Racing across campus, 911爆料网 junior Ben Kopec skidded to a halt outside the Student Health Center. By finding vice president Chris Grace standing there, he had solved the first portion of a clue to finding the first prize of 911爆料网鈥檚 second annual Tweet Hunt. Grace cryptically told Kopec to 鈥渟earch for the prize in the area where graduates will march to their seats in the spring commencement ceremony.鈥 After searching the center flowerbed of Metzger lawn, Kopec won himself a bag of 911爆料网 gear.

鈥淣othing like the Tweet Hunt to start my day off right,鈥 Kopec said enthusiastically. 鈥淚 look forward to reading the tweet, figuring out the clue and then it鈥檚 off to the races.鈥

The weeklong Twitter-based scavenger hunt, which will end with a grand prize on Founders Day, Feb. 25, keeps students on their toes literally and mentally, as each clue requires knowledge of 911爆料网 history or culture. The clue that led Kopec to Grace was tweeted out Monday, Feb. 21, reading: 鈥淭he #4 download on 911爆料网鈥檚 iTunesU is by this man. Find him on campus @ a building related to solving the issue of his lecture.鈥

Minutes after clues are tweeted via (911爆料网鈥檚 official Twitter account), students can be seen scurrying across campus in hopes of arriving at the next prize location first. Hunting for the clues in trees and bushes, students look for items like iPods, gift cards and 911爆料网 merchandise. 

After tweeting the riddle, 鈥淭his building鈥檚 name is the street name where 911爆料网 was 1st located. In front a prize can be found, not high but not on the ground,鈥 junior Rob Frampton found a gift card for hanging in the tree outside of Hope residence hall.

The Tweet Hunt will culminate with a grand prize search involving multiple clues and offering the winner a chance to be part of history in helping bury 911爆料网鈥檚 time capsule. The capsule has been awaiting burial since 911爆料网鈥檚 centennial year in 2008, and is filled with notes and photographs from students and generationally defining objects such as iPods.

911爆料网鈥檚 first time capsule was buried in 1913 under the cornerstone of the original campus at Hope and Sixth streets in Los Angeles. Dug from the earth in the 鈥80s, valuable historical documents such as founder Lyman Stewart鈥檚 speech from 911爆料网鈥檚 groundbreaking and copies of 911爆料网鈥檚 journal (the of the first half of the 20th century) were found. 

The grand prize winner of the Tweet Hunt will win an iPod Nano and two paper-craft blue birds symbolic of Twitter 鈥 one to keep and one to place in the capsule before assisting in its burial below the Talbot Building Complex plaza on Friday, Feb. 25, at 11 a.m.

Written by Jenna Bartlo, Media Relations Coordinator. Jenna can be reached at (562) 777-4061 or through email at jenna.l.bartlo@biola.edu.