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 ===== Teekkari dictionary =====
-**WIP! Come back soon!**
 This page contains a number of more or less useful words or concepts which you may encounter around the university. The contents are based on the [[https://issuu.com/tty-yokunta/docs/fi_tervetuloa_teekkariksi_2018_nett|FuksiAnturi]] magazine from 2018.
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 | Academic freedom | For most courses, no one is tracking your absences or whether you participated in the lectures. With this freedom comes the responsibility of taking care of your own studies. |
 | Academic quarter, quarter | Most lectures and exercise groups start 15 past rather than on the hour. Exceptions are informed separately. |
-| Ajaton | "Vähän niinku Doodle." TiTeläisten kehittämä aikataulutusportaali osoitteessa https://ajaton.tite.fi/. |
+| Ajaton | "Kinda like Doodle." Scheduling website developed by TiTe members. https://ajaton.tite.fi/. |
 | Amontillado | The first teekkari dipping basket, built in 1966. |
 | Arkkari | Student of architecture. |
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 | Cinola | Cinema theatre located in Hervanta which belonged to the student union many years ago. |
-| Council | The Council of Representatives of the student union. The highest decision making authority in the student union. The council is elected. |
+| Council | The Council of Representatives of the student union. The highest decision making authority in the student union. The council is elected, see Council elections. |
 | Council elections | Happens every other year. All members of the student union are eligible to vote. Remember to vote! |
-| Council member | A member of the Council. Speaks with your voice. You can find a list of TiTe's current and previous council members [[titen_edaattorit|here]].
+| Council member | A member of the Council. Speaks with your voice. You can find a list of TiTe's current and previous council members [[titen_edaattorit|here]]. |
 | Cupola | Legendary teekkari restaurant located in Hervanta, which has closed since. |
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 | Edarivaalit | See Council elections. |
 | Ekskursio, excu, xq | A study trip which contains visits to companies and other events. Lasts from a day to a week. |
-| Etelä-Hervannan koulu | A basic school which is currently located in Konetalo as the school building had issues with climate. The new school building is planned to be completed in 2023, so there will be pupils around the campus for the time being. |
+| Etelä-Hervannan koulu | A basic school which is currently located in Konetalo as the school building had issues with climate and was demolished. The new school building is planned to be completed in 2023, so there will be pupils around the campus for the time being. |
-| Etunurtsi | Literally "front lawn"; the large grassy area in front of Tietotalo. Great for hanging out and playing during the warm seasons. |
+| Etunurtsi | Literally "front lawn"; the large grassy area in front of Tietotalo. Great for hanging out and grilling/playing games/picnicing during the warm seasons. |
+| Exam | They're not called tests anymore! Nowadays, exams are often electronic and taken via the EXAM system, but good old paper exams are still alive and well on other courses. |
 ==== F ====
 | Fuksi | Freshman/first year student. Becomes a teekkari after the teekkari dipping. |
-| Fuksisuunnistus | A large, fun city orienteering event organised in the autumn for fuksis. Very fun! |
+| Fuksisuunnistus | A large city orienteering event organised in the autumn for fuksis. Very fun! |
 | Fusari, Fusion Kitchen | Section of Café Konehuone which offers burgers and steak during the workweek and also in the evenings. Friday is wings day! |
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 | Guild | Subject association, an association intended for students of one degree programme. Often guilds also accept other technology students or local students as members, so don't be afraid to tag along! TiTe is the guild for students of information technology. |
-| Guild room | Your study programme's students' living room. TiTe's guildroom is located in the basement of Tietotalo and it includes a vending machine, coffee club, a lot of sitting space, the biggest TV on campus (out of the guildrooms), and a bunch of eager and friendly TiTe members.
