This year marks the 5th year of the Brandeis Dance Marathon! Brandeis Dance Marathon raises money for the Children’s Hospital and the Miracle Network. The event will be taking place on January 25th from 2 PM – 10 PM. This year’s theme for the event is Carpe DM, which is a play on the Latin phrase Carpe Diem: Seize the Day. Brandeis Dance Marathon and Her Campus Brandeis are teaming up to celebrate the 100th day mark until the big day on October 17th!
The Brandeis Dance Marathon Committee and Her Campus Brandeis team has created a bucket list for Brandeis students to accomplish and seize the day when on campus and off campus! In three simple steps you can be in the running to win an hour-long massage at Massage Envy in Waltham:
1) Take the best picture you can of something on this list
2) Upload the picture to Facebook and/or Instagram
3) Tell us which bucket list number you are accomplishing
4) Tag Her Campus Brandeis (and Brandeis Dance Marathon if on Facebook) and include the hashtag #CarpeDM2015
The Dance Marathon Committee will be picking the best photo and the winner will be in the running to win an hour-long massage at Massage Envy! Join Brandeis Dance Marathon’s Facebook Page to find out the winner! And now we present the CarpeDM Brandeis bucket list:
1. Kiss by the Kissing Bell by Usen Castle
2. Take a picture with Ollie or The Judge (or both!)
3. Attend a sporting event with signs and face paint. Be a Brandeis Superfan!
4. Attend Dance Marathon or Relay for Life (or both!)
5. Order Baan Thai or Asia Wok at LEAST once
6. Listen to WBRS
7. Get a quote, feature or picture of yourself in the Justice, The Hoot or Her Campus
8. See an Undergraduate or Graduate theatre production
9. Have a fancy party in Sherman with your friends. Complete it with table cloths, glasses, place cards, centerpieces and formal wear!
10. Enjoy SpringFest
11. Make Dean’s List at least once
12. Have a picnic on The Great Lawn, Louis Hill or Chapel’s Field
13. Eat from a food truck
14. Have a conversation with President Lawrence
15. Attend at least one Hiatt Career Center event
16. Visit the Rose Art or SCRAM Jam
17. Go listen to a guest speaker on campus (not counting a comedian or performer)
18. Run up the Rabb Steps (have a Rocky Balboa moment!)
19. Pull an All-Nighter
20. Participate in Stanley Family Night
21. Play Hide and Seek in Usdan
22. Take a Selfie with Louis
23. Skydive with the Skydiving Club
24. Go Owling
25. Kayak on the Charles
26. Actually take a professor to lunch
27. Sled down library hill (using a tray from Sherman gets you bonus points!)
28. Take a picture with the Brandeis sign out front
29. Take a walk on the trails behind Grad
30. Study or Intern Abroad
31. Get a free t-shirt from Midnight Buffet or SE Spirit Weeks
32. Hug a Dance Marathon Committee Member
33. Build a blanket fort in the library during finals
34. Go to a concert or event at Chums (and learn how to spell the full name!)
35. Go up the fire escape at Usen Castle and look at Boston
36. Have a lunch in the Bamboo Garden at the top of Mandel
37. Run for an E-Board position or Student Union
38. Perform, paint, choreograph for or volunteer at Liquid Latex
39. Spend a whole day in Sherman eating and studying
40. Get food from every station in Usdan AT LEAST once (upper and lower)
41. Find the underground tunnel to East from Usen Castle
42. Meditate in the Peace Room
43. Stargaze in the Observatory
44. Watch the sun rise at the Castle
45. Rent a movie from the library and host a movie night
46. Have a party in Castle Commons
47. Take a picture of a turkey
48. Visit the chapels and relax by the heart pond
49. Get brunch at In A Pickle on Moody Street
50. Attend and participate in a cultural event outside of your own culture: MELA and Culture X are both very Brandesian
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51. Volunteer with Waltham Group, a service trip or another community service act
52. Sign up for the Commitment to Service award and actually track your hours
53. Cook a fancy dinner for all your friends at least once
54. Donate to your Senior Glass Gift
55. Learn the words to the Alma Mater and Brandeis Drinking song (found in the archives)
56. Visit the hidden NASA Lab in Rabb
57. Find the Graffiti room in Usen Castle
58. Enjoy the Break The Fast
59. Wait in line for tickets for Pachanga and attend.
60. Play a role, join the tech crew or production staff for the 24 Hour Musical
61. Perform in or watch an A Capella performance
62. Watch a game of quidditch
63. Learn a little about using the T and/or Commuter Rail system
64. Attend a party or event at another campus in Boston (did you know MIT has open swing dancing and Israeli Dancing on Wednesday nights??)
65. Go to Skyzone and jump a lot
66. Take advantage of the discount passes to the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, New England Aquarium and more
67. Send a Kindness Day card
68. Attend and WIN a trivia night at the Stein
69. Get quoted on Overheard at Brandeis
70. Get into Suzuki or Public Speaking
71. Shower in the Science Center (on the third floor)
72. Drive a golf cart
73. Work as a staff reunion, commencement or Senior Week
74. Be an OL, CA or Roosevelt Fellow
75. Volunteer to help with Fall Fest, in Admissions or at Student Events concert set-up!
76. Hang out in Sachar Woods
77. Eat at the IBS Café even if you are NOT a Business major or minor
78. Get free food from an event happening on campus (did you know there’s a free food listserv?)
79. Own a Brandeis sweatshirt or another piece of Brandeis swag
80. Audition and participate in Hillel Theatre Group’s Open Cast Musical and Play
81. Get a good lottery number and have your top choice of housing
82. Have a hall reunion with your Freshman hall during your senior year
83. Take the shuttle into Harvard Square or Boston for an adventure
84. Go to Student Event’s Movie Series’
85. Host or buy a baked good from a bake sale
86. Buy a club t-shirt or goodie from tabling in Usdan
87. Pose with the statue that is lying down in the grass outside of the library
88. Visit all seven Shapiro buildings
89. Grab a snack from the Hot Nosh vending machine in Shapiro Lounge (its kosher!)
90. Get a meal in the Faculty Club with a professor or a friend
91. Participate in an Intramural Sport
92. Find the room of requirement and take something from it
93. Participate in a group fitness class at Gosman
94. Trick or Treat with Halloween for the Hungry or Donate Blood (or do both!!)
95. Shop at or donate to the Give-and-Go Market
96. Go Thrift Shopping on Moody Street in Waltham
97. Go for a swim in Linsey Pool
98. Go to office hours and become friends with a professor
99. Enjoy a Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts
100. Carpe DM anyway you want
How many of these can you accomplish and get photographic evidence of by October 17th? Will you accept the challenge and do all you can for the kids? Carpe DM and start seizing your Brandeis experience right away!