Tonight was Runway for Africa. It was a new event for Covenant imagined up by one of the students and it turned out great! Every hall’s RA was responsible for creating and modeling their own costumes for the categories of Scots pride, hall pride, thanksgiving, high fashion, and formal. We saw quite the variety of outfits that’s for sure. We saw Indians, Scot Superhero’s, crazy outfits with spikes coming out of the legs, and much more. After the first four categories the judges picked the top 6 to compete in the final formal round. We went crazy when both our hall’s representative and our brother halls made it to the final six. We knew they were going to win! In this round each contestant had to answer questions. We were confident at the end that our questionnaires we had it in the bag!

During the judges deliberation over awards Laura Berger presented on what inspired her to have the event and what the money would go towards. She told us about her time she spent in Africa this summer. She explained how there were times when she couldn’t communicate with the people she was with but she knew that the word was a live and at work. Her hope was to raise money to send bibles back over to Africa. She raised six hundred and fifty dollars from the event plus bibles that were donated separately. Laura did such a great job! I know she worked very hard on this for weeks, and everyone who came had a great night!

After a brief intermission it was time for the tally’s. They had a series of awards to hand out that included: best stage presence, most likely to have a profession in fashion, etc. Our brother hall’s RA got people’s choice. Which was awesome! They had this whole system during the intermission where we could text our choice in…and our brother hall got it! Then it was time for the big awards of the night Mr. And Mrs. Covenant College. Mr. Covenant College was Josh DeGroot and Mrs. Covenant College was….April Holkestrum, CHI ALPHA’S REPRESENTATIVE! We were so proud of her! Yay Chi Alpha! What a fun night…I really hope they keep this tradition going!