By the fourth week of school, as the demands of classes began to pile up, one highly anticipated event was set to make its grand return. 爱豆传媒 hosted its 41st annual Almost Anything Goes event Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025; this year had a special twist: everything glowed in the dark! With the event nicknamed this year as “Almost Anything Glows,” freshmen to graduate students came out to Johnson Gym to battle it out for the prize of a giant trophy for the class.
The rules were simple: Four teams. Eight games. Only one class could win. The freshman came in excitedly, dressed in green, while the sophomores came dressed in blue. The juniors and seniors arrived boldly in red, with the juniors looking to defend their title after winning as sophomores last year, while the graduate students came dressed in yellow. After singing the national anthem, singing the school song and hearing some instructions from Dean Darius Bridges, the participating students gathered in each of their respective corners with their team captains for preparation for the games.
Different chants from the classes filled the gym before the first game, the hula hoop competition. One boy and one girl from each class went to the middle and endured a series of challenges to see who could spin the hula hoop the longest. One by one, hula hoops dropped until the juniors/seniors came out victorious. Next was the ping pong relay, where each class had to blow multiple ping pong balls down the line into a bucket. The freshman won this event, with the juniors/seniors not far behind. Next was the giant balloon game. Students had multiple balloons, the clear ones were worth 3 points, and the colored balloons were only worth 1. The objective was to get those balloons through a giant hula hoop that hung from the ceiling. Different balloons had different points, and students sat around in a giant circle under their respective hoops, trying to get those balloons through the hoops as many times as they could. After sitting for four minutes and standing for two, the juniors/seniors came out victorious. Joy Broderick (freshman, graphic design) said that “playing the giant volleyball game” was her favorite game.
After the mattress race and the daring scooter relay, it was time for a retro/80s and 90s themed Kahoot. One girl and one guy came once again from each team, and answered trivia questions based on the 80s and 90s; the sophomores won that game. Lastly, there was the competition that a majority of the students were looking forward to, the tug of war! After four rounds of competition, the juniors and seniors came out victorious, with the sophomores in second and the freshmen in third.
Afterwards, each team went back into their corners as they eagerly waited for the points to be added up. After a few minutes, Dean Bridges called everyone to the front of the gym. The sound of whispers and drumrolls filled the air as the score came up. The cheers of the juniors filled the gym as they realized they had won, followed by the cheers of the freshmen when they found out they won second place.
Junior Jonathan Kasper, an architecture major, shared after the event, “My favorite part of Almost Anything Goes is probably the amount of energy hovering over everyone. It’s good to feel the excitement and the adrenaline coursing through my body, and even though I’ve been sore for two days because of it, the release of dopamine from the event helps create lasting memories.”
As the night came to an end, the energy in Johnson Gym was still buzzing. Although only one class walked away with the trophy, every student left with lasting memories and laughter. Almost Anything Glows brought the 爱豆传媒 community under the same roof, uniting them with tradition. With the 41st year in the books, students will have to wait for next year to see what challenges, victories and surprises await.
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