Scranton University Tribute

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*Scranton University*

A short distance from the Scranton Campus,
Pedestrians can walk out of the dead of nights into Houses of the living.
In these houses, much like our churches, there is an open-door policy.
Come in Freshmen, you’re welcome.
Sophomores, you’re welcome.
Conservatives, Liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Catholics, Non-Catholics,
You are all welcome to dwell with the unrest and celebrate
The divine process of
Being Alive.
And every night of joie de vivre, including this Sunday,
We give thanks to the Lord for allowing the
Existence of Scranton to thrive with
Every Class knowing what it feels like to be a Royal.
And His response is found in the continuance of
these spirits, our fun campus, and the life
still cycling through our off-campus houses:
As it repeats,

You’re Welcome.

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Swarthmore College Tribute

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*Swarthmore College*

As part of its sesquicentennial celebration, Swarthmore College asked alumni to tell of this college in 150 words or less. A college founded by Quakers and opening its doors in 1869 for a society of engineers on a campus where Parrish Hall burned twelve years later only to Rise with the Phoenix in 1882 with paper in tow and publishing now for 133 years in a row. Swarthmore is a college that mocks trials with tribulations in the arts and sciences; debating, creating, and affiliating this name amongst the elite of the North…when this name is called its greatness comes forth with its contributions to scholarship and lives solidified in Garnet. But even counting the numbers it’s hard to enumerate what one hasn’t lived and even harder if you do relate to an experience no sum of words can communicate even with the sum of all numbers and words.

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Bucknell University Creative Piece

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*Bucknell University*

1,460 nights…or more…
Here we go.

***

1,460 nights of Bucknell…or more…
When these nights are up, we will be back for more.
On Homecoming weekends and to relive these weekends:
We’ll be comin’ ’round like an arc,
Cuz we can’t miss on BU after Dark.

And every day we rise—
We bask in the
Ray of Orange,
And our first task is to
‘Ray for the Orange,
This campus is louder than those other bleak schools,
Here it’s the Laws of Greece:

The Greek Rules.

Every other person at BU goes Greek,
And every other person can also speak,
To the Registers—and all the raging raves,
That the Greeks throw—that will go—to our graves.

The incoming Bison must defer the rush,
To settle on the house they prefer to rush,
Then Sophomore Year:
Out comes the lush.

Every student majors in Animal Behavior,
It’s studied every party—we need to watch our behavior,
To make sure things aren’t getting out of hand,
Such as stopping drinks or keeping shit from the fan.

Though the Bucknell Bison may act like animals,
The parties are actually well conducted,
Studying for the test instead of partying with the rest?
Bro,
You get Points deducted.

But we double major as a “Hidden Ivy,”
Even though by Monday, we all need an IV,
Because on Saint Catherine—you don’t need an ID,
So that term paper just might bleed a high D.

There are preps in the backyard of Houses flashin’ dolla’s,
Some say that Bros are dogs, but, girls, dogs can’t get pop their colla’s.
Come into the backyard and join the conversation
With Greeks and More Greeks who put us in conversation
With the best Greek Life of the Northeast,
But don’t take these words for it, come to 7th Street.

When the days trickle down to 100,
We count the nights down—
Till we’re in Cap and Gown.
But we lived it all down
to the very last night,
Don’t sleep on Bucknell,
We stay up all night.
We hope you’ll join us
and bad fits you just right…
And in keeping the tradition of Bid Day…
May we bid you many a
Good Night.

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West Chester University Creative Piece

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*West Chester University of Pennsylvania*

20 inches, and still no snow day?!
Talk about an injustice…
Skipping classes to chill with friends…
that’s Social Justice.

Bros claim to be
Vigilantes of panties,
They take what feels right
Into their own hands…
The girls say boys always stretch the truth,
True-Life Spinners,
That’s a Rubber Band Man.
Then Bros say with the boy/girl ratio abreast,
It is no wonder Asher loves this college,
With all this beauty you can’t help but pay homage.

While snowball fighting at the Quad, it’s been confirmed:
Today is a Snow Day,
And while the snow may keep us out of class,
Miss tonight’s parties? There ain’t no way.

You can find us Ramming Barnaby’s,
Ram’s Head, House Parties,
Rams Fed—More Parties
than all other
Universities;
Up the streets of Walnut, South High,
So High,
Blazed up—
To the sky,
That Purple Haze—
Kiss the Sky,
And up the streets
The Gold rides by,
Mix them both together
We Ridin’ High
As Chester Rams
Till the day we die;
But in these streets—
We immortalized.

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Bloomsburg University Tribute

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*Bloomsburg University*

Let out your Inner Husky.
Because there will be no better time.
There will be no better place.
Everywhere we are is the place to be.
And every square foot of these 282 acres
Is your home,
So come out and play.

