Kenna Hall hosts Slime Time Live for Holy Cross charities

By PJ Marcello Staff Writer marcello13@up.edu

Even the rain could not stop Kenna hall council's Slime Time event, which raised over $300 for Holy Cross charities Tuesday.

The group of about 30 students waited in the rain for the opportunity to see their hall staff get slimed with the green goo reminiscent of the kind seen at Nickelodeon events.

"We used Jell-O, flour, water, green paint and baby shampoo," freshman hall council member Lauren Anneberg said.

"It was pretty disgusting," Executive Assistant to the President Fr. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C., who is also the resident priest in Kenna, added. "I should have worn a shower cap."

Regardless of the wet weather, students were willing to sacrifice their dryness for the opportunity to be drawn in the raffle to slime some of their hall mates and residential assistants.

"I would totally do it again," Hall Director Megan Bebb said. "This is like a dream come true, ever since I was a kid.

The money raised will be donated to the Holy Cross given to various charities.

"It's actually going to something charitable, like Kenya or other places," freshman hall council member William Rosemond said. "It's not just used for old priestly mansions."

Assistant Hall Director Corey Thomas said they were happy to make a general donation.

"We wanted to raise money to support Holy Cross so they could use it as needs come up rather than to one specific charity," Thomas said. "Many halls are doing this now so there is an even distribution of donations."

Different members of the Kenna community were slimed based on how much money was donated over the course of the month-long fundraiser. First were the residential assistants, then hall council members and last was Olinger.

Once the total reached the goal Olinger agreed to participate in the sliming; however, he was not entirely pleased with the payout.

"I think I was worth $500, not $300, but it was worth it for the charities," Olinger said.