The Hunt 2016
Nimrods
Brainerd Commons Challenge
See our campaign ad here: https://youtu.be/3sHBivwvwSA
Campaign Posters
ugh it’s portrait...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5CoSx-dDnU
Cook Commons Challenge
3. Instagram the Hunt! Use #Hunt2016 and #[yourteamname]! (You do not need to create an account for your team.) [.05 points per Insta, MAX 10 points; bonus 10 points if Justin Bieber likes a post]
and more on Instagram
5. Chateau Grand Salon. 4 PM. Saturday. Send your best wrapper. [5 points]
6. Photobomb a stranger's Snapchat and get them to snap it to you. [Style points]
(Playing Pillar Peekaboo)
11. Make a flag that captures the glory and honor of your team. It's also worth points. You must protect it at all costs. Capturing another team's flag and delivering it to the Hunt Masters on Judgement Day will reward your team with even more glory and honor. Flags must be ready by Thursday night.
Flag photo
12. Give a tour of your dorm in the style of MTV's Cribs. [2 points]
See our tight video here, word: https://youtu.be/1_sg5kkt8d8
13. Who says you can’t be culinarily creative in Ross? Using only ingredients from Ross Dining Hall, make a small dish and have it ready to serve to the Hunt Masters and Judges by 6pm on Friday. (Late entries not accepted!) [5 points]
14. Create an infographic for the care and maintenance of campus printers.
[3 points; bonus points for collaborating with Help Desk]
Endorsed and advised by Brett Wells and Brian Foley,
though they thought ‘go to’ your local print release station was more appropriate than ‘hit up’ your local print release station
22. The Hunt Masters are being hunted. Everyday a Hunt Master will be captured and taken to a random building on campus. It is your job to save them. Captains will be texted with an S.O.S. when one of them has been taken. The text will specify which Master has been taken and the type of building they've been taken to (i.e. dormitory, dining hall, etc.). The first team to find the kidnapped Hunt Master will receive a hefty reward. ***Only teams that have registered will be texted, so make sure you've registered! [10 points for each rescue, MAX 10 points per team]
23. Midd ComicCon 2016 is coming up and we want to see your best cosplay on. Come visit our ComicCon booth at the Grille on Thursday night at 10pm. [6 points; bonus points if かわいい or こわい]
Joy from Inside Out
25. Cheryl Dorsey is an incredible social entrepreneur that will be speaking about a life of meaning, purpose, and social change on Thursday, January 28th at 7:30pm in McCullough Wilson Hall as part of the Annual CSE Symposium. Attend Cheryl's talk and Instagram the event with good quotes. [1 point per team member present, 1 point per quality Instagram post about the event, MAX 6 points total for photos]
4 Team Members
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2 Instas and Quotes
27. Meet in Crossroads @ 8PM Friday for a Lip Sync Battle. Come with a song prepared and give us the performance of your lifetime. Judging will be based on style, costume, theatricality, and audience applause. [8 points for winner, 2nd place 5 points, 3rd place 3 points, 2 points for participation]
We were there. You were there.
the video just reminds us…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crx2JgT8v3E
39. The Hunt loves question marks! How many photos can you get of question marks at landmarks around the world? Pictures must be taken between 9am January 28th and 9am January 31st. Make sure the date is on each photo. [.5 points per landmark, MAX 15 landmarks]
43. Our world faces some pretty serious problems at large and small scales. Conduct an interview with someone who's doing something to solve these problems. [4 points, bonus points if you interview a social entrepreneur]
47. Who exactly are from the 48 represented states at Middlebury? Take a picture of delegates from each of these states. We want IDs that specify the state (i.e. license, passport). [.1 points per state represented]
New Mex .
Virginia. Texas Colorado NH Mas. Oregon Vermont
Illinois Alaska Minnesota Washington
48. Create an inspired version of the map of Middlebury College using GIS and other digital tools. [2 points]
51.
