Students gave up the comfort of their own homes Friday to spendthe night in a box on the University Green.
Box City 2003, an annual event sponsored by the Tichenor/TraneHall Council, provided students with the opportunity to promotehomelessness awareness and also to have a good time.
"The turn-out was great," Tichenor/Trane Hall Council PresidentKate Paul said. "We had close to three hundred people."
The event lasted from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday.
"We had a really good time," Kyle Fisher said. "We were able tobond and it was for a really good cause."
Fisher and a group of fellow Kappa Deltas created a castle withtheir boxes.
"We came here and we had no idea what to build, but then theetching on the bottom of the boxes reminded us of a castle sothat's what we built," Rachael Bruns said.
Awards were given for most spirit, most creativity, and thebiggest box house.
"Our goal is to win the spirit award," Fisher said.
Five students from the fourth floor of Trane Hall contended forthe biggest box award with their construction of a 10-foot tallrocket ship.
"I did not know that they could build the things that they did,"Steve Nemeth said.
"The box creativity was crazy good," Sarah McKenna said. "I'mglad that I'm not a judge because I wouldn't be able tochoose."
In addition to the box construction, raffles for prizes wereheld; food was sold; and the bands Shinky, General Admission andNoah East performed.
"The music was really good for local bands," Tiffany Weiss said."I liked the covers that General Admission did."
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