Rock Paper Scissor Competition, Fall 2009

A "Superior Mentalist" defined:  an individual who has heightened intellectual, cultural and humane sensitivities based on an inherent perception of purpose and interpersonal understanding clearly displayed by foreknowing an opponent's thoughts and intentions while engaged in the art of

ROCK / PAPER / SCISSORS

Overall winner was Ryan Carlson, Business Finance major from Carlton MN.  All semi-finalists received T-shirts. 


GOAL:  the HHP 102 "Superior Mentalist" exercise is to engage all HHP 102 students in an activity that promotes personal relationships, competitiveness and cooperation with the intent to get the students to Meet and Compete with each other.

Rebecca Blue, Art (Stacy,MN)
Melinda Johnson, Business (Duluth, MN)
Britnee Blake, Undeclared (Superior, WI)
*Kim Hansen, Elementary Education (Moose Lake, MN)
Justin Faryna, Psychology (Calgary, AB)
Blessing Monday, Economics (Jos, Nigeria)
*Ryan Carlson, Business Finance (Carlton, MN)
Bridget Quinlan, Business Marketing (Cloquet, MN)
Nuoya Xu, Transportation and Logistics (Henan, China)
Gyusung Sim, Journalism (Seoul, South Korea)
*Ian Deterling, Music (Poplar, WI)
Thane Larson, Biology (Grantsburg, WI)
Amanda Walsh, Art Education (Finland, MN)

*Semi-finalist 


300 HHP 102 students participated:

• 8 females won in their respective class as opposed to 5 males
• 2 males won in the class finals as opposed to 1 female

Of the 13 finalists:

Only:

• 2 students from the 9am TTH Lecture were finalists
• 3 students from the 9am MW Lecture were finalists
• 8 students from the 1pm TTH Lecture were finalists
• ALL 3 INDIVIDUAL LAB CHAMPS WERE FROM THE 1PM TTH LECTURE CLASS
  
   The significance of these statistics is unclear…