When I first started my time here at Ursuline I was just as skeptical as every other male that walks through these doors for the first time. However, I was greeted by a very special and tight nit group of guys who sat me down and told me how it is being a guy at a women's college. They did this by supplying me with some very simple yet important rules. The rules were as follows:
1. Only leave your room for meals, working out, class, bathroom and to visit another guys room.
2. Never date on campus.
3. You can shower in the stall of your liking
4. Toilet stall one is used for urinating only, toilet stall two and three are used for bowel movements. (If in the rare occasion stall two and three are occupied and stall one is available, then and only then may you dump in stall one).
5. Always flush
6. If you leave your door UN-locked, which all the guys do, then you can't bitch when the other guys mess with your stuff---Along those same lines is the fact that you are in charge of making fun for yourself here...If you don't no one else will!
7. It is a privilege to be invited to drink with Sir Christopher Jingle, not a right! (For the record never try to set a pace faster then him).
8. Movie nights are completely optional no matter what Seiple will try and tell you.
9. Never screw over another guy here on campus...There are way to few of us to not all get along.
10. When all else fails make sure you are following rules one through nine...Because if your not that's probably the root of your problem.
I bring these rules up now for two reasons: First is that I don't know if the new gentlemen on campus have been made aware of these guidelines and they are to important to just assume that they had been handed down. Secondly, I have noticed that the rules have been forgotten by all. I know we all have our own ways and that the rules were not meant to be a way of life, rather a guideline to which you could point your life. It is time that the rules were resurrected or maybe even edited and re-published but I needed to have the peace of mind knowing that they were not dead to all.
It is true that the saying goes, "Rules were meant to be broken", I know we have all, myself included, broken these rules at one time or another. However, next time you go to sit down and complain about your situation reference these rules and make sure that you have followed them, only when you can say you have followed them is when you can truly complain about your life as a man here at Ursuline.
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I think there should be a plaque with these rules on them in the male wing in grace!
A plaque would be glorious! However, I find it sad that only a female alum has found the time to read and respond to the ComMANdments...It is a fine display of the times!
I agree with the plaque idea two questions come to mind however how are we going to afford it and where do we get it. Also I believe that these commandments be altered slightly at the loss of Jingles and Seiple. If that proposition becomes null and void I am fine leaving it there for simple legacy status. James you are doing very well on achieving legend status as well. Keep up the good work sir.
I am glad to see that the ursuline male commandments are still alive in your hearts. However, I feel that they are just guidelines to any newcomers. If they choose not to live by the guidelines, then they will most certainly learn the hard way, as we all have. Only then will they be accepted as rules to the newest ursuline males. If some rules need to be replaced might i suggest that the bench and a cigar are a recommended practice of stress relief. Also, you can try firewater.... once, and combined with guiness it can knock out a bull elephant for the evening. I also look forward to the weekly quotes, especially from you, sir.
The plaque (piece of posterboard) is in discussion, I believe the Smith hall suite needs one too.
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