The mission is to find Goldy’s U Card! They lost it on 3 different occasions on each area of the Twin Cities campus. West Bank, St. Paul, and East Bank. Find it, and they'll reward you with $100 in your Gopher GOLD account to use all over campus!
REMINDER: Finding Goldy's U Card does not require digging, climbing, entering buildings, walking off of a marked path, and is not located in any lanes of travel (bike, car, bus, light rail, etc). All locations are fully accessible.
Timeframe
Goldy has 3 clues for each location they might have lost it.
- West Bank's clues will be released on October 2, 3, and 4;
- St. Paul's clues will be released on October 9, 10, and 11;
- East Bank's clues will be released on October 16, 17, and 18.
- Spoiler clues will be posted on the Friday of each week at 10am if Goldy's U Card has not been found by then.
Follow the U Card Office on Instagram to get the clues first - 10am on each day. Clues will be added to this blog post at 1pm each day.
Rules
- The search game is open to University of Minnesota Twin Cities undergraduate students only - faculty, staff, graduate & professional students, and auditing students are not eligible this time around.
- Goldy's U Card is hiding, but it does not require digging, climbing, or entering buildings, and is not located in any lanes of travel (bike, car, bus, light rail, etc).
- You must bring Goldy's U Card back to the Coffman U Card Office during business hours (8am-4pm M-F), present your U Card, and be following the U Card Office on Instagram @ucardumn.
- The same student may not win more than one prize. U Card student employees & their roommates are not eligible for the prize.
- Working with friends? The prize may be split by up to 5 people per location ($100 divided evenly amongst the group).
Have the cards been found?
We will post to our Instagram account and the table below as soon as cards have been found!
| Card Location | Status |
|---|---|
| West Bank | FOUND on 10/3 at 1:15pm. |
| St. Paul | FOUND on 10/11 at 10:30am. |
| East Bank | FOUND on 10/17 at 11:00am. |
Clues
All of Goldy's previously lost cards have been found. Check our Instagram for their locations!
West Bank
- Clue 1: Follow Washington Ave's winding track, Where legal minds roam, no turning back. The Law School's realm, a landmark to find, Your journey's start, a path intertwined.
- Clue 2: Venture close, where sports stories arise, A place where victories meet eager eyes. At this site of prowess, clues align, Seek beneath skies where talents shine. Card found!
- Clue 3: (Unreleased because card was found) - From Law School's site to sports embraced, Off 2nd Street, the pole's placed. By softball's gate, your search aligns, Under a bush, your treasure shines.
St. Paul
- Clue 1: Begin your quest where learning's embrace, Up the block, find a research space.
- Clue 2: Follow Gortner Ave with strides so steady, To the garden's edge, where secrets are ready.
- Clue 3: Now find the U Card behind the bench's embrace, In this small garden, your victory takes place. Card found!
East Bank
- Clue 1: Where electrons dance and Starbucks gleams, Transport hub's heart with strategic schemes. Amongst these nodes where pathways converge, Hunt beneath secrets, your quest will surge.
- Clue 2: Follow the hum of electric grace, Past where commuters set their pace. Across from the guardians of safe transit's reign, The next clue lies, a prize to gain. Card found!
- Clue 3: (Unreleased because card was found) - Where charging meets caffeinated delight, The U Card waits, concealed from sight. Amidst the juncture of journeys abound, Search well, for Goldy's treasure is found.