Our bodies swayed in a wierd, arrhythmic movement as sporadic shouts of lyrics have been heard from the gang. But there was not a single music heard aloud. As a substitute, Wellesley college students have been donned in glowing headphones with various lights, every related to a special DJ spitting hits on the entrance of the gang. Often, a sizzling music would play on one of many stations, and a majority of the headphones would swap to purple. Or inexperienced. Or blue. For outsiders, the campus middle garden on Sept. 8 might need appeared insane, however for Wellesley college students, the annual SBOG Headphone Disco is a riot and a must-attend occasion. Convocation would possibly announce the beginning of the tutorial faculty 12 months, however the Headphone Disco proclaims the beginning of the enjoyable.
“Headphone Disco prep begins over the summer time,” stated Kaya Crosby ’24. As somebody concerned in campus life, she is aware of the ins and outs of operating an occasion as widespread because the Headphone Disco.
“As DOOCA, I work carefully with SBOG’s Events Committee Chair (this 12 months that’s Krystyl Sengbe ’25!) to assist plan out the occasion specifics. Now we have to achieve out to distributors, contact departments on campus that we collaborate with to assist the occasion run easily, and assume via the logistics. We additionally work with SBOG’s Publicity Committee Chair (this 12 months it’s Em Kramer ’24) to give you the theme thought and create our superior spam,” stated Crosby.
This 12 months, the spam featured the acquainted face of a headphone-clad Barbie, a intelligent reference to the hit film of the summer time. Crosby expresses that her summer time was not solely Barbie-filled, however preparation-filled.
“As the primary occasion to occur on campus, Headphone Disco is at all times a little bit stunning. The planning is all accomplished over the summer time, so it’s undoubtedly an enormous second for SBOG to all come collectively to tug this occasion off throughout the first week of lessons. I used to be actually impressed by how easily all the pieces went, and each time I used to be involved one thing would go mistaken, there was at all times somebody already fixing the issue by the point I had arrived. I used to be actually shocked by the turnout! We had over 700 college students, so over one-fourth of the scholar physique, and the strains moved actually rapidly this 12 months. We accommodate so many college students, and I used to be actually pleased with the turnout. I really like seeing the campus group get out and have enjoyable!”
And enjoyable it was. As regular, the Disco was stuffed to the brim with smiling faces. Crosby shares that this 12 months, it was particularly victorious.
“I feel it was an enormous success. SBOG bought plenty of suggestions from the scholar physique after Headphone Disco final 12 months, and we did our greatest to make modifications based mostly on that. I feel that this 12 months we have been capable of mitigate plenty of the problems with lengthy wait occasions, and I’m actually proud that we have been in a position to try this. I at all times respect suggestions, although, so when you’ve got any enhancements that you simply wish to see sooner or later, please be happy to electronic mail me at dooca@wellesley.edu or fill out the nameless suggestions type in my electronic mail signature,” stated Crosby.
