Scav Hunt!

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<p>We talk a lot about the University of Chicago here, but rarely mention one of its greatest folk customs: Scav Hunt. If you think it’s fun, you won’t ever wonder whether fun went to die there again. It started this morning.</p>

<p>This year’s list:<a href=“http://scavhunt1.uchicago.edu/lists/list2007.pdf[/url]”>http://scavhunt1.uchicago.edu/lists/list2007.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Last year’s significantly more clever (to my taste) list: <a href=“http://scavhunt1.uchicago.edu/lists/list2006.pdf”>http://scavhunt1.uchicago.edu/lists/list2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>This was probably the major factor in my son’s infatuation with Chicago. My daughter . . . won’t acknowledge its existence.</p>

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<p>Scav Hunt is a little frightening.</p>

<p>But yes, the reading of the list was at 12:30 AM this morning after the list was released at HQ at 12:00 midnight.</p>

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<p>This sounds wonderful, I love it! I wonder how many other schools have these traditional campus-wide puzzle/hunt competitions? The last couple years I’ve participated remotely (legitimately!) in helping my son’s team in the [MIT</a> Mystery Hunt](<a href=“http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/]MIT”>www.mit.edu/~puzzle/) which is held every January term. Someone mentioned on another thread the Reed Thesis Parade, which isn’t a puzzle/hunt but is a cool tradition anyway. What other such traditions should we expose and celebrate here?</p>

<p>Just remember: “All props must continue to be mad props.” :)</p>

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<p>I’m new to the forum, but as a student at UChicago I was wondering if I could ask for your help with one particular 2007 Scav Hunt item.</p>

<h1>80: For Every 500 People that Join This Group, A Scavvie Will Get It In The Beanbag. [2 points per bags beaned]</h1>

<p>The basic premise for this item revolves around getting as many people as possible to join a global Facebook group, based on which the corresponding teams can accumulate points.</p>

<p>The group is located at <a href=“http://uchicago.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2340821563[/url]”>http://uchicago.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2340821563&lt;/a&gt; so if you could join or invite your friends on Facebook that would be truly appreciated. Also, you only have to be a member of the group for about a week - so there’s not really any reason not to join.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>YEs my D was jealous of the Uchicago scavenger hunt- because it sounded better organized than Reeds-and had more interesting items.</p>

<p>Reed used to have one at the beginning of the year- but I don’t even think they have that anymore since a golf cart was on the list one year & one was supposedly stolen from the neighboring golf course :(</p>

<p>Thesis parade is cool but it also kicks off Renn Fayre- which is pretty cool too.
Glow Opera
running of the Picts
Human Chess
The ball drop
Swallowing of madagascar hissing cockroaches
all take place during Renn Fayre as do [rumored</a> sightings of the Doyle Owl](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyle_Owl]rumored”>Doyle Owl - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>D has also played Capture the Flag at Reed( and paint ball with her profs)- which leads me to think that college is just a very expensive summer camp.
with alcohol.</p>

<p>Id love to hear about other quirky things at other schools though too- D#2 is not interested in attending Reed, but she does like to see the students doing things for fun that don’t have to include drugs/alcohol/sex.</p>

<p>( in fact she is pretty much a prude in that area- not that, that is a bad thing , I just don’t know where she gets it :confused:)</p>

<p>Reeds traditions don’t revolve around puzzles the way MITs do, but they do require a lot of creativity.
( and often fire!)</p>