And another thing

This might not be just Cranbrook, but I'm noticing that campus events or locations get refered to without the use of noun modifiers or determiners like "a" or "the." So people ask, "Were you here for Studio?" or "I think there will be Lounge tonight" or "Will I see you later at Forum?" I'm trying to get into the swing of this: I wake up in the morning and look out the window to see if the workers are back to continue construction on Fence. I also noticed that cars in Michigan only have one license plate, on the front, the back plate is always missing. It's Licence Plate.