Melon and Gourd

Melon and Gourd 2011

2011-10-03T15:59:00.002-04:00

Epic first night of Melon and Gourd this year. So many changes it's hard to remember who all has had it! There have been around 12 or so changes already and it's been on for less than 24 hours! It's going to be an exciting week!!

2010-09-30T08:59:00.001-04:00

Eeyore and Pinecone currently have the gourd and the melon.

BREADSTICKS

2010-09-28T20:15:00.000-04:00

So Bate and Marshall think its a good idea to run to handy-andy for some breadsticks, using me to drive since I'm immune until wednesday (due to illness). On the way to handy-andy, we pass Ty (with the melon) coming back from Subway. So Bate and Marshall duck, and Ty continues past. Bate and Marshall run inside for some breadsticks as I start to fill up on gas. While Marshall is waiting in line, he sees Ty coming back to handy-andy, ditches his breadsticks on the counter and jumps in the car. Bate, more daring, finishes buying the breadsticks and, just in time, we drive off before Ty can get out of the car. We drive around a bit, lose Ty, and return to handy-andy for gas and Marshall's breadsticks.

Pulling back into campus, Ty pulls out in front of us from the Nusbaum parking lot, blocks the road and jumps out of the car going for Bate's open window as I turned around in the parking lot. As I circle back around, with Ty following, Bate jumps out of the moving vehicle and outruns Ty to the east doors. Marshall then prances freely to the center doors and I, immune for now, walk in laughing.

2010-09-28T20:10:00.001-04:00

SIDE DOORS WERE MADE FOR WOMEN ONLY!

KMill gets rid of the Gourd

2010-09-28T19:17:00.002-04:00

Well, here's a little story about how I got rid of that God forsaken fruit. I was unsuccessful all day in trying to get rid of the gourd after Ty had gotten me earlier today. As I came out of the DC to go back to wengatz, I see some wack in a car drive up next to Poland and try to tag him and it happens to be Ty with the melon, obviously Ty can't catch Poland with that huge thing so I try to cut off Poland and get him but he makes his best Usain Bolt impression and leaps the corner of the creek/weeds thing by the sidewalk to get to Wengatz and escapes. Now I'm pissed and so I decide to team up with Ty.

Ty and I end up staking out the DC in his car for 20 minutes waiting for Tal or Fank to come walking out. Eventually we see Fank and some random dude pop out. As I creep out of the car and start running to the unknowing 3rd Wester, Brad Peterson (jerk) sees me sprinting at Fank from 100 yds away and yells at him to run. So, Fank turns around and books it over to the West door of Wengatz and is safe. Now I'm really frustrated so I go back to Ty's car and we roll around the Loop in his car.

As we roll back around towards Wengatz we see who? None other than Fank himself walking out of the East doors. We notice he is walking towards the Haak or English so we roll into the Wengatz parking lot and zig zag our way around until we get within 10 yds of him and I bolt out and tag him.

At this point I'm experiencing the utter relief of not having that stupid piece of crap called a gourd in my hangs so I relax for a second...almost a mistake. My bag, with my wallet, phone, and other stuff is sitting in the passenger seat of Ty's car and I'm up to be tagged by Ty. Luckily the side door was still open and I could sneak up to the car and grab the bag swiftly before Ty could lean over and tag me.

I then proceeded to happily walk back to Wengatz. Watch out because Ty is gonna be super pissed since I basically just used his car to get free while he still is stuck with the melon. Sorry buddy :)

2010-09-28T18:55:00.000-04:00

I KILL YOU ALL. YALLA YALL BA HABIBE!!!

Witness to Ty's recieving the melon

2010-09-28T16:34:00.002-04:00

I had a great view of the passing of the melon between graham and ty, so i'm gonna blog it since no one else has done it yet. Earlier in the day, Ty had thrown his broken phone out of his window onto the sidewalk by the bike rack, shattering in into many pieces. Later on, he decided it was a good idea to go retrieve the pieces even though me and bate told him that was a dumb idea. So he goes down to the sidewalk and at first we thought k mill was going to get him. But then we realized ty gave the gourd to him so he's immune due to the tag back rule. So wolfe and i think someone else went and told graham to go outside and tag ty. Graham went out the front doors of wengatz to scope out ty and see what he was doing. Then he snuck around to the west door and around the corner and tagged ty as me and bate and marshall were distracting ty by telling him to throw the broken pieces up to us on the third floor. I don't think ty is very smart when it comes to melon and gourd week.

Girls are trouble.

