From: Phil deHaan (dehp@calvin.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 12 2002 - 10:40:11 EDT
September 12, 2002 == FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Calvin College has a reputation as a pretty serious and academic-minded school.
But the school's annual Mud Bowl and Chaos Day traditions are anything but
serious and academic. This Saturday, September 14, those long-standing events
will again bring a fun start to the new school year.
The 34th annual "Chaos Day" pits all six of Calvin's dorms vs each other in a
variety of contests. Some events include a tug-of-war, three-legged race, hula
hoop pass, human wheelbarrow race and a water balloon toss. Points are awarded
for first, second and third with one dorm taking home honors as "Chaos Day
Champion." Part of the tradition involves dress. Generally each dorm has a
color and all of the participants from that dorm not only wear that color shirt,
but many also paint their faces and their bodies in that color.
This will be the 24th annual Mud Bowl and it pits members of Calvin's
apartments vs each other in games including a wheelbarrow race, piggy-back race
and soccer-ball hop (with the ball between the knees). To be honest, however,
the game is not the thing; the object is to get as dirty as possible. All of
the games take place in thick, knee-deep mud, prepared especially for the
occasion with dirt and plenty of water.
Calvin's John Witte works in residence life and says the point of both events
is simply "to have a fun, shared experience as a community of students living in
the residence halls . . . to meet others from your hall, blow off some steam
after the first week of class, develop a bit of hall unity and pride and laugh
with others."
Chaos Day begins at 10 a.m. on the women's softball diamond on the main campus
(near the Calvin Fieldhouse). The Mud Bowl begins at 1 p.m. behind the Phi-Chi
apartment complex on the Calvin campus on the east side of the East Beltline
(near the two new buildings).
Contact John Witte at 957-6546
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