National Residence Hall Honorary will host a date auction from 6-8 p.m., Friday in the LLC classrooms. Volunteers will be auctioned off to the highest bidder and whisked away on a mock date. Opening bids
start at $10.
“Our main goal with this is to do a big recognition project to give back to residence hall students,” said Ellen Kaasik, programming chair
of NRHH.
Once the mock date has been bought, couples will be brought to the next room where they may take photos and eat brownies. The room will be well-lit with NRHH members and housing staff in attendance. Dates may end — and both parties may leave — at any time, for
any reason.
“We definitely don’t want it to seem serious or creepy at all,”
Lundeby said.
There will be 20 positions for both male and female students. Participation in the event is on a
volunteer basis.
To sign up for the event, volunteers must follow an event posted on the NRHH Facebook page. Students are asked to write a short, comedic biography with light-hearted content, featuring humor and personal topics. Students will then submit the biography to NRHH to be presented at the auction.
There will be an auctioneer brought in for the event to auction off the student volunteers. NRHH will alternate between male and female presentations. Once the student is brought up to a stage, the auctioneer will read the student’s bio and other provided information.
In the date room, there will be brownies with different frosting and sprinkles for the dates. Vegetable trays and chips will be served for the remaining attendants in the room. NRHH is a student organization and therefore may provide its own food without catering from any third party.
The Intermountain Affiliate of College University Residence Halls is hosting a conference in Provo, Utah that NRHH President Claire Lundeby plans to attend. The money raised from the date auction will be used to fund Lundeby’s flight to the conference, future programs and recognition projects.
Based on a maximum of 40 people being auctioned off, each of which bringing approximately two to four guests, Lundeby projects 80-160 attendants at
the event.
Brett Kohring, who was auctioned off in 2011, said the highest bidder went for approximately $70.
“There was a lot of really big name tickets right in the beginning, and then people ran out of money,” Kohring said. “I was the last one to go, and I got auctioned off for, like, five dollars. Our Facebook page has really exploded with interest from different people in
different groups.”