2010-09-28T12:26:00.003-04:00

After receiving the gourd from Gobes after lunch yesterday (clever tag I will say), I just could not get rid of it no matter how hard I exerted myself. So today my O Group had some sympathy for me and tried to help. My leaders looked up what classroom Bates was in (Reade), and after switching into someone else clothes, my group members grouped at each door, and were going to call me whenever Bates came out. I hid in the trees between Zondervan and Reade. Lo and behold, Kmills appeared from the door nearest me with Miss Poucher, not paying attention to anything but her (his latest ladyfriend, I suppose), well without much debate I abandoned the original plans and took off after him. Like many potential tagees before, he got to the door first. So I retreated back to my original hideout, hoping that I could resume the original Bate attack plan.

Here is where Kmills made no sense. About a minute later, after going back inside, he reappears from the same door! (without the girl this time) He starts walking towards the construction zone. When he was about 25 feet away, somehow he didn't see me, so I took off (again) and after a somewhat curvy chase, got him with his hand about 2 feet from the door handle.

I felt extreme relief, joy, hope, salvation, and hunger.

2010-09-28T00:30:00.001-04:00

So here's how Maldo managed to sabotage me and give me the melon this evening:

I was chilling at my friend's house watching the Bears/Packers game. Then two girls on the soccer team (Corri Sehr and Molley Drooger) come walking in all jittery and happy, "saying lets go to Stabucks, lets go do something! Blah blah blah." The settle down a bit and Corri comes up to me and says, "let's talk and go on a short walk, we haven't talked in a while..." So me and my kind and caring self says, "alright sure that's fine." At the time I was wearing sunglasses because I thought I looked good in them, so Corri and I go to the kitchen and grabbed some trash bags to take out to the trash...as we were walking I thought to myself that I should take the glasses off cuz I couldn't see squat, but as I was doing that Maldonado (with his big goofy grin), says with his relieved and devious laugh, "Hey Pfeifs", and tags me. Ask me how bitter I was...BITTER! So bitter!!! I felt betrayed by Corri and would not talk to her or Maldo... I wasn't really that pissed off, but at the same time I was...

So...now onto my story of getting rid of the melon...

After NWS and showers for everyone, I was standing in my room thinking no one was planning on leaving for the night so I was scheming on who I was going to go after in the morning...but low-and-behold, Graham decides to walk out to West door right next to my room... so I'm like, "yes this is my opportunity!" So I look at Ross and he nods his head saying go for it! So i wait to let Graham exit the building so he doesn't think I was following him. But as I walked out I did not see him. I walked to the front to see if he was there, but he wasn't. I then looked over to the sidewalk near the DC to find him putting his shoes on...I saw him look up signifying that he had seen me, but he was in no rush to get his shoes on cuz I was so far away... so I pretend to go left around the creek area to try and sneak behind him, but he proceeds on a jog to go to the Music building...the race was on... I decide to cut across the bridge on a sprint and run around the prayer chapel. By that time he was on the sidewalk that leads to the Bell Tower... I'm hauling butt with this 25lb? melon in my arm getting a bicep workout from all the swinging in my sprint... I continue to cut across the campus lawn and finally begin to catch up to him at about the middle of the library parking lot, and thank goodness for my light feet and for him slowing down a little because I gave everything I had left in me to Sprint and tag him about 40-60yrds out from the building...so I no longer hold the melon! And I no longer feel safe anywhere! But watch out...Graham's on the hunt... love ya buddy and sorry for taking you away from your studies...

2010-09-27T16:03:00.002-04:00

I got David Maldan... sorry man I'll need to check your door again for the spelling. Anyway, he may have passed on the gourd by now cause that was three hours ago. See you guys for dinner (i'll be coming in the front door at 5:00 clock.

Tal

Screw Inside out attacks

2010-09-27T13:43:00.002-04:00

First I was walking back from Reade and saw no one walking out from our wing, but then karl jumps out of a bush and he growled, which scared the crap out of me, so I hauled back to wengantz, and fricken Tal is camping inside the main doors of wengatz and as I'm 3 steps away from the door he opens it and tags me. Then I heard possibly the highest pitch laugh of relief in my life, as he ran away pointing at me.

So now I have the gourd, five minutes later I see Goben with the biggest grin on his face because he was 20 yards away from wengatz and he was jogging as he saw me thinking that we were both in the clear, and then he asked me if I had seen anyone that was it. And OH did I have a surprise for him. I pulled out the gourd and said yea, so I ran after him but at the same time karl sees him and he got stuck in between both of us and thats when I tagged him.

But karl was only two feet away fro me so I roll the gourd like a bowling ball and ran, and I was running and these chicks with tennis rackets tried to help him by getting in front of me threatening to swing at me with the racks. But I used my mexican hidden talent of running away from..... (white people who are chasing me) and turned on speedy gonzalez mode, so he gave up because he knew he had no chance.

