Rezfest ‘10
Students outwitted, outplayed and outlasted in the University of Indianapolis’ Rezfest, a week of ‘Survivor’ themed events.
Rezfest, sponsored by UIndy’s Residence Hall Association, started on March 21 and ended on March 27. Within that week, multiple competitions and events were held for students to take part in and win points for their residence hall.
Freshmen Kenna Boswell, Justin Lyle, Dion Gordon, Nico Wolff, sophomore Katherine Dolan and freshman Annie Bramlet show off their colors at Rezfest’s ‘Mock Rock’ on March 24.
“A goal of Rezfest is to create an atmosphere for the residence halls to be connected and also to promote unity within the halls,” Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli said.
Students were split into teams by residence halls and each hall was represented by a different color bandana. Just like in CBS’s hit network show “Survivor,” each team tried to outplay the other by working together for a grand prize.
“The prize is undetermined as of now,” said junior Amanda Hozan, head coordinator of Rezfest. “However we are looking into a Wii or an arcade game for the winning hall. It all depends on what hall wins, because every hall has different space and may or may not already have certain prizes.”
‘Capture the Idol’ was an event held on Smith Mall everyday where students were sent out in their teams to find the hidden paddle, for a number of points. Other activities included a ‘Mock Rock’ lip-syncing competition and a game show night where students could win up to $200 cash.
“Rezfest is suppose to help unify the campus, but it also gives students something to do during the week,” junior Kristyn Cassin said.
A free concert was also held as a part of Rezfest. A Detroit band called Hot Sauce performed in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. They brought a unique spin to 70s funk rock, while keeping the music modern by rocking out to The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling.”
Not only could students have earned points for their hall by participating in events, but also by just wearing the baby blue Rezfest T-shirts and colored bandanas to different events.
“When you wore the shirt and bandanas to events you gained 100 points for the shirt and 50 points for the bandanas. All those points in combination with the ones earned during events went towards a student’s specific hall,” Hozan said.
Some events weren’t so competition-driven, however.
“We had a 35 foot rock wall, inflatable sumo suits and jousting games on Smith Mall for students to go relax and have some fun,” Hozan said.
Rezfest had it’s closing ceremony, on March 26 at UIndy’s campus apartments with the extinguishing of the team’s torches.
“The bandanas showed great support,” Hozan said. “Basically I really hope everyone had a good time and hope it brought a little more to campus. Hopefully it will become tradition.”
