91˛Öżâ Us
Kent Interhall Council (KIC) is the student government of the residence halls on 91˛Öżâ's Kent Campus. KIC was founded on September 1st 1969. Our mission is to promote a positive living and learning atmosphere, as well as student leadership opportunities, within the halls. KIC provides student advocacy, funding, and programming within University Housing at 91˛Öżâ.
Hall Councils
Allyn/Clark
Twin (Beall and McDowell)
Fletcher/Manchester
Leebrick and Korb
Wright
Koonce
CCAB
CCCD
CCEF
Stopher/Johnson
Lake/Olson
Prentice/Dunbar/Engleman
Spirit Challenge Submissions:
Welcome to Kent Interhall Council's first Hall of the Semester Spirit Challenge! Below you will find rules and instructions for the challenges you will be participating in. Additionally, in the spreadsheet linked , you will be able to see a master list of the challenges and a leaderboard for the spirit challenges specifically. If you have any questions, please reach out to Alicia at amorse8@kent.edu. Disclaimer: some challenges inspired by GISHWHES, CAACURH, and NACURH Inc.
Rules and Instructions!
1. You can find the specifications for the challenges ! This sheet is also linked throughout this form.
2. On this form you will find: the challenge number, the type of submission (picture, video, etc.), the amount of HOTS points you will get upon completing the challenge, and how many people MINIMUM we recommend participating. It can be more people! The Leaderboard is also showcased here and will be updated weekly! (Note: the leaderboard is just for the challenge, not your hall's overall point total.)
3. When submitting, you will need to upload a link to a video, image, or folder in your google drive. You should submit a different form for each challenge submission! This means that folder links should only be used for when multiple images or videos are being submitted for the same challenge.
4. When uploading images and videos to your google drive, make sure your sharing is on "anyone with the link can view" so we can see your creations!
5. No cheating! If we suspect cheating or sabotage of any kind we will be reaching out.
6. Put in as much effort as you're able! These challenges don't have to be the best or the prettiest, but we do ask that you put in more than minimum effort to keep the challenges fun for everyone!
7. Speaking of fun, have fun with this! While HOTS is a competition, it is a friendly competition meant to be fun for you all.
8. You don't have to do every challenge, feel free to pick and choose!
9. This form will close on APRIL 25TH AT 11:59PM. Please have all submissions in by then so we can count the HOTS points before the Golden Flash Awards.
10. If you have any questions, please reach out to Alicia at amorse8@kent.edu. Email is preferred!
| Challenge Number | Submission Type | Challenge | Point amount | Optional bonus points | MINIMUM people needed (can be more) |
| 1 | Image | Create a mascot for your hall that can be used for years to come: give it a backstory, a name, and a look. You can even create a few and have your residents vote on it! | 25 | x | Any |
| 2 | Video | Record a roll call video (filmed landscape orientation) for your hall council to be shown at Golden Flash Awards: be creative with it! | 15 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 3 | Image | Create a banner (slideshow slide size) for your hall council to be shown at Golden Flash Awards. | 15 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 4 | Image or Video | Not potato chips, potato ships. Make sure it floats! | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 5 | Image | Create a pillow fort/castle out of lounge furniture and dress up for the occasion. Show your battle planning for taking over another res hall (MAKE SURE to clean up once you are done). | 20 | x | 2+ |
| 6 | Image | Give a KIC eboard member a fist bump during their office hours. | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 7 | Video or Image series | Create a fold-out portrait of a friend that shows all the things you love about the person when unfolded. | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 8 | Image | Take a picture at one of the meal plan/exchange dining locations with your hall council. | 15 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 9 | Video | Take a video of a hall council member dressed as a badly disguised celebrity, the other members are the paparazzi. | 17 | x | 3+ |
| 10 | Image | Coordinate outfit theme/colors for a hall council meeting. | 10 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 11 | Image | Install a "take a compliment, leave a compliment" station at any cashier station or lounge area (make sure to include paper, writing utensils, etc.) | 25 | x | 1+ |
| 12 | Image | Take a picture of clouds and highlight what you see! | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 13 | Video | Create and record a chant with your hall council! | 12 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 14 | Image | 91˛Öżâ doesn't have a synchronized swimming team, but don't let that stop you. Take a picture with your hall council "synchronized swimming" in the Kent Rec Center's leisure pool. | 20 | x | 3+ |