55. Support Community Supper by baking, cooling, and packaging cookies (nut-free) in large zip-lock freezer bags. Write your team name and number of cookies on each bag. Deliver your cookies to Ashley Laux, Associate Director of Community Enagegement, between 9am Thursday and 5pm Friday at 118 South Main Street. [.1 per cookie, MAX 10 points, bonus points if you demonstrate how awesome Ashley Laux and Community Engagement are]
Link to us making them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-xJfUEOtjM
62. Private eyes. They’re watching you. They see your every move. [2 points]
62. 2
Every. Move.
63. Welcome to the 78th Hunger Games! The Game Makers (i.e. us) need you to reap a female and male tribute from your team and send them to the Training Center (Coffrin Apartment) on Saturday at 9pm. [You'll find out there]
We were there. It was dope.
72. Participate in MCAB Trivia Thursday night. Use your Hunt team name and document with pics. [0.1 points for every point you get in Trivia, bonus points if you win the whole thing]
26.5 pts
73. Having a summer birthday usually means spending your birthday without your Midd friends ): Let's change that! Collaborate with other Hunt teams to throw a birthday party for everyone on campus born in the summer. Invite by summer birthday only. [4 points; bonus point if you tell us the Hunt Master's birthdays]
July 28th, 1995 Janessa
August 3rd, 1993 Winson
75. 1 in 4 people get featured on TV. Be apart of that 1! [10 points]
All effects done by Kurt, thanks Kurt! And thanks to Middlebury Community TV!
81. Janessa and Winson are considering getting a tattoo. Design one for them. [2 points, 4 points if one of them actually contemplates getting it.]
for Winson, subtle grace
for Janessa, bold beauty
87. The Hunt Masters are narcissistic and would like drawn caricatures of themselves to hang in their rooms for eternal self-admiration. [5 points]
89. It’s raining tacos from out of the sky. Tacos. No need to ask why. [3 points]
91. It's happening. The Zombie Apocalypse. Write us a detailed survival plan for your team. Where will you hide? How will you get food? [2 points]
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
Before we start, we’re going to all buy ourselves the new Fontus portable water bottle that turns air into water, and give it next-day shipping. At under $100, it is well worth the investment. We’ll use Middlebury’s own water supply during the one day we must stay on campus. We don’t anticipate the zombies to find us that quickly. A gamble, but well worth it.
The very first thing our team will do is put on as many different layers of clothing as possible. Fortunately, this won’t be too unbearable for this time of year, as opposed to heat in the summer. We have to ensure that no skin is showing and make it so it will be difficult for zombies to bite all the way through our clothes to pierce our skin. Though very uncomfortable, it’ll keep us safe, especially if we have some of those nearly impenetrable Carhartt jackets out on top of it all.
The next step is to gather arms. The best place to go would be the Athletic Center. There, we can stockpile a wide array of weapons, from ice picks to the classic baseball bats. We’ll hijack some of those dope golf carts our staff is always driving around campus and high-tail it off into town, soon to commandeer Hannaford. That will be our fortress. Tons of food, only one main entrance (and this entrance is the only place that has windows, which increases our security). Also, they have all the alcohol we’ll ever need. We will barricade the entrance with the massive shelves, which we’ll move with the forklifts.
We expect to last comfortably at Hannaford for at least 6 months. There is a wealth of food, a lot of which is non-perishable. However, if the National Guard has not contained the issue by the time our supplies run low, we are essentially screwed. Then, we’ll have no other option than to go full-on Walking Dead on the State of Vermont. We would need to commandeer a farm and try to provide for ourselves. There would be no need to really leave Vermont; it’s a rather unpopulated state and Zombies would be wasting their time here rather than in places like Boston or New York City. However, we would need to move away from the Ethan Allen Highway (the 7), because that is a major route. The ideal option would be to settle just east of the Green Mountains. There are plenty of small towns in the area, so once we deplete resources available to us in one town, we’ll move onward to the next. And we’ll keep this nomadic life till the day we all die normally, peacefully, as humans and not zombies.
