? Or an episode of Star Trek? Or 3 hours of conversation with a liberal friend on one side and a conservative on the other??

132. Stick your foot in your mouth on more than one occasion.
*Done.

133. Find out who "The Ladies' Man" is and laugh at the cruel irony.
*??

134. Attend a Lakers' soccer game while hungover and heckle BOTH teams.
*Sounds like fun!

135. Take a cruise on the Chief Commanda.
*Eww...

136. Purchase something at Rebuilt Resources.
*Bad jeans and an ugly dress... maybe furnature someday, but I prefer Value Village.

137. Attempt to cut down a Christmas tree with a butter knife.
*That totally sounds like something Rhiannon would do...

138. Penetrate deep into Canadore territory (interpret this however you wish).
*...I've been to canadore class rooms... what else would you mean?

139. 'Acquire' restaurant accessories around North Bay.
*nice.

140. Don't bring or buy any cutlery - and leave at the end of the year with 3 full sets of it.
*yup.

141. Ride on one of the residence's moving carts.
*The residence's what's???

142. Act terminally lazy and ride the elevator to avoid going up/going down one flight of stairs.
*Done, usually after leaving rehersal

143. Spend some time in the new Athletic Facility, imagining much more creative names for it than the Nipissing University Students' Athletic Centre (NUSAC).
*I've spent time in there, but I thought it was the Something J. Surtees Gym?

144. Pay the graduation fee of $34.00, wondering why one should have to pay such a fee.
*Graduation fee? What about the transcript fees??

145. Go to the Psych Hospital...as a visitor.
*...or a patient?

146. React disgustedly to a piece of e-mail that someone sends you, then forward it to as many people as you know.
*Maybe not disgustedly, but angrily

147. Acquire an e-mail account other than the one that the school provides you.
*I have 2 other than the one at the school that I only check once a month...

148. Argue with someone just for the sake of arguing, even though you know your own point of view is quite ludicrous.
*Daily.

149. Exchange addresses with your roommates when they prepare to move out and then never write/call/e-mail them over the summer.
*Yup.

150. Sit around, wasting your time, creating pointless lists.
*I can one-up that... I ANSWER THEM!!!

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