Sophomore Alyssa Pfeiffer leans over a table, conversing with her friends on Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center ballroom,as they attempt to solve the mystery of Peruna’s disappearance. Flipping through the packet of suspects, they begin narrowing down the list of potential kidnappers. No worries. Peruna is fine, this was all part of the Housing Unification Board’s—or HUB—murder mystery night event.
“I really really liked the murder mystery but it was also just fun that we were kinda left to our own devices, and it was like, ‘Figure it out and have fun doing it,’” Pfeiffer said.
Music with a peculiar tune plays while teams around the ballroom confer. Balloons and goodie bags line the tables for each Commons with Peruna stuffed animals and stickers packed inside. Students grab Smallcakes cupcakes from the back table while more clues are announced…