The first night

2010-09-27T00:28:00.002-04:00

After an epic adventure of freshman and new recruits running to the Sammy Statues and back...

Tal received the gourd after making a rookie mistake of trying to blend in with people walking the loop.

Karl sneakily almost got clint as Clint tried to earn some more man points, but Karl was unable to rid himself of the melon and still has it.

Current Standings-
Tal-Gourd
Karl-Melon

2010

2010-09-26T22:02:00.003-04:00

Melon & Gourd

2 0 1 0

2009-10-09T11:41:00.000-04:00

I got Kent.

SIIS(see Karl for the history lesson behind that)

2009-10-07T07:18:00.002-04:00

It was around 12:30. I see a kid walk through the wing that I have never seen before. I figure he is a freshman looking for one of our freshmen to do some sort of homework thing. He walks across the whole wing, from the center doors to the west doors. I go back into my room to get a fabric softener sheet, come back into the hallway and he's walking the other way, sees me, but turns away out the doors again. I think maybe he just can't find the room and is slightly embarrassed. I let it go...

I ended up being distracted and leave about 2 minutes later from my room and I can see him coming towards 3rd West through the center doors again. He turns for the stairway quickly. I go back into the room and tell Ross what I've seen, but don't think that anything is quite up with this kid. I go back out and I see his head looking our way from the stairway. I walk out, he's on the staircase between the 3rd and 2nd floor, when we make eye contact, he dashes out of sight. I walk into 2nd center and ask if they'd seen him, they said no but they'd make sure to watch for him, thinking I'm making things up.

I walk back upstairs to report the latest to Ross, and I see a glimpse of someone up on the attic balcony, trying to get into the attic. I run up and ask him if he needed anything,it was the same guy. He had 2 letters in his hand, one said "Chase" on the outside. He said he thought Chase lived on 3rd west but it must have been 2nd east. I reassured him that it was 3rd west and I showed him his room. The kid said it was ok. I asked what the letter was and it was something for Foundations. hmm... I was in Chase's foundations discussion group last year...

I go with the lie and he goes into Chase's room, doesn't find him because he's lying in bed. I take the letter and promise I'll get it to him. When the kid takes off, I find Chase, give it to hm, and he ahs me follow the instructions. I go to the front desk to get the next letter, nothing there...

I see the kid walking in the lobby and ask him about it. He says "Oh, don't worry, just me and some other guys from 1st west were going to bombard him with water balloons. Don't worry about it anymore." I laughed and said, "Oh brother you guys are goofballs."(knowing he's a liar)

He calls down 1st west and says don't worry about it guys, and starts to head down 1st east. I look down 1st west and there was absolutely no one in the hallways. I chase after the guy and ask if he lives in Wengatz. "No I was just helping some friends from home." "So you live in town?" "No, please just forget about it." "Wait, I'm too confused. Do you go here?" "YES, please sir, I'll go now." "You live on Sammy 2." "What NO! No I don't!" "Can I have the other letter?" "Fine, please, just let me go, PLEASE." (I hadn't done anything to him other than ask him to stop and asked him those questions. ) Ross was with me at that point, turning his pants brown. Ross told him that if he didn't live in Wengatz to get out now, and I mumbled someting about ruining our tradition for no reason.

The letter said to leave the gourd in the front lobby and go find the next step in the 1st east bathroom.

Good plan guys...

2009-10-06T17:51:00.000-04:00

Chase just got it (gourd) right before he left for his group ride... Ian just walked out the front doors.

Ian-Melon

Chase-Gourd

booya grandma

Gonzo is indeed broken

2009-10-06T15:21:00.004-04:00

Well josh, you're probably a bigger dumbass and let the record be set straight that I didn't drop the gourd but it simply broke while I was reaching out to tag you. fml.

The Gourd is broken

2009-10-06T15:06:00.002-04:00

So I was walkin to new student orientation when i saw out of the corner of my eye
Paul Bachman on his bike trying to be sneaky like
I gave out a shout and cry and thought to myself "Im going to die"
I started running across the grass trying to get away from his bike
When all of the sudden the gourd fell to the ground
I thought to myself what a dumbass
As the pieces fell all around
I laughed to myself and skipped to my class

2009-10-06T01:23:00.002-04:00

So I got the gourd right before dinner time and I was about ready to turn in for the night, when I noticed that Bachman and Rags were no longer in their room. Earlier in the evening Bachman has said something to me about going to Handy Andy...I put two and two together. I ran to my room and put some tennis shoes on and sped on over to Handy Andy. Sure enough, Rags and Bachman were there! I waited on the side of Handy Andy, hidden from their view, for about 20 minutes until they were done getting Polar Pops and whatnot. As soon as they got out of the door I sprinted around the corner and got Rags. Then, Rags and Bachman were in the same car, so Rags got Bachman. And that is how this story ends.

