<p>Ah, that wicker phallus.</p>
<p>Anyway, the way JHS approaches it is the way that many approach Scav (if they do it at all). People tackle an item or two, or think that going to Kansas for a couple of days dressed as the “Wayward Sons” of Dorothy, Batman, the Lion, and the Scarecrow is a lot of fun.</p>
<p>The most competitive dorm about Scav is Snell-Hitchcock, but even there you’re not castigated if you, like my friend, have a midterm, a paper, and a show that weekend and only sign yourself up for half an item. You play to play, to have fun, to escort people on the quads with umbrellas, to go to Vegas, to ask a physics professor how they cram all that graham in Golden Grahams, to lovingly sort 86 1986 pennies, etc. Everybody has a great time. Things get messy.</p>
<p>Scav is the most directly expressive aspect of the Chicago personality-- it’s for committed, hard-working, creative people who have fun by having traditional “fun” (Scavvies throw good parties and good after-parties) and also by bending their minds. It’s the same kind of personality that goes into the uncommon application, the postcards, the classroom experience, and so on.</p>