Tijuana Flats

Today, for a quick dinner, First Hunt went to Tijuana Flats!  Tijuana Flats is a new Mexican restaurant on 9th street that offers great food and deals, like "Two Taco Tuesdaze."  At only $4.99, everybody was able to get two tacos, chips and a drink, which everybody's wallet and stomach thoroughly enjoyed.

The two tacos and chips.

Hall Activities!

This week First Hunt did a variety of hall activities.  The week started off with a time-capsule program.  For this activity, everyone sat down and wrote letters to their future selves, about their goals for the year, current thoughts, and really any other interesting facts to remember at the end of the year.  These letters will be a great read at the end of the year to see if everyone has lived up to their expectations!  Tuesday, there was "Three Men On a Couch."  This game, a twist on two truths and a lie, was great fun and allowed everybody to learn about one-another's summer.  On Wednesday and Thursday there was gym day and soccer practice for Intramurals.  Near the end of the week everyone on First hunt was asked to fill out a board on the great things that everyone did over the summer.  Lastly, on Friday First Hunt held its first IVIZ!  An IVIZ is a two hour time period where everyone on campus is invited to come on hall and hang out in their friend's room.  It was a great time for all and everyone on campus was able to see how great of a hall First Hunt is!

 Christopher Yuan's letter waiting to be opened at the end of the year.

The board of summer adventures.

Hall Food and Explorer of the Week

Last week HT Slaughter's family provided the hall with a delicious snack of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and milk that was sure to not disappoint! The hall would like to thank HT and his family for providing such a sugary-sweet hall food!

One of the programs First Hunt also does is "Explorer of the Week."  This program allows hall members to get to know members of the hall better.  Questions are asked at the beginning of the year and each Wednesday a hall member's picture is posted with those questions answered.  Last week's explorer was Anshul Subramanya.  For this week, the explorer is Dhru Patel.

Anshul Subramanya

Dhru Patel

CiCi's Pizza

Today, to take a break from studying and homework, First Hunt went to CiCi's Pizza.  As per usual, there was the competition to see who could eat the most pizza.  With the reigning champion, Zack Polizzi, not able to show up to defend his title, the championship goes to Parker Ellwanger!  Regardless of who ate the most, the pizza was refreshing and everyone left full.  Now time for everyone to get back to their homework for Monday!

Club Fair and T-Shirt Signing Dance!

Yesterday was NCSSM's Club Fair.  This was a time for everyone on campus to get a good look at all of the clubs offered at the school.  With too many clubs to count, there is certainly something for everybody. With everything from theater, dancing, food sampling, to science bowl, these clubs are a great way for everyone to explore and find something that they enjoy!  Yesterday was also NCSSM's annual T-Shirt Signing Dance.  For this dance, students have a plain white t-shirt and decorate it with their hall logo.  Everyone then goes to the gym to have their shirt signed by whomever they wish on the campus!  First Hunt has a tradition of taking a picture before they go, which can be seen below.  This dance was also a great time to meet people that might not have otherwise been known before!

 NCSSM Club Fair

First Hunt

Convocation!

Tonight was NCSSM's 34th convocation! After a great first day of classes, First Hunt and others across the campus dressed up to listen to Sharon Letchworth, an NCSSM alum, speak about her success in life. One of her focus points was how important NCSSM was and the key role that it played in her life. Afterwards, everyone headed over to the gym for cookies, drinks and of course the tradition of taking convocation pictures!

 First Hunt

 Steven and Mitch

Karl, Jack, Zack, and Chatham

Juniors, Seniors, and Boards!

Yesterday, after long and informative meetings, the juniors and seniors played ice-breaker games with our brother hall, Second Hill.  Among the games played were NCSSM classics such as; human knot, entourage, stinger, and in my neighborhood.  The games were fun for all and throughout we were able to learn more about each other.

On hall, First Hunt has been awarded, "best theme board" on campus.  For this board, each member of First Hunt had their picture put into one of the five groups; Mountains, Space, Frontier, Jungle, and Ocean. Congratulations to the RLAs on such a great board!

Lastly, welcome back to all remaining seniors.  Now that everyone has moved in we have our full hall of 35! Now our adventure as First Hunt, the best hall on campus, can begin!

Some of First Hunt and Second Hill untangling their human knot.

First Hunt's theme board.