Finally the day arrived for IA’s ginger bread house build off competition. We have been working on this event for almost a month, from brainstorming, to organizing, and finally implementing. Things began to fall into places this week. Seven teams popped up on the last day and we ended up with 12 teams in the competition. I received confirmations from Dean Denise, Mike McKenna, and Professor Gendron to be the judges; Trista ordered ginger bread kits from a bakery; Mary found nice trophies and got them engraved. On Wednesday we went shopping for candies and other event supplies. It was my craziest candy shopping day and it was great fun discovering the world of sweets. The event took place on Saturday afternoon at Dana Commons. My suitemates and I formed a team called “Homemakers”. I LOVE building ginger bread houses! My friend Ali made a Jewish star on the roof with marshmallows and chocolate dots, which should be titled the best multicultural roof. I decorated the other half of the roof with all colors of gum drops, kisses, gummy fishes, candy wafers, and so on, which should be titled the best use of candy if they have this prize. However, we had a hard time stabilizing the walls since the roofs were too heavy. Sam contributed a lot in structuring, Bridget found ribbon candies which support the house well, and Nick assisted as a good candy opener. It was great working with my suitemates as a team to collaborate and achieve something together. “Homemakers” is the best. Some other teams were composed of both students and professors, such as the studio art department team which was the winner, and the music department team whose house was chosen as the most habitable one. It was a good opportunity to strengthen the bonds between students and professors through an outside classroom event. There was also a “playground” where students who did not sign up can come and design their own ginger bread men. We will make the gingerbread house build-off competition an annual event and hopefully it will become a lasting tradition.
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- Last post - April 25th, 2009
- Intramural Soccer Game, IA End of Year Party, and Open House - April 19th, 2009
- Spree Day and Men's Tennis Game - April 12th, 2009
- Entretour and International Gala - April 5th, 2009
- Worcester Consortium Career Fair, and IA events - March 29th, 2009
- Hip-hop, Ladies Night, and Volunteer - March 23rd, 2009
- Spring break and "Clark Bike Share" - March 16th, 2009
- Spring break! - February 28th, 2009
- Equestrian Show at U-Mass - February 23rd, 2009
- Horse Riding and Masquerade Ball - February 16th, 2009
- Intramural Basketball Game - February 8th, 2009
- Peace Project and GSP Academic Panel - February 1st, 2009
- Obama is in office! & Happy Chinese New Year! - January 26th, 2009
- Welcome Back - January 20th, 2009
- Last week of classes - December 14th, 2008
- Happy Thanksgiving - November 30th, 2008
- International Journey, Thanksgiving dinner and Peapod Squad Improv Show - November 23rd, 2008
- Financial crisis forum and a visit to a quilt store - November 16th, 2008
- Newport and presidential election - November 9th, 2008
- Halloween! - November 2nd, 2008
- a busy and fulfilled week - October 25th, 2008
- IA Bazaar - October 18th, 2008
- Barn visit and soccer game ( My friends won by 7:2!!!) - October 12th, 2008
- First Post on Clark Diaries! - October 5th, 2008
