Myth: Only Resident Students Can Participate In The Cat Cup Challenge

The Cat Cup Challenge is an annual competition amongst the residence halls that has been an Adelphi tradition since 1994. Each school year, Adelphi’s Campus Recreation department hosts and sponsors this year long competition where students compete in a series of events in hopes of winning prizes, getting participation points and ultimately winning the Cat Cup trophy.

The Cat Cup Challenge was created in an effort to provide fun and unique activities for resident students to participate in, in order to stimulate a sense of unity within each residence hall. Although the Cat Cup motto is “battle of the dorms,” the challenge has always allowed the participation of one commuter per team according to Jennifer Schroeckenthaler, assistant director of Campus Recreation.

Although some commuters like the idea of having their own Cat Cup team it was never discussed. If there was a commuter team “who would take home the trophy?” said Schroeckenthaler. Although the chances of commuters having their own team look pretty slim, Schroeckenthaler adds that “The Center for Student Involvement has been pushing for a ‘Commuters Cup,’ so that may be implemented in the future.”

The next Cat Cup event is Melon Ball which takes place on Monday November 22^nd at 7pm.