+| Guild room | Your study programme's students' living room. TiTe's guild room is located in the basement of Tietotalo and it includes a vending machine, coffee club, a lot of sitting space, the biggest TV on campus (out of the guild rooms), and a bunch of eager and friendly TiTe members. |
 ==== H ====
+| Haalari | See Overalls. |
 | Halloped | Administrative student representatives. They guard students' interests in the university's administrative bodies. |
 | Harkka, harkat | Exercise group or exercise session, from the Finnish "harjoitukset". These supplement lectures. |
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 | Kilta | See Guild. |
 | Kiltahuone | See Guild room. |
-| Kiltakäytävä | Guild hallway. A hallway in Konetalo where many guild rooms are located. |
+| Kiltakäytävä | Literally "guild hallway". A hallway in Konetalo where many guild rooms are located. |
 | Konehuone | Literally "machine room". Student café operated by Juvenes in Konetalo. Consists of Fusari (Fusion Kitchen) and Såås Bar. |
 | Konetalon sauna | Sauna in the basement of Konetalo. Can be reserved by students. |
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 ==== N ====
-| n | > 4, see also "vuosikurssi". |
+| n | > 5. See also: Years of study. |
 | Nakki | Literally "sausage". Some kind of a volunteer duty. Usually very fun. |
 | Nakkilainen | Volunteer (for example, at parties) |
 | Newton | Restaurant operated by Juvenes in Konetalo. Larger pancakes than in Hertsi. |
+| Noppa | See Study credit. |
 ==== O ====
-| Obeliski | Suunnaton, kiiltävä fallossymboli etunurtsilla. |
+| Obeliski | A directionless, shiny phallic statue located at Etunurtsi.|
-| OLL | Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto edustaa kaikkia Suomen korkeakouluopiskelijoita liikunta-asioissa. |
+| OLL | Finnish Student Sports Federation (Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto) represents all Finnish higher education students in sports matters. |
-| Opintopiste, noppa | Suorituspiste, vastaa liki 27 tunnin työtä, 300 tarvis saada. |
+| OPM | Finnish for "Oma pyyhe/pullo mukaan". Bring your own bottle/towel. Latter version implies that the event has a sauna available. |
-| OPM | Oma pyyhe/pullo mukaan. |
+| Overalls | The identifying feature and favourite clothing item of all students. Overalls are ordered during the fuksi year and financed by selling advertisements. Each subject association has their own overall colour, with TiTe's being stylish black. |
 ==== P ====
-| Paula | Ylioppilaskunnan legendaarinen toimistosihteeri, joka oli talossa 29 vuotta. Paula pääsi ansaitulle eläkkeelle syyskuussa 2019. Hyvä Paula! |
+| Paula | Student union's legendary ex-office secretary, who was employed for 29 years. Paula retired in September 2019, but still frequently visits student events. Go Paula! |
-| Paulan tiski | Ylioppilaskunnan toimiston palvelutiski Päärakennuksessa. |
+| Paulan tiski | The student union's service desk, located in Päärakennus. Named after Paula (see above), but nowadays manned by Helky. |
-| Polamk | Poliisikoulu Poliisimuseoineen, sijaitsee Hervannan kampuksen vieressä. |
+| Polamk | Police university college located right next to the Hervanta campus. Contains the Police museum, which is free to visit! |
-| Pruju | Opintomateriaali, moniste; sähköinen tai paperilla. |
+| Pruju | Course material/guidebook usually assembled by the lecturer. Back in the day, prujus were physical documents; nowadays, they are almost exclusively electronic. |
-| Pönöttää | Jäykistelyä ennen riemun ratkeamista. |
 ==== R ====
-| Reaktori | Kampusareenan opiskelijaravintola toisessa kerroksessa. |
+| Reaktori | Student restaurant located in the 2nd floor of Kampusareena. |
 ==== S ====
-| Selkkari | Harjoitustyöselostus; verta, hikeä ja kyyneleitä, ks. Bumerangi. |
+| Selkkari | Exercise report; generally requires blood, sweat and tears to complete. See also: Boomerang. |
-| Skellari | Sähkötalon kellari, täältä löytyy iso läjä kerhotiloja. |
+| Sitsit | Academic dinner party with lots of singing. Formality varies greatly - most sitsit are a casual fun evening of singing and drinking, while others expect guests to dress in white tie with full academic decorations (see also: Vujut). The best way to try out sitsit is at Fuksisitsit! |
-| Sopo | Sosiaalipolitiikka. |
+| Skellari | Basement of Sähkötalo, which contains a number of various clubrooms. |
