Welcome Week 2010 - Midnight Madness

During your first week on campus, life can get a little crazy. Moving into the residence halls, getting to know people on your floor, trying to navigate safely through the maze of shelves at the IU Bookstore... who has time to go shopping? Sure, you may not have any soap or a toothbrush, but there's so much going on and you can't miss ANYTHING!


Luckily for all of us, the Office of First Year Experience Programs teamed up with the local Wal-Mart during Welcome Week 2010 to throw a party (and give students the chance to do a little bit of shopping).


From 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., IU students were running around buying deodorant, playing Rock Band, waiting in line to stand in a money machine and playing carnival-style games that included everything from corn hole to Twister.

For every game they played and won, students were given a red raffle ticket that could be exchanged for a number of prizes that included food, trinkets and gift cards. There were even a select number of ultimate prizes that a lucky few would take home at the end of the night that included a television and a laptop computer.

Other vendors were present giving out free food samples, coupons and small prizes. I had three Jimmy Johns sandwiches for a midnight snack, and my freshman friend Levi chomped on a Twinkie... hey, wait a second...

Midnight was certainly mad at Wal-Mart during Welcome Week, and it was a ton of fun! Hopefully now everyone has everything they need to start the school year right. Including shampoo.