It's Girl Time!!

All the different experiences in hall bonding night!

Secondo 4A

By: Susannah Sowell

Secondo 4A, Madeline’s Hall, the Desert Island—all of these are synonymous names for the hall twenty girls at Bellarmine University call home this summer. At the top floor of the Secondo building, moving day and grocery runs have proved to be more difficult with all the steps we need to climb. However, the climb is worth it when you are greeted with desert island decorations that our RA, Madeline, spent hours creating to make us feel welcome. In fact, the wall decorations have even helped our hall get to know each other. We have posters asking our favorite foods, movies, quotes, and memories; we have a treasure map of Kentucky where X marks the spot where we live; we have envelopes where we can send notes to one another; we even have a poster where we all wrote our social media handles. You can often walk by to see a cluster of girls surrounding a poster getting excited that they both love the movie Lemonade Mouth or Heathers, or maybe finding out that they only live two counties away.

On Sunday night, June 30 we hosted a hall party where we spent time jamming to Shawn Mendes, making matching bead bracelets, eating snacks, playing cards, wearing face masks, and braiding friendship bracelets. While learning about relationship statuses, favorite TV shows, siblings, and passions, we also were having a great time. It was a relaxing night spent together getting to know more about our fellow scholars and Secondo 4A family.

This desert island hall has several fun traditions. One of the most notable ones is a hall Bible study. Several girls have begun meeting before hall meetings to read their Bibles together and talk about their takeaways. You can walk by and hear them discussing a passage to figure out its meaning. Another tradition is that our hall takes tremendous pride in being on time and early to all hall meetings. We almost always start five minutes early. Additionally, we love to eat snacks in the hall; the girls have an Ale 8 stash, a jumbo bag of cereal, and an abundance of ramen noodles. If you ever visit the hall meeting on Thursday night, you’ll see us celebrating Starburst Thursday: a new tradition started by Madeline where we all answer a question based on the color of the chewy candy you choose. Though we’ve only been together for two weeks, we’ve already created relationships that will last for years to come.

Secondo 3A

By: Zoey Novak

When walking down the hall of Secondo 3A, one is met with bright, whimsical decorations in the theme of a farmer’s market. Everyone is greeted with a large sign reading “WELCOME SCHOLARS!” upon entering the hall. Produce lines the walls and a market stand is hung near the lounge area. Each door features names decorated with different food items for each pair of roommates. The beautiful decorations were all created and put up by RA Jennifer. This group of girls, along with Jennifer, have grown closer through hall meetings by sharing conversation and lots of laughs with each other. A hall bonding night with Secondo 3B occurred on July 1st to strengthen the bonds between girls on the third floor. Games, cards, and pizza ensued straight after class on that night. While everyone is different, the girls of Secondo 3A have found a way to share life together within the hall.