Bachman has the gourd.

2009-10-05T15:11:00.002-04:00

I got the gourd after chapel from Peter. I chased Luke and Tyler, but didn't catch either. I finally got Keith at reade. I waited at the door inside and had some person tell me when he was close and I bolted out and got him. Last I knew it was still stitch melon and keith gourd.

2009-10-05T14:14:00.001-04:00

HAHA tagged the unicycle peter this morning chapel.. and tagged chase right as he was about to grab handle. thats what she said

old man butter

2009-10-05T13:58:00.001-04:00

Note to the masses. Butters is not playing due to the desire to kill and destroy Gods creation this weekend AKA he wont be at chapel fri. so whats the point

wong

Haywood Djoublomie

2009-10-05T13:45:00.001-04:00

I was trying to make a sneaky entrance into today's chapel and out of nowhere Haywood pops up and tags me... I didnt know he was playing this year.

2009-10-05T13:04:00.000-04:00

I am disappointed in my son Dan for showing up late to chapel on Monday

Monday

2009-10-05T12:34:00.002-04:00

much excitement before and after chapel. there should be many stories told so here's mine: I had the gourd after chapel (i received it from mark) and i stood at the door holding the handle looking out over the crowd like i was leaving. kyle took the bait and grabbed the doorknob with me. he said something like "Stitch is there, but where is the other person." I just responded by saying "somewhere in this crowd probably." He tried to leave out the side and i immediately tagged the confused man.

Last i heard:
Kyle - gourd (it felt good having immunity from him leaving lunch.)
Stitch - melon

Praying for Safety

2009-10-04T23:55:00.002-04:00

I just home my sons stay safe and keep up with their work!

I love them to death!

It has begun...

2009-10-04T23:13:00.001-04:00

I may not have the most updated info, but i feel that this should be started...
Mark's got the melon.
Brian's got the gourd.

Oh yeah... it's on...

First Victim

2009-10-04T23:10:00.000-04:00

Mark Wynsma (freshman) was the first victim of the week....story to come

It begans agian

2009-10-04T22:59:00.002-04:00

Heck YES!!!
The best, worst week of our life is up on us.
Mark actually got tagged during the freshman challenge, but sadly wong still has the gourd, he had to go study for a quiz...

Melon and Gourd 2009

2009-10-04T22:57:00.002-04:00

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Melon and Gourd 2009
Begins...

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Peter-MAN

2008-10-03T23:44:00.001-04:00

Thanks Peter for setting this blog up. It has been really awesome to hear all the stories. I know past WWIIIers have been follwing it too. You are the man, the Peter-MAN

It's Over!!!

2008-10-03T18:19:00.002-04:00

Melon and Gourd is now over, Congratz to all the survivors!

WOWZA...

2008-10-03T07:38:00.001-04:00

2 hours till start of melon and gourd rush for chapel!!! then another 20 minutes for ultimate freedom.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

2008-10-03T00:57:00.002-04:00

So after Nacho and Joel both have the melon and gourd for 24+ hours, i must say...

"THERE"S ONLY 9 HOURS LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!" It is coming down to the final sprint, we will see who is a real third wester.

2008-10-02T20:18:00.002-04:00

Gents-

This evening whilst walking to the liabrary i ask thee what didst mine eyes SEE? But a CHO, with a gourd, a chasing afterest me, so i ran, and i ducked, and dodged with all my cunning and arrived safe and sound, with out a fruit so bumming.

Thats all bs. i never saw cho anywhere, im just bored as hell.

2WO Championship/Dinner

2008-10-02T16:06:00.003-04:00

Today, as most have you know, is the girl's championship game. Since this is a big game we have decided that the same rules apply as if it were our intramural game. To and from the game everyone who goes is immune. Paul Cho has decided that he misses having dinner together so he has solemnly sworn that he will not tag anyone from 5 o'clock until the end of the girl's game.

A bitter sweet day

2008-10-01T23:49:00.003-04:00

What a day fellas.
All started out when I mistakenly, due to extremely confusing circumstances, left the Melon at the chapel. Then passed it off to House...and the best part was I walked right past him, RIGHT PAST HIM!!! He, "Didn't even see it coming!"
Then from my computer programming class me and Bachman walked it out across Reade Field, at approximately 30 yards from the building I got anxious. So I bolted and Bachman kinda lagged a little on the uptake. SAFE! Just as I grabbed the door, House came out (I was immune anyway). Bachman was not so fortunate. He got pinned down behind some pine trees, with a dash here and a juke there, House tagged Bachman. It would later be Bachman who would get the best of me as I journeyed to my microeconomics class.

