Here’s Everything That Happened At Whish x AUB Rally Paper This Weekend

AUB Rally Paper is again – and this 12 months, it was wilder, louder, and extra artistic than ever.

Held over the weekend of April 5 and 6, the long-lasting occasion introduced collectively college students and an entire lot of vitality throughout 2 intense days of nonstop challenges.

For these unfamiliar, the Rally Paper is without doubt one of the American College of Beirut’s (AUB) largest student-led occasions, mixing teamwork, creativity, and a bit of little bit of chaos – all for a great trigger.

Every crew companions with an NGO of their alternative and competes in an enormous listing of challenges, quests, and puzzles. First place? $10,000 donated to their NGO. Second and third win $5,000 and $3,000 respectively.

For the primary time ever, AUB Rally Paper groups have been hosted outdoors AUB’s campus – on the soon-to-open Whish Campus in Spears, Beirut. Whish wasn’t solely the primary sponsor but additionally the lead supporter behind the scenes.

As an AUB alumnus and CEO of Whish, Toufic Koussa takes nice delight in being a part of the AUB neighborhood. He opened up Whish Campus to the groups, giving them an entire new playground for his or her chaos. It turned the central base for organizing all the occasion.

And sure, just a few groups even acquired artistic with the Whish Visa Card, selling and utilizing it in challenges that ranged from hilarious to downright spectacular.

This 12 months’s groups?

• La Ekher Nafas (FAS School)
• Mission 204 (OSB & E4 School)
• Telte Sebte (E3 School)
• Jenno Maana (E2 School)
• Sophomax (E1 School)

Every had their very own base. Some have been full chaos (in one of the simplest ways). Cows, Tesla Cybertrucks, pink golf carts, and even corn stands confirmed up at some bases. Sure… actual cows.

And the challenges? A mixture of hilarious, heartwarming, and completely insane.

• Groups recreated iconic film scenes like Imply Women or went full Adam Sandler.
• Somebody acquired a tattoo of their crew’s brand. Actual dedication.
• Public dares included hugging strangers, protesting absurd causes, and holding indicators that made individuals cease and stare.
• One crew flew to Paphos, Cyprus for a treasure hunt, vlogged the entire journey, and nonetheless made it again in time. They flew with no money, simply their Whish pockets. They purchased tickets with Whish Visa, e-sim on Whish app, and used Whish Visa card there for his or her day bills
• Somebody managed to get Krispy Kreme from Dubai… and authentic Dubai chocolate too.
• Groups discovered Lebanese individuals with Guinness World Data and tracked down individuals standing in entrance of a number of the Seven Wonders of the World.
• Groups needed to discover an astronaut in Gemmayze holding a booklet with hidden coordinates – which led to a Ria location in London. They then needed to get somebody in London to go to that precise department and high up their Whish account.

However Rally Paper isn’t only for these hanging across the base.

There’s a particular group in every crew referred to as “Challengers” – and so they’re the actual daredevils. They tackle excessive survival and impediment course challenges.

This 12 months?

• They did a problem at a military base impediment course.
• They dragged one another on their stomachs throughout a seaside to the ocean.
• They powered by way of in a single day challenges, together with an enormous homicide thriller that had each crew hooked till the tip.

After all the things, the winners have been topped on Sunday night time – however in a approach, everybody walked away with a narrative. Whether or not it was filming skits, pulling off hair donations, or rallying company for the occasion, every crew pushed creativity and vitality to the max.

Telte Sebte gained, giving their prize of $10,000 to the Lebanese Purple Cross of Gemmayze.

This 12 months’s Rally Paper wasn’t simply one other scholar occasion. It took over the entire campus, introduced actual affect, and got here with a ton of sudden moments. And backing all of the insanity? Whish – a model that believed within the enjoyable and the trigger behind it.