Miller Hall gets beautiful!

Miller Hall's "Pretty Up Miller" beautification was a total success.

Miller Hall took a creative approach to its "Pretty Up Miller" beautification by having its residents add a personal touch to the look of their residence hall. Miller RAs Hayley Solomon, Kim Allen and Kelsey Bradberry put together an event that involved beautifying their hall using materials that were common and inexpensive. Miller Hall was made to look floral and festive using pipe cleaners and newspaper. Residents put their creative skills to work and created a botanical wonderland of paper flowers.

Flowers were displayed with pride by Miller Hall's enthusiastic residents.

In addition to contributing to the botanical garden of newspaper foliage, dirt cake was served. Dirt cake is a tasty dessert made with crushed cookies, chocolate pudding, milk and butter. Served out of a clay pot with a garden trowel, the dirt cake was met with fanfare and applause.

Miller Hall RA Kelsey Bradberry displays the remains of her dirt cake.

Residents also had the opportunity to paint clay pots which will remain outside Miller Hall until spring 2012.

Miller Hall residents add personal touches to their pots.

Miller Hall Residence Life Coordinator Colby Kinder works hard on her flowers.

When asked about the reasoning behind "Pretty Up Miller", Miller Hall Residence Life Coordinator Colby Kinder explained, "Our residents are highly involved in various aspects of campus so we work very hard in finding ways to make their days a little brighter and create educational opportunities that are fun for everyone involved. It also always helps to have some yummy dirt cake! The event was a success."

An attempt at making a flower from the Purple Polo's correspondent.