Stairwell and Floor Communities

Year Established: 2003
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Harwood Hall
Famous Traditions: Wearing camo to campus events; line dancing at "The Rose".
Fun Facts: Stairwell cheer: B-WHAT?? B-RACKS!!

Barracks houses the Not of This World learning community.

Year Established: 2001
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Waite Hall
Famous Traditions: Family Night dinners; dressing up as "women of the wilderness"; picking wildflowers.
Fun Facts: Stairwell theme has changed throughout the years from western to wilderness to Irish; stairwell sings "Boondocks" by Little Big Town at intramural events.

Boondocks houses the Living Life in the Hundred Acre Wood and Introduction to the Incarnational Witness, Spiritual Leadership, and the Ministry of Young Life learning communities.

Year Established: 2011
Gender: Male
Residence Building: 2nd Floor La Plata
Famous Traditions: The Cave Challenge; going caving together
Fun Facts: Study of the life of David all year together; has two sister stairwells: The Lodge and The Summit

The Cave houses the Giving God Your Best and Spiritual Pilgrimage learning communities.

Year Established: 1999
Gender: Male
Residence Building: Waite Hall
Famous Traditions: C-Time (confession and accountability time); re-enacting the volleyball scene from "Top Gun"; "Epic Movie Nights"; Annual Sobe Party.
Fun Facts: Men's Intramural Champions: 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011; wear aviators and blue shorts to intramural games.

Cockpit houses the Personal Disciplines and To Narnia and Beyond! learning communities.

Year Established: 2003
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Yetter Hall
Famous Traditions: Wearing brightly colored 80's clothing to intramurals; making pie runs every Wednesday night; Wham-Bam (a silly-event-night every month).
Fun Facts: Houses the freshman laundry room - clean clothes are just right around the corner!

Cornerstone houses the Not of This World learning community.

Year Established: Late 1980's
Gender: Male
Residence Building: Waite Hall
Famous Traditions: Ghetto Gallon Challenge; Ghetto Dance Party; Ghetto Kool-Aid Party.
Fun Facts: First stairwell "officially" established at CCU, created CCU's first Frisbee golf course, started CCU's Homeless Ministry (Sojourners), and started Trash Club.

Ghetto houses the Introduction to the Incarnational Witness, Spiritual Leadership, and Ministry of Young Life and Living in the Hundred Acre Wood  Introduction  tIlearning communities.

Year Established: 2003
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Harwood Hall
Famous Traditions: Not-Prom; Highlands reunions; watching Braveheart; Battle of the Sexes and Thanksgiving dinner with Junkyard.
Fun Facts: "Warrior maidens" known for donning plaid kilts, big teased hair, and blue face paint to Moonlight Volleyball; stairwell theme is Galatians 5:13.

Highlands houses the Community of Ragamuffins and Posers, Fakers, and Wannabes learning communities.

Year Established: 2000
Gender: Male
Residence Building: Harwood Hall
Famous Traditions: The Feast of the Long Table; Battle of the Sexes with Highlands; Man Juice.
Fun Facts: Stairwell representatives have won King Cougar 3 years in a row.

Junkyard houses the Posers, Fakers, and Wannabes and Community of Ragamuffins learning communities.

Year Established: 2011
Gender: Female 
Residence Building: 1st Floor La Plata
Famous Traditions: Storytime is known as "Campfire Stories"; The Lodge enjoys free laundry as a benefit of living in typically upperclassmen dorms.
Fun Facts: The Lodge enjoys a brother-sister relationship with The Cave on 2nd floor, and is a sister stairwell to The Summit girls on 3rd floor.

The Lodge houses the Giving God Your Best learning community.

Year Established: 2010
Gender: Male
Residence Building: Yetter Hall
Fun Facts: The only freshmen stairwell in Waite, Harwood, and Yetter that has renovated kitchens and bathrooms; residents who live in the OC are connected with other stairwells across campus, and get the benefit of belonging to a different stairwell than their roommates - twice the connections!

Year Established: 2003
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Waite Hall
Famous Traditions: 80's Skate Night; Quikstop Dance parties; "Not Prom" with Ghetto; memorizing Scripture together.
Fun Facts: Known for wearing hot pink and black to campus events; theme verse (Phil. 3:20) reminds residents that time on earth is just a 'Quik Stop' before citizenship in heaven.

Quikstop houses the To Narnia and Beyond! and Personal Disciplines learning communities.

Year Established: 2003
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Waite Hall
Famous Traditions: "Not-Prom" with Ghetto; watching "The Sandlot" movie while eating ballpark snacks; Roommate Roulette with Ghetto; pumpkin carving.
Fun Facts: Sandlot has existed for 7 years; because they're not connected to a specific brother stairwell, they get to know both Ghetto and Cockpit guys!

Sandlot houses the Women Walking with Jesus learning community.

Year Established: 2000
Gender: Male
Residence Building: Yetter Hall
Famous Traditions: Escorting Treefort to the Homecoming Dance; hike Hanging Lake.
Fun Facts: 2 weekly events: family dinner with our sister stairwell, (Treefort) and "Tacos Con Jesus" where we talk about Jesus and enjoy some homemade tacos together!

Shelter houses the Desiring God learning community.

Year Established: 2010
Gender: Female
Residence Building: 3rd Floor La Plata
Famous Traditions: Silly Socks and Soda in the Summit; dessert adventures; La Plata Slip 'n' Slide.
Fun Facts: Summit enjoys free laundry as a benefit of living in typically upperclassmen dorms.

The Summit houses the Not of This World and Spiritual Pilgrimage learning communities.

Year Established: 2003
Gender: Female
Residence Building: Yetter Hall
Famous Traditions: Roommate Roulette; weekly brother-sister dinners with Shelter; Secret Sister partnerships.
Fun Facts: At some point in its history, Treefort has housed every classification of CCU student from freshmen to upperclassmen to transfers.

Treefort houses the Authentic Faith learning community.

Year Established: 2002
Gender: Female 
Residence Building: Harwood Hall
Famous Traditions: Progressive dinner night with Junkyard; 50's Nights.
Fun Facts: Modeled after a 50's housewife mantra; YMH has the computer lab in their stairwell; baking is a favorite pastime, but YMH has been known to have random dance parties

Your Mom's House houses the Women Advancing God's Kingdom learning community.