Mavericks close out Homecoming Week with Silent Disco
Minnesota State University Mankato’s Residence Hall Association added a Silent Disco to this year’s homecoming schedule to capture the excitement of homecoming.
In an interview with the President of the Residence Hall Association, Andrew Colleran, he explained that the party shouldn’t have to end after the game.
“If people are still hyped up and excited about the homecoming game and the results that came with that homecoming game, why should the party stop,” Colleran says.
With Silent Disco finishing homecoming week, Colleran and the RHA wanted to offer an opportunity to continue the homecoming celebrations while allowing time to decompress from the week’s festivities by including crafts and mocktails.
“There are people who want to join the hype and want to join the energy of homecoming, but there are also people who have already put so much energy into homecoming,” says Colleran. “Some people might be burnt out, like maybe we could just have an event to add to this aspect, that can help people decompress, destress from homecoming.”
To follow the homecoming theme, the event offered DC and Marvel coloring sheets, and disco beads for bracelet-making.
Colleran also explained that Silent Disco offers a safe, controlled environment for students to celebrate homecoming.
“We are trying to replicate the atmosphere of a club, but a lot more safe, a lot more controlled area, and giving people the option to choose if they want to interact with that kind of environment,” Colleran says.
The Silent Disco offered an opportunity for students to mold their homecoming celebration experience by offering a safe, controlled environment and including three music stations to listen to: DC and Marvel, Top 40, and Throwbacks.
Colleran worked with the Student Event Team last fall, and he explained that there’s a high demand for Silent Discos on campus, and after September’s Silent Disco event, he wanted to keep it going.
“Last fall there was like, some traction. Now we got a lot of traction in September and I want to keep that traction going this October, and maybe in the upcoming years we will see more Silent Disco events,” Colleran says.
Colleran and the RHA were very excited about this event and hoped students would have a fun, safe time and hope to host more events in the future.
“I hope students will have a fun time. RHA is a large organization that puts on large-scale events for people,” says Colleran. “We want people to have fun whenever RHA has the resources and the people power to create these events.”
If students want to attend more events hosted by the RHA, they are currently working on Fall Fest which is planned to take place in November. The RHA is hoping to have pumpkin painting and other fall-themed activities at this event and a mini RSO fair.
Photo Caption: Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Residence Hall Association hosted a Silent Disco in the CSU Ballroom Saturday night, an event newly added to this year’s homecoming schedule. (Matt Miller/The Reporter)
Write to Emma Benjamin at emma.benjamin@mnsu.edu