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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.
 
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 ===
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== Academics ==
 
* Running to [[seminar]] so that [[Eric L. Gruver|Gruver]] doesn't yell at you
 
* Running to [[seminar]] so that [[Eric L. Gruver|Gruver]] doesn't yell at you
 
** "Early is on-time, on-time is late"
 
** "Early is on-time, on-time is late"
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*Skipping bio to escape the pain that is known as [[Courses#BIOL 1711|Crossley]] Lectures
 
*Skipping bio to escape the pain that is known as [[Courses#BIOL 1711|Crossley]] Lectures
 
**You didn't hear this from us
 
**You didn't hear this from us
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*Getting caught by Kit or Sydney skipping class (bad idea)
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*Sneaking back into CS after Kit comes for exit checks
  
=== McConnell Hall ===
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== McConnell Hall ==
  
==== Wing Shenanigans ====
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=== Wing Shenanigans ===
  
 
*[[After-Curfew Food Run|After curfew food runs]] with wing
 
*[[After-Curfew Food Run|After curfew food runs]] with wing
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*Sleepovers in that one friend's room that has a rug
 
*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 are too loud
**Sleeping in a friend's room because neighbors set something on fire
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**Sleeping in a friend's room because neighbors set something on [[Washing Machine Fire|fire]]
*Hanging out in the [[A200]] wifi corner after [[curfew]]
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*Hanging out in the [[A200]] Wi-Fi corner after [[curfew]]
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*[[Curfew]]
  
==== Just Club Tings ====
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=== Just Club Tings ===
 
*"Hit me"
 
*"Hit me"
 
*[[Tabling]] and buying things even though we're all broke
 
*[[Tabling]] and buying things even though we're all broke
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**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
 
**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 ====
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=== McConnell Food ===
  
 
*[[After-Curfew Food|After curfew food]] (brought to you by none other than TCS, or [[TAMS Culinary Society]])
 
*[[After-Curfew Food|After curfew food]] (brought to you by none other than TCS, or [[TAMS Culinary Society]])
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*[[Abi Kumar]]'s post-bio-exam cookies (2019-2020)
 
*[[Abi Kumar]]'s post-bio-exam cookies (2019-2020)
  
===Food===
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=== Going Jim (Going to [[Pohl Recreation Center|Pohl]]) ===
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* A flock of students migrating to Pohl's, usually in the evening
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* Getting mad gainz
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* Going to [[Kitchen West]] afterwards
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==Food==
 
<blockquote>''See also: [[Dining]]''</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>''See also: [[Dining]]''</blockquote>
 
*Walmart / Razor Ranch / Sharetea runs
 
*Walmart / Razor Ranch / Sharetea runs
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*Bruce's birthday celebrations every Wednesday
 
*Bruce's birthday celebrations every Wednesday
 
**And consequently, cake every Wednesday
 
**And consequently, cake every Wednesday
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*Trying Kerr Burgers at least once
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*Treatin yoself with Kerr's free ice cream
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*Stealing 20 servings of Maple's appetizers
  
===Miscellaneous===
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==Miscellaneous==
*[[Texas Academy of Misplaced Stuff]]
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1723394904588579/ Texas Academy of Misplaced Stuff]
*[[TAMS W's]] / [[TAMS L's]]. Or as I like to call it, The Duality of Man
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*[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
 
*Running to CVS
 
*Halloween
 
*Halloween
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**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
 
**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.
 
***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.
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*Waiting for a laundry machine but having to (apologetically) take clothes out of the washer/dryer because dam you love hygiene
  
 
== See also==
 
== See also==
  
 
*[[Lore]]
 
*[[Lore]]
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== External links ==
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* 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.

Latest revision as of 22:29, 8 November 2023

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[edit | edit source]

  • Running to seminar so that Gruver doesn't yell at you
    • "Early is on-time, on-time is late"
  • Card swipes (and frantically telling friends that Melissa is standing threateningly at the entrance with the menacing black box and laptop in her hands)
  • Cramming onto the D-Park bus
    • Which is especially unfortunate for the sad, sad CS track people during the hot, hot summers
  • Skipping bio to escape the pain that is known as 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[edit | edit source]

Wing Shenanigans[edit | edit source]

  • After curfew food runs with wing
  • Wing shirts
  • Staying in your 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 fire
  • Hanging out in the A200 Wi-Fi corner after curfew
  • Curfew

Just Club Tings[edit | edit source]

  • "Hit me"
  • Tabling and buying things even though we're all broke
  • Wall of Salt
  • 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 closes at 11:00 PM

McConnell Food[edit | edit source]

Going Jim (Going to Pohl)[edit | edit source]

  • A flock of students migrating to Pohl's, usually in the evening
  • Getting mad gainz
  • Going to Kitchen West afterwards

Food[edit | edit source]

See also: Dining

  • 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 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[edit | edit source]

  • Texas Academy of Misplaced Stuff
  • TAMS W's / 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[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

  • Someone wrote their doctoral thesis on TAMS traditions. Don't wanna study for exams? Give this a read.