Moses Award Winners
1993:
Awarded to Randy Buursma of Student Academic Services, who threw his
own surprise birthday party, except in this case it was the guests who
were surprised, not the birthday boy. Buursma anonymously invited innocent
colleagues to a birthday party, supposedly a surprise party for him, who
deserved it. An elegant videotape awaited the celebrants who, expecting
to catch Buursma off guard, were instead the victims of this unusual surprise
party.
1994:
Awarded to the entire CAS Department at Calvin College, which produced,
directed and starred in a remarkable video accusing the chair of the department
(Randall Bytwerk) of various misdeeds in an attempt to hold to the reigns
of power.
1995:
To the distress of the committee, no entries were received. A prank that
might ordinarily have been considered for the award was disqualified,
as one of the committee members was involved. This prank involved the
production of a fake issue of the annual spoof issue of the Chimes,
the Calvin College student newspaper. This appeared several days before
the real spoof issue, causing some consternation on the part of the Chimes
staff.
1996:
Again, to the distress of the committee no suitable pranks were entered.
1997:
Several amusing and suitable pranks were entered in 1997. In the view
of the committee, none was of sufficient elegance to merit the full Moses
Award, but two were awarded "Honorable Mentions." With the honorable
mention award goes a small gargoyle.
1998-2000:
No winners.
2001:
No winners. One interesting prank was perpetrated, but alas fell "afowl"
of the rules and was thus disqualified.
2002-2004:
No winners.
2005:
An as yet unknown group amusingly relocated campus signs on April 24..
For example, the Science Building was renamed the Seminary. I hope this
was by design, since theology was the "queen of the sciences"
in earlier ages, and I would happily imagine the prank as an attempt to
restore theology to its rightful place in the academy. Assuming the committee
(me) finds a way to award the prize to the culprits, it will be done.
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