There is a Block Party taking place.
And after our release to attack 54 undergraduate majors
and 20 graduate programs,
Thousands of Huskies, including many representatives of the 250+ student organizations on campus
Have now been Unleashed onto the street.

Some complain in fear of the carnage that ensues every April;
while others see the Huskies Unleashed as a call to come out.
Do not run from the animal inside.
No, not when there are Huskies who play together,
Feed on one another, and even scattered on the street—
Stick together…
Proving that college is the best chance to grab life’s fetters and
Fully Let Go.

These Huskies’ reckless release has made it quite safe for everybody to say,
Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania is the place to Be
You.

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Juniata College Tribute

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*Juniata College*

As the freshmen
Storm the Arch that is guarded by
The Champions of Juniata College,
Their objective is not only to pass through…
But to make it to the other side.

To stand with Juniata’s caretakers who have
Climbed the Mountain,
Left fests stuffed as Lobsters,
And enjoyed the many traditions
of a campus just small enough…

That everywhere is one big party.

A school that
spreads with togetherness
further than any university.
A first-generation
Uni-Family
That lives in family traditions like
Madrigal, Springfest, and a daily theme
of All Class Night where everyone is welcome
To join at a family table which many weren’t able.

So as these freshmen try and surely fail to make it past the arch,
And the alumni and Eagle vets
Laugh as they fall face-first in the mud,
They are not laughing because the newbies failed,
They’re laughing because they know the joke
Is on themselves…

For these freshmen have already won.

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Widener University Tribute

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*Widener University*

Mr. DeMille,
We’re ready for our close-up.
In the scene of Chester,
Unrehearsed emotions have directed motions
That go on to award Wide Pride.

75% of our students volunteer and service
with the objective of civic engagement—
Targeting a better wellness outside and inside…

In the gap of places untapped:
This
Is the Widener

Unbundling

A sound traveling from
and outside the system of
P.A.
Amplified to reach
The world
With this resonating space
Residing from

One University Place.

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Villanova University Tribute

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*Villanova University*

Our Augustinian vision remains clear,
Blue as the lakes, white as a dove,
Spreading peace around the East,
with

True Unified Love

Firm foundations that lend outreach,
Advancing stronger with every club,
Seeking more bread to feed the world,
with

True Unified Love

Fighting breast cancer with team awareness,
In effort as one in this healing hub,
Together we turn to stand and Face AIDS,
with

True Unified Love

It takes a village to raise a child,
To help a young life come to bud,
When you speak of the place where someday they’ll grow,
Tell them of

True Unified Love

In St. Thomas of Villanova Church,
Our prayers—ring from above,
What He grants is found below:

True Unified Love

In the Pavilion where the Wildcats run,
Our cheers—ring from above,
This arena is packed from front to back
filled with

True Unified Love

An elite program & national title:
Was brought by a bona fide shove;
Now it remains, forever engrained,
met with

True Unified Love

~ ~

Victory, Virtue, Valiance:
What Villanova is made of,
But the most valued component…
is

True Unified Love

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Villanova University Tribute

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*Villanova University*

Our Augustinian vision remains clear,
Blue as the lakes, white as a dove,
Spreading peace around the East,
with

True Unified Love

Firm foundations that lend outreach,
Advancing stronger with every club,
Seeking more bread to feed the world,
with

True Unified Love

Fighting breast cancer with team awareness,
In effort as one in this healing hub,
Together we turn to stand and Face AIDS,
with

True Unified Love

It takes a village to raise a child,
To help a young life come to bud,
When you speak of the place where someday they’ll grow,
Tell them of

True Unified Love

In St. Thomas of Villanova Church,
Our prayers—ring from above,
What He grants is found below:

True Unified Love

In the Pavilion where the Wildcats run,
Our cheers—ring from above,
This arena is packed from front to back
filled with

True Unified Love

An elite program & national title:
Was brought by a bona fide shove;
Now it remains, forever engrained,
met with

True Unified Love

~ ~

Victory, Virtue, Valiance:
What Villanova is made of,
But the most valued component…
is

True Unified Love

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Saint Joseph’s University Tribute

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*St. Joe’s*

Magis is a math tutor in LaFarge taking a break from Statistics,
to ask her pupil how his day went…then encouraging him and herself
to give more.

It is a junior on the basketball team who suffers a career-ending
injury, thereupon the changing of his life’s direction:
Continues to be cheered on.
‘Cause whenever classmates are down and out,
The Hawks Come Flying In.

St. Joe’s is where we root for the team,
As Hawks sail the Atlantic with routine.

Where even after leaving Hagan in defeat,
With the clock set on zeroes:
Each player will know we still care.

When stars like Jameer have fallen behind,
On & off the court we will still pull Nelson
To a better place that concerns the whole person,
In a strong hold to support the full Nelson.

The crestfallen receive full care,
Until they are ready to perch the sky,
And with this care crossing over to Heaven:

The Hawk Will Never Die.

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