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November 11, 2015 Volume CXXXV Issue 9
Georgetown Activities Council hosts Tiger Ball Last Friday, GAC held a campus–wide dance to encourage unity among students By ABBY SMITH Staff Writer The Georgetown Activities Council is always working hard to preserve Georgetown traditions and to create new, fun activities for students. Their most recent venture was the first ever “Tiger Ball.” The event took place at the Yuko–En Japanese Garden here in Georgetown on Friday, November 6. The dance was themed after “The Great Gatsby.” To promote the event, GAC sponsored an instagram competition to see who could have
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GAC urged students to post their “paw–posals” on social media.
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an even greater the most creative success. “paw–posal.” Jackson and In other words, Jung also spoke who could post of the potential the most creative for the Tiger Ball picture of how to become a new they asked their Georgetown tradate to the dance. dition. As JackThe prize for the son stated, “New best “paw-posal” things are hard photo was a free to get started, dinner for that but you’ve got to person and his or lay the groundher date. Senior Megan The Georgetonian/ABBY SMITH work.” The goal is Norris, who Students were encouraged to dress to the theme of to create events attended the “The Great Gatsby.” through which dance, had many all members positive things to say about the experience, stat- son and Landry Jung spoke of of campus can be involved, ing “It was a really good loca- campus unity. Jung stated that not just fraternity and sorortion, and it was off campus. the goal was to create an event ity members. This element They had food–it was really in which all of campus could of the Tiger Ball was particucute.” She also said that it was come together and be able to larly appealing to Freshman an opportunity for “good, dress formally, since students Amelia Harris, who said that clean fun.” When asked about who are not involved in Frater- her favorite part about the the potential for this dance to nity and Sorority life have very dance was “the fact that it continue and how to get more few opportunities for activities was inclusive.” Harris said that there seems to be a lot of people involved, Norris said like this. that she thought “students If the event continues in social activities on campus if didn’t know what to expect, so the coming years, Jung and you are already involved in a they didn’t show up. Now that Jackson agree that more pub- fraternity or a sorority, but that people have a feel for it, they licity and outreach to frater- freshman feel like they need can become more involved.” nities, sororities, clubs and to be invited by a member of When asked about the sports teams could increase an organization to attend an main goal for the Tiger Ball, the number of people in atten- event. She said that with the GAC members Kaitlyn Jack- dance and turn the dance into Tiger Ball “anyone could go.”
In years past, Georgetown has hosted more events like the Tiger Ball. Kaitlyn Jackson stated that when her mother attended Georgetown in the late 1980s there was a Knight Hall Ball that was open to all of campus. This gives further legitimacy to the idea that the Tiger Ball could become a new Georgetown tradition. As the dance becomes more well known and more broadly attended, it could easily turn into another beloved tradition that has the capacity to bring all of campus together. When asked if she thought the Tiger Ball could become a new tradition, Norris stated, “I think this was just a trial run. It could definitely become a new Georgetown tradition like homecoming, like songfest, like Belle of the Blue.” Norris also shared that one of the most appealing things, to her, about the Tiger Ball was that it was open to all of campus, saying “It kind of felt like a college prom. It would have been a good chance for all of Georgetown to come and have a good time. Not just the Greek community, but campus in general.”
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