There’s way more to being a Red Fox than just paying thousands of dollars a year and wearing red and white on game day. These 15 things are signs that you’re truly a student at Marist College. Most, if not all, of these totally apply to you. If you say they don’t, then you’re clearly at the wrong college or you simply have not ~LIVED~.
1. You complain about P-Ridge pizza but eat it anyway.
OBVIOUSLY because it’s the only thing open late at night! But maybe you secretly really like the Chicken Bacon Ranch. You’d never admit it.
2. You have Instagrammed a picture of the sunset over the Hudson at least twice.
Just to remind your enemies how ~*beautiful*~ your campus is. You also mention how this is literally the view from your dorm. #MyCampusIsPrettierThanYours
3. You spent at least $100 on taxis last semester.
You’re not looking to walk down the mean streets of Po-town at night. You also aren’t looking to try to navigate parking at Marist. Don’t even get me started on parking.
4. Your Snapchat story has had a groundhog in it at least once.
If you’re like I am, the story consists of you trying to pet the groundhog and then watching it run away. You've also probably heard the story about the groundhog with rabies that was on campus once. Classic.
5. You still have flashbacks to freshman dorm fire alarms being set off at 3 a.m.
Because the drunk girl on your floor decided to become Chef Gordon Ramsey and cook some Mac’ n’ Cheese at the asscrack of dawn. Bonus: During those fire drills, you huddled with friends and complained. Some of your friends were wrapped in blankets, others were fresh out of the shower. All of them were pissed.
6. You've gone down by the river just to take nice pictures.
Who doesn’t have a collection of cute pictures with the Hudson in the back? Your profile picture has probably, at one point, been a selfie in front of the river. You show the glamorous pictures but never the weird road or hills you must trek down just to get there.
7. You remember taking ice cold showers during freshman year because the dorms were SO. HOT.
You also had like four fans in your room and the go-to conversation starter of freshman year was about how hot the dorms were.
8. Every time you see something with a fox on it you get too excited.
Your mom does this, too. For some reason, every time we find a shirt with a fox or coffee mug shaped like a fox we totally lose our sh*t. It’s like a sign from UP ABOVE saying how AMAZING red foxes are, duh.
9. You know how the dining hall only puts out the good stuff when parents are coming.
Suddenly freshly cut flowers, tablecloths and more edible looking food appears. Wonder why, hmm … Oh well, we're going to enjoy the finer Sodexo cuisine and decor while it lasts.
10. You're used to the tour groups who walk through campus and stare at us like we’re zoo animals.
Tell me you never gave some of the parents on the tour the side-eye because they were judging you for drinking your third cup of coffee and wearing pajamas at 2 p.m.
11. Priority Points have caused friendships to be tested.
"It's not you, it's your Points :~(" Even if your friendship wasn’t strained, everyone secretly was salty towards the friends with the low points. You love them, but come on, go to some damn events and join a club.
12. Registration is always the most stressful and terrible day.
The best is when you get only one class from your fifth back-up schedule! Bonus: it’s an 8 a.m! Don't even get me started on overrides.
13. You usually refer to the president of the college (Dennis J. Murray) as DJM.
It has a ring to it, no? As our (soon to be leaving) loyal leader, we can have a cute little pet name like DJM for him.
14. You’ve ridden the yellow school bus to the Poughkeepsie Galleria.
Ahem, I mean “Shuttle Bus.” When you’re an adult and your school makes you ride in a yellow bus meant for children. We travel in ~*style*~ here at Marist College.
15. Dollar Nuggets from The Cab are everything.
As long as you get there early enough to get them. And by early enough, I mean way before closing time. We all know The Cab closes at least half an hour before they’re supposed to. Lovely.
16. You’re still not totally sure if the Rotunda is done.
I mean, it looks done, but you can’t be sure. You’re sick of the broken promises of when construction will be done and frankly, you don’t believe them anymore.
17. You’ve waited in line for hours to get cheap tickets.
If you want $25 tickets to Aladdin or cheap tickets to Fright Fest, you best be camping out in Student Activities. If tickets go on sale at noon, you best believe they'll be sold out by 11:30 a.m.
18. You’ve lost your ID and had your life flash before your eyes.
Without your ID you’re nothing. Your ID is your lifeline and paying for a replacement totally sucks. Throwback to when my roommate lost her ID for a weekend then realized it was in her pocket the whole time, love you.
19. You check FoxMail every morning to see if class is cancelled.
Remember all of the glorious snow days where class after class was cancelled? Amen, amen.
20. But still, you proudly have the #maristclassof and fox emoji in your Instagram bio because there's no place you'd rather be.
Seriously, is there anywhere better than Marist? I don’t think so.
