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Students inflict classicists on friends, enemies
By Emily Stack
Collegian Reporter
On April 7 in the Howard
Music Hall, classicists auctioned off carefully selected members
with a twist. Instead of being rewarded with a date at the end
of an auction, participants had the option to "inflict"
the purchased classicist on someone else.
"We wanted people who people hated,"
Eta Sigma Phi Treasurer Madalyn Roth said.
ESP raised $424 to rebuild the classics honorary's
treasury. The money will be used for causes ranging from Honorama
bowling and translation competitions to food and T-shirts for
Floralia. The event was sophomore Cate Larsen's idea, and both
junior Hannah Dixon and Roth helped to plan.
"It was a very efficient fund raiser
and we really had a good response," Larsen said. "[Prof.
Joe] Garnjobst wanted to add a twist to the auction and made
it an infliction."
Junior Megan Ramey and senior Nathan Loizeaux
served as auctioneers and hosts for the event.
"It was pretty paltry, but I did the best with what I had,"
Ramey said. "It was a typical Hillsdale show of muscles:
most of it was covered or non-existent."
"I didn't really know what they were going to do to me
when they had me on stage, because the auctioneers had really
ripped a few people. It was all in good fun," freshman
Ben Proshek said. "Some ladies in the audience asked me
to show my muscles, so to gratify the audience and hopefully
to inspire a few persons to up their bids I flexed a couple
of times. It was exciting."
Members tried several approaches to charm
cash out of buyers. President Andrew Beer recited a Latin poem
about horses, while Prosheck enticed the audience with a muscular
display of strength.
Yet the highest sale was sophomore Charles-Michael
Berg, who went for $50, whose deep French accent brought squeals
from females in the audience.
"It was the French accent that did me
in," freshman and ESP member Elizabeth Genovise said. "I
thought he'd go for a lot more."
The honorary will host a follow-up date party
at 6 p.m., April 18, in an unannounced location. Resembling
a bad prom experience, awkward pictures in front of a large
wicker chair, disco dancing and Garnjobst's favorite romantic
accordion records will be present, Roth said.
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