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WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF THE HALLS? TAKE PART IN OUR NEW ANNUAL TRADITION This year, you have the opportunity to compete in the first annual Battle of the Halls. This new week-long hall to hall competition allows residents to show their hall pride by attending hall and campus-wide events, engaging in social media challenges, and joining a Battle Royale hall team to become the 2018 champion hall. In this special edition of the Hall Ways magazine, you will find: ●
Operation Battle of the Halls: A Detailed Calendar of Events
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Point Patrol: Ways to Earn Extra Points
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House Cup: Information About the Year Long Competition
This year’s Battle of the Halls is co-sponsored by University Housing, the Residence Hall Association (RHA), the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH), and Campus Recreation and Intramurals.
BATTLE OF THE HALLS CHAMPION PRIZES Points will be tallied and updated on the Battle of the Halls website each day by noon. On Friday, hall teams will compete in the Battle Royale for final points. There, the victorious hall will be named. If your hall is victorious, you will have the opportunity to take part in a VIP event, your hall name will be engraved on the Battle of the Halls trophy, and (of course) your hall will have the eternal bragging rights of being the FIRST EVER champions of the Battle of the Halls!
THE BATTLE BATTALION: YOUR PLANNING COMMITTEE ERIN MCFERRIN Assistant Director of Residential Learning, University Housing COLTON GOODMAN Kennedy Hall Resident Director, University Housing KIMBERLY BRADLEY Freedom’s Landing Resident Director, University Housing
FOR FULL DETAILS & DAILY SCOREBOARD VISIT THE BATTLE OF THE HALLS WEBSITE: GSUHousing.com/ BattleoftheHalls Do you have more questions about the Battle of the Halls? Ask your RA, Graduate Resident Director, Resident Director, or contact any member of the Battle Battalion! Follow Us for More Updates!
SAPHERIA SAMUELS Southern Courtyard Grad. Resident Director, University Housing MIKALAH GUYTON Marketing Graduate Assistant, University Housing CARLENE ROBINSON Finance & Administration Graduate Assistant, University Housing KAYLA SIMPSON Residential Curriculum Graduate Assistant, University Housing BRIAN VERVERKA Intramural Program Director, Campus Recreation & Intramurals MAYA ALLEN Executive Board Member, Residence Hall Association
OPERATION: BATTLE OF THE HALLS EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH
RHA KICK-OFF MEETING & CARE PACKAGE DISTRIBUTION 7PM - WATSON MULTIPURPOSE ROOM (10 POINTS PER HALL MEMBER) Earn points by attending the open RHA meeting and helping to deliver the first round of housing care packages. Stay till the end to earn your points and get some free food!
WHAT IS RHA? The Residence Hall Association (RHA) is the second largest student-run organization at Georgia Southern University. RHA is an organization that focuses on leadership development, advocacy, and programming. Every student that lives in a residence hall is a part of RHA! As an active member of RHA you will form the vast network of people who work to use their voice to advocate, and plan exciting events and programs. Join us to MAGNIFY YOUR VOICE! Open General Body meetings take place every Monday in the Watson MPR at 7pm.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28TH
HALL SPIRIT NIGHT (10 POINTS PER STUDENT) Earn points by attending their hall’s Spirit Night event (see schedule below). Spirit Nights will let you show your hall pride, meet others in your building and work on your Spirit Competition items. Bootcamps on Tuesday and Thursday allow you to sign up for one of your hall’s Battle Royale teams. CP - Spirit Night - 7:30pm in CP Clubhouse EV - Spirit Night & Bootcamp - 8pm in EV Clubhouse FL - Spirit Night - 8pm in FL Clubhouse KE - Spirit Night - 6:30pm in KE Multipurpose Room SC - Spirit Night & Bootcamp - 8pm in SC Clubhouse SP - Spirit Night - 7pm in SP Clubhouse UV - Spirit Night - 9pm in UV Clubhouse WA - Spirit Night - 8pm at the RAC
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH
BATTLE ROYALE BOOTCAMPS & DRILLS (10 POINTS PER STUDENT / POST) Each hall is creating their own event, activity, or social media campaign on Wednesday for residents to continue earning points. CP - Bootcamp - 6:30pm in CP Clubhouse EV - EV Social Media Campaign - #EVWorkOutWednesday FL - Bootcamp - 8pm in FL Clubhouse KE - Bootcamp - 6:30pm in KE MPR SP - SP Social Media Challenge - Wear Green! #SoPiSoFly UV - Bootcamp - 9pm in UV Clubhouse WA - Bootcamp - 8pm in WA MPR
OPERATION: BATTLE OF THE HALLS EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH
NRHH’S O.T.M. BRIGADE (10 POINTS PER STUDENT) 8-10PM IN CENTENNIAL PLACE CLASSROOM 2104 Earn points for attending the O.T.M. Brigade and learning about how to recognize excellence in the halls by submitting an O.T.M. or “Of The Month.” Food available!
WHAT IS NRHH?
NRHH is the organization that recognize those individuals who have demonstrated positive leadership and outstanding service to residence hall life at Georgia Southern University and to serve as a stimulus for developing residence hall involvement. NRHH will serve as the primary outlet for service and recognition initiatives for University Housing. Through these stated purposes, the NRHH strives to improve the quality of residence hall life on the Georgia Southern University campus.
WHAT ARE O.T.M.s?
