Saxe, Herrig, Celani halls celebrate end of summer
The evening weather was perfect as nostalgic music played and set the mood of an early summer beach party from days past.
Saxe, Herrig and Celani hall council threw a “Last Summer Splash” in the Saxe/Herrig courtyard Wednesday night. The Hall Council offered students a chance to tie-dye T-shirts or any item they brought, and offered volleyball, popcorn and cotton candy, said Lake City sophomore Craig Johnson.
Marine City freshmen Jerrod Black and Woodland sophomore Kasey Flessner worked together to put on the event.
“We pulled a lot of late nights going to Wal-Mart picking up supplies over the past few weeks,” Flessner said.
Black said they pulled several all-nighters.
“I am excited to see it happen tonight,” he said.
The event cost $275 and offered students the opportunity to raise money for future philanthropy events.
Wixom freshman Cameron Gottschall hopes to have a series of events to raise awareness and money for Muscular Dystrophy, including one in April where people will stand on their feet for 24 hours.
“I know that U-M has done this type of event for about 13 years and MSU started it last year,” Gottschall said. “We are hoping it will be a big event.”
Tie-dye was the most popular for students who lined up shortly after 7 p.m. and the line continued to grow as students from the halls came out with shirts or other items they wanted dyed.
Muskegon sophomore Thomas Holcomb said he found out around 6 p.m. about the event and grabbed his own shirt so he would not miss out.
“I used all of the colors,” he said. “I guess I am kind of a hippie.”
Black said he was happy the event was a success and was impressed with the amount of people that came out for what they spent on it.
“It is not about the money but doing things for the students we just wanted to have a good time with everyone,” he said. “The weather turned out great and so did the night.”
