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(Last Chance) Water Fight

Considerations:

1. Get approval from everyone for this program...we thought we'd be able to use a slip n'slide but we couldn't. Know your limits.
2. Find out what other events are happening on campus that night. We happened to choose a night that there was a big charity party almost everyone went to. Choose a night where there's really nothing better to do and it's not in the middle of crunch time for students. *If I could do it differently, I would have also gotten a couple kiddie pools and hose toys, as well as chosen a different night....alas, maybe next semester!

Description: Our Residence Hall had been plagued by late night water fights which had resulted in injuries after people slipped and fell. We decided to give the residents a last chance to get rid of their need for a water fight, by allowing them to have a free-for-all in our courtyard.

Instructions:

1. First and foremost, get approval through Residence Life and Facilities. You must find out what Residence Life will and won't let you you get away with. (We, for example, could not have a slip n' slide, but those are the newest fad on our campus.) Residence Life may also require a Medic, just ion case. Also, you have to promise Facilities to clean up!
2. Second, decide what you are going to use. Water balloons? Slip n'slides? Squirt bottles or squirt guns? Hoses? Once you've decided, shop around for the best deal and buy your supplies.
3. Third, pick a night that people might need a break but not are not too busy with schoolwork. A Tuesday is good because it can be a boring night, but be sure not to pick it during the middle or midterms!
4. Fourth, advertise like crazy! Who wouldn't want to throw water balloons at their RAs?
5. Fifth, have a great time! Throw on shorts and a bathing suit and play with your residents! They'll love it!

Suzette K
University of Tampa