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We Made Uranium! : And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago's Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt by Leila Sales (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-10022657184X
ISBN-139780226571843
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038274168
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Book TitleWe Made Uranium! : And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago's Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicStudent Life & Student Affairs, General, Higher, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2019
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Education, Humor, History
AuthorLeila Sales
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-054723
ReviewsScav, as it is known on campus, is the college's Rose Bowl: a mash-up of the Intel Science Talent Search, fraternity hazing, a pep rally, installation art, reality TV, and a 4-H fair.
Dewey Decimal378.1/980977311
Table Of ContentIntroduction Item 256, 2007: Simon's a Computer, Simon Has a Brain Sarah Rosenshine Item 24, 2010: The Trainwash Adam Brozynski Item 175, 1987: The First Hunt Diane A. Kelly List of 12 Trivia Items That Were Challenging in the Age before Google Item 277, 2011: The World's Largest Scavenger Hunt Ezra Deutsch-Feldman List of 23 of the Highest-Pointed Scav Hunt Items of All Time Item 240, 1999: The Homemade Breeder Reactor Fred Niell Item 289, 2015: The T-Shirt Cannon Jake Eberts Item 159, 1994: Daddy Issues Jennifer Joos List of 6 Items That Maybe Weren't 100 Percent Legal Item 161, 2010: Culture Shock Joel Putnam List of 11 Items Whose Answer Was "Coleslaw" Item 42, 2003: The Forbidden Fruit Dave Muraskin Item 32, 2003: We Tempt the Wrath of God Doug Diamond List of 19 Items That Were Only Slightly Blasphemous, Honestly Item 58, 2004: The Girl with the Infamous Tattoo Cristina Romagnoli Item 133, 2004: Does Their Relationship Lack Trust? Nicolle Neulist List of 16 Items Documenting an Increasingly Esoteric Feud with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Mike Royko Item 229, 2013: The Final Feast Naseem Jamnia Item 123, 2001: We Were Survivors Connor Coyne List of 18 Items about Food Item 241, 2013: Graceland, Also William Wilcox Item 20, 2008: ScavAir Steven Lucy List of 30 Pun Items Item 293, 2015: Where There Is No Duct Tape Erica Pohnan List of 14 Items That Animals Could Have Done Without Item 238, 1999: We Like to Party Moacir P. de Sá Pereira Item 47, 2006: A Party at the End of Days Dave Franklin List of 10 Items That Referred to The Simpsons and One That Didn't Item 23, 2002: Relite Niteline Matthew Kellard Items 282-83, 2005: Do That Nora Friedman Item 0, 2015: Seriously, This Is a Real Wedding Christian Kammerer List of 19 Items Dedicated to University of Chicago Faculty, Lore, and Campus Life Item 58, 2003: ShoreTrisLand Leila Sales Acknowledgments Appendix A: A List of Scav Hunt Teams Appendix B: Key Locations
SynopsisItem #176: A fire drill. No, not an exercise in which occupants of a building practice leaving the building safely. A drill which safely emits a bit of fire, the approximate shape and size of a drill bit. Item #74: Enter a lecture class in street clothes. Receive loud phone call. Shout "I NEED TO GO, THE CITY NEEDS ME " Remove street clothes to reveal superhero apparel. Run out for the good of the land. Item #293: Hypnotizing a chicken seems easy, but if the Wikipedia article on the practice is to be believed, debate on the optimal method is heated. Do some trials on a real chicken and submit a report . . . for science of course. Item #234: A walking, working, people-powered but preferably wind-powered Strandbeest. Item #188: Fattest cat. Points per pound. The University of Chicago's annual Scavenger Hunt (or "Scav") is one of the most storied college traditions in America. Every year, teams of hundreds of competitors scramble over four days to complete roughly 350 challenges. The tasks range from moments of silliness to 1,000-mile road trips, and they call on participants to fully embrace the absurd. For students it is a rite of passage, and for the surrounding community it is a chance to glimpse the lighter side of a notoriously serious university. We Made Uranium shares the stories behind Scav, told by participants and judges from the hunt's more than thirty-year history. The twenty-three essays range from the shockingly successful (a genuine, if minuscule, nuclear reaction created in a dorm room) to the endearing failures (it's hard to build a carwash for a train), and all the chicken hypnotisms and permanent tattoos in between. Taken together, they show how a scavenger hunt once meant for blowing off steam before finals has grown into one of the most outrageous annual traditions at any university. The tales told here are absurd, uplifting, hilarious, and thought-provoking--and they are all one hundred percent true., Item #176: A fire drill. No, not an exercise in which occupants of a building practice leaving the building safely. A drill which safely emits a bit of fire, the approximate shape and size of a drill bit. Item #74: Enter a lecture class in street clothes. Receive loud phone call. Shout "I NEED TO GO, THE CITY NEEDS ME!" Remove street clothes to reveal superhero apparel. Run out for the good of the land. Item #293: Hypnotizing a chicken seems easy, but if the Wikipedia article on the practice is to be believed, debate on the optimal method is heated. Do some trials on a real chicken and submit a report . . . for science of course. Item #234: A walking, working, people-powered but preferably wind-powered Strandbeest. Item #188: Fattest cat. Points per pound. The University of Chicago's annual Scavenger Hunt (or "Scav") is one of the most storied college traditions in America. Every year, teams of hundreds of competitors scramble over four days to complete roughly 350 challenges. The tasks range from moments of silliness to 1,000-mile road trips, and they call on participants to fully embrace the absurd. For students it is a rite of passage, and for the surrounding community it is a chance to glimpse the lighter side of a notoriously serious university. We Made Uranium! shares the stories behind Scav, told by participants and judges from the hunt's more than thirty-year history. The twenty-three essays range from the shockingly successful (a genuine, if minuscule, nuclear reaction created in a dorm room) to the endearing failures (it's hard to build a carwash for a train), and all the chicken hypnotisms and permanent tattoos in between. Taken together, they show how a scavenger hunt once meant for blowing off steam before finals has grown into one of the most outrageous annual traditions at any university. The tales told here are absurd, uplifting, hilarious, and thought-provoking--and they are all one hundred percent true.
LC Classification NumberLD936.W46 2019
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