I am a freshman at
Illinois State University and am almost finished with my first year at this
school. Throughout the year, I have encountered many things that one can only
experience while attending ISU. I have created a blog that compiles several of
these things including real tweets from ISU students’ twitter feeds regarding
their encounters at ISU, and some videos made by students themselves. Even if
you do not have a twitter account, you will be able to relate to your fellow
students’ experiences and encounters at the university. Enjoy!
Invasion
of the Squirrels
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Students do not run this campus; the
squirrels do
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Typical student/squirrel interaction
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The squirrels here are the size of rats
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We are afraid of the squirrels;
squirrels are not afraid of us
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PARTY ROCK ANTHEM
@ILSTU
probz: That awkward moment
when you're at unofficial and tell people you go to ISU and they sing the party
anthem... #killme #ILSTUprobz
@ILSTU probz : Don't lie... when you heard LMFAO start
singing at halftime you thought of the ISU anthem and wanted to die #ILSTUprobz
ELEVATORS…
@jenniferxxlyn: Spending 2 hours getting stuck in the elevator instead of
going to class #ilstuproblems
@ashmccarth:
Stuck in my first elevator with @jenniferxxlyn #ilstuprobz
@jonesy:
14 minutes is too long to wait for anything..especially an ELEVATOR #ilstuprobz
@Br00ke:
BOTH elevators in whitten are broken…#typical #ilstuprobz
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Spending more time
waiting for elevators than sitting in class
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What is Fools Fest?
@ILSTU
probz: Unofficial is the
only time I start to think, "Wow... I really did screw up."#ilstuprobz
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ISU trying to
replicate U of I’s Unofficial with “Fools Fest”
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ISU trying to
replicate it 2 years in a row
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ISU failing miserably
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Southside Problems…
@mirandaX3: #Southside #ilstuprobz
@Brooke: Southside is
colder Antarctica @ILSTUprobz
@Tricia : gotta love waking up in the morning only to find cockroaches
in your bathroom.. #Southside @ILSTUprobz
@Rachel : Anyone else find it
hilarious how many times a day people scare the crap outta eachother walking in
& outta the bathroom? @ILSTUprobz
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Southside is older
than my parents….and most likely older than their parents
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Instead of worrying
about studying or getting enough sleep to wake up for our 8 AM, we worry about
not getting eaten by cockroaches in our sleep
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This is a typical morning in a Southside
lounge
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Getting
bored on a Saturday night and throwing lounge furniture out the windows
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Potter Mania
@Cait: Almost ran into some girls quidditch stick
that was protruding out into the walk way. #wtf @ILSTUprobz
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More Quidditch players
on the quad than students
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This is Ilstu, not
Hogwarts
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Al Bowman is not
Dumbledore
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Going into the quad to
study but spending the entire time watching Quidditch instead
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We all know him….
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No comment…
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Burnin’ Down the Bone
Dana: Spring break should just start now since our
schools burning down, right? @ILSTUprobz #reallythough
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Why
you’ll Never Eat at Subway Ever Again
@Amanda: kid put salt and pepper on my subway pizza
instead of parmesan cheese. #REALLY?! @ILSTUprobz
@Juliane: soo hungry but dining ctr. isn't open and i
don't wanna use up all my flex dollars at #subway #ilstuprobz #hungryAF
@ILSTU
probz: #Thingsthatpissmeoffinthemorning The fact that I walk downstairs at 8am
and the smell of subway makes me gag #ILSTUprobz
@Katie: Living in Atkin, aka the only dorm that you
can not buy drunk Subway at, SUCKS. Another reason they are knocking this down?@ILSTUprobz
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ULID Problems…
@Lindsey : Getting an email every day for a week to
change your ULID password... #ILSTUprobz @ILSTUprobz
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Nomnomnomnom
@Sami: Pointless salad=dressing
soup #thankswatterson
#ilstuprobz
@Jenny: Watterson should get escalators to replace the
stairs at the dining court I come to eat not work out. #lazytweet @ILSTUprobz
@Katie: when mashed potato bar is
more of a holiday than valentines day @ilstuprobz
@ILSTUprobz: Mashed potato bar gets reckless #ilstuprobz
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Oh you didn’t get into the classes you wanted?
@Michelle: That awesome moment when you're not going to
get any of the classes you need next semester... @ILSTUprobz
@Emily: Can't wait to pick out classes, everything my
adviser told me to take is full... @ILSTUprobz
@AnnMarie: Haven't registered yet. Already need
overrides. 59 credit hours with a 2.6 gpa. #ilstuprobz @ILSTUprobz
@Amanda
: can i just get
through ONE registration period without running into a million different
registration blocks @ILSTUprobz #annoyed
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Let’s
do Laundry !
@ILSTU probz: Suuper happy I spent 4 dollars trying to dry my clothes and
they are STILL wet #ILSTUprobz
@catherine: and once again, the driers here at watterson
do a great job of not drying my clothes. @ILSTUprobz
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Classy
Kids:
@Paganoooooo : @ILSTUprobz Campus is dead at 8:31am on a Friday.
Minus all of the shackers finding their way home #ilstuprobz.
@ILSTU
probz : Weather confused
sluts in ass shorts and ugg boots. It's only 50 degrees ladies. #ilstuprobz
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I
didn’t know this was a Catholic school?
@Brianna: It’s warm outside so that only means one
thing…the Jesus man is back on the quad screaming at everyone @ILSTUprobz
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Jesus man screaming at
students that U of I’s students are better than ISU’s students in terms of
being preached to
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Skipping a meal at
Watterson in hopes of avoiding getting screamed at by Jesus man
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Cig City Bitch
@jenniferxxlyn: I LOVE getting ashed on by random smokers
first thing in the morning! #ilstuprobz
@rachhhzz: my teachers glare at me because I reek of
smoke every day…I don’t smoke...unlike every other student at this school #ilstuprobz
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If students spent all
the money they do on cigarettes on their tuition instead, we’d all have free
rides
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I
LOVE RESNET!
@Teresa: Why does ISU suck at internet connections??
Since when are there dead spots where you can't connect? #aggrivated @ILSTUprobz
@Mrs. Chanandler Bong: Is Schroeder playing a sick joke on us by
making the internet suck?@ilstuprobz
@Joey: @ILSTUprobz when u try to connect to the Internet in
Milner and it doesn't work #Ilstuprobz #zzz
@Danielle: i LOVE when Watty's internet decides to go
out EVERY FIVE MINUTES, in the middle of my ONLINE math homework..#ilstuprobz
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Seeing this out my window every day really motivates me to work out!
@Lindsay: Fourth ambulance of the day outside the
rec! #ilstuprobz
@LikeMike: I seen more ambulances this semester
than I have my whole life…and all of them just happen to be outside the Rec #ilstuprobz @ILSTUprobz
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SHIT ISU STUDENTS DON’T SAY
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Some clever ISU students made a video
collaborating a series of things ISU students will never say
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Some of the phrases, as well as the
video itself, are listed below
“I heard our
football teams gonna kill it this year”
“Hey, wanna go to Occupy?”
“You want to just walk downtown tonight?”
“I got into U of I, but I came here for the school
spirit”
“The layout of Watterson is genius”
“Where’s there a subway around here?”
“Parties at the Island never get busted”
“I found the G spot”
“Let’s just go to Pub one tonight”
“I gotta learn this fight song for the game
tomorrow”
“Fools Fest: way better than Unofficial”
“I haven’t seen a crime alert in like 2 days”
“I love Blackboard!”
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