Brand new to the Skutt Student Center in 2012 is a campus-wide scavenger hunt that will last the entire semester.
In contrary to traditional scavenger hunts, it will not be a fast paced, day-long sprint and no running is required.
The scavenger hunt will instead run online. Groups will receive photo challenges that they have the week to complete. Challenges could include something like taking a picture with the Rev. Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., a public safety officer or statues around campus.
“Participants will just be looking for things to take pictures with, not items to collect,” said Annemarie Weiner, Arts & Sciences sophomore and Skutt marketing team member.
After a team completes its challenge, it will upload its picture to the Skutt Facebook page. Teams don’t earn points by completing the challenges given to them, but instead, the team with the most “likes” on its photo will take home the prize. This encourages participants to take photos that stand out through their uniqueness or humor.
Bi-weekly prizes will be given during the contest, with a grand prize being awarded to the winning team at the end of the semester.
“[Prizes] may contain a basket of awesome snacks or a set of movie passes,” said Susie Fontana, Business junior and Skutt scavenger hunt coordinator. “And the grand prize is a mystery for the time being.”
New challenges will be posted on a weekly basis on the Skutt Student Center Facebook page (facebook.com/cuskutt) and @cuskutt on Twitter.
“Teams that cannot complete all weeks of the challenge should not be discouraged from participating,” Fontana said. “They will not be disqualified, but instead will just have a lesser chance of winning prizes.”
Fontana summed up the semester-long event in three short sentences.
“It’s free. It’s fun. It’s easy,” Fontana said.
From Jan. 16 – Jan. 27, teams of four can sign up in the SAO in Skutt. The kickoff for the event will take place Monday at 7 p.m.
UPDATE: The top three grand prizes for the scavenger hunt are a Kindle Fire, a Kindle and a Kindle.
More information can be found at http://blogs.creighton.edu/studentnews/2012/01/06/skutt-scavenger-hunt-sign-ups-jan-16-29/ .