What’s more important, college or the college experience? We all know those four years you spend working towards a Bachelor’s degree is a lot more than just classes and studying. The time you spend at Temple defines you not only as a student, but as a person. As diverse as the student body may be there are certain things that hold us together — for better or for worse.
1. You can remember the first time you tried (and failed) navigating the subway.
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You probably ended up somewhere far, far away from your destination.
2. TU-alerts don’t phase you anymore… a shooting on 18th and Berks? *shrugs*
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Sirens are your lullabies.
3. You get excited whenever a Temple commercial comes on… #TempleMade.
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It’s not just a campaign to you.
4. You live-tweeted the Temple Super Bowl commercial shamelessly.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP93MjbkoLU]
Because Temple really is > than your school.
5. As a freshman you probably made questionable decisions in one of the frat houses. I’m looking at you AEPi and Kappa Sig.
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What happens in freshman year stays in freshman year.
6. You know the scariest part of Temple is the squirrels.
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I once saw a squirrel carrying a bag of chips. I have yet to recover.
7. You have napped/smoked Hookah/sun bathed on Beury Beach.
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Suns out, guns out.
8. You refer to Beury Beach as “The Beach.”
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You don’t care if it’s only 60 degrees — you are hitting “The Beach” with an iced coffee in hand.
9. You have been completely grossed out in Gladfelter or Anderson. One word: cockroaches.
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Those buildings are black holes.
10. You remember the days of class skipping and day drinking… #RIPSpringFling.
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#BringBackSpringFling
11. You have attended a block party.
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Everyone’s Mexican that day.
12. You attended “THE” block party.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsA3Pn3ocO0]
Thousands of students on Park? What could go wrong?
13. You understand that going to a party on Park is accepting the fact you might not come back.
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Tell my parents that I love them.
14. You go to the party anyway #TurnUp.
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YOLO.
15. You have found a promotional flier under your door.
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Explain yourself.
16. You consider Richie one of your close friends.
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He knows your order. He has your back.
17. You never say The Draught Horse. it’s either “The Draft Horse” or “The Horse.”
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Only freshman say “The Draught Horse.”
18. You have destroyed your shoes in the basement of a party.
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And now you have designated “party shoes.”
19. You have drunkenly eaten at Munchies.
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Loaded fries = sex.
20. You know that Narnia is much more than a series by C.S. Lewis.
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Enough said.
21. To this day you don’t know who runs the non-Temple affiliated Twitter accounts.
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REVEAL YOURSELF, @TUGIRLPROBZ.
22. You remember when @TempleMakeouts made it on the front page of Metro.
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I’m sorry if this is you.
23. The homeless woman who has been “seven months pregnant” for two years has asked you for money.
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And you said no… we all have our limits.
24. You have survived an all-nighter at the tech…TGFS (Thank God For Starbucks).
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You are unstoppable with an espresso in hand.
25. You proudly flaunt the fact that you go to the best university in the world, as you should. GO OWLS.
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Because once a Temple Owl, always a Temple Owl.