The Tram Station
Students usually call the main Lower Green stop the Tram Station, regardless of how many times university signage insists otherwise.
Campus Life
Life Beyond the Classroom.
Life at Alderidge stretches well beyond lectures and laboratories. Students compete for the Stags, organize around shared interests, fill performance halls, publish campus news, broadcast over WALD 93.1, and build traditions that become part of the Ridge.
Some traditions are official. Others are simply habits that survived long enough to become Alderidge institutions: late nights in Parker, rivalry games at Morrow Field, winter performances at Studio 7, crowded shuttle platforms after evening classes, and each new class of Greenhorns learning their way around.
Game DayRun with the Herd
Brown, gold, and white take over North Fields whenever the Stags compete at home.
First YearWelcome, Greenhorns
Alderidge's traditional nickname for first-year students has survived generations of campus life.
After HoursThe Ridge Stays Busy
Organizations, performances, athletics, student media, and gathering spaces keep Alderidge moving after classes end.
Getting Around
The Ridge Shuttle Loop
Alderidge is walkable, but nobody is pretending every hill deserves to be climbed between classes. The Ridge Shuttle Loop connects the university's major districts throughout the day, giving students an easy way to move between residences, academic buildings, student spaces, and North Fields.
SouthgateResidence District
Lower GreenStudent Life
Old RidgeHistoric Core
East YardsScience & Research
North FieldsAthletics
Made for the Ridge
The loop is especially useful for Southgate residents, evening classes, bad weather, and anyone reconsidering the climb back to Old Ridge.
Run with the Herd
Athletics & Cheer
From rivalry nights at Morrow Field to packed stands inside McHughes, Alderidge athletics are part competition, part tradition, and part campus ritual. The Stags compete across North Fields and indoor venues throughout the Ridge, supported by generations of students in brown, gold, and white.
North Fields
Morrow Field
Home of the Stampede & Whitehorns
Opened 1928 · North Fields' oldest competition ground
Alderidge Whitehorns
Lacrosse sits at the center of Alderidge Athletics, and the Whitehorns remain the university's most successful and heavily supported program. They are perennial national contenders with one of the strongest game-day followings on the Ridge.
Their defining rivalry is with the Cardell Mustangs, another old-blood private university with a long athletic tradition.
Alderidge Stampede
The Stampede are known for hard contact, aggressive defense, and a relentless pace that makes Morrow Field difficult territory for visiting teams.
Their final home fixture is known as the Deluge, a tradition born from a memorable late-season match played through severe rain and wind.
Gold Guard Cheerleaders
Gold Guard is Alderidge's primary outdoor cheer program, supporting the Whitehorns and Stampede at major games and university events.
Before major Whitehorn matches, Gold Guard joins students along the Morrow Walk as the team makes its way through North Fields.
Indoor Athletics
McHughes Gymnasium
Home of the Goldhorns & Highline
Opened 1954 · Renovated 2019
North Fields
Stag Stadium
Home of the Kingsmen
Competition, ceremonies & university events
Alderidge Goldhorns
The Goldhorns play a fast, disciplined style of basketball and remain one of Alderidge's most visible indoor programs.
McHughes Gymnasium is notorious for its steep bleachers and punishing acoustics, especially during rivalry games.
Alderidge Kingsmen
The Kingsmen are one of Alderidge's oldest surviving athletic programs, with deep roots in the university's early sporting culture.
Cricket no longer dominates Alderidge athletics as it once did, but Kingsmen alumni remain closely tied to the program.
Alderidge Highline
Highline volleyball is built around speed, coordination, and sharp team play, with a strong student following during conference season.
The program's 2022 championship remains its strongest season to date.
Ridge Guard Cheerleaders
Ridge Guard supports Alderidge's indoor athletic programs through competition seasons, university appearances, and major campus events.
Their pregame floor routine before Goldhorn rivalry games has been performed in some form since the early 1980s.
Indoor Athletics
Studio 7
Home of the Hart Company & Breakline
Dance, rehearsal & performance
Indoor Athletics
Alderidge Aquatic Center
Home of the Riptides
Competition pools · Diving · Hydrotherapy
Alderidge Breakline
Breakline is Alderidge's competitive dance program, combining technical training, contemporary choreography, and high-energy ensemble performance.
Its annual spring showcase began as a small Studio 7 event and now draws students from across campus.
Alderidge Hart Company
Hart Company is Alderidge's principal ballet ensemble, centered on classical technique, discipline, and performance.
Its annual Midwinter Night performance has been a December tradition at Studio 7 for more than fifty years.
