College Houses
College Houses
- Introduction
- House Association and Choice
- Faculty Involvement
- Officers for 2008-2009
- Guidelines for House Affiliate E-mail Lists
- Programming Highlights
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Programming Highlights
The major responsibility that Houses have is developing and executing events for the entire Bowdoin community and sometimes Brunswick community. There are several components to putting together these events. Houses take part in weekly meetings where House members come together, review progress, come up with new ideas, and delegate responsibility. These meetings are where decisions are voted upon and made regarding the kinds of events the members and affiliates want to have. All House residents and affiliates can vote on events and decisions regarding the House.
Once an idea is suggested and a program is approved, responsibility for the logistics is often
delegated among the house members. A budget is approved for the event by the House. Event hosts register the event and are responsible for hosting the event. Decoration, advertising, scheduling, venue, purchasing, reimbursements, set up, clean up, invitations for special guests, food, music, and entertainment are aspects of events House members are responsible for. Executing events requires delegation and group effort with several people taking responsibility for ensuring the success of the event. Often times house members will review events in order to judge its success and find ways to improve programming in the future.
This past fall the House's hosted a wide range events. The semester kicked off with the Inter-House Olympics, a traditional first-year orientation event that brings together the first-year bricks with their paired House. The competition is fierce, the events this year included: dizzy bat races, tug-of-war, three-legged races, and pictionary. Helmreich House won the competition this year with an impressive showing of spirit and skill. 
After the Olympics that start the semester the House's take on a wide range of activities. Below are some recent highlights of what has been going on in the Houses.
- Assisted with Orientation for First-years
- Loose Leaves
- Trips to Portland Museum of Art
- Cheering on the Portland Seadogs
- Apple picking at a local orchard
- Trip to Popham Beach
- Movie nights
- Monday night football
- BBQ for affiliates
- Oktoberfest
- Live Bands
- Coffee houses
- Haunted house
- Volunteering at with Circle
- Theme parties (Pants Party, Luau, New Kids on the Block, etc.)
- Formed intramural sports teams
- Faculty lectures, receptions and dinners