Hall:SUN
This page is a document of the activities of various halls at Seattle.
The Hugalujahs
Led by one of the most chill RAs at the session, Sofi, the Hugalujahs lived on the 6th floor of Campion during 17.2. They largely consisted of girls from Sofi's hall.
Members
- RA Sofi Halpin
- Sophie Barth
- Elise Hsu
- Katherine Feng
- Emily Chen
- Allie Pae
- Sarah Wang
- Judy Cheng
- Julieta
- Daniella Tsang
- Alma
- Anouk
Ines, though being a member of Sofi's hall, got along better with Genesis' hall. She was unofficially swapped with Anouk, officially a member of Genesis' hall who was Katherine's roommate as both halls had odd numbers of students, and Katherine and Anouk were the youngest from each. Anouk was considered an adopted member of the Hugalujahs and an unofficial member of Sofi's hall by both her hall and Sofi herself.
Origin
What first brought this hall together was their love of music, something they discovered during a get-together in Alma's room where they listened to music and tried to sing along to various songs, whether it was Shape of You or Little Apple. The name "Hugalujah" comes from a combination of "hug" and "Hallelujah," the latter being a song that the girls loved to sing in the hallway before lights-out. The hall had an obsession with hugs after students in INBS learned about the power of oxytocin and shared it with the others in their hall who were in EGRD.
Activities
The Hugalujahs were perhaps most well-known for shouting "OXYTOCIN" before hugging each other and singing in the hallway before lights out. RA Sofi often sat in the hallway or lounge to work, so this hall's gatherings would occur in those locations so they could be with her, often with a communal snack pile in the middle. Sometimes, they would gather in the lounge, and they once had a small "party" in the lounge where Dani cooked noodles for everyone. It went on past midnight because the noodles refused to cook properly. These lounge parties also involved cinnamon roll hugs, where they would hold hands in a line with Sofi at one end and "cinnamon roll" around the center person. This usually occurred twice so Sofi had a chance to be at the center.
Other than "OXYTOCIN!", inside jokes included shouting "Bring on the roasted potatoes!" after the hall watched a heavily autotuned PBS mash-up of Julia Child's cooking shows, and randomly asking people "Are you in a good mood?" as this phrase was written on one of Judy's sweaters.
Elise was known for stealing napkins and paper plates from the cafeteria to write kind notes on to give to people. These were always signed off with "Keep Smiling" and some were given out to RAs at the last dance. Sofi was deeply loved by the Hugalujahs yet had a habit of randomly disappearing, often causing panic and confusion. She also made multiple door decorations for her hall beyond the required nametags, including paper flowers with things she appreciated about each CTYer and envelopes where students could drop in nice notes called "warm and fuzzies" to each other. These warm and fuzzies were written on everything from bits of notebook paper to cafeteria napkins to gum wrappers. The door dec favor was returned as Sophie and Elise wrote Sofi nice notes and stuck them on her door as a surprise.
Since Sofi was so chill, the Hugalujahs got away with a lot of ISOs and, for students in INBS, illegal study sessions. This culminated on the final night when Anouk was involved in an ISO with two of Sofi's girls and was repeatedly told by her actual RA, Genesis, that she couldn't be with them. With Sofi's support, Anouk disregarded Genesis until she gave up and let Anouk stay.
Some Hugalujahs, including Sofi, performed Count On Me by Bruno Mars at the Talent Show. Elise, being in choir, was able to teach some Hugalujahs how to sing the harmony. Emily played ukulele while everyone else sang behind her.
