As part of our hall agreement process, which we have been slowly building up to since our first meetings on Move-In Weekend, I asked each student to write down 3-5 things they need on hall to feel like they belong and can thrive on Fourth West. Then we broke into small groups to share those needs and aspirations for the hall and each small group had to come up with the top 3-5 things from their group discussion that touched on what everyone shared. The final agreement will be synthesized from those small groups' lists and we have a working draft of an agreement right now! We'll polish it up and get everyone's feedback and buy-in at our first hall meeting in September. 

A program highlight from this month was our "Am I the Jerk?" discussion activity. Inspired by more modern takes on advice columns, I printed out stories of conflict where the posters were asking people to weigh on who was in the wrong. This sparked a lot of good discussion about how we could handle conflicts in our own lives and on hall/campus, how it is rarely too late to apologize when we've messed up, and how conflict can be opportunity, to have your voice heard, to have your needs met, and to get to know someone better.

The photos don't really do the organized chaos of our pancake night with First Hunt justice. Several of us got to live out our line cook fantasies and yell out "behind!" and "yes, chef!" 

Flapjack flipping is often a lesson in humility, but Jacob was all smiles the whole time.

Aspiring 'floss boss' Christian got to try his hand at cotton candy twirling at an SAB Friday Funday event.