The Shofar Cup: Enjoyable Weekend of Competitors

By Maya Speece, CIU Student Writer

The Shofar Cup Weekend is a spotlight in Columba International University’s yearlong House Collective competitors. The House Collective is a staple of CIU’s pupil life, the place every residence corridor, named for a Latin advantage, competes for factors in varied occasions all through the college yr. The Shofar Cup Weekend this yr included: Volleyball, Coffee Haus, Cook Off, and Dodgeball.

Volleyball

The seven House Collective groups competed in match model volleyball. The vitality was excessive because the groups dove to save lots of the ball or spike it over the web.

The groups had been paired into the brother/sister homes with Aequitas as its personal crew. Each crew had six gamers who volunteered to symbolize their home.

Veritas and Virtus gained, beating Sapientia and Fidelitas and additional securing their lead on the House Collective scoreboard.

Abi Comstock stated, “as a freshman, I’m still getting used to the house events, but it is so fun to participate and watch my house compete.”

Coffee Haus

Friday evening’s Coffee Haus was a vastly completely different setting than volleyball. Smooth jazz performed within the dimly lit Hoke Auditorium as college students milled about consuming espresso and looking out on the artistic items. The reveals included essays, pictures, art work, poetry and different crafts.

To earn factors for his or her home, college students submitted artistic works to the Student Life workplace. Awards got in every class for first, second and third place.

Hannah Moore, who gained first place in poetry, stood up and skim her poem to nice applause from her pals and friends. Caroline Birdsong gained first place in art work for the second yr in a row for her reasonable sketch of a household.

The Recreation Team, which helps set up every occasion, reported that they had been very glad to foster pleasant competitors and construct neighborhood among the many college students.

The Cook Off

Each crew gathered within the cafeteria to make a three-course meal for the chosen judges. Rushing to finish their appetizers, entrees, and desserts, the groups relied on their servers to current the meals and seize substances or cooking utensils for them.

Virtus was voted the winner of the Cook Off, though Aequitas and Sapentia additionally gained awards for his or her dishes.

One of the judges, Julie Crosby stated upon seeing the primary course “everything looks exquisite, but not just exquisite, refined.”

Many of the dishes included conventional meals from Brazil, Korea and Thailand. Another decide, Deandre Lieth exclaimed that “I’m getting an international experience.”

Dodgeball

The closing occasion of Shofar Cup was dodgeball. Like volleyball, the groups had been paired with their sibling home. Balls had been flying throughout the gymnasium at document speeds to win every spherical.

After six rounds of fierce competitors, Sapientia and Fidelitas gained the dodgeball match as they cheered the official names of their dorms. The homes signature chants of “P E to the T T Y!” and “West side, best side!” echoed across the gymnasium when the decisive level was scored.

Only one home occasion stays this yr — the Ram Relay. Each crew nonetheless has yet one more probability to win factors to get the House Collective Cup. Which home will take the Cup this yr?

(Photo: Kaedance Quaye (left) and Holland Waller compete within the Cook Off for Fidelitas.)  

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