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Last week was a week of firsts in the fresher realm. It was the first Re-O Week for the freshers full stop, it was the first Re-O week without Gardies, and it was also the first Re-O Week with freshers who had never been to a Cookathon.

Despite these incredulous setbacks, its seems necessity is the mother of invention, and with their creative minds set to overdrive the first-years still managed to throw together a somewhat memorable Re-O Week.
The fun begins with Cumby, where two boys set themselves the task of a ‘goon before noon’ on each day of Re-O. Ambitious, but ultimately foolhardy, Wednesday was the goon that broke the Scarfies’ back, as both boys wound up chundering a half-goon, half-cereal mix in an undisclosed location. The challenge was called off, and both boys enjoyed six or so hours of painful sobriety before Nightcap later that evening.
Not to be outdone, a small number of their next-door neighbours at Hayward had a ‘Billy Mavs or Savs’ night, where the aim was to get through a box of seven-percent Billy Mavericks Bourbon and Coke, or two/three bottles of Sauvignon. Not surprisingly none of the participants can remember their nights past about eight thirty, yet all managed to leave the Hall without causing any mess, and came back to a clean common room. Clearly that lot weren’t trying hard enough.
One of their fellow Haywardians did however have the right idea, and ended up in the bed of a girl he pulled at Macca’s. Apparently it probably wasn’t the first time she had ever visited the golden arches either, if you catch the drift.
But the resounding theme of the Re-O Week throughout the Halls seems to be the mayhem and mischief that came on Saturday night, when the Illuminate paint party was in town. Freshers (along with sifty second-, third-, and fourth-years) everywhere dressed in white, and descended on Union Hall to be lathered in water-based paint, sweat, and dance music. Pre-party, the girls relished the chance to wear white pants legitimately. Post-party, the boys relished the chance to ‘conserve water’ and shower down with ‘the paint-soaked birds.’ It sounds like a sexy BP oil spill.