-| SYL | Suomen ylioppilaskuntien liitto. |
+| Sopo | Abbreviation of "sosiaalipolitiikka". Social politics, meaning advocacy relating to all aspects of student life besides studying. |
+| Study credit | Collected during your studies. 1 cr = approx 27 hours of work. Collect 120 (or 300 if starting from a bachelor's) to graduate. |
+| SYL | National Union of University Students in Finland. Nationwide advocacy organisation. |
 ==== T ====
-| Takaparkki | Päätalon takana oleva parkkipaikka. |
+| Takaparkki | Parking lot located behind Päärakennus. |
-| Telegram, TG | Teekkareiden suosima viestinätsovellus. |
+| Telegram, TG | Messaging application that is commonly used by teekkaris. |
-| Tampere3 | Tampereen kolmen korkeakoulun yhdistämisprosessi. Uusi yliopisto aloitti tammikuussa 2019. |
+| Tampere3 | Unification process between Tampere's three higher education institutes. The new university (see below) started operations in January 2019. |
-| Tampereen yliopisto | Uuden, tammikuussa 2019 aloittaneen yliopiston nimi. Sinä opiskelet täällä! Ks. Lipasto, Tampere3|
+| Tampere University | The name of the new university which started operations in January 2019. The university was created by the merger of University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. You study here! |
-| Tampereen Teekkarit | Jatkaa teekkarikulttuurin vaalimista TTYY:n jalanjäljissä. |
+| Tamy | Student union of the old University of Tampere. See also: TREY |
-| Tamy | Vanhan Tampereen yliopiston ylioppilaskunta. Ks. TREY |
+| Teekkari | Student of technology. Teekkaris are recognisable by the teekkarilakki (see Lakki) and by their student overalls (see Overalls). New teekkaris are born every year at the Teekkarikaste on May Day. |
-| Teekkarikaste | Fuksivuoden ja wapun huipennus. Täällä fuksit uudelleensyntyvät teekkareina. |
+| Teekkari Union of Tampere | The Teekkari Union is responsible for safeguarding and promoting teekkari culture following the university merger. |
-| Tentti | Ei mikään koe enää. |
+| Teekkarikaste, teekkari dipping | The culmination of your fuksi year and of Wappu. Here fuksis are reborn as teekkaris. At the event, new fuksis with enough fuksi points are dipped into Tammerkoski and become trueborn teekkaris. |
-| TOAS | Tampereen seudun opiskelija-asuntosäätiö. Tarjoaa kodin monelle Tampereen opiskelijalle. |
+| TOAS | Tampere Student Housing Foundation. Rents a home to many students in Tampere. |
-| TREY, Tampereen ylioppilaskunta | Sinun ylioppilaskuntasi! |
+| TREY | Student Union of Tampere University. Our student union! |
-| TTYY | Edesmenneen Tampereen teknillisen yliopiston ylioppilaskunta. Ks. Tampereen teekkarit, TREY. |
+| TTYY | Student union of the now-perished Tampere University of Technology. See also: Teekkari Union of Tampere, TREY. |
-| Tornit, Tekniikan (6) ja Tieteen (3) | Iso määrä opiskelijataloja yliopiston takana. |
+| Tornit, Tekniikan (6) and Tieteen (3) | A large number of student housing buildings just behind the university. |
-| Tupsufuksi | Toisen vuoden opiskelija. |
+| Tupsufuksi | Second year student. Tupsu means tassel and refers to the fact that tupsufuksis have just received their teekkari caps. |
-| Tupsula | Annalassa sijaitseva opiskelijatalo, jossa asuu pelkkiä teekkareita. |
+| Tupsula | Student commune located in the suburb of Annala, housing mostly teekkaris. |
-| Tutor | Äidin/isin/siskon/veikan korvike kaukana kotoa. |
+| Tutor | Your replacement mom/dad/sister/brother far from home. Your tutors are here to welcome you to Tampere and Finland and help you get started with your studies. |
-| Tutkari | Ulkomailta saapunut tutkinto-opiskelija. |
+| Tutkari | Abbreviation of "tutkinto-opiskelija". International degree student. |
 ==== V ====
-| Vaihtari | Vaihto-opiskelija |
+| Vaihtari | Abbreviation of "vaihto-opiskelija". Exchange student. Hundreds of exchange students arrive in Tampere every semester. The student association for exchange students at Hervanta campus is INTO. |
-| Vujut | Vuosijuhlat |
+| Vujut | Anniversary party. A fancier dinner party (see also: Sitsit), often with a formal dress code and a cocktail event before the main event for invited guests. |
-| Vuosikurssit | 1, 2, 3, 4, N.|
 | Välikoe | N*välikoe = tentti |
 ==== W ====
 | Wäiski | Wäinölä, Hervannan ensimmäinen opiskelijatalo. |
+==== Y ====
+| Years of study | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, N. |