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 Doggie’s 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 until 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 No. 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, which holds on to 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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