Articles by Kate Shepherd

Some people, such as Britney Spears, get a quickie Las Vegas marriage. Two “Army Dillo” teammates are getting a quickie Scav marriage to complete an item.  

The couple, who is not dating and never has, procured the needed legal papers and will be married by another teammate, who became a priest online.  The couple will get an annulment after the item has been judged, said first-year Anne Konig. 

“It’s crazy. It’s a complete sign of madness,” she said.  “Some Scav people go beyond what normal people would consider insane. I don’t get why people would sign legal documents for fun.”

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In the basement of Pierce tower, the TAANSTAFL snack bar has been transformed into the headquarters for MacPierce, Maclean and Pierce’s Scav team.  It is scattered with boxes, bags, musical instruments and plenty of supplies for Scav.

Members of MacPierce’s “The University of Chicago School of Engineering” Scav team think fondly of their rival teams.

“We’re really big fans of the Snell-Hitchcock team.  The captains are great,” said second-year Ezra Deutsch-Feldman, one of MacPierce’s team captains.  “We don’t feel animosity towards the other teams.  They want us to do well.”

“I’m really happy with the team this year. We’re energetic and creative,” he said.

According to Deutsch-Feldman, the team has completed Item 17d, have a beer with a current candidate for national office, but is keeping the identity of the candidate a secret for now.

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It has been less than a day since “Army Dillo”, Snell-Hitchcock’s 2008 Scav team, got the list but first-year “page assassin” Allen Linton has already convinced Governor Rod Blagojevich, Senator Dick Durbin, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and a super delegate to help “Army Dillo”.

Linton has been working on the politically oriented items, Numbers 17 and 152:

“17. Have a beer with a. A former candidate for civic office (e.g. Larry Doody) [5 points] b. A current candidate for city-wide office (e.g. Barbara Currie) [10 points] c. A current candidate for state-wide office (e.g. Will Burns) [25 points] d. A current candidate for national office (e.g. Jesse Jackson, Jr.) [50 points] e. A current candidate for POTUS (e.g. Barack Obama) [100 points]”

“152. A Superdelegate. Must superdelegate.”

Linton called the politicians’ offices today and convinced the officials themselves—he spoke with Senator Durbin for a minute–or their staffers to help in any way possible.

“I called each office on the phone and said, ‘I am representing the University of Chicago. We are hosting participating in the world’s largest scavenger hunt and my team would like you to help.’ They.. were just like ‘Sure, we’ll help in any way if he’s in town,’” Linton said.

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