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{{Infobox Location
| type = Private liberal arts college
| location = Southern Massachusetts, approximately 20 minutes north of Verdant
| founded = Unknown
| notable_residents = [[Chelsea Zhou]], [[Dr. Bruce McKinney]]
| first_appearance = [[Making the Grades: Kelly's Unveiling]]
}}

== About ==
'''Strawbridge College''' is a private liberal arts college located in southern Massachusetts, just across the Connecticut state line, approximately 20 minutes north of [[Visit Verdant|Verdant]] and [[Eastern Tsuga College]]. It is ETC's closest geographic rival and the setting of one of the most consequential events in [[Making the Grades: Kelly's Unveiling]]: the Astraea Society tribunal punishment known as the Strawbridge streak.

Strawbridge has a reputation as a close-knit academic community with a culture of rigor that contrasts with ETC's more experimental approach. The two schools compete primarily in Quadball and Ultimate Frisbee.

== Description ==
The Strawbridge campus centers on '''Clyde Commons''', a large open grassy area split by the '''Blue Spruce River''' and crossed by a bridge. The bridge is one of the campus's most recognizable landmarks and the site of [[Chelsea Zhou]]'s encounter with [[Kelly Spaihts]] during the streak. A soccer scrimmage field sits near the north end of the library building, adjacent to a parking lot. Public nudity is an expellable offense under the administration of Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Karen Thompson.

== History ==
Strawbridge College's founding date has not been established in canon. Its history with [[Eastern Tsuga College]] includes a notable incident in the 1980s involving cheerleading that led to ETC banning cheerleading for over 30 years. The details of that incident have not been established in canon.

== The Strawbridge Sentinel ==
The '''[[Strawbridge Sentinel]]''' is Strawbridge's student newspaper. It is overseen by faculty advisor [[Dr. Bruce McKinney]], a journalism professor with a 20-year crusade publishing conspiracy theory articles about [[House Subconium]] and Verdant. Reporter [[Chelsea Zhou]] works for the Sentinel and is pursuing a series on kink culture on college campuses. The Sentinel's coverage of ETC and Verdant, shaped by McKinney's long-running obsession, represents the most sustained external journalistic interest in House Subconium's true nature.

== The Strawbridge streak ==
The most significant event connecting Strawbridge to the SSU narrative is the streak, [[Kelly Spaihts]]'s Astraea Society tribunal punishment from [[Making the Grades: Kelly's Unveiling]] Part Two. Kelly runs naked across the Strawbridge campus. A soccer team carries her across the scrimmage field. [[Chelsea Zhou]] corners her on the bridge over the Blue Spruce River. Kelly ends up in the trunk of a car belonging to a woman named Bethany. Chelsea subsequently publishes an article in the Strawbridge Sentinel with censored photos, protecting Kelly's identity while advancing the Sentinel's ongoing interest in ETC.

== Notable figures ==
* '''[[Chelsea Zhou]]''' — Strawbridge Sentinel reporter; pursuing a kink-on-campus series with Kelly as the intended kick-off subject
* '''[[Dr. Bruce McKinney]]''' — journalism professor; Sentinel faculty advisor; 20-year House Subconium conspiracy crusade
* '''Dr. Karen Thompson''' — Dean of Student Affairs
* '''Darren Samuels''' — men's soccer player; present during the streak

== Connection to the SSU ==
Strawbridge College's primary narrative function is as the site of the streak and the origin point of the Chelsea Zhou threat to [[Professor William Taylor]]. Through [[Dr. Bruce McKinney]]'s long-running investigation, the Sentinel represents a sustained external pressure on House Subconium's secrecy that predates the events of Making the Grades by two decades.

== Canon notes ==
* Founding date not established
* Details of the 1980s cheerleading incident with ETC have not been established
* The full extent of McKinney's files on House Subconium has not been established
* Whether Strawbridge College has any direct connection to Verdant's occult history has not been established

== Related articles ==
* [[Chelsea Zhou]]
* [[Dr. Bruce McKinney]]
* [[Strawbridge Sentinel]]
* [[Kelly Spaihts]]
* [[Making the Grades: Kelly's Unveiling]]
* [[Eastern Tsuga College]]
* [[Visit Verdant]]

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