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What is the Matrix? [3 points]

— Scav Hunt 1999, Item 203

Note: as of the 1999 Scav Hunt, The Matrix had been in theaters for 4 weeks.

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Scav Hunt at UChicago: Seeking Fun, Finding Tradition

Quirky, at times impossible, yet always fun, Scavenger Hunt—or Scav—has set UChicago students dashing on multiday searches for eclectic lists of miscellany since 1987. Simultaneously a break from coursework and a thinly veiled learning exercise, Scav has become an enjoyable rite of spring for undergraduates, as well as some graduates and alumni.

Beyond the dorms, Scav unifies the student body in a way that sports teams build school-specific spirit at some colleges. Students recognize Scav as uniquely UChicago and players back the game with fierce intensity and school pride.

For nearly four decades, Scavenger Hunt has evolved, adapted with technology, and garnered local, national, and international press, yet throughout time, it has retained its characteristic spirit of humor, playful rigor, and inclusion that reflects core UChicago values and has become an endearing student tradition.

This exhibition features materials donated to the University of Chicago Archive and items on loan from the Scavenger Hunt’s founding members, former judges, past players, and current teams. Notable items include the first Scavenger Hunt list and items used in the 1999 creation of a breeder reactor, along with an array of t-shirts, photographs, and judges’ notes that document the lengths Scavvies will go to in search of fun and to be part of a beloved UChicago tradition.

Not in Chicago? Check out the web exhibit!

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Fred Niell and Justin Kasper watching UChicago deal with the nuclear reactor they built in their dorm room during 1999 Scav (True story. Read more here: https://fal.cn/38jMX)

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In 1999, roommates Justin Kasper and Fred Niell built a working breeder nuclear reactor in their dorm room for Scav, an annual four-day scavenger hunt at the University of Chicago. Now Kasper works at NASA, which he says isn’t so different from his college scavenger hunt days. “Every year NASA puts out a list of things that need to be built for some crazy mission, and you look at the list and you get a group of people together and tell them, ‘I know this sounds crazy,   but we’re going to try to figure out how to get a sample of the sun’s atmosphere.’” Read more from UChicago News! 

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Did You Know: Going Nuclear

The University of Chicago is known for being home to the world’s first self-sustained nuclear reaction.  But did you know that in 1999, two UChicago students built a nuclear reactor in their dorm room?  It was all a part of the annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt, colloquially known as “Scav.”  It previously held the world record for the largest scavenger hunt in the world.  Every year the panel of independent judges releases a list of items which includes things that must be found in the manner of a traditional scavenger hunt along with items that must be built, performed, written, designed, and sometimes invented.  Students sometimes go above-and-beyond to complete some of its more bizarre tasks. The two students who created the nuclear reactor remarked that “it’s kind of scary how easy it was to do.” The judges, needlessly to say, were pleased.

Check out some of the items from this year’s Scav list at http://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/lists/list2017.pdf

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