Entries categorized as ‘Posts by Former SID Melissa Dudek’
October 11, 2008 · 1 Comment
2007 L&C Halloween Challenge Winners
As any true Pioneer fan knows, L&C athletics officially sponsors 19 varsity sports, but there is one competitive sport that may be “unofficial” in nature, but really is the one that some of us work the hardest at winning. That sport: Halloween. The annual Halloween Costume Contest, sponsored and administered by the Provost’s office, is a tradition here at L&C that some members of the athletics department (ok ME) take VERY seriously. Ever since we discovered there is a trophy involved and no cash prize whatsoever, it became a goal to win this thing.
Coach Fulks and I came very close to victory in 2006. Heck, I stole someone’s child and shoved it in a flying monkey suit to accesorize our Witches of Wicked (Glenda the Good witch and the Wicked Witch of the West) motif, and we still came in “a close second”. Those words haunted me in the offseason. I spent months and months studying demographics and trends to try to find that perfect costume that would give us the coveted trophy in ‘07.
2006 One of the Witches and her flying monkey
Daphne and Velma in 2005
It is not an exaggeration to say that I spent three solid months building our costumes for last year. While designing and painting SpongeBob (and wiring him so it would play the theme song on an incessant loop) and hand sewing the Pineapple (spongebob) Lives in Under the Sea suit for Coach Fulks (a sewing machine would have been amazing during this process) and then adding the four foot Squidward and Patrick props, sometime during all those hours of work, I decided we were in it to win it 07 and would be retiring from competitive Halloweening after that season: win lose or draw. So I had to win. Which we did. In a “landslide”.
The Wicked Witches of Pamplin
I am keeping my word. I am not going for the repeat in 2008. However, it is not in my nature to not do something for Halloween. Given the number of people who have asked me what I am going to be this year, I just thought I would blog a reply to one and all. Yes, I do have an idea for a costume now. Yes, it will again be unbelievable. But no, I am not going to repeat as Halloween champ. The trophy is officially up for grabs. But, make sure you stop by my office on the 31st, because you are going to want to see what is in store for this year.
Still need to convice Coach Fulks that she wants to do this with me again this year, because, trust me Fulks, once again, it’s gonna be AAAAAWESOME!
Categories: Campus Involvement · Posts by Former SID Melissa Dudek
I am early to everything. It is genetically impossible for me to be late to anything, so when I was tardy for the
Snake in a bucket.
alumni softball game Thursday afternoon, everyone knew I was going to have a good excuse, but no one believed me when I blurted, “There is this 20-foot snake blocking the driveway!” in an even more-hyper than usual voice. As I drove down to the softball field, there was an unusual amount of traffic stopped at the top of Boones Ferry Road. Once I got to the entrance of the Huston Sports Complex, I couldn’t turn in. The driveway was blocked by a mini-van and a man was directing traffic on by. I figured there was some sort of accident. No, there was a HUGE snake in the driveway, and he was trying to catch it. My first estimates were 20 feet, but he was probably closer to 12. A boa, by my guess, or maybe a python. Whatever he was, it was HUGE! So I had to drive back to campus, park, and then hustle back down the hill to softball.
The game had just started by the time I arrived, but more importantly, the attempted snake capture was still going on. Someone had put a paint bucket over part of the snake, but you could still see his tail and part of his body, including some lumps that looked a lot like yesterday’s dinner. L&C Campus Security and maintanance people eventually joined the capture party. I found a big trash can with a lid for them to put the snake into (if they ever got him out of the bucket). BTW: we need to order a new trashcan for Huston. A snake is now living in the old one.
The snake wasn’t anywhere near our players (even when they all climbed the bleachers to see what I was babbling about) and it wasn’t a biting snake, so no one was in danger. Eventually they did get the snake (using a big shovel and some good timing) into the trashcan. A completely unbelievable excuse for being late. Luckily, I took pictures!
Categories: Alumni and Supporters · Posts by Former SID Melissa Dudek · Sports Information
On Friday, October 17, the Pioneer volleyball team sponsored Dig Pink night, a breast cancer awareness event and fundraiser. Pioneer fans were given the opportunity to donate spare change for Breast Cancer research and program development. The most obvious, and most fun, part of the night was that BOTH teams donned pink jerseys. Whitman wore a light pink, with the Pioneers in a dark pink. The Pioneer coaching staff draped themselves in pink feather boas, which led to a fantastic moment when Head Coach Lori Jepsen was “pointing out” to the down official something that the other team was doing wrong at the net where he should have been calling a foul. Her adamant and demonstrative explanation of what he might have missed while calling the match was very surreal when she was doing so while still wearing the feather boa.
