Students painted pottery at Toasted Mud last week for the Student Activities Board People’s Choice event.

Sophomore and SAB media team member Emma Kate Mellors said they had students write down ideas on a chalkboard and then sent out a poll in the Student Activities Office newsletter to allow students to decide among some of the most popular suggestions.

“A Night at Toasted Mud ended up winning, and so we decided to call Toasted Mud and make it happen,” Mellors said.

Toasted Mud is a business in downtown Hillsdale where people can paint pottery. Mellors said the students could decide what type of pottery they wanted to paint.

Mellors said the event was a good opportunity to get creative and enjoy the Hillsdale community off campus.

Freshman Wendy Swem said she heard about the event through the S.A.O. newsletter.

“Toasted Mud has been something I’ve been wanting to come to for a long time, and I thought it would be fun,” Swem said.

She came with two friends, freshmen Lucy Hicks and Lydia Marshall.

SAB provided a $5 voucher for each student who attended. 

“We’ve talked about coming here for a while, and then we saw SAB’s advertisement of it, and — why not get $5 off?” Marshall said.

Marshall said she painted the inside of her m ug yellow like the sun.

“I have a big coffee addiction, so I need more mugs to put my coffee into,” Marshall said. “I went on Pinterest before I came here to find some ideas. I found the biggest mug without being the most expensive mug, and then I’m going to try to draw some mountains on it.”

Mellors said Toasted Mud put the pottery in the kiln after the students left. SAB will bring the pottery back for the students once it’s finished.