Sigma Tau Delta Open Mic Night turns students into wizards

By Olivia Newton

Around 30 students came to the Bordeaux and Lakota rooms in the Student Center Monday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. to walk around to different booths and talk with wizard friends during the Harry Potter Open Mic Night.

Students had the option to dress up in their best wizard costume to be entered into the contest for a chance to win a prize at the end of the night. The two clubs that sponsored this event were Sigma Tau Delta and United.

Students could walk around the room to the different booths where they had the option to make a wand, be sorted into a Hogwarts house, get their tarot cards read, make their own butterbeer, take photos at the photo booth and participate in the open mic while enjoying some scones and a charcuterie board with hot tea and pink lemonade.

 “This event is very chill and a good environment,” Olivia Johnston, 19, freshmen, of Spearfish, South Dakota, said. “I like watching all the movies but never read the books.”

Many students that came to the event were fans of the Harry Potter movies and books some took the open mic to tell their favorite Harry Potter stories and poetry. 

To some students, like Calyn Deghan, 20, junior, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, the Harry Potter world is more than just a place, it’s a home. 

“Harry Potter is a cozy and magical place that I would like to live someday,” she said.