Spring Retreat by Codie Boyd
A new semester at K-State means new beginnings in classes and in Smurthwaite. So, to start our semester in the house off right, we had our Spring Retreat. This year’s Spring Retreat had several events ranging from bonding activities to a Chiefs watch party. The theme for the house this semester is the Wizard of Oz and several of our activities were related to this theme. One activity that we did was titled “In Search of a Brain”. This activity was a scavenger hunt where we all followed clues to find brooms that we needed to take to the “Wizard” (our president, MacKenzie). The girls had a lot of fun with the hunt and we were all rushing to be the first team to finish. Another activity that we did was a game of hungry hungry hippos. This game is played by one person holding a basket and laying on a rolling cart while another person pushes them around and they try to collect balloons in their basket. Then, the team with the most balloons collected wins! Everyone really enjoyed this game and several of us can’t wait until we get the chance to play it again. Continue reading “Spring Retreat and Ringing in the New Year (In that order)”