The Mini-Victorthon took place on Friday, May 3rd in association with the University of Michigan. With a diverse itinerary for the night, many students were drawn to attend and donated more than the required $25 donation. Mini-Victorthan raised roughly $4,800 from donations, all of which went to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

While $4,800 is a sizable amount, the Student Council still fell short of its goal of around $6,000 to surpass last year’s accumulated total. We asked some student council members if there was anything that they thought would boost profit and student turnout for next year. 

“I think we could do a better job advertising because I think we need to get more people to show up to have more fun,” freshman Wyeth Angus said. 

Angus is the freshman class president of the Student Council and helped plan the event. Of course, some interesting changes were implemented from last year. 

“Last year it was an overnight event, this year, it was just four hours,” junior Addison Sinkwitts said. “I think a lot of the activities dragged on last year [due to the length]”. 

This was a common consensus among the students who attended last year’s Mini-Victorathon. Student council discovered that the lower time commitment was far more attractive to students rather than the prolonged all-nighter. Since students had less time at Mini-Victorthan, the activity lengths were cut in half. This allowed students to be continuously engaged throughout the night as they did not get bored with the same activity for sixty-plus minutes.

“I feel like the activities were dragging on. People, especially students, can get bored easily.” Sinkwitts said: “The whole-group gym games were fun, like dodgeball and capture the flag,” freshman Emily Schaefer said.