The final search for the gold
Despite searching the vast campus of CMU for the Homecoming medallion, Shelby Township sophomore Sarah Scalici’s team’s efforts fell short.
The medallion was found early Wednesday afternoon at Wightman Hall. During the week, the team focused heavily on finding the medallion and continued their strategies. Scalici’s team brainstormed numerous ideas while finding the clues and then went their separate ways to cover more ground.
River Rouge sophomore Amy Wilson said the exciting part was finding more clues and getting more leads. The team kept getting closer with each clue and their teamwork helped them keep advancing during the hunt.
“We would send different groups to different spots on campus to see if those clues could lead us to somewhere new," Wilson said.
Beddow Hall’s team was disappointed in the loss, but the memories made will never be forgotten.
“I had a really great time,” Scalici said. “We built up a type of community. I’m sad because it was my last year and I can’t do it again with my dorm. It 100 percent stinks that we didn’t find it this year.”
Scalici said they had a disadvantage to the clues being released during the day, when most of their team was busy in class or working. The hunt went by so quickly, that Shelby Township sophomore Makenzie Furber was not able to participate as much as she had hoped.
“Everybody was doing their day stuff, so it was a bit unfair,” Furber said. “It was hard to drop everything for the medallion. It was sad that we lost and that it was found so early, because I would have been able to go more. It sucks because I only got to participate for one night.”
Wilson enjoyed her time participating with the hunt this year, despite losing the competition. She said bonding with her friends and seeing CMU come together as a whole was one of her favorite parts.
“My favorite part was being out with all my friends and seeing all of CMU looking together,” Wilson said. “I think it went very well. We had some awesome leads and great ideas. We are very disappointed, we really wanted to win it.”
The drive that kept Scalici going through the hunt was from her roommates, she said. Being able to participate with them made the experience worthwhile.
“My favorite part was spending quality time with my roommates,” she said. “They inspired me to keep going and I’m so thankful to have had them by my side.”
