BROOKLYN COLLEGE– The Interns of the English Majors’ Counseling Office, also known as the Riverrun Club, challenged students to spell tricky words for special prizes at the first annual Riverrun Spelling Bee on Nov. 20.
The event was held in Boylan Hall, Room 2412, and hosted by three English department interns, who came dressed to impress in suit jackets and ties.
One of the hosts, senior intern Matthew Faltas, expressed their excitement about hosting the event alongside two fellow interns.
“I was really happy to host this event because in my previous semester, we never got to do anything like this, and it felt good to be involved and help guide our community together.”
The rules of the bee were similar to traditional spelling bee competitions. Each speller would be given a word by the hosts and attempt to spell it. The contestants would follow by spelling the word provided to them, and the hosts would tally whether or not the contestant spelled it correctly. This tally was done privately on flashcards to avoid revealing to the next speller whether the word was correctly spelled or not.
Seven contestants were competing in the bee: Angelina, Sawsan, Winnie, Julian, Miguel, Christopher, and Jonlison, who were assigned numbers 1-7, respectively.
