The Continental - Hamilton College

societygirls just want to have funthree seniors share their favorite sorority party themes1 23My favorite Alpha Theta Chi date party isour annual Fire and Ice party. The Fire andIce party, which gets its name for having iceluges and flaming shots, offers an occasionfor people to dress up in more formal attire,as opposed to the usual weekend uniformsof jeans and t-shirts. However, it also allowsfor some creativity—one year one of myfriends dressed up as ice while her date wasfire. Switching up the scene from beirut to iceluge also allows us a slight change of scenery,which is desperately needed in the long wintermonths at Hamilton.-katie plummer ’08Looking back on Pi Beta Chi’s date partiesof the past, I would have to say the mostmemorable one is ‘Mai Tai’ of 2006, mysophomore year. My first experience of PBX’sannual event was nothing short of remarkable.The premise behind the party is to have afriend pick your date and bring you one of histies to wear that night. When he shows up atthe party he announces, “that’s my tie!” Theparty involves fun games and an overall goodtime!-jenna lally ’08Kappa Sigma Alpha’s Rave was by far my favoriteparty of the year. The mix of techno andpopular favorites kept everyone dancing theentire night. Whether you wanted to reliveyour days abroad by indulging in the Eurotrashvibe or a typical Hamilton night in ELS’sBasement—the party offered something foreveryone. And of course, the Rave wouldn’thave been complete without strobe lights,glow sticks, smarties, and jello shots.-whitney kimmel ’08people who like to do fun things76 the continental | spring 2008If you are wearing a bandana on your arm youare a human, and if you are wearing one on yourhead you are a zombie. Most Hamilton studentsare aware of this by now. Humans vs. Zombies is afairly new game at Hamilton College brought hereby the founder of the People Who Like To Do FunThings Club, Andrew Boddorf (also known as theCommander in Chief of Fun). Boddorf says he createdthe club this semester to “get people out andabout.”People Who Like To Do Fun Things currentlyhas 30-40 members and is a network of peoplewho like to (who’d have guessed?) play games suchas Humans vs. Zombies. Since the club is new, Humansvs. Zombies has been their biggest project,but they have many ideas including an all-campussnow ball fight, a water balloon fight, a game ofcapture the flag, and a game of Assassins. Boddorfplans to keep building the club up.The club was founded after the success of thefirst Humans vs. Zombies game. In this year’s roundthere were 120 players, and the club now owns approximately60 Nerf guns. Players who don’t haveNerf guns, can use rolled up socks. Players registeron the game’s website HvZhamilton.com and oneplayer is assigned the role of original zombie. So far, there have been no broken bones or significant injuries.However, one human did lock himself in a closet for two hours and politely told campus safety notto open the door while the zombies set up their sleeping bags outside.Next year Boddorf wants to try and use Humans vs. Zombies to raise money for charity. Hehopes to have Zombies sponsored for the number of humans they kill, similar to fundraising run/walks.It is hard not to notice the presence of Humans vs. Zombies on campus, and it is likely that we can expectmore interesting and exhilarating activities from the People Who Like To Do Fun Things.- sarah goodell ’11