Editing Traditions

There are countless '''traditions''' here at TAMS, and by creating this page, we're counting on future generations to keep them alive. Don't fail us.

== Academics ==
* Running to [[seminar]] so that [[Eric L. Gruver|Gruver]] doesn't yell at you
** "Early is on-time, on-time is late"
*Card swipes (and frantically telling friends that [[Melissa Minick|Melissa]] is standing threateningly at the entrance with the menacing black box and laptop in her hands)
*Cramming onto the [[Discovery Park|D-Park]] bus
**Which is especially unfortunate for the sad, sad [[Computer Science + Computer Engineering Track|CS track]] people during the hot, hot summers
*Skipping bio to escape the pain that is known as [[Courses#BIOL 1711|Crossley]] Lectures
**You didn't hear this from us
*Getting caught by Kit or Sydney skipping class (bad idea)
*Sneaking back into CS after Kit comes for exit checks

== McConnell Hall ==

=== Wing Shenanigans ===

*[[After-Curfew Food Run|After curfew food runs]] with wing
*Wing shirts
*Staying in your [[Senior Mentor|senior mentor]]'s room past Room Time
*Sleepovers in that one friend's room that has a rug
**Sleeping in a friend's room because neighbors are too loud
**Sleeping in a friend's room because neighbors set something on [[Washing Machine Fire|fire]]
*Hanging out in the [[A200]] Wi-Fi corner after [[curfew]]
*[[Curfew]]

=== Just Club Tings ===
*"Hit me"
*[[Tabling]] and buying things even though we're all broke
* Wall of Salt
*[[Executive#Exec Selection|Exec season]]
**Bribing friends with printers to print your exec apps because they're due at 11:59 PM but curfew is at 11:00 PM and the [[Computer Lab|computer lab]] closes at 11:00 PM

=== McConnell Food ===

*[[After-Curfew Food|After curfew food]] (brought to you by none other than TCS, or [[TAMS Culinary Society]])
* Free food at the [[Front Desk|front desk]]
** Typically, this includes leftover food from school-wide [[events]]
*[[Abi Kumar]]'s post-bio-exam cookies (2019-2020)

=== Going Jim (Going to [[Pohl Recreation Center|Pohl]]) ===

* A flock of students migrating to Pohl's, usually in the evening
* Usual participants: [[James Yang]], [[Zachary Li]], [[Josh Wu]], [[Caleb Tian]], [[Daniel Xiao]], [[Dalbert Sun]], [[Vincent Virasin]], [[Kevin Zheng]]
* Going to [[Kitchen West]] afterwards

==Food==
<blockquote>''See also: [[Dining]]''</blockquote>
*Walmart / Razor Ranch / Sharetea runs
*Eating at the Taste, Oriental Garden (OG), Chipotle, or [[Denton Square]] for celebrations. Or just because you're sick and tired of eating the same dining hall food for weeks straight.
*Flocking to [[Bruce Hall|Bruce]] for breakfast after 8 AM bio
*Bruce Waffle Wednesdays
*Bruce's birthday celebrations every Wednesday
**And consequently, cake every Wednesday
*Trying Kerr Burgers at least once
*Treatin yoself with Kerr's free ice cream
*Stealing 20 servings of Maple's appetizers

==Miscellaneous==
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1723394904588579/ Texas Academy of Misplaced Stuff]
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/163858364322676/ TAMS W's] / [https://www.facebook.com/groups/296888370749331/ TAMS L's]. Or as I like to call it, The Duality of Man
*Running to CVS
*Halloween
**Free Insomnia Cookies
**Discounted Chipotle
**Wing trick-or-treating
**Bruce Haunted House
*Realizing that you forgot your ID when it's lunchtime and sneaking into dining halls by "borrowing" a friend's ID
*Watching movies with friends at the [[Business Leadership Building]] over the weekend
*TAMS Vans
**The godly vehicles that will take you to Walmart / Razor Ranch / Sharetea for Important Business, schools in Denton for volunteering, and Far Away Places for competitions
***Especially for those Far Away Places that take hours to drive to, your legs and back will start making you feel like a #grandparent. TAMS Vans aren't known for their spacious leg room, but the memories that persist in these cramped white vans outweigh back pain any day.
*Waiting for a laundry machine but having to (apologetically) take clothes out of the washer/dryer because dam you love hygiene

== See also==

*[[Lore]]

== External links ==

* Someone wrote their [https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279092/m2/1/high_res_d/1002727348-stride.pdf doctoral thesis] on TAMS traditions. Don't wanna study for exams? Give this a read.