Finally, after almost two and half weeks, CIM Week is finally coming to an end...thank god! There's only so much forced teamwork, cohesion and binge drinking in the name of "section pride" a person can take! For those who don't know, when you arrive at business school, they divide you into sections, give you dorky names, provide a constant supply of alcohol and force you to compete in various activities. It only took a few days to realize they're just testing out their latest research on teamwork, networks and organizational behavior using us newbies as their guinea pigs. Oh well, at least I'm not at work.
I'm a BIG DOG (defending CIM Week Champions) and our moto is "WITH GREAT PRIVILEGE COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY" which basically means "if you're a Big Dog, you have to win and you have to drink." I've been trying my best to Big Dog-it, but it hasn't been easy. Below are the highlights from the past few weeks...just to give you an idea of what that $130,000 is going toward.
*Cheer Contest - In a nutshell, 500 drunk 28-year olds standing on the chairs in the auditorium yelling derogatory cheers at one another. The Jive Turkeys chanted "mutts, mutts, you sniff butts" at us while we lifted our legs in their direction as if we were pissing on them. Classy, I know. Big Dogs got 1st place...'nuff said!*Name Game - Each person has to memorize the names of all 70 students in their section which would be hard enough without the international students... I'm still having trouble with some of the names! Big Dogs did alright...let's just say we were lucky to have a guy in our section with a photographic memory!
*Chicago Day - We took a break from the madness to actually do something productive... community service. My group was assigned to clean-up the playground at Cabrini Green, one of the most notorious housing projects in all of Chicago. I spent the afternoon picking up mounds of glass and dime bags (including one that was full!) The Big Dogs should have earned some additional CIM Week points for that score.
*Talent Show - After such a selective application process you'd think the people who get into business school might actually have some real talent. Nope. Our entry consisted of jugglers, mediocre singers and pie eaters. I was supposed to do some doggie dance and the worm at the end of our skit but we ran long and it didn't make it in. What a travesty! The good news is we spent the hour before we went on finishing a keg and pounding shots of vodka so despite our terrible performance we all felt just great afterward! We even carried the empty keg above our heads into the auditorium just for good measure. Big Dogs got 7th place...it was ugly but at least we were drunk! 
*Olympics - Our chance to redeem ourselves. We spent the day outside competing in relay races, memory games, the spider web and dizzy bat. One of my comrades even dislocated his elbow in the name of a Big Dog victory! Our performance most of the day was mediocre at best but it all came down to the marquee event...the four-way Tug of War!!!!! Let's just say it was probably the most painful and intense two minutes of competition I've seen in a very long time. At one point we were inches from a win and all of the sudden the momentum swung in the opposite direction and we almost lost. Just when I thought we didn't have anything left to give, I looked around and saw everyone screaming at the top of their lungs (mostly obscenities for encouragement), we yanked the rope into our quadrant and pulled out a victory. If you have a minute, download the video at the link below (it takes awhile but is well worth it to see the look of excruciating pain on my face). The Tug of War win was enough to get us 3rd place in the Olympics...we're right back in it! http://www.savefile.com/projects/286908
With only the attendance competition left, the Big Dogs are sitting pretty (tied for 2nd and only 5 points behind the leaders). If everyone can manage to make it to class this week, we just might repeat as CIM Week Champions. I'm sure the anticipation is just killing you! Stay tuned!
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