University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Carroll Hall kicked off the Christmas season by hostingtheirannual event A Carroll Christmas on November 30, 2007. Residents of Carroll decorated the dorm to help students get in the Christmas spirit. Decorations started with luminarias and a Christmas tree welcoming visitors to Carroll. Inside the dorm, visitors encountered a winter wonderland. Snowflakes, lights, garlands, and stockings with the resident ' s names hung from the ceilings and walls. A giant pole surrounded by inflatable polar bears and snowmen helped create a North Residents BBQ with their sister dorm, Howard. photo courtesy of Derek Sanchez Vermin wear holiday sweaters at A Carroll Christmas. photo by Chris CoW ' ms Residents cool off by slip ' n sliding down the quad. photo by Chris Collins Carroll christmas Pole ambiance inside the lounge. A favorite of the night was Santa ' s workshop. Visitors took pictures with Santa and met Mrs. Claus and two of the couple ' s elves. Other events at Carroll Christmas included karoake, making snow cones, and a cookie baking contest. The planning committee was pleased to hear that they were allotted the same amount of funding as the Keenan Revue and Fisher Regatta, placing Carroll Christmas among the top 3 dorm events on campus. story by Casey Carney Carroll 17

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Freshmen dye their hair gold before the first home game. photo courtesy of Derek S.mchez The Vermin host A Carroll Christmas every year. photo by Chris Collins Residents hang the Co Irish! sign before every home game. photo courie x ol DereA Sanchez Vermin enjoy the nice weather Residents find creative ways to by playing frisbee. cool off during warm weather. photo by Chris Collirys photo by Chris Collins Carroll Hall, located across St. Mary ' s lake, is home to the Vermin. Carroll houses 106 men and is the smallest and most isolated residence hall on campus. As a result of the dorm being so isolated, the Vermin of Carroll were a very tight-knit group. The residents of Carroll followed many traditions. Each year, before the first home football game, Carroll freshmen have the option of dying their hair gold. Also, before every home football game the Vermin hang a Co Irish! sign outside the dorm. In order to make the sign, residents used 80 bed sheets, 30 gallons of green paint, 60,000 staples, and at least 15 men to help hang the sign. This year, Carroll residents participated in several events with Howard, their sister dorm. One of the main events was a cookout before the Penn State football game. The Vermin of Carroll Hall were most widely known for their signature event, A Carroll Christmas. story written and edited by Cnsey Carney Carroll hall vermin across the lake K) ihc gold sl.indard

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Breen-Phillips residents during the 2007-2008 school year. photo Ijy U.niil Prinn Breen-Phillips Babes celebrate the Beach Week luau photo courtesy of Diane Davis Babes decorate the dorm in preparation for Frosh-o. photo courtesy of Linssj Esmitia IS meal auction Breen-Phillips ' signature event is the meal auction, usually held towards the end of February in the Lafortune Ballroom. The meal auction, as the name implies, auctions off dinners with campus celebrities. These celebrities include people around campus such as professors, athlcnes, cle ins, and administrative figures. Students bid on which celebrity they are interested in having dinner with. Celebrities that were auctioned off last year included, Father Pcjorman, the Vice President of student affairs, Cieoff Pric e, men the gold sl.uid.ird from the cheerlcading squad, the former leprechaun, Kevin Braun, and members from the women ' s volleyball team. Breen-Phillips Hall funds the entire Meal Auction themselves which allows all prcxeeds from the event to go direcrtly to the St. Joseph ' s county Meals on Wheels Association. The Meals on Wheels Assoc iation delivers delicious and nutritious meals to low income familes ,ind homebound senior citizens. In previous years, the Meal Auction has raised over ' . ' )00 dollars to be donated. slorv by Diane Davis