Traditions

From Conner 2

Revision as of 01:00, 19 February 2007

Apple Bake

Burton Conner hosts an annual Apple Bake, where dorm residents are encouraged to submit all manner of apple pies, cobblers, sculptures, mac and cheese, and whatever creative, original apple recipes they can think of. The BC housemasters and some of the GRTs get to taste all the food and award prizes in different categories (such as dessert, entrée, appetizer, and so on). The home floor of the contest winners is awarded a cash prize for their general floor fund. Conner 2 does Apple Bake hardcore. In fact, our floor shirts sport a "Varsity Apple Bake logo." We're often responsible for a ridiculously disproportionate percentage of Apple Bake entries. And then we win an equally disproportionate percentage.

Birthdays

Someone bakes you a cake, and then someone else has to stuff a piece of it down your throat. A good time is had by all.

Floor Boards

Sometime after the end of an academic year, the floor historian selects photos and momentos to display on a large piece of cardboard. Generally, they are embarrassing or unflattering shots, but we put them up anyway. Many floorboards from years past line the hallways of Conner 2.

Freshmen Dinner

On most floors, the freshmen dinner occurs when the upperclassmen of the floor take the freshmen out to eat to welcome them to the group. On Conner 2, the freshmen dinner is a bonding experience when all of the freshmen are forced to cook dinner for the upperclassmen instead.

Secret Santa poems

Sometime during the last week of the fall semester before finals, Conner 2 throws its annual "Conner 2 non-denominational politically correct winter festivities dinner," which is so named really just for the fun of it, since it comes complete with its very own "Secret Santa" tradition that no one ever complains is politically incorrect. Go figure.

Anyway, the holiday dinner is just a chance for C2 residents to unwind, eat good food, and exchange gifts just before finals. Dress is "whatever you feel like five minutes before dinner starts," which means is varies from underwear to full formal attire. No joke.

There's an additional tradition related to our Secret Santa exchange. You see, instead of just writing the recipient's name on the gift (how boring would that be?!), the Secret Santa is responsible for writing a poem about the recipient. That way, when the entire floor is assembled, someone picks up a gift, reads the poem with dramatic flair, and presents it to the appropriate floor resident, usually after much laughter/embarrassment/floor bonding. The recipient opens the gift (which is often followed by even more laughter, embarrassment, and bonding) and then chooses the next poem to read. And so on.

As you can imagine, these poems can get…creative? Amusing? Inappropriate for reposting on the Internet? Luckily for you, dear reader, some of this year's Secret Santa poems have actually been approved for just that. You can read them on our resident's page.

Senior Dinner

A semi-formal affair including a nice meal, held near the end of the Spring term. The seniors are given humorous gifts to commemorate their four years on Conner 2 and, in turn, make out Last Wills and Testaments to bequeath knowledge and experiences onto the younger generations.

Senior Breakfast

For one day and one day only, seniors cater to the rest of the floor by cooking everyone breakfast.

Singing Badly

This is a common trait among residents. It manifests for each birthday on the floor.