Last week served as the rebirth of tradition at our university when the 8 class honoraries at Ohio State squared off in the annual bowling tournament. The honorary system – otherwise known collectively as AOSCH – has remained a constant in my life the past few years as I’ve been president of both the sophomore and junior honoraries. Various blogs below portray some of my experiences within these honoraries.

During the 90s, the bowling tournament was a staple social event for the honoraries, but disappeared near the turn of the century. Fortunately for us, Romophos Sophomore Honorary decided to once again hold the event this year, and Bucket and Dipper was ready to compete!

The annual honorary bowling tournament pitted all 8 honoraries against each other, with the winning honorary receiving a pizza and pool party at the RPAC while the individual winners received a crown. Yes, I said that correctly...a crown! To keep the theme, the tournament was hosted at none other than the Bowling Palace.

Who wouldn’t want to win a crown? It was a nice, felt, oxblood colored crown too, not one of those cardboard, fastfood-restaurant crowns. That’s it! I was determined to take the thrown last Thursday…determined!

I started off with 3 strikes in the first 5 frames while picking up 2 spares along the way. I was primed for the crown. “Hail, King Gozur!� they would all exclaim!

Well, 4 open frames later I found myself virtually out of the lead. Complete downward spiral; my life was ruined! I was surprised they didn’t give me a court jester’s hat instead!

Although I did choke and lose the lead, I had a blast. It was fun to see everyone out and participate. Even though our Bucket and Dipper team lost as well, I was proud of how we competed and the overarching goal of the event (to bring us closer together) was achieved.