Conference bingo cards are fun to read but fail because bingo can’t actually be played unless everybody is in the same room. Conference scavenger hunts are infinitely better. Thus, for the fourth straight year I give you the ASA Scavenger Hunt! You can download the 2015 ASA Scavenger Hunt and, for your convenience, I have also listed the items below. Post your progress and results in this SJMR thread. Good luck!
2015 ASA Scavenger Hunt
Instructions: Record the dates, times, locations, and/or session numbers for the items below between Friday, August 21 and midnight on Tuesday, August 25. Post your results in the “2015 ASA Scavenger Hunt” thread at SJMR. Good luck!
- Attend a friend’s roundtable session
- Hear a presenter explain technological difficulties with, “I’m used to my Mac”
- Hear somebody refer to the Chicago School in a presentation
- Attend a workshop
- Attend a great talk by an “unknown” sociologist
- Check out the poster presentations
- Use the ASA App
- Walk past the Employment Service area and observe the job candidates
- Discuss the pros and cons of replication
- Overhear a sociologist make a racist/sexist/homophobic (etc.) comment
- Talk to somebody about SJMR
- Eat some candy at the book exhibit
- Turn the paper part of your nametag upside-down to make tag-checking more obvious
- Find the unisex restrooms and rate their implementation on a scale of 1-10
- Pour one out for DAN
- Get a free drink at a section reception
- Spot Fabio (bonus points if he’s wearing a fanny pack)
- Talk to somebody from a liberal arts school about his or her research
- Talk to somebody from a research school about his or her teaching
- Talk to somebody on the job market about his or her ideal job
- Introduce two people you know to each other
- For Faculty: Buy a student coffee or a meal; For Students: Accept coffee or a meal from a faculty member
- Eat a meal alone
- Have an awkward conversation with an acquaintance
- Post on social media about ASA
- During conversation, move somebody across the room by slowly inching closer to them
- Walk to the Navy Pier
- Spend an entire day in Chicago without attending a session
- Take a picture with that shiny bean (a.k.a. Cloud Gate Chicago)
- Eat deep-dish pizza
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