Tag: random

  • Dean’s Appreciation Club

    Dean’s Appreciation Club

    At them most recent club fair, the Dean’s Appreciation Club made an appearance. Founded and currently ran by Moles, the club keeps an eye on the Deans in order to appreciate them whenever possible.  

  • How much is the honor code worth?

    How much is the honor code worth?

    Some people left money under the whiteboard with a comment “How much $$$ is the honor code worth?”   There’s some debate, but the honor code is worth somewhere between a pillow and $40. Make of that what you will.

  • Attending a Thesis Defense

    Attending a Thesis Defense

    Lucas, the Blacker RA, was going to give his thesis defense, so the hovse did the obvious thing, and made shirts with his face on them to wear to the defense. By the time Lucas started, Blacker took up the last 3 rows in the lecture hall.   There were also “LucasRA” capes worn.

  • Picnic in the Pond

    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.    

  • Vroom Vroom

    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.  

  • Spooling Adventures

    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…

  • Gon(e)do(o)r

    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…

  • Halloween 2014

    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…

  • Another Courtyard Inventory

    Another Courtyard Inventory

    3 years after the last inventory; let’s see what’s changed. 1 bored frosh with a laptop 1 bored senior with a camera 1 Blacker House Ct. street sign, hanging from the north gate 8 wooden pallets n pieces of wood scavenged from other pallets Bored frosh is not bored enough to count all this. 1…

  • Hot Tub Party!

    Hot Tub Party!

    Every summer we put together our homemade hot tub in the courtyard. We fill it with hot water from as many janitorial sinks as we can reach with available hoses, and voila, instant party. This summer we decided to utilize our gazebo left over from Interhovse. Somehow our hot tub pieces magically fit inside the…