| 15 | Video | "Hamilton" the musical is starting to trend again. Recreate your favorite "Hamilton" moment (30 secs) in the governance chamber before or after a KIC meeting. | 25 | x | 2+ |
| 16 | Video | Let your beautiful voices be heard: take a video of two of your hall council members at karaoke. | 17 | x | 2+ |
| 17 | Image | Make a portrait of the KIC squirrel with any non-conventional art medium (no paint, crayons, pencils, etc.) you can use things like leaves, legos, napkins, drawing utensils as the object itself NOT as a drawing utensil, rocks, etc. | 20 | x | 1+ |
| 18 | Video | Interview at least 5 non-KIC residents about their favorite campus study spot. | 15 | x | 1+ interviewer, 5+ non kic members |
| 19 | Image | Put on as many sweaters/shirts/sweatshirts as you can! | 13 | x | Any |
| 20 | Image | Have a Vogue style photoshoot with Flash, creative posing is a must! (one photo is fine :) ) | 13 | 1 extra per animal past 3 (up to 5) | 1+ |
| 21 | Video | Pass out paper flowers to students/staff during a passing period (time in between classes) in one of the academic building. | 15 | x | 2+ |
| 22 | Image | Tourest trap, literally. Bonus points if you can get one of the campus tour takers to fall for it (ASK before including them in a picture!!) | 20 | 5 extra for a tourist | Any |
| 23 | Image | Go to free student skate night, take a picture of everyone's skates in a tumblr style shoe circle pic. | 10 | x | 3+ |
| 24 | Image | Spring is on it's way, how many springs on the lawn can you count? | 11 | x | Any |
| 25 | Image or Video | Oh no! A band of pirates have invaded the student center and are now holding the squirrel statue captive. | 16 | x | 2+ |
| 26 | Image or Video | Host a salt and pepper wedding in one of the dining halls. | 10 | x | 2+ |
| 27 | Image or Image Series | Make a collage of someone in your hall council on every campus bus route. (it does not have to be the same person for every route!) | 13 | x | hall council members/delegation+ or however many needed |
| 28 | Image | Create a paper chain of your favorite college memories, then connect it with your hall council members' chains to see how big you can get it! (five feet minimum for points) | 13 | x | hall council members/delegation+ or however many needed |
| 29 | Image | April brings both Earth Day and sweet Spring sunshine; protect yourself sunbathing with the world's largest sunhat. Make it entirely out of recycled material! | 23 | x | 1+ |
| 30 | Image | Recreate a famous painting on the shower wall using YOUR OWN hair fallout. (make sure to clean it up afterwards!) | 15 | x | 1+ |
| 31 | Video | Take a video of your hall council/delegation worshiping a tree on campus, bonus points if you can get people walking by to join in! | 15 | 1 extra per person (up to 5) | 3+ |
| 32 | Image | Human pez dispenser. | 15 | x | 1+ |
| 33 | Video | Get on your soapbox: conduct a speech in the K about your love of soap. Make it persuasive. | 25 | x | 1+ |
| 34 | Image | Start a collection for unused/unwanted books in your residence hall, donate them to the Kent Public Library. | 15 | x | Any |
| 35 | Image Series/Video | Stand in line for nothing, points awarded for every two random people you get to join. | 13 | 1 extra per person (up to 5) | Any |
| 36 | Image | Squirrel tea party: real or fake squirrels are up to you. | 13 | x | Any |
| 37 | Image | Make an emotional support/service animal on campus their very own paper go flashes flag! | 14 | x | Any |
| 38 | Image | Create a Waffle House– a house out of waffles! (Don't waste food! Make sure you have a few people with you to eat the waffles after :) ) | 15 | x | 1+ |
| 39 | Video | The bowling alley might be closed, but dont let that stop you from creating your own bowling game. Use whatever you can find to create a working bowling game of your own! | 17 | x | 1+ |
| 40 | Image or Image Series | Ask your residents what they like best about Kent! Make a collage of what they said (drawings, pictures, magazines, print outs, etc.) | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 41 | Image | Book worms have infested the library. Snap a picture of the big battle scene between the worms and the worm terminators. | 20 | x | 2-4+ |
| 42 | Image | Lounge sleepover! Take a picture in your hall's lounge with everyone in their pjs, pillows, and blankets. | 15 | x | hall council members/delegation+ or however many needed |
| 43 | Image | Cereal killer. | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 44 | Image Series | All eyes are on you: See how many pairs of googly eyes (or paper eyes if you dont have any) you can put on things in your residence halls. | 15 | x | 1+ |
| 45 | Image or Video | Shoe parade! Try and line up shoes all the way down the hall! | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 46 | Image | Attend an NRHH volunteer opportunity (reach out to NRHH or Alexxus for upcoming events!) | 12 | x | Any |
