The Fifth House

Due to low ticket sales, Expeditious 2012 has unfortunately been cancelled. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this causes anyone and hope that in 2 years we can all afford to make it to the next Expeditious!

John Granger is going to be our Keynote speaker at Expeditious 2012!

For those unfamiliar with him, here is a preview of the man behind the curtain!

Described by TIME as the “Dean of Harry Potter Scholars,” John Granger has been writing and speaking about the artistry and meaning of Joanne Rowling’s Hogwarts Adventures since 2002. In all that time, he has consistently been ahead of the pack in understanding and explaining why readers love the Potter Saga. John is well known, for example, as the literary critic who spelled out the Christian content and value of Harry Potter within the tradition of English fantasy literature when others were burning the books because of their supposed “sorcery.” Seven years before Ms. Rowling’s alchemical scaffolding was revealed in an interview, too, John was explaining Shakespearean alchemical drama and its importance for understanding Harry to readers around the world. If Harry Potter is a gateway to what’s best in English Literature, Granger has been the gatekeeper for the Shared Text of this generation.

He has been a Featured and Keynote Speaker at Harry Potter conferences in Boston, Orlando, Las Vegas, Toronto, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Illinois, San Francisco, and Ottawa in addition to giving talks and classes on symbolist literature and iconological criticism at schools and other venues around the US. Granger has been a guest speaker at Princeton, the Torrey Honors Institute (Biola), Pepperdine, Washington & Lee, La Salle, Cornell, Penn, Yale, the University of Chicago, Baylor, the New York C. S. Lewis Society, the New York Public Library (Mid Manhattan), and the Past Watchful Dragons C. S. Lewis Conference. He has given more than 100 radio, newspaper, and television interviews.

March 19-23 - Harry Potter Week!

Wristband information: The purchasing of a wristband will gain you access to all of the week’s events at a cheaper cost. You will also be able to gain points and win prizes throughout the week! Wristbands will be for sale Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
Wristband Price: $15

Proceeds from Hogwarts on Campus will be going to fund Expeditious 2012, a national Harry Potter Conference held on Eastern’s Campus during the month of June. 

Monday - Quest for the Egg

Our Harry Potter Week kicks off with a campus-wide scavenger hunt! We will begin at the stage in the student center, located right next to the Lobby Shop and Green Market Bistro. You will be able to check in, buy a wristband, and hang out starting at 7PM. At 7:30 sharp, you will be given the first clue. Prizes TBA. Points will be awarded based on the time it takes to finish the quest.

Come out for a night of solving riddles, finding clues, and be the first to find the golden egg!

Price: $2 per person, or $5 for a team of 4 (must arrive together)

Tuesday - Trivia Night

Night two of Hogwarts on Campus will be a trivia night at the library. Come test your knowledge of J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter canon (Books 1-7 as well as Fantastical Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, Tales of Beedle the Bard, and the Harry Potter Prequel short story). Prizes TBA. Points will be awarded based on final placement and attendance.

Price: $2 per person, or $5 for a team of 4 (must arrive together)

Wednesday – We have our regularly scheduled meeting followed by Quidditch at the Rec 

Join the Harry Potter Book Club and Reading Group with their sister organization, the Flying Squirrels Quidditch Team for a night of quidditch at the REC/IM. Learn to play, practice drills, and try your hand at scoring a quaffle or dodging a bludger! There will be a short scrimmage at the end of the night, and wristband wearers on the winning team will receive double points for the evening!

Note from the Quidditch Team: While we have a number of brooms to be used, we encourage participants to BYOB (Bring your own Broom!) to make sure that no one is left on the ground.Prizes TBA.

Price: $3 per person, or $2 if you bring your own broom

Thursday - Food Expo

The lovely ladies of Alpha Sigma Tau have partnered with Harry Potter Book Club and Reading Group to bring you a night of delicious Harry Potter themed sweets and treats. Menu items will include Pumpkin Pasties, Butterbeer, Treacle Tart, Wand-making, and many more.

Price: $7 for 10 tickets (most desserts cost 1 ticket, with a couple costing 2), and then 50¢ for each ticket after.

Location: the Alpha Sigma Tau house is located at 702 Emmet, just at the end of the street behind Tower Inn Café. Free parking in the lot across the street.

Friday - Time Turner Experience

To close this fantastic week, another night at the REC will give us the perfect chance for socializing and playing a few last minute games. On one side of the gym space we will have dancing and socializing, and on the other, the fraternity men of Arm of Honor will be helping us host a Butterbeerpong Tournament.

Attire: It seems that our event has become famous through the ages, and now witches and wizards wish to visit us from the past and future. To make them feel at home, come dressed in costume from any time period or alternate universe! Extra points to those wristband-wearers in costume!

Prizes and winners from the week’s events will be announced tonight! You must be present to win.

Price: $5 per person

Expeditious 2012 – June 2nd, SAVE THE DATE!

Location: Third Floor of Eastern Michigan University Student Center.

If you would like to present at Expeditious 2012 please read our call for papers to find out how you can participate!