Students can become detectives on Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the second annual murder mystery event hosted by the Student Activities Board.
“Students sign up to play a character in the mystery,” said Riley Arlinghaus, student activities program assistant. “They’ll have a role and also try to figure out what has happened in the murder mystery. Being the character is part of their mystery as well.”
The event will be held in the Campbell Banquet Hall, which was previously Dow A and B. Students in teams of two to five can sign up for free. Each person in a group will have a distinctive role, with one character secretly playing a murderer. The goal of the non-murderers in a group is to discover who the murderer is.
Teams will receive prizes based on spirit, costumes, and a correct guess of the murderer. SAB will announce the prizes and themes prior to the event’s start.
“Teams will have a sense of what they’re doing before coming, so they will have an idea of how to fit the theme and get into the spirit of the game,” Arlinghaus said.
The event will offer an opportunity to break away from studying by constructively spending time with friends. SAB decided to hold a murder mystery event again this year due to the event’s previous popularity, said Zane Mabry, director of student activities.
“People had a really fun time,” Mabry said. “It kind of sounded weird to me at first, but it actually worked out really well. It was definitely well-received overall.”
SAB is preparing to improve upon last year’s murder mystery.
“We’re excited to make this feel like a special evening,” Arlinghaus said. “It’s super fun to get together with a group of friends and try to figure something out. We do that in class all the time, but this event has a different sort of stakes.”
Students can sign up through email or a link in the Student Activities Office newsletter.