Of the Month’s (OTM’s) are awards you can write to recognize the amazing things going on at your campus. By writing an OTM about someone or a program on campus, you can show others that their efforts did not go unnoticed. This recognition could be a push in the right direction, and may even give the nominee the confidence they need to continue to succeed. This recognition spreads and actually benefits the campus as well. OTMs are submitted and a committee votes on the best OTM for each category every month. Winning submissions are detailed on how the nominee went above and beyond in that specific month and will move on to the regional level. Regional levels even have the chance to win at a NATIONAL level. Last year, Georgia Southern submitted over 250 OTMs, had 5 Regional, and 2 National winners. Want to earn an ADDITIONAL 10 points for your hall? Write a quality OTM (defined as at least 300 words) for a person or program on campus by Thursday at midnight! Visit https://otms.nrhh.org/ to write yours! Looking for tips on writing winning OTMs? Check out the South Atlantic Affiliate of College & University Residence Halls (SAACURH) OTM Writing Guide: http://bit.ly/OTMGuide
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST
THE BATTLE ROYALE 5-8PM IN THE RUSSELL UNION BALLROOM Hall members can earn points for their hall just by attending, plus earn points by competing in various events during the Battle of the Halls culminating event:
The Battle Royale! Hall members will sign up throughout the week to be a part of one of their hall’s Battle Royale teams. Attendance at the event will earn students 10 points, plus the additional points their hall earns by winning challenges at the Battle Royale. Winners of the Battle of the Halls will be crowned at the end of the Battle Royale. ● ● ● ● ● ●
Minute to Win It Challenges Trivia Competitions Relay Race Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament Hungry, Hungry Hippo Team Challenge Hall Spirit Exhibition
INTERESTED IN JOINING ONE OF YOUR HALL TEAMS?
POINT PATROL:
HOW TO EARN EXTRA POINTS FOR YOUR HALL PHOTO CHALLENGES (5-10 Points)
See Social Media Rules below to make sure your efforts are counted!
@GSUHousing #gsubattlepride
Post a picture of yourself with a Professional Staff/Graduate Staff Member from University Housing on Instagram (5 points per Pic) Create funny (& appropriate) hall memes and post to Instagram (5 points per Post / 10 points if “Liked” by University Housing) Post a video of students from your hall completing a flash mob (5-10 points per video based on creativity) Post a picture of yourself (or a group of hall students) with a GSU Eagle, with Gus outside of the Dining Commons, or at Sweetheart Circle on Instagram (5 points per Student in each Pic)
Battle of the Halls Social Media Rules: For your social media post to be considered for point allocation, you must use the proper tags and hashtags in your post. Each post MUST: Tag @gsuhousing, include #GSUBattlePride, and include your residence hall hashtag (hall hashtags below).
Residence Hall Codes: Centennial Place – #CP Southern Courtyard – #SC
Eagle Village – #EV Southern Pines – #SP
Freedom’s Landing #FL University Villas – #UV
Kennedy Hall – #KE Watson Hall -#WA
Example: If you live in Freedom’s Landing, your caption will be @gsuhousing #GSUBattlePride #FL
TWEET WITH PETE (5-15 Points) Our Housing Executive Director Pete Blutreich is a HUGE fan of “Dad Jokes.” Tell him your favorite “Dad Joke” on Twitter (@pblutreich). Post Dad Joke = 5 Points If Pete “Likes” Your Joke = 10 points If Pete “Re-Tweets” Your Joke = 15 points
PETE’S FAVORITE DAD JOKE? What do you call a bodybuilding dinosaur? A T-Flex :)
INVOLVEMENT (5-10 Points) Write a quality (300+ words) OTM by August 30th (10 Points per Submission). Register a Hall Intramural Team (5 Points per Team) Complete the “Sustainability Perceptions” survey through the Office of Sustainability (5 Points per Completed Survey)
PAINT THE TOWN BLUE (5 Points Each) Use the Battle of the Halls Social Media Rules AND add the #TrueBlue hashtag. See http://bit.ly/GSUTrueBlue for more details.
Post a picture of yourself participating in “True Blue Monday” on Instagram Post a picture of yourself at one of the local businesses or departments participating in the “True Blue Spirit Competition” by Wednesday, August 29th on Instagram Post a picture of yourself participating in “Campus Blitz” on Thursday, August 30th on Instagram
THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN INTRAMURAL HOUSE CUP The Georgia Southern Housing Cup with Campus Recreation & Intramurals was developed to crown the best residence hall on Georgia Southern’s Campus! We also want to promote fun, competitive, and recreational incentives for Housing residents to be engaged on-campus. Points are awarded to each residence hall for participation and success in designated Intramural Sports, and participation in other designated CRI events. All participating halls must comply with eligibility requirements in order to be eligible to participate in the point system (see IM Sports Handbook). All team members must comply with participant eligibility requirements in order for a participating team to be eligible to earn points. Additionally, all members of a Residence Hall team must be a student living in a residence hall. Last year’s winner was Southern Pines let see who can take the cup this year. For more information on how to get involved with the House Cup, see the schedule and instructions for registration on the next page! By working together as a team, you will be able to earn points for your residence hall. The winning hall will be crowned the House Cup champions and will receive the House Cup. The House Cup will be displayed in the winning hall for the full upcoming year!
#GSHousingCup Use the hashtag to stay updated with CRI & University Housing, as well as to keep an eye out on the competition!
House Cup: 2018-2019 Scoreboard University Villas Watson Hall Freedom’s Landing Eagle Village Kennedy Hall Southern Pines Centennial Place Southern Courtyard
222 174 116 114 62 62 12 10
Upcoming Intramural Teams to Sign Up For Flag Football Archery Tag
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAST YEAR’S HOUSE CUP WINNERS. LET’S SEE WHO TAKES THE CUP THIS YEAR!