Campus clues.The Guide is also entertaining, packed with "buzz bites" and "rainbow rumors." A sampling: * "Amazons, Valkyries, Naiads naiads, in Greek mythology: see nymph. naiads divine maidens of lakes, streams, and fountains. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 256] See : Nymph and Dykes: Women-Identified and Lesbian Artists in Europe"--a course offered at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. * Bonfires--pansexually popular event at Central Washington University Central Washington University, or CWU, is an accredited four-year educational institution located in Ellensburg, Washington in the United States. The university originally opened in the late 19th century as a teacher's college, which is still one of the primary majors taken there. in Ellensburg, which "gives new meaning to 'flamer.'" * Ultimate Frisbee--"LGBT-cool sport" at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and Haverford College in Haverford, Pa. * Bullwinkle's Dance Club--the best "party locale" at Indiana University in Bloomington. * Abercrombie & Fitch--"place to check out guys" at the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. in Tucson. * Wal-Mart--"place to check out ladies" at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. * Gender-neutral bathrooms--a feature at Ohio State University in Columbus, "arguably the most trans-supportive public university in the country." * The "Fierce Forever Drag Show"--annual event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, (yes, that M.I.T.) in Cambridge. * Anarchy Death Sticks Knitting Club--"non-LGBT-specific campus club" at New College of Florida Distinguishing academic features Four core principles form the base of New College's academic philosophy: (1) each student is responsible in the last analysis for his or her own education, (2) the best education demands a joint search for learning by exciting teachers and able in Sarasota. * "The Closet"--nickname for Northwestern University's space-challenged LGBT Resource Center in Evanston, Ill. * Gender and Orientation Safe Living Floor--a dorm feature at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. * "Just a big ole gay mecca"--a freshman's description of the University of Kansas in Lawrence. |
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