2008 Woodie Awards
Battle of the Houses: Spirit Week
Sarah Bryant
Issue date: 10/13/04 Section: Features
The leaves are starting to change and the temperatures are dropping; fall is finally here. Although it is sad to see the weather become colder, there is always one good aspect about the fall season: Halloween! Getting dressed up and devouring lots of candy might not appeal to all, so House Council has a better idea: Spirit Week and Pumpkin Bowl.
Spirit Week commences on Monday, October 25. During Spirit Week, houses on campus will compete to see who has the most house spirit. Each day of the week will have a dress theme, such as Pajama Day or Hat Day. The top three houses that have the most residents dressed accordingly and that check in with the judges in Pearlstone will be awarded points in the competition.
Although House Council is still working on the themes for each day, many other point-earning activities have already been organized.
This year, CAUSE is lending a hand by sponsoring Penny Wars, a race to see which house can raise the most pennies. During the week, house jars will be placed in Pearlstone for residents to collect pennies. To make the competition more interesting, silver coins and paper money will be put into the jars, and that money will be subtracted from the amount of pennies that house has collected. The top three houses will be awarded points and the money raised will go towards charity.
Each house will also have the opportunity to create a haunted house in their commons room. The Haunted Houses will be judged in different categories, such as scariest and funniest, and each categorical winner will receive points.
This year the grand finale of the competition, Pumpkin Bowl, falls on Halloween from 2PM-4PM in the Residential Quad.
Says Ian McHarg, chairman of the Pumpkin Bowl committee, "The Pumpkin Bowl is where each house tries to get as many of their residents out to the quad as possible. Each house's residents make up that house's team. Then the teams will compete in different events ranging from tug-o-wars to some pretty crazy obstacle courses. This year we might even have a DJ giving us some background music."
Past Pumpkin Bowl activities have included pumpkin bowling, a sundae obstacle course, and a Goucher trivia challenge involving slime being dumped on those who do not know the answer.
According to Alex Smith, House Council President, the goal of Spirit Week and the Pumpkin Bowl is really quite simple. "Not everyone, especially first year students, knows of House Council. So this is a unique and engaging way to get our name out there and try to get everyone interested in participating in campus events."
Why work so hard in the name of spirit? According to McHarg, "The goal of Spirit Week is for your house to have the most points. The top three houses during Pumpkin Bowl will also receive a number of points. Together, along with the optional haunted house that each hall can do the house with the most points wins an awesome cash prize which they can use towards house socials or house gifts."
Check the Goucher Digest for further updates.
Spirit Week commences on Monday, October 25. During Spirit Week, houses on campus will compete to see who has the most house spirit. Each day of the week will have a dress theme, such as Pajama Day or Hat Day. The top three houses that have the most residents dressed accordingly and that check in with the judges in Pearlstone will be awarded points in the competition.
Although House Council is still working on the themes for each day, many other point-earning activities have already been organized.
This year, CAUSE is lending a hand by sponsoring Penny Wars, a race to see which house can raise the most pennies. During the week, house jars will be placed in Pearlstone for residents to collect pennies. To make the competition more interesting, silver coins and paper money will be put into the jars, and that money will be subtracted from the amount of pennies that house has collected. The top three houses will be awarded points and the money raised will go towards charity.
Each house will also have the opportunity to create a haunted house in their commons room. The Haunted Houses will be judged in different categories, such as scariest and funniest, and each categorical winner will receive points.
This year the grand finale of the competition, Pumpkin Bowl, falls on Halloween from 2PM-4PM in the Residential Quad.
Says Ian McHarg, chairman of the Pumpkin Bowl committee, "The Pumpkin Bowl is where each house tries to get as many of their residents out to the quad as possible. Each house's residents make up that house's team. Then the teams will compete in different events ranging from tug-o-wars to some pretty crazy obstacle courses. This year we might even have a DJ giving us some background music."
Past Pumpkin Bowl activities have included pumpkin bowling, a sundae obstacle course, and a Goucher trivia challenge involving slime being dumped on those who do not know the answer.
According to Alex Smith, House Council President, the goal of Spirit Week and the Pumpkin Bowl is really quite simple. "Not everyone, especially first year students, knows of House Council. So this is a unique and engaging way to get our name out there and try to get everyone interested in participating in campus events."
Why work so hard in the name of spirit? According to McHarg, "The goal of Spirit Week is for your house to have the most points. The top three houses during Pumpkin Bowl will also receive a number of points. Together, along with the optional haunted house that each hall can do the house with the most points wins an awesome cash prize which they can use towards house socials or house gifts."
Check the Goucher Digest for further updates.