| 47 | Image | Lay flowers or a biodegradable gift at one of the May 4th memorials. | 12 | x | 1+ |
| 48 | Image | Create a giant chalk drawing of Todd Diacon on the sundial. | 20 | x | 1+ |
| 49 | Image Series or Video | Collab with another hall council for a game of human checkers, may the best hall win! | 15 | x | 6+ (or 3+ each, remember this is a collab with another hall council) |
| 50 | Video | Beeline it to DI— take a video of your conga line dressed as bees! | 25 | x | 3+ |
| 51 | Video or Video Series | Have a paper airplane contest with your delegation or residents. | 15 | x | 3+ |
| 52 | Image | Take a group picture with five people in your major, including yourself! | 10 | x | 1+ and 4+ people in your major |
| 53 | Image | Some may take pride in their heraldry, but we aren't talking about that type of *coat of arms.* | 13 | x | 1+ |
| 54 | Image | Squirrels need mail boxes too: create a squirrel sized mailbox and attach it to the lobby of your hall. | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 55 | Image | Take a picture of your hall council volunteering on campus outside of KIC! You can find opportunities at: /community/volunteer-opportunities | 12 | x | hall council members/delegation+ or however many needed |
| 56 | Image or Video | Go around Kent (WITH GLOVES AND TRASH BAGS) and pick up litter! | 14 | x | Any |
| 57 | Video | Outdoor Flash flash-mob. | 15 | x | 3+ |
| 58 | Image | Give 91˛Öżâ a campsite: make a tent out of anything *but* a tent on one of the residence hall fields/lawns; take a picture of your members in your unconventional camping scene. | 20 | x | hall council members/delegation+ or however many needed |
| 59 | Image | Get the people in one of your classes (or as many as are willing in class) to wear a fake paper mustache for a group picture. | 20 | x | Any |
| 60 | Video | Pool noodle joust with a trusty steed of your choice! | 14 | x | 2+ |
| 61 | Image | Your hall council is now a band– give yourself a name (decorate a sign) and dress up as rockers! | 15 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 62 | Video | Create a language just for your hall council, take a video of you all conversing and showing a written doc of your new alphabet! | 15 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 63 | Video | Set up a decorated throne and crown fit for royalty in your residence hall elevator, await your royal guest (non-hall council member) and treat them to five-star service on their ride up. (You only have to host a royal guest once and make sure not to hold up the elevator!) | 25 | x | Any |
| 64 | Image Series | Participate in at least two Sibs weekend activities. | 10 | x | hall council members/delegation+ |
| 65 | Video | Create a tiktok dance to a song of your choice– it has to be your own original dance! | 12 | x | 1+ |
| 66 | Image | Your hall council’s nickname spelled out using your bodies as the letters. | 17 | x | hall council members/delegation+ or however many needed |
| 67 | Image or Video | Have a cup phone conversation with one person on the kiva balcony walkway and one person on the student center balcony walkway (the outside ones). | 13 | x | 2+ |
| 68 | Image | Get a Starbucks or other coffee with the name of your hall council as the name on the cup! | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 69 | Image Series | Make cards of appreciation for your halls janitorial staff! Encourage residents to join in and take pictures (with permission) of you giving it to the staff! | 25 | x | Any |
| 70 | Image Series | Other uses for a hammock; at least 4, extra points for extra uses showcased (BE APPROPRIATE). | 13 | 1 point for each extra past 4 (up to five) | Any |
| 71 | Image or Video | Oh no! A squirrel got into the leftover grow cookies from sibs in wonderland weekend! | 13 | x | Any |
| 72 | Image or Video | Right to bear arms, this is not a typo. | 10 | x | 1+ |
| 73 | Image | Kent state is known for fashion and architecture. Create blueprints of a dress fit for the tallest building in Portage County! | 11 | x | 1+ |
| 74 | Image | Dress to the nines? No, dress in nines. | 15 | x | 1+ |
| 75 | Video | Get at least three professors to do the macarena, additional points for additional professors | 1+ and 3+ professors | ||
| 76 | Image | Make a small flag for your hall; stake your claim astronaut style at one of the “K”s in the student center. | 16 | x | 2+ |
| 77 | Video | Why did the chicken cross the road? Catch one in the act and interview the chicken and get the answers (chicken can also be fake, fried, etc.)! | 17 | x | Any |
| 78 | Video or Image Series | Put a sticky note of encouragement next to every door of your floor! | 20 | x | Any |
| 79 | Image or Video | How many cooks can you fit in your res hall’s kitchen? | 15 | x | Any |
| 80 | Image | It's a little “muggy” outside, isn't it? | 14 | x | Any |
| 81 | Video or Image Series | Finger fashion show– complete with finger outfits and homemade runway! | 16 | x | 2+ |