Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Megan Beavis, head of Point Park University's Residence Hall Association (RHA) wanted to hold a major lock-in event featuring all-night dodgeball, basketball, tie-dying, raffles and many other activities on Nov. 12,, but scheduling conflicts have caused a delay until spring.
Beavis, who is co-sponsoring the lock-in event with the Campus Activities Board (CAB), said the delay will nevertheless help ger make it bigger and better.
"We were putting it together [at the] last minute," Beavis said. "The weekend that it [would have been] on the [is] the weekend RHA's executive board will be at a conference in Baltimore. I think, with the event being moved, it will attract more students. It will give [both of us]time to plan for it."
Student Director of CAB, Josh Hedglin, shares Beavis' optimistic view of the conflict.
"By rescheduling it for the spring, both of our clubs can devote more time to it and make it a success," Hedglin said.
The lock-in event is being rescheduled for March 2011.
Even though students wait longer for the event, some say they still look forward to trying something new.
Lawrence Hall resident and a freshman multimedia major, Amanda Bytzura said the event will help students to break out of their cliques comfort zones.
"It's a good opportunity to meet new people and branch [out] of cliques," Bytzura said.
Becky Lessner, a freshman photojournalism major, Thayer Hall resident and a Student and Convocation Center employee, is also looking forward to the event.
"It sounds like a lot of fun, especially the tie-dye part," Lessner said. "I would definitely go to that. It sounds like…something different to do on the weekend, and the Student [and Convocation]Center is great."
Along with tie-dying, the lock-in will feature other less athletic activities such as ping-pong and karaoke. There will also be numerous opportunities for students to win prizes.
Lessner believes moving the date of the event will not hurt the student interest or attendance.
"I think if it's advertised well enough, they'd get a lot of people. [Often, students] don't hear about [Point Park events] until the day of," Lessner said. "If they start talking about it… far in advance, people could put it on the calendar."
The rescheduling of the lock-in leaves RHA's fall event schedule nearly empty, with only the Late Night Breakfast week during finals. The spring semester will now hold the bulk of RHA's remaining events, which include the lock-in event in March, the Condom Carnival in April, and another Late Night Breakfast, also during finals week.
