Calvert 2nd Bonding

In some dorms, students barely say hi to their fellow hall mates. That is not that case in Calvert! Here on the second floor we are all very close and go on several outings together. Every night at six we go to Mabee Dining Hall for dinner and eat as a “family.” On some nights, we will go out for dinner or go get some ice cream. Recently we went to “Demo’s,” a delicious Greek restaurant on St. Mary’s Street. The nephew of the famous Demo is a resident on our floor!

Birthdays on Calvert are also a special event. For Becca’s birthday we made her a cake and sang happy birthday. After cake, we held the Trinity tradition by taking her to the fountain. The entire hall decided to partake in throwing her in and we all enjoyed our evening dip.

This past Thursday night we all went to the midnight showing of the new scary movie, Paranormal Activity. Our hall took up almost an entire row and by the end of the movie we were all clinging to each other in fright. We thought it was a great movie even if none of us were able to sleep that night. The original plan was to go ghost hunting after the movie by visiting the old railroad tracks. The story behind the railroad tracks is that years ago a school bus was hit by a train and several of the kids on board were killed. Legend has it that if you cover your windows with flour and park your car next to the tracks you can see the handprints of the children as they push you safely across the tracks. Needless to say, after the movie we were all too scared to go visit any ghosts so we went on a 2 a.m. Whataburger run instead. While the visit to the tracks was postponed it was still a great night on Calvert 2^nd!

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Circle of Life In Calvert

“Life’s greatest adventure is finding your place in the circle of life.” –Lion King

Here in Calvert we are all beginning to understand the cycle we are destined to follow. We have encountered death, life at its fullest and the expression of love.

On September 23, 2009 we lost a member of our hall. My suitemates and I were sitting in our room when we were startled by a loud bang on the window. We rushed outside to find the perpetrators only to look down on the ground to see a fallen friend. Our avian visitor must have mistaken our closed window for a clear path, flying right into the face of death. After attracting the attention of all of Calvert with some rather chilling screams, we named the bird Calvey. He was buried in an old cupcake box and we had a funeral procession down the hall to his final resting place. We all said a few words and had a moment of silence for our dear friend. A tombstone was made and placed next to the mark his beak made on our window as a symbol of the mark he made on our hearts. Calvey taught us how quickly life can be lost.

As a result, we residents of Calvert now strive to live everyday to the fullest. Several members of second floor have begun to participate in Parkour--an ancient art of using various urban architectural features as a playground. As you can see in the video below some of us prefer to parkour off the floors instead of taking the stairs like normal people.

Perhaps our most moving experience so far was our witnessing of the expression of love in Miller. The couple decided to partake in their activities with the blinds completely up and lights on so all could watch their late night antics. All of the inhabitants of Calvert gathered to witness the phenomenon. Some even decided to yell comments at the two lovers. We walked over and taped a note on their door thanking them for the show and kindly suggesting they might want to close their blinds the next time they decide to express their love for each other. When the two lovers were departing they read our note and looked out their window to see everyone on Calvert second smiling and waving at them.

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