I had the melon for a total of 9 hours today gentlemen...

But thanks to some intel on the soccer game and some strategic placement of myself and Nacho, I got the better of mister Joel Pincomb.

In some of these cases temper rose to the point where these players took out their anger physically on me and in all honesty, these violent reactions have to end. I know that I have to work on this as well, especially my language. If we are to keep Melon and Gourd alive and sustainable for the years to come we need to be more respectful of others.

Melon and Gourd Update

2008-10-01T20:22:00.000-04:00

Cho has the Gourd

Luke has the Melon

An Explanation

2008-10-01T18:13:00.006-04:00

Brothers,

First a big thank you to Wong for voluntarily drawing his own name to take up the gourd for me.

Secondly, I felt the need further explain my reasons for bowing out of this great tradition.

There are two reasons. The first is an actual physical injury. The fire drill yesterday woke me up from a nap and I just ran outside without thinking of putting on shoes or thinking of the fact that we are still fair game. The combination of which culminated in me vaulting down the concrete stairs leading to Gerhig in bare feet away from Josh Groves. I believe the landing bruised my heel. It was fine yesterday, but it has been getting worse all say until I finally could barely walk.

The second reason though deals with some more personal reasons. I let melon and gourd consume me. I understand that frustration is a part of the game, but my feelings were going beyond frustration. I was becoming upset, my attitude was becoming negative. I also skipped two classes this afternoon, and looking back, this was not right at all. I was putting melon and gourd in front of other more imprtant priorities like academics.

All of this lead me to believe that the game had consumed me. Participating in the melon and gourd tradition is a privilege and thus carries some responsibility. It is meant to be enjoyed but should not consume you. I let it consume me and thus failed in my responsibility to the tradition. In my eyes I lost the privilege. Please forgive for my irresponsibility.

Therefore because of these two things I decided to take myself out. It was a really hard decision, and I didn't want to make it. But I felt it was the right thing to do. I hope you guys understand.

I learned a lot, and hope to be back next year to actually enjoy the competition.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me. And thank you again Wong for taking up the gourd in my place.

Your Brother in Christ,

-Andrew Koehlinger
RUNSTRONG
Hebrews 12:1 & 1 Thessalonians 2:8

Quick Update

2008-10-01T18:10:00.000-04:00

Wong has the Gourd

Luke has the Melon

Update

2008-10-01T15:50:00.001-04:00

Luke has the Melon. Andrew has the Gourd.

Also...

2008-10-01T13:09:00.003-04:00

If you are tagged and several people shout to tell you that you were tagged, do not keep running. Just because you ran away after you were tagged does not negate the fact that you were tagged.

Quick Update

2008-10-01T13:08:00.001-04:00

Last I heard House has the melon, Andrew has the gourd.

2008-10-01T13:07:00.001-04:00

And the games continue...

2008-10-01T12:52:00.002-04:00

Lots of commotion and chapel today. Both the melon and the gourd changed hands a few times. The melon was dropped and now we have a partner to join Peter in eating the fruit along with our two losers come Friday.

Just to let everyone know...leaving during prayer so you can get out safe is not cool at all...don't let that happen again.

Lates update that I know of:
Luke and Andrew have the goods.

Quick update

2008-10-01T01:10:00.000-04:00

gourd: Klaver
melon: Joel

Weight off my chest (and my arm)

2008-09-30T19:29:00.003-04:00

wow. it feels good to not have that any more. Klaver was walking back from his car in the DC lot, but I met him head-on on the sidewalk by poo creek. I did have to quickly take tabs on where Schmit was though, because he was coming for Klaver as well, but I made it back.

in conclusion:
gourd: Klaver
melon: Schmit

The rumors are true

2008-09-30T17:23:00.003-04:00

PETER O'NIEL broke the gourd!!! in a daring attempt at tagging matt taylor, peter dove at him and landed on the gourd breaking it in two. lets just say it may seem a little more gray than usual.

BIG POPPA

2008-09-30T14:04:00.004-04:00

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME BIG POPPA!

