Alex Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I've never been very active on this forum and I've been away from it for a while but this Tuesday (now that I look at the time I should say tomarrow) I will be going away to college as a freshmen. I'm hoping that I can get some advice on college in general, and since this is a hookah forum I guess wouldnt mind a tip or two on hookah-ing at school either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Well, college is great. I used to live on my campus at school and I would hookah openly on campus, the RA or campus cops never cared. It seems not all schools are like this, and the people in charge have sticks up their asses and are anti-hookah, so I can't give you any advice about your school specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithTheGun Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I don't mean to be an ass, but there's a thread (and a fairly active one) on this in the "Deep Thought" section. As for tips for the hookah at college, I've got two. Number one is a donation jar. Don't make it required for people to pay to smoke, but tell them it'd be much appreciated if they'd pitch in a couple of bucks for shishah, coals, bowls, hoses, grommets, ice, whatever. Get a little hookah donation fund going. Just hide the money.Number two is mouthtips. They're not essential, but you can catch a lot of nasty colds from sharing hookah hoses, and you might even catch something nastier. Of course, that's just common sense, but that's what came to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Number three is find out what the rules are at your school about smoking in general and HOOKAH's in specific. Some ban them outright. If you are going to smoke outside, make your your hookah has NEVER been used for anythign illegal, make sure you nor anyone smoking with you has anything illegal ON THEIR PERSON. Campus cops work by different rules sometimes and if need be, you need to be able to show that the hookah is legit and that everyone there is legit too....Find out the schools's rules before doing anything with your hookah, including showing it around when you get there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote name='GuyWithTheGun']Number two is mouthtips. They're not essential, but you can catch a lot of nasty colds from sharing hookah hoses, and you might even catch something nastier.[/quote] dear god i know that. Even with tips though i caught a nasty cold. Still getting over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GQ_Playboy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 honestly.... your frosh year is the best year of your life.... enjoy that shit to the fullest....as far as hookah.... to say the least there are ALOT more fun things to do in your frosh year... but u should be fine... its bloody tobacco tell the RA's and the cops to screw off if they have a problem with it. If people are smoking cigarettes outside your rez (which for sure they are.... people get addicted realll easy in their first year... thank god i didnt....and you shouldn't too) than you should be allowed to smoke your shisha... if they give you shit yell discrimination and see what happens! for the most part you're good... i had zero trouble smoking at rez...Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikydave Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 uh...go to class. this may sound very simple to you right now, but give it a month or so...and you might find yourself forgetting, try not to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 New question along the same lines... I won't have a private bathroom in my dorms... are there any cleaning ideas that I haven't thought of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Dont become a cleaning nazi. There are cleaning people for a reason. The bathrooms might not be the cleanest in the world, but you kinda just have to live with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Yea, punch anyone in the face who doesn't do their fair share of cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GQ_Playboy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote name='dikydave']uh...go to class. this may sound very simple to you right now, but give it a month or so...and you might find yourself forgetting, try not to do that.[/quote] ok i throughly disagree.... class is EXTREMLEY EXTREMELEY overrated.... party as hard as you physically can but know when you have to hit the books... studying smart is alot different than studying hard. I went to about 20 classes in 8 months.... 10 were just so i could hand things in/write midterms... lectures wont help you if you don't do the readings/work on your own time.... it will be beneficial.... but very nominally... if you just go to class and do nothing else you WILL fail most of your classes. if you do the readings/make notes and not go to your classes you will do alot better.... all 3 is the ideal but... well you'll find out why thats so hard once you get into university. And to all that may think "o this kid may have a BS major thats why it works for him" well.... I am doing a double major in finance/economics, so in MY case going to class was a complete waste of my time. i dont need the guy that wrote my textbook to read to me.... i know how to read thats why im in university, going to a 9:30 class hungover and barley listening will NOT HELP YOU. just study when you are awake and good to go! also try to divide up chapters between friends... so make smart friends lol, have each of you do a chapter... you'd be surprised how fast you get the work done that way! and/or designate one person from your rez to go to a certain class you are in... so you all take turns going to that bullshit 8:30 class about globalization and its affects on shit you dont care about 101 haha.now on to matters of cleanliness.... honestly all i have to say is toilet paper shields.... in our rez the cleaning staff didnt work saturday and sunday..... by sunday night ALL the toilets were unusable... all clogged with beer bottles or random shit or full of puke. but it wasnt a huge deal... we'd just go to the food court or w/e.... it seems nasty now... but when you are in rez and are hungover als and realized that half that puke is yours... your tolerance for uncleanliness sky rockets hahahope this helps... and i can't stress enough... frosh will be the best year of your life... enjoy it to the fullest... i wish i could go back a year!Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote name='nuschultz']Dont become a cleaning nazi. There are cleaning people for a reason. The bathrooms might not be the cleanest in the world, but you kinda just have to live with it.