Duke Marine Lab
From the unofficial Duke TIP Wiki
It's not a rumor. I was at the marine lab when I was a second year, and then went to East Term II 2006 as a third year.
The Marine Lab has five dorms which are referenced by number. Dorm 5 is the only dorm that is large enough to have two RAGs in it, which are referenced as 5 East and 5 West. The dorms are only one story and each room has three beds(but not necessarily three TIPsters). They are also air-conditioned. The marine lab has only one term.
The campus boundaries enclose an area as large as the East campus, despite having less than half the number of TIPsters (between 50 and 150), most of which is outdoors. Amazingly, we are actually allowed to climb trees there. There is only one laundry room behind Dorm 3 that is used as both a laundry room and as a common room. The visitation policy is that we aren't allowed in a dorm that isn't ours. Also, TIPsters don't use keys at all because everything is unlocked (unless someone is changing). All the RAGs have RAG night on the same night.
Quadfest is noticably different at the Marine Lab. Every RAG competes on its own team and each TIPster and RC has a shirt to decorate for Quadfest. The RAG's choose themes, such as "Rock Star Pirates" or "Air Dorm" to be known by instead of having colors. Quadfest starts with having the teams break up into pairs and rotate through several different small events like making tinfoil boats to hold weight or sliding down a soapy piece of plastic to knock over pins. Later, the RAG reunites for the kinds of events found on East campus. The only events that were exactly the same were the Boat Race and the Cheer.
At some point in the second week, I think on Friday, the Marine Lab has a "Pink Day". There is also a "Green Day"...which may or may not have anything to do with the band.
There are also no places off-campus that fourth-years can walk to in their free time, but the classes go to the research pond, mudflats, and Carrot Island.
Because of the small population, the termbook has two pages for every RAG and class and includes contact information. ~Anna
THE GREAT ROOF HIDEOUT of 2006
This happened on the middle of the term on Rut AKA the 10 P.M. Nazi's Rag. About eight of the twelve members of the Rag decided that they would go on the top of the roof to look at the stars. After they were there for several hours, one of the RCs spotted them. Four of the eight were able to get back into the rooms without getting caught, but one of them were caught. The other three jumped off of the roof and began to play hide and seek with the RCs. Meanwhile, several RCs came inside Rut's hall to find the four that were able to get in, but they were unsuccessful. Instead, they rudely woke up the four that were sleeping while this was going on. Eventually, they were caught when most of the staff of the Marine Lab was summoned to capture the fugitives. The four people that were caught had to call their parents. However, their parents seemed rather proud of their sons, not angry at all. ~Seokmin
Actually, they have "Festuary" NOT quadfest, and in '07, everybody was divided into groups randomly, with Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green teams. At the marine lab, only 4th years are permitted to stay awake all night the last night, and in '07 the fourth year girls lost this privelege after a shaving-cream battle on the quad that resulted in the destruction of the OSC's laptop computer. This sucked, as the two fourth year guys had to stay up by themselves. The marine lab is no where near as awesome as TIP East, despite air conditioning and beaches.