THOW YA HANDS IN DA AIR CUZ IM A REAL PLAY-A

THE BLAZING INFERNO

2008-09-30T14:04:00.002-04:00

Gents- Today is a new day in the annals of WWIII melon-gourd history. Today there was a fire drill, and yes, the melon possessed by THE joshua groves was on the wing with us. needless to say disbelief at our complete misfortune clouded our minds. We quickly made haste to gerig with the melon HOT on our tail, my butt hairs being singed by its flames and the flames coming out of josh's eyes and nose. We barely made it to the front doors of gerig, and josh stood there looking at his quarry, licking his chops at the prospect of getting rid of the melon. Due to some of our veteran abilities, we were able to dupe josh into runnig circles around gerig, and not knowing what exit he should cover, and slowly, as openings showed themselves, we, the brave, sprited out of the darkness of gerig and into the light of Wengatz's glory.Many came from the different ways, but we all somehow arrived safely back on WWIII, melonless, but certainly not balless. To this day, i have no clue how we did not get tagged.

Josh later got Schmitt outside of Nussbaum.

UPDATE!

2008-09-30T14:00:00.000-04:00

Schmitt has the Melon
Uni-Pete has the Gourd

It would happen during melon and Gourd

2008-09-30T13:39:00.002-04:00

So i was returning from a very roundabout excursion to the registrar's office to pay for my AP Scores, when i saw a group of guys standing in front of the doors to wengetz, i could not tell if the melon or gourd was among them, so i slipped into olson and continued around back. I then distinctly heard the fire alarms that were going off, i opted for returning to olson for a nice safe base of operations. Low and behold i soon see butters running off in the distance. I hail him down and he returns to tell me how Josh was standing by the corner of english. Through the windows we saw a flash of yellow as andrew outran josh, barefoot. As soon as guys started to come into Wengetz, butters and I sprinted from olson porch to wengetz porch. No sooner were we in the door than Josh emerges from WWI, i would say me and butters had pretty good timing. Josh and peter still have them as far as i know.

DANG IT!!!

2008-09-30T12:59:00.002-04:00

arggg!!! so josh was in my COS 104 class. we left at the same time. He was standing in the door to the outside. He glanced away for a second and I blew past him. I was like a foot away from him, but he didn't stand a chance. He chased me a little ways, but I was pulling away still towards the music building. I got a bit to full of myself and i turned around and laughed at him in the distance. When I turned around from laughing at Josh, Narco was standing right there. So yes, I have the gourd

2008-09-30T12:55:00.003-04:00

I just watched as Josh G. chased after Peter O. in an attempt to catch him after a class they shared. Then as Peter was looking back watching Josh, thinking he was free, Narco struck swiftly. He came from Reade like a hawk and without Peter even seeing him, Narco passed the gourd off. So now beware, Peter O. is prowing campus with the gourd!

Groves' hunt in packs

2008-09-30T12:53:00.002-04:00

This morning, I was informed that our own Peter-man had a full day of class and bad knees. So in the sake of the game, volunteered to give up the gourd. I lost rock paper scissors to Kent Ives and received the gourd. After lunch, I was informed my own kin had the melon.

Today did not look good for the Groves clan. I was worried we would soon be the laughfing stock of WWIII as a family born without brains or legs. However, at approximately 12:50. I received an opportunity too good to pass up. My brother and I created a devious trap, him in Nussbaum and I in Reade, We would lure unsuspecting WWIIIers into the center, where pure mayhem and a feeding frenzy would ensue. Peter O'neill was the first victim. He came sprinting out of Nussbaum with Joshua hot on hist tail. He appeared to escape the jaws of death, but his apparent escape only lured him deeper into a cave of destruction. As Peter raised his hands in victory, I sprinted up behind him and handed him the gourd. O to see the face of nieve Peter as he turned to have the gourd placed in his hands.

Let this be a lesson to WWIII: Groves fly together. (Flying V)

THE GRAVE MISTAKE

2008-09-30T12:52:00.003-04:00

Gents- I was just out for a nice walk this afternoon, when what do mine eyes see? but a cougar, with our beloved melon and the lesser liked albino gourd. I sharpishly made the assumption that this large cat had stolen them from our very own groves boys. so being quicker of mind than of foot, i began a stealthy pursuit of the fiend, and having tracked it in the woods behind bergwall, i smote my quarry with a brick taken from the very walls that we call Third West, this happening, mind you, after a long struggle when my adversary and I both wounding each other and fighting to the point of exhaustion. and then i realized what i had done, this feline friend was not carrying our melon or our gourd, rather the innards and skin of a pale sammy boy. OH! Woe is me that i should be so decieved! Our dear friend had done us a favor! This is completely true by the way.

i would surmise that josh and narcs still have them.

HAHAHA Poor Freshman!!!

2008-09-30T11:59:00.002-04:00

Being as pissed off as I was that I had the melon I knew I had to get rid of it immediately or it would consume me. I ate a quick, unsatisfying, chicken sandwich and went upstairs to wait for more WWIIIers. I came across Josh and Clint backpacks strapped ready to run but I had them. I gave them the," Oh, where are you guys headed?" in a friendly but menacing tone. They said they were headed to lunch so I followed Mr. Groves wherever he went. I was his shadow. Finally after about 10 minutes of coaxing, I convinced him that he might as well just take it and have a chance to get some others. He's a rookie but he will soon learn.