[/quote] i was just talking about cleaning the hookah itself. at home i have a utility sink but i don't think there will be one available to me in the dorms... haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymptom Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 That's how I read it Betsy, but then the responses that followed made me think I'd misunderstood.Anyway, I usually just bite the bullet and wash my hookah in the common bathroom as quickly as I can (that's how I broke my first bowl .) Yeah you get some weird looks from uptight kids, but whatever. Just make sure you don't splash the person using the sink next to you with dirty hookah water... I did that once and felt really bad. Not too much else you can do, really, unless you wanna bring a big tub of water into your room and give it a little sponge bath/rinsing, haha. Or... you could shower with your hookah. Now wouldn't that be cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote name='cymptom']Or... you could shower with your hookah. Now wouldn't that be cute.[/quote] THAT WAS MY MOM'S IDEA!! i think it might be pretty creepy. if washing it in the sink gets weird looks imagine if you show up in your bathrobe, hookah in hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownZero Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 If your living on campus, just make sure that smoking isn't prohibited.. if not... who knows what will happen! heh. Each college is different and cities are different... some accept hookahs and some don't have any clue on what a hookah is and won't let you hear the end of it... so if your moving to a different part of town/country, make sure that hookahs are a known part of the community. Like here in San Antonio, a lot of people know what a hookah is because of the cafes located around town. So smoking in public isn't that big of a deal. :)Betsy: Your best bet is washing it in the shower if you have a bigger hookah... You don't exactly have to shower with your hookah, unless you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithTheGun Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 And if you want people to not bother you while you shower with it, you could talk to it lovingly as you walk down the hallway, giggling every-so-often like it's making witty remarks at you. They'll probably leave you alone after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymptom Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote name='betsy']THAT WAS MY MOM'S IDEA!! i think it might be pretty creepy. if washing it in the sink gets weird looks imagine if you show up in your bathrobe, hookah in hand... [/quote]Haha yeah, and it's gonna get REALLY creepy when people see you going into the shower with long, thin brushes, a pint of lemon juice and/or cheap vodka Disguise the hose as a tie for your bath robe, and your bowl as a toothbrush holder (that's what I use my old one for, anyway...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Just take it in the bathroom and clean it. clean up after yourself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Well, I go to the ultimite hippie school, people smoke pot pretty openly, so no one cares a bit about hookahs with tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 reed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanguineSolitude Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 [quote name='GQ_Playboy'] [quote name='dikydave'] uh...go to class. this may sound very simple to you right now, but give it a month or so...and you might find yourself forgetting, try not to do that.[/quote] ok i throughly disagree.... class is EXTREMLEY EXTREMELEY overrated.... party as hard as you physically can but know when you have to hit the books... studying smart is alot different than studying hard. I went to about 20 classes in 8 months.... 10 were just so i could hand things in/write midterms... lectures wont help you if you don't do the readings/work on your own time.... it will be beneficial.... but very nominally... if you just go to class and do nothing else you WILL fail most of your classes. if you do the readings/make notes and not go to your classes you will do alot better.... all 3 is the ideal but... well you'll find out why thats so hard once you get into university. And to all that may think "o this kid may have a BS major thats why it works for him" well.... I am doing a double major in finance/economics, so in MY case going to class was a complete waste of my time. i dont need the guy that wrote my textbook to read to me.... i know how to read thats why im in university, going to a 9:30 class hungover and barley listening will NOT HELP YOU. just study when you are awake and good to go! also try to divide up chapters between friends... so make smart friends lol, have each of you do a chapter... you'd be surprised how fast you get the work done that way! and/or designate one person from your rez to go to a certain class you are in... so you all take turns going to that bullshit 8:30 class about globalization and its affects on shit you dont care about 101 haha.now on to matters of cleanliness.... honestly all i have to say is toilet paper shields.... in our rez the cleaning staff didnt work saturday and sunday..... by sunday night ALL the toilets were unusable... all clogged with beer bottles or random shit or full of puke. but it wasnt a huge deal... we'd just go to the food court or w/e.... it seems nasty now... but when you are in rez and are hungover als and realized that half that puke is yours... your tolerance for uncleanliness sky rockets hahahope this helps... and i can't stress enough... frosh will be the best year of your life... enjoy it to the fullest... i wish i could go back a year!Cheers![/quote] is anyone else disturbed when a guy who cant spell tells you not to go to class because its "EXTREMLEY"overrated? if youre going to a party school and not looking to actually gain an education worth more than your diploma, then by all means party 24/7 and forget classes. but if youre looking to gain more in 4 years than cirrhosis of the liver, maybe toning it down is a better idea. Nothing against GQplayboy and more power to him, but personally i feel that you can be a good student and have a good time as well. its all about moderation. if your teachers are halfway decent then you are likely to gain alot more by going to class than by studying on your own. if your teachers are great, you simply wont be able to cut it if you arent in class.theres a time and a place for partying and likewise for studying. drunk in class can be amusing once or twice, but habitually and youre just pathetic. a guy who shows up to work drunk everyday isnt "livin it up" hes just an alchoholic. good luck in your first year. where you going by the way? im at macalester in st. paul minnesota. p.s. ultimate hippie school has gotta be evergreen state in Washington. a friend of mine was offered acid during freshman orientation... on the first day... by his orientation leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GQ_Playboy Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 [quote name='sanguinesolitud'] [quote name='GQ_Playboy'] [quote name='dikydave'] uh...go to class. this may sound very simple to you right now, but give it a month or so...and you might find yourself forgetting, try not to do that.