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Mischa mentioned earlier the bounty placed upon this fine literary institution by the Scav judges. Snell–Hitchcock succeeded in taking down Claire McNear’s Bartlett balloon Thursday morning, but I hardly think their effort here qualifies as “taking down the Maroon”:
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.”
Members of the Snell-Hitchcock Scav team danced to the infamous Bloodhound Gang song and more last night on the quads as Army Dillo, MacPierce, The Audacity of Pope and other teams entertained the judges with nautical-themed parties, food from the Top Chef Challenge (Last night’s face-off took place in Ex-Libris and featured some of the “Manliest” Nachos I’ve ever seen) and a recreation of Project Runway on the paved walkway leading from Ryerson to the center of the quad.
Snell-Hitchcock dressed up in sandals and togas to recreate scenes from the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts, while Max P. wore period costumes to channel the movie “Titanic.” Another team marched by wearing Viking hats, and a group of camera-touting Chinese tourists also stopped to take photos with the costumed revelers and join the party. Read the rest of this entry »
(Posted at 11:15)
The University of Chicago’s 2008 Scavenger Hunt, affectionately referred to as “Scav Hunt,” officially begins at midnight when the judges release their ten-plus page list. But for third-year Ross Kelly, the scavenging began five weeks ago.
Kelly lives in Snell-Hitchcock, a dorm known both as last year’s winning team and as the most notoriously enthusiastic pair of houses in the competition. Kelly is one of dozens of team members who dug through campus dumpsters and dragged everything from rotting wood to PVC pipe through the rain last April in preparation for the ridiculously obscure, physically demanding and just plain absurd items that are sure to be on this year’s list.
“You never know what you’ll have to build,” said Kelly, who is also the team’s designated “ManlyCon,” and therefore in-charge of constructing items that require power-tools.