 | During the scavenger hunt, the teams of students were required to take group photos at various designated sites. Here, a team of new graduate students poses in front of the Center Church on the Green. |
Armed with disposable cameras, an instruction sheet, pen, pencil, campus map and several lists, nine teams made
up of a total of 100 new graduate students dashed around New Haven for the
annual orientation week Scavenger Hunt a few days before classes began. — By Gila Reinstein
T H I S
Scavenger hunt orients new graduate
students to the campus and Elm City
Each team had two hours to accumulate points by obtaining specific objects, taking
photos in designated places and answering questions. McDougal Student Life Fellows
organized the hunt and set the questions and items.
The purpose of the event is to familiarize incoming students with their campus
and city. Side benefits include bonding with other newcomers, getting fresh air
and exercise, and learning quirky tidbits about Yale and its home city.
The objects that teams were required to assemble ranged from easy-to-get things
like a piece of candy from the office of Lisa Brandes, director of the McDougal
Center’s Office of Student Life (a task worth one point), to somewhat more
challenging items like a signature from a Peabody Museum desk guard (four points),
and a rubbing from Noah Webster’s grave in the Grove Street Cemetery (seven
points). Ten bonus points were awarded to any team willing to run all the way
up Prospect Street to snag a bulletin from the Divinity School and/or to Yale-New
Haven Hospital on the other side of town for a visitor’s pass.
Each team member had to appear in at least 10 photos, taken at such locations
as the Nathan Hale statue on Old Campus (bonus points for being barefoot), the
Women’s Table, outside the Criterion movie theater, on level 7M of the
Sterling Library stacks, at Ingalls Rink, in Battell Chapel, in front of the
Playwright bar (bonus points if the team is cheering wildly), and many other
locations, near and far.
Questions ranged from the useful (“How much is the Connecticut sales tax?” and “When
is the first stipend check disbursed?”) to the playful (“What restaurant
is closest to HGS and how much is its shrimp diavolo?”).
The winner was Team Irony, which included Lesley Yen , Anne Greenberg, Katja
Ganske, Iva Rashkova, Janice Chua, Hoong Chuin Lim, Megan Wong, Ben Shatil, Celine
Tricard, Zhihong John Lin and Emily Stoops. Each student on the winning team
was given a goodie bag that contained a Graduate School mug and candy; a Graduate
Career Services water bottle and pen; a McDougal Center pencil; a coupon for
coffee or tea from the Blue Dog Café; a First Friday at Five bottle cozy;
a bottle of Yale water; a bumper sticker, pens and mouse pad from the Office
of New Haven and State Affairs; and pop tarts, in addition to the sweet taste
of victory.
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Scavenger hunt orients new graduate students to the campus and Elm City
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