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Picnic in the Pond
This week Millikan Pond was emptied, so some of the hovse decided to have a picnic in Millikan Pond. It was silly and fun, and we got lots of strange looks from passersby.
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Ditch Day
The seniors were right, ditch day was tomorrow! Many shenanigans were had on the best day of the year, and here’s some of the highlights. Hot-wiring a car on the James Bond stack. Defusing a nuclear bomb on the James Bond stack. Attached to a rope running all around a room, the Doctor Who…
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Bioshock the Interhovse
Blacker Hovse little interhovse this year was themed Bioshock. The lounge and dining hall were Bioshock 1 and 2, while the courtyard was the domain of Bioshock Infinite. The dance platforms in the courtyard spread out to encompass the two trees in the courtyard. We had two “rope” bridges as part of it, and a…
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Vroom Vroom
We found a toy car in a dumpster, brought it back to Blacker, fixed it up, and took it for a ride. To the C-store! Making race-cars jealous in the courtyard. Navigating corners in the hovse.
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Spooling Adventures
We acquired a lot of small spools in the courtyard, which led to the creation of large towers of spools in the courtyard. This was the creation of the initial stack of spools: It didn’t fall! Through the next day, people would knock the stack of spools down and rebuild them. Soon…
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Space Mining the Big I
Every other year all the houses band together to put on Big Interhouse. Each north house (and Avery) pairs with a south house to make a party in the courtyard of the south house, and all these parties are held simultaneously in one night. This year, Blacker paired with Lloyd to have Space Mining the…
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Gon(e)do(o)r
In Blacker’s alley called Tunnel, there’s a room named Gondor. It’s usually a frosh double, and this year lots of puns were made about the name. Recently, a number of frosh decided that Gondor’s door should be gone, so they made it happen. Gondor, sans door. After removing it from its hinges, they…
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Oh Christmas Tree
In December, Blacker Hovse gets a Christmas tree for the lounge. It’s hung upside down and decorated with a wide variety of items (usually found lying around in the lounge). Yes, the ladder is hanging from the tree in this picture. No, Andrew is not hanging from the tree in this picture. Last…
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Halloween 2014
This Halloween, the frosh decided to dress up as the upperclassmen of Blacker. They kept their plans a surprise until dinner, when they all showed up with costumes and name tags. Some stayed in character the entire dinner. After dinner, other people in the hovse dressed up and went to Blacker’s annual Halloween party at…
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Pranking a Physics Lecture
On the last day of the Ph1a lecture, a group of mole frosh decided to liven the class up with a prank. Having got permission from the Prof to interrupt class, they worked to install a Vanishing Cabinet (from Harry Potter) in the lecture hall. When the lecture rolled around, there was indeed a Vanishing…