Student Makes ‘Bad Decision’ At the Blacklight Dance

Forrest Carter (‘19), an incoming student at Clark University, was very excited about the Blacklight Dance, a party that celebrates the end of orientation and orientation friendships.

“Orientation has been so stressful, I couldn’t wait to have fun with my friends”, Carter told The Freudian Slip. But despite his enthusiasm, Carter found himself making a very bad decision; he brought Jenga to the party.

“When they said it was a party, I immediately thought of Jenga! Who wouldn’t?! Right?”, Carter said in an attempt to explain this unfortunate decision. When he got to the dance Carter realized that playing the game was going to be harder than he expected.

Initially he tried to set it up on a counter but as one could imagine, “people kept knocking it over like they didn’t even care about it”. Instead of getting the hint, Carter assumed that it was probably because it was too dark for them to see. So he moved it to a brighter place, the middle of the dance floor. At this point, things got dangerous.

“I had just finished constructing the first floor when someone stepped on my hand. I apologized and rebuilt it.” Protecting the game with his body, Carter constantly attempted to draw the attention of his friends to it, however “everyone was pretty busy doing other things”. He decided to play by himself.

When Carter removed the blocks and the building collapsed, two students who were “very focused on each other” tripped and fell, and were later evacuated to the hospital to receive medical treatment for fractures, and counseling to help them understand why anyone would bring Jenga to the Blacklight Dance.

This bad decision was not frowned upon by all. A group of students appointed Carter as the leader of a new social movement on campus called “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing”. The description of the movement on social media states that it will “fight all dance parties where people who can’t dance are allowed to participate, specifically Peer Advisors who haven’t changed their shirts in a week”.

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