Spirit Week
Bement Lab Spirit Week, which started back in 1998, is held once a year, usually in late summer or early fall. Each day of Spirit Week has a different theme, and everyone in the lab has to dress according to the theme. In addition, everyone has to keep in costume as long as they are on campus, even if this means attending a meeting of some kind dressed as, say, Jed Clampett.
The themes are chosen by vote from a list generated over the course of the year. There is no particular rhyme or reason to the theme choices, which typically range from the awfully-inane to the almost-inspired. When appropriate, theme-linked playlists are generated. Friday of Spirit Week is reserved for the theme that gets the most votes and is usually accompanied by a lab lunch and movie. Examples of different spirit week days from the past 12 years are shown below.
Goth/Emo Day
Clue Day
Space Force Day
Surf Day
The Bachelor/Bachelorette day
Disney Princess Day
Ill-Advised Hair Cut Day
The Avengers Day
Star Wars Day
Under The Sea Day
Where's Waldo Day
80s Prom Day
Lego Day
Spice Girls Day
Extraterrestrial Day
Game of Thrones Day
Novel Phobia Day
If Tennis Pros Did Science Day
'Merica Day
Lame Excuse Day
Outer Space Day
Classic Cartoon Day
Famous Birthdays Day
Mollusc Day
Tool Day
Anne of Green Gables Day
Minor Simpson's Character Day
Hobbits from Lord of the Rings Day
Madonna Day
Gilligan's Island Day
Lab Fashionista Day
Novel Beauty Products Day
A close up in case you couldn't see just how attractive these novel beauty products render the wearer
Outlaw Day!
Lady Gaga Day
Broadway Musical Day
Original Super Hero Day
Christmas Sweater Day
Video Game Character Day
Mad Scientist Day
Benign Approaches to Torture Day