Stephanie Steiner | Arts & Life Co-Editor

At 9p.m. on Friday, October 3, students gathered on central campus to celebrate post coronation with a paint rave, which was the final Buena Vista University (BVU) homecoming event hosted by the Student Activities Board (SAB).

Despite the chilly weather, students put on their whitest clothes and headed to the heated tent, where the DJs played their techno rave jams. With all of the people that were scrunched together in the tent, they might not have even needed the heaters. To make it even more exciting, different colors of paint were being thrown all over the place. Sophomore Holly Keenan notes her experience.

“There were so many people! Everyone was pushing and trying to get to the front. Then, at exactly the right time, I got hit with paint and it covered me. Clearly you didn’t need to be in the front to get hit with paint,” Keenan said.

The events that SAB puts together are something to be grateful for, especially on a small campus. Many people attended the paint rave, and they had nothing but good things to say about it. There were students with paint completely covering their clothes, but some got away without getting much on them. Sophomore Kristen McKibben was one of those sneaky people, with only a little bit of paint on her once she left.

“It was really fun. The best part was the hype of everyone and anticipating getting splattered, but yet once it happened you still weren’t expecting it,” McKibben said.

Photo by Justice Gage