Springfest
The lazy days of Winter Break are over, so now everyone is trying to re-adjust to their school schedules, plus any extracurricular work we have, too. For example, I found out recently that I am going to be planning and organizing the events for this year’s Springfest, which is an annual tradition here at Southeastern full of really fun and exciting competitions and games in which any SE student may participate.
Originally, Springfest was an event held during finals week. The idea was that playing games with your fellow students would relieve stress during what would normally be a tense week for college students. However, because of the popularity and competitive nature of events like Mud Volleyball, Springfest was actually consuming a lot of students’ time during finals, which would actually cause them to study less and stress-out more.
Now, our SE Student Senate designs and hosts Springfest usually in late March or April, and our participation is huge. Last year there was somewhere in the neighborhood of fifteen or twenty teams, each with five to eight members, all vying for the coveted Sweepstakes Trophy. Last year’s events included games like the Kickball and Mud Volleyball tournaments, as well as a very muddy obstacle course.
This year, we plan to bring lots of new events into the mix, like Ultimate Frisbee. I am also currently experimenting with this stuff called Oobleck, which is basically a cornstarch and water mixture that is a liquid unless you apply force to it, in which case it behaves like a solid (this means you can walk across a pool full of it if you go fast enough. Check it out on YouTube).
I don’t have any doubts that this year’s Springfest is going to excellent, and although I may have my work cut-out for me this semester, I’m still genuinely excited for Springfest Week to start.
