HUA 45 Feeding a kangaroo, sophomore Rebecca Jones tries to keep the animal under control Sept. 13, while spending time in the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was home to a large outdoor area for kangaroos, allowing visitors an up-close encounter with the wildlife. Courtesy of Katie McKeever Sophomores Tyler Nivens and Kylie Akins listen to their surf instructor Sept. 21 in Gold Coast on Main Beach. A group of students had the opportunity to learn how to surf for the first time while in Australia. Courtesy of Kylie Akins retaliating against them. Woods and Cohen hurried back to their room, only to find that the stolen pillows were no longer there. Only 15 minutes had elapsed and their grand plan had unraveled. With no other option, the two headed back to the girls’ room to see if they had taken their pillows back. Still unaware that any of their belongings were missing, the girls sensed that Woods and Cohen were up to no good and barricaded their own door. But Cohen knew he could get through. “I had an idea that was so ingenious; it could never fail,” he said. Cohen lunged through the girls’ barricade but discovered that the pillows were not there. Now stuck in the room, Cohen attempted a hasty escape. “Jeremy took off running around the apartment and ran directly into the door frame at full speed then face planted on the floor,” Woods said. At first, no one was aware of the harm that had been done from the fall. After Cohen rolled over, he noticed his big toe was facing a different direction than it should. “When I flipped over to check my toe, I noticed that it was crooked,” he said. “When I asked everyone if they thought my toe was crooked, they all said, ‘yes, it’s crooked.’ Then I was limping around repeating ‘I broke my toe.’ After that, I got lightheaded and lay down on the floor.” One screw and two pins later, he was unable to say whether or not the adventure was worth toe surgery. “I wasn’t yet sure how much it was going to keep me from doing all of the things that I wanted to do while I was there,” Cohen said. Woods, on the other hand, had no doubt it was worth it. “I would do it again if I had the chance,” he said. “Their reaction was everything that we expected — whining, crying, begging, etc. And then I was informed to watch my back.” Although the pain lasted longer than the actual prank, the two realized the brevity of the situation. “All of that started after stealing just a few pillows,” Woods said. Hannah Ware Senior Russell Woods and sophomore Michael Williams take a swim on Sept. 6 in Te Anau, New Zealand. Despite the cold weather and freezing water, a few students thought it would be fun to cool off in a large lake near their hotel. Courtesy of Kylie Akins
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