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  So you want to be a Slivkan?

  Click here to learn more about being a Slivkan!

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  Sandwich Making

  Published April 30, 2013 - No Comments

  On April 30th, a group of Slivkans banded together in the rec lounge for a Philanthropy Event. The group made fifty bagged lunches – containing sandwiches and other snacks – for Connections for the Homeless in Evanston.

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  Origami

  Published April 25, 2013 - No Comments

  On April 25th, two local Slivkans brought together a group of people and taught them how to make a plethora of origami items! These folded paper masterpieces include frogs, ninja stars, water balloons, flowers, and cranes.

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  Cyber Hacktivism Fireside

  Published April 23, 2013 - No Comments

  Philosophy professor Peter Ludlow talked about the increasingly relevant movement of expressing beliefs through technology, bringing in two members of the game, one of whom brought his flying video-recoding drone! [Video]

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  Skokie Sports Park

  Published April 21, 2013 - No Comments

  April 21st was a beautiful sunny day in the Chicagoland area, and about twenty Slivkans took a trip to Skokie Sports Park and enjoyed some mini golf. Though the golf was mini, the fun was not.

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  Slivka Formal 2013

  Published April 13, 2013 - No Comments

  Slivkans had a blast at N9ne Steakhouse at the biggest event of the year – Slivka Formal. Download Link

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  Slivka Does Dance Marathon!

  Published March 10, 2013 - No Comments

  Northwestern’s Dance Marathon 2013 raised over $1.2 million for the Danny Did foundation.

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  Foam Swords

  Published November 14, 2012 - No Comments

  Another one of our traditions is making foam swords to settle inner-suite disputes!

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  Slivka’s Election Center

  Published November 7, 2012 - No Comments

  Click “read more” to see more photos of our election center.

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  Volunteering at the Shedd

  Published November 4, 2012 - No Comments

  Slivkans helped landscape areas around the Shedd Aquarium.

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  RCB Formal 2012

  Published November 4, 2012 - No Comments

  Slivkans joined the rest of the Residential Colleges for a formal at the Field Museum!

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  Homecoming Banner

  Published October 28, 2012 - No Comments

  Connie Gu lead in the creation of our awesome winning banner!

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  Perler Beads

  Published October 23, 2012 - No Comments

  Slivkans had a nostalgic arts and crafts filled evening ironing colored beads into various designs (mostly pokemon).

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  Dance Marathon Flash Mob

  Published October 22, 2012 - No Comments

  Last year’s Dance Marathon participants demonstrated the ’30 hour dance’ at our house meeting yesterday to advertise registration for this year’s Dance Marathon. The main beneficiary this year is the Danny Did Foundation, supporting research and awareness of Sudden ...

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  Highwood’s Pumpkin Festival

  Published October 20, 2012 - No Comments

  Slivkan’s helped set a world record for most pumpkins being carved at once.

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  Volunteering at Talking Farm

  Published October 7, 2012 - No Comments

  We headed over to the Talking Farm on Howard in Skokie to volunteer at their Fall Hullabaloo festival. We enjoyed seeing the farm, making hot cider, and sitting by the bonfire playing with kids.

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  Alex Fontana Fireside

  Published October 4, 2012 - No Comments

  Our assistant master, Alex Fontana, spoke about his dissertation, then regaled us with stories about life in Russia.

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  Board Game Night!

  Published September 26, 2012 - No Comments

  We spent an evening together playing our favorite board games, like Settlers of Catan, Bananagrams, Set, Taboo, Pictionary, etc.

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  Cardboard Forts

  Published September 23, 2012 - No Comments

  Freshmen made forts out of the boxes accumulated from moving in. Click “read more” for a slideshow.

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  Sandwich Making

  Published May 21, 2012 - No Comments

  Slivka packed sandwich lunches for the homeless.

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  Field Day 2012

  Published May 12, 2012 - No Comments

  This year at field day we built a throne and carried our president through the gauntlet of water balloons thrown by other RCs. Read more about our annual events

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  Slivka at Relay

  Published May 4, 2012 - No Comments

  Slivka had a 22 person team participate in NU’s Relay for Life, a national fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. We raised $3,129 and got 2nd place for medium sized teams. Everyone had a ton of fun staying up all night. We heard some great speakers including cancer survivors wh ...

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  Running Club

  Published May 4, 2012 - No Comments

  We go running twice a week, lead by fellow Ellen Worsdall (and occasionally her puppies).

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  Slivka Lip Dub Video

  Published May 1, 2012 - No Comments

  Suggestion for freshmen watching this for the first time: Turn on “Show Annotations” to display labels of all the rooms. This video was meant to be a tour of our dorm! What’s up with those swords? Well, for the past two years we have had Foam Sword making events where you ...

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