> > So what do other schools do? I know about RPI's famous waiting line, which > has given rise to legends like the group of students who claimed first place > in line by pitching a tent the day after the Engineers won the 1985 NCAA > championship and camping out there for five or six months. An excellent > example of either spirit or desperation :-) > -- If I remember correctly, tents were not allowed (there is an overhang on the student union which provides some shelter). The legend that I heard goes as follows: Many of the student apartment complexes at RPI end with "wyck" in honor of the Dutch heritage of the area and the school's founder. Supposedly, one year some young genius (read: wiseass) created a structure out of balsa wood and plastic wrap and named it "Saranwyck." The only problem is that such a structure is highly flammable and it burned down...luckily without loss of life. Thereafter, tents were banned. Of course, as you get older the memory plays tricks. Perhaps it was just open flames that were banned. After the number of nights I spent on that damn line you'd think I would remember (word of advice to the up-and-coming....spending the night before a major exam on the hockey line is very ill-advised). Would a fellow RPI alum or student care to enlighten us? Jon Greene RPI '82 Cornell '84 [log in to unmask] Data General, Westboro, MA