Great fun and competition at the House Collective Throwdown
September 28, 2021
By Jack Horchler
CIU Student Writer
The House Collective Throwdown kicked off another year of residence hall competition.
The exciting annual event, which showcases talents from each house (residence hall), is something completely unfamiliar to freshmen, but upperclassmen had been long anticipating
The Throwdown has been a hallmark of CIU鈥檚 culture since 2016.听Cancelled last year due to COVID concerns, students were glad to return to Hoke Auditorium to show CIU what makes their houses tick. It is the first of a series of events throughout the year where each house; Fidelitas, Dignitas and Veritas, Virtus, Justitia, and Sapientia compete for house points.
This year鈥檚 Throwdown featured the original six houses plus the newly-added Aequitas House for students living in the on-campus Pineview Apartments, and dorms at Ben Lippen School, which normally houses international students at CIU鈥檚 Pre-K to12the grade Christian school.
The competition was highly spirited with performances, ranging from comedic skits to 1980s-inspired dances to everything in between.听Dignitas performed an impressive dance number which landed them overall second place.听Aequitas House brought down the house with a parody of 鈥淪hark Tank.鈥澨齌he best, however, was saved for last.
At the end of the throwdown, Sapientia performed a comedic skit about a man searching for the meaning of wisdom and encountering many eccentric characters along the way who try to convince him what wisdom really is.听听The well-planned performance ended up earning them first place overall, with Dignitas coming in second.
Junior Business major Colby Hull of the champion 鈥淪ap House鈥 said it was great to see students from different backgrounds get together and celebrate house spirit.听He then laughingly added, 鈥淓ven though I鈥檓 a bit biased because my house won, all the houses did a great job with their performances.听I鈥檓 thankful for the Res Life team who helped put this together and also thankful for the large number of students who came out to view the Throwdown.鈥
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