101 Penn State Spring Icks

WE ARE… back with more icks. Hopefully, you are enjoying some time before finals and graduation, but don’t get too comfortable, Penn State is still icky.
If you’re looking for love, Penn State in the spring is not the place. Here’s a list of icks to avoid before summer.
- Flipflops.
- Walking slowly because you’re “enjoying the nice weather.”
- Parents weekend. Why are you flirting with someone’s mom?
- Making your Maymester your whole personality.
- Going to Doggies instead of Cafe.
- The new Blue-White “Game”.
- Acting like Mojofest is Coachella.
- Wearing a beanie when it’s nice out.
- Being in the background of someone’s graduation photos.
- The whole hockey team entering the transfer portal.
- Wearing clogs.
- Waiting till the last moment to get your cap and gown.
- Riding the bus when it’s nice out.
- The on-campus Starbucks not having bagels.
- Almost getting run over by a run club.
- Still riding a scooter.
- Allergies.
- Saying no to going to things because you’re ‘studying.’
- Not going to Dollar Dog Night.
- The cow smell.
- Wearing bikinis, lying out in the sun while tours walk by.
- Bikini in 45-degree weather.
- Going to Canada. (That’s a fall thing.)
- Not wanting to sit outside.
- Ending your situationship for the summer.
- “Hot girl summer.”
- STAT 200.
- Crying when there’s good weather.
- The weather being bipolar.
- Eating hot dogs with mustard.
- Ordering grilled cheese at the Hub.
- Finals.
- When the frat bros bring couches outside.
- Pikapp.
- Doing April Fools on days other than the first.
- Picking classes.
- Coughing in the Forum Building.
- Barn formals.
- Hard launching a relationship right before summer.
- Going to other colleges for parties, when Penn State is #1.
- Rain during Movin’ On.
- Riding bikes on the sidewalk.
- Freshmen not taking advantage of the Arboretum.
- Hot coffee. Nasty.
- Complaining about how hot it is, when we’ve been frozen for the past six months.
- The prices at the Hub salad bar.
- The Creamery making its ice cream cups smaller.
- Tiny shorts.
- Men wearing Lululemon shorts.
- Scheduling your graduation photos a week before finals.
- Wearing a hoodie in the sun, and then complaining about it.
- When tours take up the whole sidewalk.
- Starting the ‘We Are’ chant to a tour.
- Going into the Blue-White practice.
- Not going to Movin’ On.
- Going to graduate school just because you’re scared of the job market.
- Inviting someone to Wine Wednesday, but then not talking to them.
- Pollock Testing Center.
- How loud the garbage trucks are.
- Leaving your windows open all day.
- Meta glasses.
- Everyone thinking they’re barbers.
- Smelling like cough drops.
- Still going to the Den.
- Living in Pollock.
- Leaving classes early.
- McAlister’s new menu.
- Roommates. (Not mine.)
- Actually getting the meatball subs from McLanahan’s.
- Treating the Hub lawn like it’s Hinge.
- Stopping in the middle of the sidewalk to take a photo.
- Bragging about THON, but you were only there for the final four.
- Still carrying your water in a Stanley.
- Thong bikini bottoms on campus.
- Burger King.
- The heat in the library.
- Half-up hairstyles with a claw clip, that’s holding on to my one hair.
- Mocknecks.
- Moving out.
- Over hyping frat formal Friday. (It’s overrated.)
- Talking really loudly in the library.
- When it’s hot out, and your roommates won’t turn on the AC.
- Workout set to class.
- PKT.
- Wearing Uggs when it’s hot out.
- Greek letter hoodies when it’s 70 degrees out.
- Wearing parent weekend shirts.
- Flyers fans.
- Going to Stage West.
- Bigger Ick: working at Stage West!
- Slides with socks.
- Being a Pepsi school.
- All the new food places downtown, but still no Chick-fil-A.
- Having a dog at school, but not taking care of it.
- APD.
- Coming back for Arts Fest when you aren’t 21.
- Borgs.
- Bucket hats.
- Mojofest.
- Getting sunburn on the first nice day out.
- Speakers on the HUB lawn. You’re giving us all headaches.
- Hammocks.
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