Appalachian State University
From the unofficial Duke TIP Wiki
Nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, ASU is perhaps one of the more idyllic TIP campuses. Though one should still pack a fan when preparing for the term, the elevation accounts for the huge temperature difference in ASU and Duke. Considerably smaller than East or West --only five floors of one dorm are used to house students - the TIPsters who attend ASU believe it to be the best TIP experience possible. Because, it truly is... Cone is the dorm of "choice" for TIPsters, and has been for many years. Some of the more famous RC's include Jeff, Aimee, Case, Claire, and Ann Marie.
Though the cafeteria food is not fit for pigs to live off of (it has oft been compared to Syphillis), one may be able to survive off the numerous coffee shops and resteraunts on King Street (a toned down version of Ninth Street). Macadoos, an infamous bar-type resteraunt, houses many an RC Group Night. The Mellow Mushroom is famous for it's heavenly pizza, and HUGE portion sizes.
Compared to East, there are very few traditions at TIP ASU, however, the existing traditions are taken very seriously and are oft screamed about when broken (see: PITfest not on the Quad '07, moving out of Cone for TIP '08). Opposite Day is one of the few traditions that ASU has... in reality it is "cross-dress day" in which many TIPsters switch clothes and confuse the other campers at ASU with their attire. (There's actually four or five days dedicated to this sort of thing at ASU, which includes Cross-Dress Day, Twin Day, Celebrity Day, Decade Day, and tohers. It various from year to year). It often takes at least 3 days to prepare for opposite day, and very few TIPsters don't dress up. Another popular tradition is staying up and partying on the last night... TIPsters often visit the dollar movie to see an old (and usually bad - for example one might rather spend a night on the John than have to sit through the pain of watching Fever Pitch for an hour and a half) movie for $1.25. Although, they do have the option of staying in the dorm instead of seeing the horrible $1.25 film, which is what many "SMART" TIPsters do. PITfest, held the second Saturday or (Sunday in 2006) of term, is the Summerfest and Quadfest of ASU. The teams as of 2006 were black, blue, green, and red. The black team claimed victory this year, winning the cheer section by a long shot. The PITfest games consist of Ultimate, Cheesy Poof Face, Dizzy Bat, Jell-o Snarfling, and Tug-of War. In 2003, the "TIP Phantom" terrorized the various inhabitants of TIP; it was said that various other fiends had visited ASU in the past. During the week of PITfest, teams recieve points for dressing up on certain days. A Twin Day is held most years, as is a Sports Day. The most popular of these days is Opposite Day, which involves a whole lot of boys in a whole lot of make up, and countless fake boobs. The 4th years write their Last Will and Testament to be published in the oh-so-sought after Term Book. A controversey of sorts erupted when, lo and behold, many of the Last Wills were edited unbeknownst to the authors.
The ASU dances are loved and dreaded events. Though the themes are creative, the TIPsters are forced to crowd into Cone Lobby or stand outside on the Cone Porch. As both areas do not contain the population of TIP ASU, the dances are rather uncomfortable situations for all who do no wish to grind on the dance floor (TIP-appropriateness is VERY downplayed at ASU, and TIPsters there are not complaining). Unlike East, the last dance is traditionally held on the last night in a rented party hall near campus, Legends -- the ASU talent show takes place the last Thursday (or Friday in 2006) of term.
Oh, there are also classes there. The most popular of these consist of: Psychology (with Mike Tye and his Jedi Mind Tricks), Philosophy (which used to be with Grisha and Rosa, sadly they could not return this year) Wonderwarts* (From Wonderland to Hogwarts), Geology (nothing short of Hell), and of course... the math classes.
- Term I 2007 finally wised up, though, and started going by "Wonderhogs." To help the older, more experienced TIPsters make the switch, one Wonderhog, Jared, would shout "WONDERHOGS!!!" at the top of lungs every time thw Wonderhogs headed to their classroom.
Like any other TIP campus, ASU features Ultimate Frisbee as its most endeared sport. Some of it's most famed players include: Stephen Stradley, and David Cano, Daniel Lee, Scott Brockman, and Spencer Wilson.
ASU also has one of the best Unions in all of TIP. It's got several functional pool tables, a couple of stand-up video games, a racing games, a DDR machine, a Solarium (which is a big room with fountains and trees made make feel happy and cooled off), a coffee shop, and a little convience store that sells cookies and candies and smoothies (oh, my). The other campuses wish that they had a union like ASU's.
