Resident Hall Assistants of Taylor, Hammond and Louisiana Hall help put together their version of the “Pitch Perfect” scene “Riff-off”.  A few Resident Hall Assistants participated in the event with the resident participants.
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The Black Light Riff-off made resident participants scramble their thoughts for songs to sing as topics were pulled. 

Riff-off is an event from the movie “Pitch Perfect” where the singers stood in an empty pool and sung songs based on the topics that they were given.

Planner of the event and junior communication major Taylor Williams described how the rules of the game were similar to the movie scene and how she felt everything would turn out.

“Basically, the rules are the same, but it’s going to be handled differently,” said Williams. “It’s going to be nicer and a little more lenient. I’m hoping for a good turn out and for it to be as good as the other programs.”

On Wednesday, Nov. 30, pizza and drinks were provided to the residents as they waited for the event to start. Approximately 12 resident assistants and Area Coordinator Ashley White helped put the event together. 

Williams shared the possibility of the event being done again in the future.

 “It’s a tester to see if they like it,” said Williams.

The event was originally thought out to be a small program for the Taylor Hall residents but asked other halls such as Louisiana and Hammond Hall if they wanted to be a part of it. The Riff-off was a part of Taylor Hall’s old program.

“It gets a way to interact with others from other buildings,” said Williams.

Hammond Hall Resident Assistant Ash’Leightatia Gaines mentioned why she chose to participate in helping out with the event.

“Hammond Hall is a cluster building,” said Gaines, a sophomore psychology major. “I want residents to get out and let them have fun.”

Gaines explained why this event struck her interest.

“I used to be in an A capella group when I was in high school,” said Gaines. “We did stuff like that in different locations.”

Taylor Hall Resident Assistant Brady Perque shared how he hoped the participants would react before the event started.

“I hope they love it,” said Perque, a junior nursing major. “We branched it out to make it bigger and I hope they love it.”

The Riff-Off struck interest to Perque as well.

“As RAs, we did this as a training exercise,” said Perque. “It was one of the first things we did.”

The event started with four groups then eventually it came down to three. A small group of people showed up, but that didn’t stop the flow of the event continuing as planned. At the end, those who stayed participated in the mannequin challenge  

Resident Assistant Tamara White shared her thoughts about how the event turned out.

“It was funny to see how they came up with all the different songs,” said White, a sophomore accounting major. “They did really really good. I like how they got everybody involved.”