By Erica Young
One of the most highly requested topics for Wild and Weird this semester was “hashers.” Hashers are members of a group called the Hash House Harriers, who focus on physical fitness and socializing all at the same time. It began in Malaysia in 1938, declined in popularity during World War II, and is now more popular than ever.
Co-author Taylor Brown and I sat down with two local hashers, Luke Pietrowski and Chris White about what exactly they do and how it impacts their lives and the community.
Wild and Weird 
I am so glad that you guys decided to cover this topic. I’ve been really intrigued in this “hasher phenomenon” ever since we first talked about them in class a couple months ago. I’ve always thought it would be a great topic for your blog. It’s definitely a great fit, and I think that you covered it really well. Deciding to cover this by sitting down with local hashers and record a podcast was a creative direction to go with this story. Great job!
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I am so glad you decided to blog about this! I’ve been very curious about it since we talked about how weird this was in class in recent months. It’s such a different topic for this group blog but it’s so weird that it still ties in really well with the blog’s theme. I also really love the audio interview. It’s such a different way to share and report the story from what I’ve seen in other blog posts, and I think you did such a good job with this!
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This has been an intriguing topic to me since it was brought up and discussed during class. Most blogs contain text and and other media such as tweets, but I like how this is different. You cover this topic well by incorporating an interview with actual hashers who can give the audience a clearer explanation and first-hand look at what hashing is. Great post!
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Not only did you find a great topic to cover, but you included an interview via Soundcloud. Ever since discussing podcasts in class, I try to listen to them while I’m driving. This post was great because I finally got to listen to a story. This gives a full explanation to what ‘hashers’ are!
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I’m so glad this topic got covered before the end of the semester. This is such a phenomenal topic, and is so strange and unknown. I had literally never heard about hashers before this class, and all of a sudden I’m seeing arrows scattered around Morgantown all of the time. I loved your podcast, you’ve got such a great head for podcasting like this, I would say to do more! You really went for it this week, and it turned out awesome!
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I have wanted this story to be covered ever since “hashers” were mentioned in class (I can see that most of our classmates wanted this too). It’s definitely a weird thing that is unknown to most of the Morgantown community. I’m not really somebody who exercises (or parties) regularly so I would have never come across this subject under any other circumstance. It was nice listening to the interview. I think you guys did a great job!
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Erica, this was an exciting article to read! I never knew anything about Hashers other than they would just leave markings. I liked how you got an interview, I think this article really finished this group blog project with a bang! Great article.
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