Social/Cultural Context: Entertainment

Informant’s Comments: 

“Me and three of my friends were in the library midterms week. We were forced to pull an all nighter to get our work done on time. We decided to reward themselves with the Lou’s challenge in the morning for all of our hard work.”

Anonymous Male 19’

Country of Origin: USA

Social / Cultural Context: Entertainment

Informant’s Comments:

“I did the Lou’s’ Challenge during orientation week with people I had just met that night. I wanted to start my experience at Dartmouth off on the right foot. Some of the people I did the challenge with became my best friends here at Dartmouth.”

Anonymous Male 16’
Age: 22

Birthplace:  Chicago, IL

Social / Cultural Context: Entertainment

Informant’s Comments:

“I am a brother in a house on campus that would like to remain anonymous. Me and my fellow brothers started at 9pm and stayed up all night playing pong, did the Lou’s challenge, and then went back to playing pong before we all fell asleep. “

Anonymous Female 19’

Informant’s Comments: 

“My teammates and I had just gotten back from a three day Ivy Championships at midnight. We stayed up the entire night celebrating our victories and ended the celebrating at Lou’s at 6am. I was so delirious and tired that I accidently gave a $40 tip instead of an $8 tip.” 

Anonymous Male 17’

Informant’s Comments:

“When I was a freshman, I knew of a senior who completed Lou’s Challenge three days in a row during Green Key. The senior claims he didn’t sleep all weekend, and slept for the following next three days.”

Anonymous Male 19′

Informant’s Comments:

“I had three papers due on a Monday during the Winter Term. Going into the weekend I had one of my three papers done. I ended up not sleeping at all Saturday night, so I decided to do Lou’s Challenge that following morning. Fortunately for me, I was able to complete Lou’s Challenge and his papers. The sad part is that I did the challenge alone.”

Collector’s Comments: 

As present within all these stories, the members who attempted and completed the Lou’s Challenge mentioned above, each did it with the purpose to claim they completed Lou’s Challenge at least one, probably of the many nights, Dartmouth students pulled an “all-nighter”. The motivation and purpose for each individual’s decision to complete Lou’s Challenge was so they could carry on Dartmouth tradition and culture that has been around for decades at Dartmouth. By completing Lou’s Challenge, each person feels a closer sense of community that is immersed throughout this campus. The Lou’s Challenge allows a unique perspective for Dartmouth students to create bonds with other Dartmouth students that ties them into the folk group of Lou’s Challenge students because they share a common experience of pulling an “all-nighter” and by finishing off their night with a Lou’s breakfast.