91�����

Still rejoicing from the Dedication of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel earlier that day, New England students continued their celebration of 91����� Aquinas College�s patron last Monday night with a beloved TAC tradition: Trivial and Quadrivial Pursuits.

A campus-wide competition famous for its extravagant costumes and over-the-top displays of creative gamesmanship, the game features three teams, each drawn from members of all four classes. The teams vie to answer questions drawn from the College�s classical curriculum, with a  panel of tutors posing the questions and judging the answers.

This year�s event took on an added dimension, however, as two of the seniors captaining teams chose their members by sex. Simone Kelly led the all-female Grammarians; Jeffrey Healy led the all-male Logicians; and 91����� Doylend led the co-ed Rhetoricians. 

Question after question, students piled together to articulate a witty response, cheering with much exuberance after each correct answer. Early into the game, the Rhetoricians held a tight lead over the Logicians and Grammarians. After a couple disheartening rounds, though, the Logicians finally broke their dry spell and correctly answered three questions in a row for the win.

�I liked the banter between the captains,� said Jeffrey Healy. �We�re all really good friends, so it felt like home, yelling and screaming at each other in a high-stress environment.