[/quote] ok i throughly disagree.... class is EXTREMLEY EXTREMELEY overrated.... party as hard as you physically can but know when you have to hit the books... studying smart is alot different than studying hard. I went to about 20 classes in 8 months.... 10 were just so i could hand things in/write midterms... lectures wont help you if you don't do the readings/work on your own time.... it will be beneficial.... but very nominally... if you just go to class and do nothing else you WILL fail most of your classes. if you do the readings/make notes and not go to your classes you will do alot better.... all 3 is the ideal but... well you'll find out why thats so hard once you get into university. And to all that may think "o this kid may have a BS major thats why it works for him" well.... I am doing a double major in finance/economics, so in MY case going to class was a complete waste of my time. i dont need the guy that wrote my textbook to read to me.... i know how to read thats why im in university, going to a 9:30 class hungover and barley listening will NOT HELP YOU. just study when you are awake and good to go! also try to divide up chapters between friends... so make smart friends lol, have each of you do a chapter... you'd be surprised how fast you get the work done that way! and/or designate one person from your rez to go to a certain class you are in... so you all take turns going to that bullshit 8:30 class about globalization and its affects on shit you dont care about 101 haha.now on to matters of cleanliness.... honestly all i have to say is toilet paper shields.... in our rez the cleaning staff didnt work saturday and sunday..... by sunday night ALL the toilets were unusable... all clogged with beer bottles or random shit or full of puke. but it wasnt a huge deal... we'd just go to the food court or w/e.... it seems nasty now... but when you are in rez and are hungover als and realized that half that puke is yours... your tolerance for uncleanliness sky rockets hahahope this helps... and i can't stress enough... frosh will be the best year of your life... enjoy it to the fullest... i wish i could go back a year!Cheers![/quote] is anyone else disturbed when a guy who cant spell tells you not to go to class because its "EXTREMLEY"overrated? if youre going to a party school and not looking to actually gain an education worth more than your diploma, then by all means party 24/7 and forget classes. but if youre looking to gain more in 4 years than cirrhosis of the liver, maybe toning it down is a better idea. Nothing against GQplayboy and more power to him, but personally i feel that you can be a good student and have a good time as well. its all about moderation. if your teachers are halfway decent then you are likely to gain alot more by going to class than by studying on your own. if your teachers are great, you simply wont be able to cut it if you arent in class.theres a time and a place for partying and likewise for studying. drunk in class can be amusing once or twice, but habitually and youre just pathetic. a guy who shows up to work drunk everyday isnt "livin it up" hes just an alchoholic. good luck in your first year. where you going by the way? im at macalester in st. paul minnesota. p.s. ultimate hippie school has gotta be evergreen state in Washington. a friend of mine was offered acid during freshman orientation... on the first day... by his orientation leader. [/quote] wow.... quite immature to comment on spelling on a bloody forum.... I'm sure your grammer and punctuation isnt the same on a forum as it is when you are writing an essay... it is quite ignorant to think that just because you do not attend class that you didn't get an education.... past your degree... bring it on... ill take anyone to school thats my age on economic theory/econometrics/accounting.... I have learned as much if not more than kids that went to class... my POINT WAS ideally you should do all 3... however a mistake alot of frosh make is that "o... this is like highschool if i go to class ill do well...." attendance doesn't mean shit. you will get alot further if you just do the work.... thats why most courses come with study guides and such. I am offering a practical solution to tackle university... not ideals that can not be met.sticking to my guns.... be practical study SMART... don't study HARD.Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 [quote name='mushrat']reed?[/quote] hahah!the other guy is right though, evergreen probably beats reed.humboldt state in california is pretty big time hippy school too.and guys, cut the dr-ah-ma! go smoke your hookahs and relax a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdsngup Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Study, Party, Hookah and dont get caught looking at porn.Bribe ur RA, always keep Natty Light Cold ( i cannot stress this more)Yuengling will be stolen so discuise in a Mil. BEast cube.The vending machine is ur friendPlease do not eat taco bell unless u have already invested in some sort of airfreshner.And!!If u get into the Final Four (hell yeah GMU)...and then lose, do NOT try to throw a burning couch out of a second floor window.I dont kno y, but the University wasnt to happy with me.Freedom of speech!! just joking...but seriouslyFake Edit: $1.00 BK Whopper promos do not last a weekend. Please buy only as many as u can eat in a day or two...and thats pushing it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahDuck Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 This is my freshman year as well. Im a Business : Management/Pre-law student as Arizona State. Check out my "going away to college" thread in the serious discussion board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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