93. Take a trip to where Phineas Gage had his famous accident. [4 points]
96. Ever wondered where the Adirondack chairs are taken? We have, so find out for us! We want photo evidence of their new home. Breaking into buildings is strictly NOT allowed. [3 points]
Finders keepers!
97. A 12 point plan to boost Middlebury's ranking to 1. [3 points]
103. Create a 4-minute maximum podcast in the style of NPR's Planet Money that explains something about the world. [4 points; bonus points for collaborating with a professor]
Collaborated with Professor and Former Governor Jim Douglas:
Learn about Vermont Quarters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y5TA4n4dcg
104. Write a review for the best bathroom on campus. [3 points]
In the Mid 1880’s Thomas Crapper invented the first modern flush toilet and founder Thomas Crapper & Co. Since those hallowed days, we, the Bathroom Seekers (BSers) have endeavored to locate and record the most becoming atmosphere in which to rest our heavy haunches. Among are number are the great – George Costanza, Uncle Phil, and many more. It is only after years of careful Bathroom Seeking (BSing) that I can wholeheartedly state that the beautiful Axinn Media Room basement twin-singles are the best bathrooms on campus. The left bathroom, aka Bathroom 068, is the better of the two.
This bathroom is not only #1 on the campus of Middlebury College, but is indeed the best bathroom in the greater Champlain valley area, narrowly beating out the rustically bowel moving accommodations at the Ripton Ranger Station (BYOT- Bring your own trowel) and pre-post porcelainism décor found in Old Chapel.
To the pragmatic newcomer to the field of BSing the best bathrooms on campus are found in the aptly named Chat-eau (Pronounced Shit-oh). Indeed the basement offers the much sought after trifecta – three single bathrooms on a single hallway. Names, however, can be deceiving.
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A slightly more advanced BSer would argue otherwise. One averse to being disturbed would argue that Pearsons basement, The Squash courts two singles, or RAJ house second floor would be the ultimate Porcelain Palaces. A true Paper Connoisseur, determined to use only the highest quality Paper Rollables, would likely argue for Old Chapel 3rd floor or WRMC’s two single-bathrooms’ comforting softness. Alas, despite the finery of these likeable lavatories, Bathroom 068 offers the ultimate experience. Rather than attempt post-porcelain accents or the ostentatious outhouse feel felt in many of Battell’s restrooms, 068 shoots for simplicity allowing you to drop out for a while, and unload the heavy burdens of the modern American life and diet. Additionally, this latrine is pristine. The cleaners of this Can clearly have a real Can do attitude. Thus in a healthy state of mind can you attend God’s business.
068 doesn’t fail in the technical department either. The TP rates in at a 3/5 on the fry-ply softness- absorption scale, by far the best available in the Champlain valley, other than the private bathroom found in Tom’s leather goods store (Tell him Dave sent you and he’ll lend you the key, it’s a real treat). The porcelain prince himself is 10/10 for flow, and the hand dryer sure doesn’t blow. These overwhelming features are complemented by a perfect Dismount Experience. Upon exiting, you are met by the gentle humming of the ever empty film department, and faced with the warm glow of the Pepsi and Snack machines, ready to begin your journey back again to the bliss of Bathroom 068.
Nimrods Rating 5/5
107. Claim Snake Mountain for your Hunt team. Instagram evidence of your claim and tag the Hunt Masters (@midd_hunt_masters). [5 points for first claim; 3 points for most creative claim; 2 points because you made it to the summit]
DONE
Pics or it didn’t happen.
109. Get someone to play any Lady Gaga song on the carillon in Mead Chapel. [6 points; bonus points if we hear it in our Snap Story]
113. Choose one clue and complete it on a college campus in a different state. [4 points; .5 bonus points for every non-Middlebury student in your submission. MAX 5 points]
See #5 and 62
118. Você já viu ou ouviu um berimbau? Encontrar alguém que pode ensinar-lhe como jogá-lo. [3 pontos; pontos de bônus se você tem alguém do clube de Capoeira ensinar-lhe.]
119. Swipe right. You've got a match! Woo them using only Jaden Smith tweets. [2 points]