Second Sunday

"Second Sunday", Second Sunday Silliness, Sunday Shenan-again, Second Sunday Shenanigans is (as the title ever so subtly suggests) an event that in past years has been recreated at the Lancaster site during First Session for the purposes of universal amusement and ridiculousness. As per tradition, with the beginning of each Shenanigan, runners go around to all the halls knocking violently on people's doors ordering them to come to the Quad to watch (and maybe participate in) the Shenanigan that will occur the next day.

Pacman

On the second Sunday of 09.1, James 'Turtle' Buckland, Sasha Ayvazov, Joe Lodin, and Jesse the Counselor donned a Pacman costume and three ghost costumes, respectively. At ten o'clock, Shoff went around both boys' dorms, kicking in bathroom doors and generally harassing people in an attempt to get them to come to the quad at eleven o'clock. He also handed out cardboard circles, which came with the instructions to be on the quad and have that at the ready. As a result, the quad was well-populated at eleven o'clock, when Turtle stormed out of the North Ben dorm wearing a cardboard-and-tablecloth pacman costume. He went around the quad, collecting pellets. About five minutes after this, Sasha, Joe, and Jesse each exited the other dorms and began chasing Turtle around the quad. He collected cherries and did battle. The spectacle got a following of people who went around the quad with the characters, feeding Pacman pellets, which he used to defeat the ghosts and finally run into the dining hall. It was a success.

Angry Birds

Second Sunday Shenanigans of LAN.11.1 payed homage to the uber-popular, largely successful, iOS game Angry Birds (which reached a peak in popularity that same year). The Golden Egg was made and the characters were set. Two sides faced off: the evil green pigs and the righteous angry birds. The chief master piggie(s) moved the Golden Egg as each of their fortresses of piggies were decimated by the forces of the birds! The fortresses were scattered across the Quad and each was marked for its doom as the Golden Egg was stashed within. The final fortress of the piggies was in front of the dining hall, where the daring piggies formed a green piggie pyramid: their final, and most awesome, defense. They, however, stood no chance as, at this point, the Angry Birds had collected a grand following of Lancastrians that called for the downfall of the Piggie Empire. With the piggie pyramid destroyed, naught was left but for the piggies to surrender the Golden Egg in shame and go back to plotting in the shadows for their triumphant return...

Batman and the Temple Run Idol

Second Sunday Shenanigans of LAN.12.1 payed tribute to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and, following on ideas from the Shenanigans of the year before, the iOS game Temple Run. The Golden Egg, now having aged and become worth infinite value, was lost in the Great Temple, now an Idol. The Idol is sought by every avid adventurer, treasure hunter, tomb raider, etc. across the world. Myths surround the Idol. That it is guarded by three demon-monkeys that chase the carrier down... and they have always chased him/her down.