Belk Residence Hall
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Belk Residence Hall is the largest dormitory at Davidson and the only one that TIPsters occupied at TIP every year but '04. It has 6 floors: a basement, sub-basement, a main level, and three stories above that. Each Floor has an east and west wing, except the basement which only has a east wing. The sub-basement is not occupied by TIPsters; it contains only a computer lab and an ice machine.
Belk is unique among TIP residence halls in that it has air conditioning.
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[edit] Basement
Occupied by two RC groups, the basement is half the size of other floors. For this reason, it has only one lounge. During TIP '05, it was occupied by two male groups during both terms. In TIP '05, the basement's TV was absconded with for maintenance but not returned. This led to a group of guys on the hall making a run to the third floor, who recently had a new TV put in, and taking theirs. The group almost had the TV in and set up, in fact it was connected, when the kid holding it slipped and dropped it. The fuse blew to the whole building and scared the living shit out of those involved. The basement lounge is one of those that contains phones.
Edit by Logan Wall: The basement is also the location of the vending machines on campus, which proves to be a perk for those whose dorms are there, as they can access fresh caffeine earlier in the morning/later at night than anyone else
The building's little used Ice Machines are located in the Sub-Basement. Though TIPsters are not allowed there after on hall, it is fairly easy to sneak down there, relative to the other floors.
Edit by Mindy: During TIP '03, the basement was occupied by two girls groups. These girls often complained about the number of male "visitors" to their floor (due to the vending machines and a certain inhabitant of one of the rooms.) Most of these rooms have private little cabinets, and roughly half of the basement rooms have individual sinks.
Edit by Caitlin: You can get into the ceiling through the cabinet-y bits, by putting a dresser in front of it, climbing on top, and going on up. I found an empty Ben & Jerry's container in the ceiling. Also, the rooms have a tendency of smelling REALLY BAD. In addition to that, the sub-basement door is rarely (if ever) locked, and one can go down there any time. I did it twice. It is extremely boring down there. Oh yes, and the males who constantly invaded the basement were complete losers, and we dubbed them the "hall stalkers" (which was a rather nice title, considering what they could be called) and they were the ones that proved to us that Dottie should never be woken early. They came down at the unholy hour of seven A.M. and Dottie nearly murdered them.
Edit by Money: This is Aimee's, aka the Shebeast's floor. We all tried to avoid this floor whenever possible.
[edit] First Floor
During Tip 2003 term II, a first-floor male RC group under Becka purchased a CD by a child singer named Lura for five dollars at Ben and Jerry's. They subsequently played the CD so much that Becka actually confiscated the disc. They later lip synched Lura's hit single "You're Not Nice" in cowboy hats at the talent show.
Edit: Becka's RC group shared their side of the hallway with Tracey's all girl RC group. Chaos, Axe wars,and purse beatings by Satan Barbie ensued. A regular battle of the sexes. This was also the only co-ed floor in all of Belk.
This was also the floor where, during Term II 2003, GOD and Jesus came into being. Both were in Tracey's RC group.
There are only males on this floor.
Edit by Julianna: in 2008 both terms, there were two girl RC groups, Jenna and Kelly.
[edit] Second Floor
During Term II 2005, the second floor of Belk was the home of a group of pyro/goth/punk girls who scared anyone who dared enter their domain. If someone, especially a guy, walked past the room where said girls generally hung out, he ran the risk of being yelled at, "GET OFF OUR FLOOR, STALKER!" and chased away. These girls (I was considered one) were mainly all in the same RC group (Brooke's) and spent most of their time in the room shared by Teagan Mullins and Steph LaRue. They could be incredibly terrifying, and more then once attacked people with stillettos and/or duct tape.
The window at the end of the second floor hallway was used to dispose of things for the general amusement of those in the dorm, and those below. Both a skirt and a box of "Calming Pills" made it out of the window. The calming pills were later retrieved, and, unfortunately thrown away because they were infested with ants. The author of this segment didn't get the chance to see the high ants because they were biting her, so, she threw the box away.
This is also the floor where a sexual assault occurred. A girl ran into the bathroom thinking the guys who were after her wouldn't follow her in, even though they did. This incident is rumored to be one of the reasons for the new Visitation Policy.
[edit] Third Floor
Third floor, AKA the party floor's, popularity was evident by it's lounges. At any time before lights out (and often after) you could walk in, ask how many people in the lounge actually lived on this floor, and out of 10 people, maximum 2 would raise their hands. Outside of the lounge would be the hugging group, peanut butter and his friends, and the areas of NonTiproppriate Disneyland Gone Wrong Conversations, which usually included Money & Daniel, the reigning King & Queen of creating interesesting conversations.
The third floor is mainly a girl's floor, but during TIP 2007 it was coed. The third floor is a floor of awesomeness and coolness. During TIP Term 1 2008, it was home to Daniella's Princesses, including Roman's Harem. This was a term of much drama and bitch-slapping, a generally great term.
[edit] Fourth Floor
The Stinkiest Floor of All. Beach balls, waterguns, John completely ignoring his RC duties to play computer games, and Bubble Boy. Needless to say, this was an all male floor. (Geoff's Rag 05! Hellz yeaw!)
In Term II 2009, the Fourth Floor was universally agreed to be the craziest and most fun hall. As home to both Sam's and Emily's RC groups (the two awesomest female RC groups), it could pretty much be guaranteed that, at any point in time, something insane was going on up there. Whether it was drawing on each other's legs, painting the boy's fingernails, or listening to Zoi (A hardcore liberal from Atlanta) and her roommate Caitlin (a hardcore conservative from southern Texas) debate for hours, the party was upstairs, and it was worth ALL THE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS to get to it.
The Fourth Floor housed Zoi Rosado and Caitlin May, the unstoppable roommate pair. On a Facebook photo of the two of them, Amanda Yang (Panda) was quoted as saying "...apparently, they're like legends." Both girls were attractive, quick-tempered, violent, and permanently hyped up on caffeine. The rest of Sam's RC group was similar, with Garrison, Amanda, Eliza, JoAnn, Sarah, Lauren, Molly, Caitlin, Zoi, Lexi, Rachel, and Emily participating in crazy hijinks, like stalking blue-eyed nerd guys (Caitlin, Molly, and Lauren) and harassing the many unwelcome male visitors to their floor. More than once, certain members of the Fourth Floor would be caught spending inordinate amounts of time in the basement in the hopes of seeing Andrew Thompson, a blue-eyed nerd boy on whom half the girls at TIP had crushes. (Caitlin May later deemed this annoying horde "The Following," shortly after she formally renounced her desire for a relationTIP with said boy and resorted to calling him "big-headed" and "egotistic." It was rumored that the two HAD a relationTIP. Caitlin denies this.)
Despite the apparent anarchy, the RC's were actually strict enough to keep everyone safe, alive, and intact, despite the devastating numbers lost to TIP flu.