From Dan to Ross to Josh

2008-09-30T11:52:00.002-04:00

After much frustration, I had a stroke of luck. Thanks to a very nice gentleman who held the door for me I was able to dart out from the north door of the DC and intercept Wong, Ross, and Klaver as they were coming in from campus. Ross was the unlucky one. I say unlucky because he is very much faster than me and it was only by luck that I was able to get him (oh and that nice guy holding the door for me).

It was not long after that that Ross was able to smooth talk Josh. I'll let him tell you the story.

Quick update

2008-09-30T11:35:00.000-04:00

Gourd - Narco
Melon - Ross

Melon and Gourd

2008-09-30T10:56:00.001-04:00

Hey Gents, just as an update, Dan still has the melon, and Narco has the gourd. Run strong men!

Injured Reserves Claim Another

2008-09-30T10:43:00.001-04:00

Men of WWIII:

It is my duty to regretfully inform you that the inured reserves have claimed yet another Third Wester. Mr. PeterMAN Stevenson is no longer able to go on with "melon-gourd" activities. His knees have been bothering him a lot and he is in a lot of pain. Thank you for your understanding. As we continue, let's be careful to not put anymore on that team. Thanks guys.

WWIII Forever!!!
KENT IVES

Morning Announcements

2008-09-30T08:36:00.000-04:00

Men of WWIII:

First of all, I would like to thank you all for your participation in NWS last night. It was a great success (that is obvious due to the reaction we got from the rest of Wengatz)! Secondly, I would like to congratulate Mr. David Hausknecht, our new NWS champ.

Unfortunately, I have some bad news to report. As of early this morning, joining Mr. Benjamin Marshall on the injured reserves will be Mr. Steven Rockey. Let me make this clear, Ben and Rockey are no longer able to play "Melon-Gourd" so please don't waste your time and energy chasing them. However, both of them will obviously still be partaking in our nightly activities when possible. That leads me to my final point...

Tonight, once again at 10:00pm sharp, we will be meeting in the "LODGE" to explain this evenings activities - something we simply like to call "COUCHES". Just be in the "LODGE" at 10:00pm and we'll explain then.

As far as the rest of the day is concerned, good luck avoiding the fruit and get caught up or even ahead on some homework and studying. This will be a long and busy week and we can't let our academics get too far out from under us.

WWIII Forever!!!

KENT IVES

Thinking I was the Cleverest new guy on the floor...

2008-09-29T20:53:00.003-04:00

...I, while riding bikeback, chanced across a lone-wandering Haus, traversing the miry way between yon Wengatz and what is oft-affectionately-known-as "The Zondy". Spurred by a momentous burst of divine inspiration, I took it upon myself to yank the unsuspecting Haus into the cleverest of ruses.
With all the fury of three years in Sammy fueling my icy veins, I descended swiftly upon young house, left arm bowcricked behind mine back as though jesting that I might indeed be possessing one of the two ignoble relics.
What followed was the most piteous of sights: the panicked desperation of the flightful Haus, the rigors of unknown horror and uncertain dismay forever imprinted bleakly upon his brow, and the celestial relief by which he was suddenly overcome at the realization that, indeed, it was all just a big facade.

In troof,
BmF

Melon and Gourd

2008-09-29T19:35:00.001-04:00

Just for an update: Dan has the melon and Peterman has the gourd. Stay strong men. WWIII forever!

2008-09-29T18:39:00.003-04:00

Thinking I was the most cleverist of the freshmen on WWIII, I saw Josh Groves with the gourd while I was walking on the sidewalk by the bell tower. I hid behind the cars in the DC parking lot and snuck my way to the more front entrance of the DC. As the aid of parked cars came to an end, I legged it to the doors, jumped the steps and was shoved a 20 pound melon.

I tried to tag someone else for about a half hour, but gave up and grabbed a burger and went out to hide. I hid behind some arborvitae for a while, nothing, then I hid behind a brick wall and a lot of people must have thought I was taking a dump. Yao walked by and told me Peter Oneill would be walking by soon and to get him from the galleria, I waited and watched and I heard a friendly "Who do you see?" I turned around and there was Peter. I saw Schmit and chased after him towards Nussbaum and he went in through a side door. I did a little bit more bad stalking and gave up. After the situation Brad described below, I kept hiding and waiting for mychance,finally, Dan was an idiot and I tagged him.

"I'm gonna grab another burger. Want anything?"

