It’s safe to say that Founders Day, otherwise known as Scots Day, is an event that many look forward to all year. Scots Eve has also gained popularity over the years, with the cancellation of all classes the following day.

This year’s theme was “Pop, Scot and Drop it,” taking its name from the popular Huey and Bow Wow hit “Pop, Lock and Drop it.” Most of the excitement for Scots Day begins with the selling of student-made t-shirts. This year, though, the few students brave enough to take on the task of selling t-shirts to hundreds of undergraduates were faced with another challenge. With the majority of Scots Day shirts focusing on the amount of alcohol some students planned on consuming, the College had decided to take action and required that every shirt made in town  be approved by the College first. But to no surprise, crafty Monmouth students were able to get around this dilemma.

Scots Eve started off with a musical show held on Dunlap Terrace around 8 p.m. The quad was easy to fill considering the recent popularity of the night’s opening act, The Scotsmen. Enthused fans took part in singing along with The Scotsmen as they performed cover songs of The Backstreet Boys single “As Long as you Love Me” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”  Other performers of the night were singer-guitarists Lucas Pauley and Matt Danaher, along with the bagpipers and a few members of the Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity. ZBT members formed a band called “Firefly” and played a few cover songs by The All-American Rejects, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Taking Back Sunday. They also played two original songs titled, “Aphrodite” and “Lake Zurich.”

Preceding the afternoon events for Scots Day, the annual Honors Convocation took place at the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium at 11 a.m. Some awards given out included, Freshman Woman and Man of the Year and Senior Woman and Man of the Year.  

After overcoming the thunderstorm of the morning, the rest of the planned events began to play out. Following a lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs and tacos in a bag, along with soft pretzels and sno cones, students could head over to the Huff Athletic Center to participate in a few interactive events.

Quad events (which were moved to the Huff Athletic Center due to the rain) consisted of an obstacle course, mechanical bull, human bowling and bouncy boxing. There were also outside events that included a dunk tank and a Pie-a-Phi stand hosted by the Pi Beta Phi sorority and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. All events on Scots Day lasted from noon to 4:00 p.m.

With another successful Scots Day completed, students have already started planning next year’s fun.

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