Some Case Hall residents will endure a week of confinement with six other roommates this week.
Case Hall Government will spend this week monitoring seven contestants who signed up to be locked in the organization’s office, about the size of the average Case room - 12 feet by 12 feet.
The Case Hall Castaways will be filmed for one week as they live together, allowed only to leave for the bathroom, class, religious events and work.
James Madison College freshman Danielle Klotzek said she signed up for the “Survivor” spoof because she thought it would be fun - but also because she had something to prove.
“My friends said I wouldn’t last more than 24 minutes here,” she said. “So I am just trying to prove them wrong and see how long I can last.”
English junior Erika Wagner said this week will simplify what she needs to get done.
“This will probably help my studying because I will be forced to do my homework,” Wagner said.
“There won’t be much else to do, I don’t have my computer or television.”
Contestants will be voted out every day until a jury of the program’s eliminated five castaways forms to choose the winner. The winner will walk away with $350.
Case Hall President Brad Harris said the program will be videotaped and edited, and will be aired to the Case Hall community during the following week.
“We would like to see them become more involved,” Harris said. “Around here, we have a very fractured community. We have James Madison College, Honors College, athletes. Our community is not necessarily one whole.
“With a program like this, we’re bringing people together from all of these different sections and bolstering that sense of community.
“This is another way to use my life and throw it down the drain, other than a Madison degree.”
In the effort to promote residence hall activities, Adam Raezler, Case Hall representative for Residence Halls Association, said the program would encourage more residents to get involved.
“It’s going to bring in resident awareness of our hall government in the different events we’re doing,” he said. “We hope to have a model event for other halls to look at doing in the fall semester.”
