Blogs • Jordan Watts

This is going to be my last post for the year and i just wanted to say that I hope you like what you've seen of Selwyn 2010! Selwyn is probably the greatest Residential Hall in existence, (And I'm not saying that from a biased point of view!) and applying to stay here during you're university year will be the best decision you ever made! Hopefully these blogs have given at least a glimpse of some of the odd, quirky and magnificent things we get up to in the College.

The 21sters ball is a special ball held towards the end of the Selwyn year to honour those turning 21 (Though the number is very minimal nowadays) and give everyone a chance to dress fancy and party in a more formal context than one would see at the Orientation Ball during O-Week.






























On another note, more than about a month ago the last Nevill Cup event, the Dance was held. Though Selwyn didn't win the Nevill Cup this year, the dance was quite simply, the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I've embedded the video of Selwyn's performance below.

The ANZAC concert is another one of those great old Selwyn traditions. Its been going for as long as anyone can remember and when it boils down to it is just a method of friendly, funny, social correction.

All the floors respectively get together and make up a floor skit that is generally pretty funny. The skits range in length but usually include a song and dance number, a bit of acting and recreations of silly, stupid and just downright wrong things some people have done throughout the year.

This year my floor (the Richardson Building) took out the top prize, oh yea!

Given that its time for exams and everything, I thought I'd work on something I've been procrastinating about half a year, the dreaded blogs!

This blog is going to focus on one of Selwyn's quirkiest traditions, the Selwyn Lindski Battle.

An experience unlike any other, the Lindksi battle originated as a battle against the Lindski Knights, a group of hardcore, serious cardboard fighters who took their roles very seriously. Recently though it is the ex-residents of the college who have been fighting the current, and the matter is still one of hilarious seriousness.

The rules are simple; the men of the college dress up as knights in shining cardboard armour and fight the Exies to the death. When someone dies, the women of the college (dressed up as nurses) bring the knights back to life to fight again... and again... and again.

These pictures were taken by Lindsey Horne and I think they document pretty well the awesomeness of Lindski Battle.