Pumpkin Carving Contest

Given the theme “Ghastly”, each Undergraduate Fellow team was tasked in carving a pumpkin they believe most embodied this word. The Philosophy department voted and the top three pumpkins were announced! Congratulations to all participants!

1st Place: Debt Devil by the Blogging Pod

Judges Commentary

• “Witty and sadly realistic”
• “Best at identifying genuinely scary thing!”
• “The sheer artistic prowess of the carvers really shines through and reflects the fears of the undergraduate population”

2nd Place: Parable of Sisyphus by the NHSEB Pod

Judges Commentary:

• “Most on theme — what could be more ghastly than that sort of unending existential pointlessness?!”
• “Best technique, most interesting theme choice, most artistic.”
• “This pumpkin evokes the deepest existential anxiety and thereby has the most ghastly effect.”

3rd Place: Ghastly Draft Pick by the Programming Pod

Judges Commentary:

• “Theme-Zion Williamson is overrated as a player.”
• “Most authentic! More specific than Duke and more original than ‘Student Loans'”