The Farquhar Honors College hosted its annual “Murder Mystery Dinner Party.” I heard so many mixed reviews about this event – the good and the bad – so I had to experience it for myself. I immediately RSVP’d in hopes that there would be a spot left for me. Usually, events for the Honors College fill up fast so I was desperately waiting for an email back regarding my status. I hadn’t heard back in a few days and the date for the event was coming up; the anticipation was killing me but since I didn’t receive an update, I assumed I didn’t have a spot at the event.
It was the day of the event and I was feeling disappointed about not getting a response. I decided to wear comfortable clothes since I didn’t have anything important planned for that day. I walked out of the house wearing biker shorts, an oversized t-shirt and my crocs. Yes, crocs. If you ain’t croc’n, you ain’t rock’n. As soon as I parked at school, I checked my phone and saw an email. I got an invite to the murder mystery dinner. Immediately, I called my mom to tell her the news and the first thing she told me was, “You’re going to come back and change right?” I drove back home and my mom helped me pick an outfit. A black bell-sleeved shirt, bell bottom jeans and small black heels.
My excitement was overflowing as I waited for the event. I arrived at the event slightly early, signed in and was told to sit at any table. I sat at the empty table number eight. Soon after, a couple joined my table and we became a team. Honors faculty were randomly assigned to each table and then the event began.
There were three rounds to the murder mystery dinner; a skit, individual questions and the investigation. The honors advocates were the actors for our murder mystery plot. Each of them dressed up and took on a role. You could tell some of them were more into it than others. They performed a skit to give us some background information but, honestly, the skit only confused my team. We moved onto the individual questions and used this round as an opportunity to get our story straight. We asked the first character all the basic questions in order to understand the plot. Every other character got direct questions to help us unwrap what we really came there for: the murder. As we asked questions, we made sure to take a note of anything possibly important. Finally, we got to the investigation round and this was quick for my team. Since we had been constantly discussing motives and possible suspects, my team came to a unanimous decision on the murderer.
The event was coming to an end and it was time to find out who the murderer was and which teams won. My team was already content with the fact that we had such a great time throughout the night. However, we still had some hope that at least our choice was the right one. We won first place. I can’t describe how happy I was. It was shocking and satisfying. The prize, which was a crossbody bag, wasn’t the best, but I don’t even care. I will definitely be attending more creatively driven Honors College events in the future.
