Events
Fisher Hall's signature event is the Fisher Regatta, hosted annually at the end of the Spring semester. The regatta was founded by freshman Jay Farraher (class of 1990) in 1987. Various dorms compete by submitting homemade boat entries in races on Saint Mary's Lake, located on campus. The Fisher Regatta is continually chosen as a favorite event of all Notre Dame students and was recognized by ESPN as one of the "Top 100" college student activities in the United States in 2004.
In the fall of 2002, a second signature event, the Fisher Hall Roofsit, was created to benefit a selected charity by having hall members sit on the roof of Fisher for 50 consecutive hours to commemorate the then 50th anniversary of the hall's construction. This event has been expanded over recent years to include a campus wide Dodgeball Tournament, musical performances, and other social events.
In 2010, Ellie Fisher was the chairman of the annual roofsit. She claimed it was the best in history with so much support from faculty, students, and Notre Dame fans. Over $10,000 were raised with all benefits going towards the rebuilding of Haiti.
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