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Issue date: 4/21/06 Section: Trinity Life

Media Credit: Jeanna Goodrich Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mark Lewis gets pied at the festival.

Yesterday, the fourth annual Chocolate Festival drew over 800 people to the Esplanade between 6:30 and 8:30 PM.

"It's just a gathering of people who love chocolate," first year Lacy Phillips said. "Different organizations have foods to promote loving chocolate."

A variety of local vendors and a number of Trinity organizations set up booths at which students were able to sample an array of chocolate.

"We talked to a lot more vendors to kind of bring them into the picture," said senior Jasmeen Waliany, who is on the committee. "It's a good opportunity for them to advertise on our campus, and we're getting something out of it as well whether they're giving out samples or donating gift certificates."

Organizations manning booths at the event participated in a bake-off judged by a panel of faculty and staff members.

Cheezy Jane's handed out free mini chocolate milkshakes to students and was a busy booth.

"In the [chocolate festival's] second year we thought, 'let's give [organizations] the opportunity to have booths so that way you're involving a bigger part of campus and the community,'" Waliany said. "At the bake-off we [judged] on the taste, the percentage of chocolate, skill difficulty, presentation, and creativity."

Those attending were also eligible to win any number of free prizes ranging from high-quality chocolate to donated gift certificates. Not to mention, Chocolate Festival t-shirts were sold for either $2 or two cans of food as a means of charity in that either the $2 was donated to a local charity or the two cans were given to the food bank.

"There's nothing to lose, everything to gain - including weight," Waliany said.

Not only did clubs and vendors supply samples, but close to $1100 worth of Aramark food was catered to the event, allowing booths' goods to serve as the products of unique, original recipes.

"The theme [was] 'Chocoholics Anonymous,'" said first year Caitlin McGuire. "And the sort of sub-theme [was] 'What's Your Fix' to play on the addiction theme."

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