10 o’clock list: 5 Ways to Beat the Housing Lottery

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If your lottery number is as bad as mine is, you’re likely trying to convince yourself that your cardboard box on Middle Path will at least leave you with a super short walk to class. Or maybe you’ve decided that being a stow-away in Ascension looks pretty viable. For those of you that are also terrified of Saturday’s housing lottery, here are some coping mechanisms:

1. Make it a Drinking Game. Take a shot for every one of your housing options that gets taken. Or, if you feel that doom is imminent, get crafty and plan ahead with some Mather Mojitos. But maybe you’ve come to terms with the situation–if so, perhaps a Martini-tiny Dorm Room is in order.

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Poll: Who Will Win Greek Week 2012

You'd think this campus didn't exist before the Hunger Games the way things have been going lately.

For those of you who don’t know, we are currently in the midst of Greek Week 2012 which has very aptly been Hunger Games-themed. Greek Week consists of a number of events like dodgeball, a lip synching competition, trivia night and culminates in the Greek Olympics, which will be taking place this Saturday, Apr. 21 at 1:00 p.m. on South Quad.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Tonight is the Pie-Eating Contest. 6:30 p.m. Great Hall. Peirce. It will be awesome.

Anyways, the eleven competing Greek organizations are Alpha Delta Phi, Archon Society,  Beta Theta Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Peeps, Delta Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Epsilon Delta Mu, Theta Delta Phi and Zeta Alpha Pi.

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