The Honors Council is a student-run organization that provides support, programs, and activities for Honors College students. The organization seeks to promote community among students and solidify the Honor College's status as much more than just an academic unit.
Woodstock
In Fall 2010, the Honors Council hosted an event to re-create the 1960s. The evening featured musical performances by Honors College students themselves. Seeing two roommates perform an acoustic version of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me, Babe” set the stage for the rest of the evening’s performances.
Closely following the first musical act was a guest lecture. The Honors College’s own Dr. Greg Stewart talked about the origins of the psychedelic movement in America, giving historical significance to the tie-dye speckled crowd’s costumes, trippy colors, and ridiculous hairdos. The Honors Council also provided free Chick-fil-A and a homemade psychedelic cake.
In another room, the Beatles’ version of Rock Band was set up (conveniently ignoring the Beatles’ glaring absence at Woodstock). And in tune with the Beatles’ theme, the popular movie Across the Universe was also shown.
Las Vegas
For this weekend event, Honors students dressed to the nines and sat around tables run by students freshly trained as charity casino aficionados.
The stakes for the casino games were high: Buy-in was either $10 or 10 canned goods, all donated to the Harvest Hope Food Bank of Columbia. Keeping with the James Bond feel, “mocktails” were served. Intensity increased as the night progressed, and the battle for champ of the casino room lasted into the wee hours of dawn.