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TODAY: Tuesday, January 28th from 5-6pm (Marvin 311)
Thursday, January 30th from 5-6pm (Marvin 301)
Friday, January 31st from 5-6pm (Marvin 302)
Tag: #vernlife
5 Reasons the Vern Spelling Bee Will Blow Your Mind
The MVC’s epic spelling bee is in a matter of days (Wednesday, 11/13 at 8pm in Post Hall) and it’s crazy. Here are five reasons why you’ll actually want to go to this spelling bee.
1) The competitors are called “Tributes,” and there are 2 from each “District.”
This definitely isn’t going to be a regular spelling bee.
2) Tricks, traps, subterfuge, and sabotage are required to win. It’s not just spelling.
Wait, what?
3) There’s a thing called a “Cornucopia” and tributes use items in it against each other.
Some items let tributes force competitors to spell their word, some items can be used for protection. Some give immunity, and one item makes a tribute spell their word backward.
4) Just by showing up, you could help a tribute win the game.
Did we forget to mention sponsor gifts? There are sponsor gifts. Districts with the biggest audience get sponsor gifts that let their tributes re-do a question.
5) There are 2 Honors districts. These Honors tributes need you to be there.
From District Dor: Emily Long and Katie Formosi. From District Jacob: Shelly Sharma and Allen Allen.
Find out if your friend is a tribute, and then go get (free) tickets to support them. They’re actually going to need your help.
Whitewater Rafting: This one is for Alcibiades!
–The following post is written by UHP Professor Mark Ralkowksi, who recently went on a GW TRAiLS led whitewater rafting adventure with Honors students and other MVC residents.
The rafting trip was a success! There were six honors students, and the other positions were filled by non-honors students from the Vern. I ended up as a “captain” in a raft with non-honors students. These are some pictures of us going down one of the more challenging rapids. Our approach was traditional, recommended, etc.
One of the rafts was all honors students. They took a “different” approach to the same rapid. Here are some representative images:
The other thing worth noting about this raft is that it was later “captained” by Nikki Frick, and it was notably bellicose. I’m pretty sure they’ve all been reading too much Thucydides, because they wouldn’t stop ramming the other rafts and yelling, “this one is for Alcibiades! This one is for Alcibiades!” Honestly, the rest of us were terrified.
