End of Summer Bash

Hey guys,

Yesterday, the staffs of ANW and Blanche came together and hosted an End of Summer Bash in the quad between ANW and DMC.

We had cotton candy, corn dogs, and Rita’s ice, which is as East Coast thing that people seem to adore, and with good reason. It’s like shaved ice, except the flavours are stronger. The food is why a lot of people showed up–who can resist free food?!–but I was really excited when people stayed, too. We had weird and unusual games (again, East Coast things?!) like corn hole and ladder golf as well as a ball for playing catch, a volleyball net, and water balloons.

I must admit, I hate event planning. I hate how one can spend so much time preparing an event just to see it start and end in the flash of an eye. But this one I actually really enjoyed because it was a total success. We had a lot of people come and it was a great opportunity to meet my residents as well as other people I live with. I can, to the surprise of many, be super shy and so I really appreciated the chance to simply hang out with people. We did a great job of planning everything, so it went super smoothly and was relatively stress-free.

I really love how enthusiastic McDaniel students can be, and how willing they are to be silly and throw water balloons and to dance to some good music. I’m excited for the next events we hold!

Ema