Gilligan unloaded an old Navy sea bag from the cab and headed up the steps of the freshman dorm. Between his GI Bill and the Howell trust, he could have easily afforded his own apartment. But Gilligan wanted the full college experience. He remembered the Professor reminiscing about his college days many a night around the campfire on the island.
The former castaway walked up and down the corridors seeking his room, oblivious to the stares and snickers of his dorm-mates; most of whom were over two decades his junior. Gilligan finally found his room and started unpacking. Soon he started to hear a disturbance outside. It was getting louder and louder. Gilligan could soon make out a word that was being chanted over and over.
A crowd of young men were outside the dorm repeating, "Nerds, Nerds, Nerds!"
Soon the crowd of fit young men wearing letter jackets were running through the halls of the freshman dorm throwing residents and their belongings out. Some even through windows!
A rather large young man confronted Gilligan with, "Time to go, grandpa!"
Gilligan responded with, "No! This is my room, I paid for it."
A bit of a fracas ensued, and it took three Alpha Betas to evict a skinny 40-year- old former castaway. Gilligan soon joined the other freshman in the gym. He was told that the situation was just temporary, and that he and the other freshmen could join a fraternity. The problem was not that many fraternities were interested in a 40-year-old freshman. Gilligan considered renting an apartment, but felt that would be giving in to the jocks. He wanted a true college experience.
Soon it was just Gilligan and the others who couldn't get into a fraternity in living in the gym. Ironically, the young man with the bunk next to his was the Universities youngest freshman—a child prodigy named Wormser. There was a very colorful guy named Lamar, a kind of sloppy frosh that went by Booger, a bespectacled violinist named Poindexter, and the two leaders of this eclectic group, high school buddies Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowell.
Gilligan enjoyed his new group of friends. They were very smart, and helped him make the adjustment to college life. Gilligan was also very popular with Booger, as he could buy the beer without any hassle. When Gilbert and Lewis came up with the idea of chipping in and renting a house, Gilligan jumped at the idea. He also quietly let Lewis know that he could help out a little more than the others with the rent if needed.
Soon Lewis found a house. It was an old abandoned fraternity house, but with a little elbow work it looked great. Gilbert and Lewis even had a robot to help out with the work! After Gilligan's years in the Navy and on the island, the restoration of the house was a snap. Lewis even found a national fraternity willing to make the house a probationary chapter: Lamda Lamda Lamda.
The rivalry between the jock fraternity of Alpha Beta and the nerd fraternity of Lamda Lamda Lamda was what legends were made of. Eventually, the Tri-Lams won the presidency of the Greek Council and the hearts and minds of the students and alumni of Adams College. And they were able to do this by homecoming. As a Christmas gift to his new friends in Lamda Lamda Lamda and their sister sorority Omega Mu for their hard work champion the cause of underdog and helping him with his homework, Gilligan arranged for his new friends to spend two weeks at the world famous Castaways Resort.