2008-09-29T17:04:00.002-04:00

(This is a delayed response to an earlier melon/gourd action. I apologize for being a couple hours late.)

Yes, I had the melon. No, I was not tagged with the melon. At the end of chapel I told our PA-ness Kent Ives that I would volunteer to take the melon for our beloved Ben Marshall, God rest his soul. We needed to up the flow of the game, so I knew I had to volunteer.

I ran to Wengatz to find the melon and sprinted to the DC. I missed 3 chances to get Bachman, Graham, and Rockey. As we sat at the table and ate together, Bachman said, "I'm gonna grab another burger. Want anything?" I smirked as we all replied "no". As Bachman walked away I proclaimed to our freshmen that Bachman is a dirty, filthy liar (not that I blame him, this week is full of lying). I then sprinted outside, knowing that Bachman would use the Bergwall doors to leave. As I got within 50 feet of the door, Bachman appears. Unfortunately I hadn't gotten the chance to hide yet, so he immediately saw me. What a cheeky little monkey...

I decided to sprint back to Wengatz to wait for Graham and Rockey. As I was sprinting I looked back and saw them half-jogging toward the sidewalk that leads to the bell tower. I saw this as a great opportunity. I sprinted around the back of Wengatz and up the sidewalk that led to the library, went around the library and hid on the patio by the belltower. Sure enough, Rockey came leisurely walking by. I could smell his fear. I jumped up and proceeded to chase him down as he ran toward the music building. Mission accomplished.

2 things:
1) Sprinting after eating at the DC is the worst possible thing a human being could do.
2) I lost my ID in the process of sprinting around. Let me know if you find it.

In the name of WWIII,
House

Ditchers

2008-09-29T15:09:00.001-04:00

So boys, Foundations is usually crawling with freshman from WWIII, but strangely enough, very few seemed to turn up today as me and stitch waited to pounce upon our prey, rocky got in, but stitch couldn't tag him and i was away on the front. Me and stitch still have the melon/gourd and we are waiting for you... MUHAHAHAHAHHAAA

2008-09-29T14:12:00.003-04:00

James was hiding behind the brick wall by the library and jumped out and got me. I then pretended to be reading by the brick wall when I saw Brad walk up. I attempted to chase him but slipped and got some nasty grass burn haha ask me to see it its on my leg and elbow so I was unable to catch him. He ran to Nussbaum where he claimed he had a class. I proceeded to follow him inside to find his class. Which he didnt have. I "gave up and headed back to the library" I went around to the side of Nussbaum and hid knowing he would attempt to come out those doors. As soon as he came out of those doors and rounded the corner I was waiting for him and tagged him. Brad has the gourd and as far as I know Stich still has the melon.

Lunch Frenzy

2008-09-29T12:05:00.004-04:00

Last I heard, Rockey tagged stitch with the melon and someone tagged James Taylor with the gourd. Keep your eyes open men, especially around the DC.

My Oddyssey

2008-09-29T08:35:00.003-04:00

Gentlemen, I am here to announce that I no longer have the melon. Early this morning at an ungodly hour I awaited for the perfect time to pounce on my prey. The moment came when Ben Marshall and Peter Oneill decended from WWIII and approached the west door I began to move. As soon as they emerged from the wengatz cocoon, i jumped on them like a cat does a mouse. Before they could do anything the gods eros, hymen, peitho, and nike joined along with me in my victorious pursuit of Ben and Peter. I reached out, extended my arm like Michael Jordan from space jam, and tagged Ben Marshall. and yes this story is completely true

stories

2008-09-29T00:12:00.002-04:00

Fellas, try practicing the art of storytelling. Embellish, or flat out lie about the epic encounters you have. I want stories, dangit!

2008-09-28T23:53:00.001-04:00

Bachman has the melon and rocky has the gourd

2008-09-28T22:55:00.001-04:00

Paul Cho has the gourd HAHAHAHA!

2008-09-27T10:00:00.000-04:00

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!!!!

The Beginning

2008-09-27T00:35:00.002-04:00

Melon and Gourd start up in a few days, I hope you are ready!

Designs

2008-09-17T22:27:00.003-04:00

Here are just some awesome designs for the wing. Tell me what you think.

2008-08-25T14:21:00.003-04:00

2008-07-29T23:59:00.001-04:00

Heck yeah! this is so cool! Peter I basically love you....

Third West Members

2008-07-29T16:00:00.003-04:00

For all of you third westers out there, when the time comes, I will send out an invitation for you to be able to post here. If you insist on being added now though, leave a message for me somewhere, somehow, and I will add you.

First Post

2008-07-29T14:21:00.000-04:00

This is a test post for Third West Wengatz and their Mellon and Gourd page.