October Fun

The count down to Halloween night is on, where will you be that weekend?
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This week has been pretty intense for all students on campus. In addition the stress of midterms, scheduling classes for spring semester and keeping up with work and organizations, "Assassins" began this week. This is a game played in LRH where participants draw the name of their target. Each person has a tube sock and must wear it at all times, assassins wishing to "kill" their prey need only to steal the sock. However, participants are given safety boundaries in their own rooms as well as the Food Emporium and classes. I myself did not play this year, last year was way too stressful, I was always looking over my shoulder wondering... Not cool.

In other news, my intramural sand volleyball team won the championship last week and we will continue our reign for indoor volleyball next week! Also, Preview Day was last Saturday and I thought it went really well, there were many students who ranked UIS at the top of their list. Anna and I gave a tour to about 40 people, try fitting that group in a dorm room... it's pretty tricky. It was really interesting to be on the other side of the spectrum, no longer the prospective student, I was the one answering countless questions and trying to soothe the worries of many parents. It was really funny to see how embarressed the prospective students got when their parents would talk, hahaha. Yeah, I've been there.

After Preview Day I headed down to Camp Cilca in Sherman for the 2West Service Learning Retreat. It was nice to get off campus and walk through nature. I was running late so I missed the Challenge Course that my fellow volunteers did. They told me what kind of things they did to improve their trust in one another as well as teamwork. There was canoeing, and some odd sorts of challenges that required group collaboration .


In addition to the team building excercises we played games, discussed volunteer opportunities in the area and events that we will hold this year for Service Learning. Hunger and Homeless week is coming up and there will be a Hunger Banquet (more details to come) as well as opportunities to go down to Washington Street Mission and serve food to those in need. If you're interested in being apart of Service Learning or just want to help out with an event contact, SStine1@uis.edu.