Alderidge Riptides
The Riptides represent Alderidge in swimming and diving, combining endurance, technical precision, and year-round training.
The program won three consecutive conference swimming titles from 2017 through 2019.
Get Involved
Clubs & Organizations
Student organizations bring together creative work, competition, leadership, media, recreation, and academic interests across the Ridge. Some have been part of Alderidge for generations. Others are still building their traditions.
Lower Green
Parker Student Center
Student leadership, creative organizations & recreation
Student center since 1974 · Expanded 2008
Student Council
A selective undergraduate and graduate body that gives students a direct voice in academic life, facilities, university policy, and campus needs.
Members hold regular open sessions in Parker Student Center and serve as a visible link between students and university administration.
Fashion Club
Fashion Club brings together students interested in design, styling, garment construction, photography, and fashion culture.
Its annual spring showcase features student-designed garments, styling work, photography, and live presentations produced by members.
Art Club
Art Club offers an informal creative community through studio meetups, workshops, collaborative projects, exhibitions, and critique sessions.
The Open Walls series places rotating student work throughout campus, turning hallways, lounges, and overlooked corners into temporary galleries.
Alderidge Esports
Alderidge Esports supports competitive teams, recreational players, multiplayer events, campus tournaments, and intercollegiate competition.
Competitive rosters train throughout the year, while open game nights keep the program accessible to casual players.
Old Ridge
Dawson Hall
Home of student media, communications & debate
Student media hub since 1936
Performing Arts
Bennett Music & Performance Center
Home of theatre, performance & student broadcasting
Rehearsal, performance & production
Debate Team
Alderidge Debate develops research, public speaking, structured argument, and rhetorical skills through campus events and intercollegiate competition.
The team's 2023 national semifinal appearance marked its strongest finish in more than a decade.
The Alderidge Ledger
Alderidge's student-run newspaper covers university news, athletics, campus culture, opinion, and events.
More than a century of Ledger issues preserve championship seasons, protests, elections, scandals, and everyday life on the Ridge.
Drama Society
The Drama Society produces plays, workshops, experimental performances, and student-led productions throughout the academic year.
Its annual autumn production has survived venue changes, funding disputes, renovation closures, and one famously disastrous Macbeth.
STAG Radio
STAG Radio gives students hands-on experience in broadcasting, hosting, recording, production, podcasting, and audio editing.
WALD first went on air from a converted Dawson Hall production room in 1968 and has collected student-made music ever since.
Old Ridge
Harrison School of Law & Public Policy
Home of Alderidge's pre-law community
Legal education, policy & student advocacy
Pre-Law Society
The Pre-Law Society supports students interested in law, public policy, and legal careers through speakers, discussions, LSAT preparation, and professional development.
The society regularly works with Harrison faculty, legal clinics, practicing attorneys, and alumni.
Houses & Heritage
Greek Life
Greek life has been part of Alderidge for more than a century, with chapters shaped by tradition, service, social life, community, and changing ideas about who belongs on the Row.
Southgate
Greek Row
Home of Alderidge's fraternity, sorority & inclusive chapters
Chapter houses · Alumni traditions · Recruitment · Greek Week
Alpha Rho Sigma
One of Alderidge's oldest sororities, Alpha Rho is known for formal traditions, a strong alumni network, and generations of campus influence.
Its membership has broadened considerably over time, though the chapter still carries a reputation for polished events and legacy connections.
Kappa Delta Phi
Kappa Delta Phi draws many of its members from music, theatre, fashion, visual arts, and student media, with a relaxed and creative house culture.
Each spring, Lantern Night brings student performances, installations, food, and fundraising to Greek Row.
Omega Phi Beta
Omega Phi Beta is among Alderidge's oldest fraternities, with long ties to athletics, university leadership, legacy families, and alumni networks.
Its reputation for exclusivity has softened over time, but Omega Phi remains one of the Row's most visible chapters.
Lambda Sigma Pi
Lambda Sigma Pi draws much of its membership from engineering, science, architecture, technology, and research programs.
Build Week began as an engineering challenge and now produces increasingly unnecessary machines, structures, and campus-wide competitions.
Theta Lambda Chi
Theta Lambda Chi is a gender-inclusive chapter centered on service, advocacy, health, education, and community involvement.
The chapter coordinates volunteer programs throughout Alderidge and maintains close ties with campus advocacy groups.
Delta Rho Kappa
Delta Rho Kappa is a gender-inclusive social chapter with members from athletics, leadership, academics, and nearly every corner of campus.
The chapter takes Greek Week far more seriously than anyone admits is necessary and is rarely absent from the final standings.