Students deck the residence halls
Some campus residents
use the holidays as an
excuse to decorate
By Amy Boytz
Oregon Daily Emerald
Just because you live on campus
doesn’t mean there is no way to get
in the holiday spirit.
All around the University, holi
day lights illuminate windows
and shimmering garlands adorn
doorways. ’Tis the season for car
ing, sharing and daring to decorate
with holiday flair.
Signs of the holidays can be
found on nearly every block of the
University campus. Festive lights
trim residence halls, lining win
dows or fanning in creative swirls
and designs. White icicle lights
dangle from top-floor rooms, cre
ating a sense of winter. Miniature
trees, dressed with tiny brilliant
lights and thin strands of tinsel ap
pear in windows. Advent calen
dars hang on walls and doors.
Though many students will
leave the University for the three
week holiday vacation, their spirit
nonetheless shines through.
“People keep asking us why we
did this now, and it’s like, we only
have like two weeks left [before
the break],” said Sarah Petretto, a
junior transfer student living in
Carson Hall.
Petretto and her neighbor, Kourt
ney Hamilton, bedecked their end
of the hall with a shiny red garland
above the fire escape door. Petretto
also has an Advent calendar tacked
to her door, but she said she isn’t
exactly following the rules of eat
ing its chocolate treasures.
“We don’t have enough time to
eat them all, so we’re eating two at
a time,” she said, laughing.
Walton Complex is another fes
Amanda Cowan/Emeruld
A festive snowman adorns the window of Kristin Locke and Nicoal Price's room in the
Dyment wing of Walton Complex.
tive place on campus. Many of the
windows are lined in small glow
ing lights that brighten the dreary
gray sky.
Nicoal Price and Kristin Locke,
both freshmen living in Dyment
Hall, went all-out on their decora
tions. Their large window is cov
ered with white snowflakes and
trimmed in lights. Also, a stick-on
snowman clings to their window,
set alight with a strand of red,
white and green bulbs.
“We’re just festive,” Locke said
excitedly.
The greek system is definitely in
on the action as well. This year, the
Delta Upsilon fraternity is sponsor
ing Lights for Charity, an event or
ganized to donate money to chari
ty. Nearly all of the greek houses on
campus are participating in this
first-time event, said Jackson
Jeyanayagam, vice president of
public relations for Delta Upsilon.
Each participating house pays $45
to join the contest. They are then al
lowed to decorate their house as ex
travagantly as they like. On Dec. 6,
a panel of judges will select a win
ning house, whose residents will
receive the pool of money to donate
to the charity of their choice.
“It’s a great event for a great
cause,” Jeyanayagam said. “It’s a
good way to get involved in the
holiday spirit.”
Members of the houses put up
the lights, along with help from
their parents, alumni and friends.
Jeyanayagam said many members
came home from the Thanksgiv
ing break with loads of holiday
decorations.
“Christmas season is the best
time to do this. Everyone is excit
ed,” he said. “And Christmas is
the best time to give money to
charity because they need it
most.”
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