On Sunday August 30th, as a part of Welcome Week for new students, an event called Building Wars was hosted. The event was sponsored by the Resident Hall Association, and lasted from 12:30- 4:30 in the TRLC Quad. During this event, each building was given a color and was pitted against other buildings in various competitions.
To start the day each building could decorate a sign to put outside. Building D decided to create the tagline “Leaving the Dream” and decorated the sign with leaves and the names of the residents, RAs, and TALONS participating. The first event building D competed in was trivia. The topic of the day was Stockton trivia, and each building had someone sit in a seat and that person would then race to a table in front of the room to answer the question. Building D did not win this event, but the next activity was to play Ships and Sailors. This game requires participants to listen to instructions and do what is described, with the last person to do an activity being eliminated from the game. The game ended pretty quickly with a win for Building D.
In between events various ice breakers were being held, including favorites such as Ride That Pony, 1 2 3 Look, and Ninja. The next event was a watermelon eating contest, and the participant for building D quickly ate her way to victory over the other building, giving D another win. Then a tug-of-war took place, allowing each team to put eight of its strongest members on the rope. In a best of three games scenario building D was shown not to be as strong overall as the other building. Building D also participated in a water balloon toss, volleyball, and human foosball, with all ending not too well for the building.
The final event for building D was an inflatable obstacle course race. During this race three members of each building raced relay style to be the first building completely done. The other team proved too fast, and building D ended the day with another loss. Despite not winning, everyone who participated seemed to have a fun time and were able to bond as a building. Overall, Building Wars was a big success and a highlight of Welcome Week.