“I never imagined Meat Club would get as big as it is,” Luke said. “It’s something I enjoy doing that also makes other people happy and builds community. More than anything else, it really makes me happy that so many people love it.” For the Meat Club’s special Oktoberfest event, students enjoyed bratwurst, soft pretzels, and slices of pumpkin pie. Groups of students sat on the grass, savoring the meal together.
After eating, they gathered to watch the main event of the celebration: an Oktoberfest hot-dog eating contest. The competitors were each served a plate of four hot dogs, and the first to finish would win a beer stein and a cash prize. The audience, a little disgusted but thoroughly impressed, cheered for the contestants while they ate. After eating his way to victory, Josiah Savannah (’26) joked, “About halfway through I decided I didn’t want to be the kind of man who gave up, even though I was eating cold, wet hot-dog buns.”
After much laughter, conversation, and good food, the evening ended with games of volleyball and football on the athletic field.