The Omnibus

Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Grace Jeoung On Saturday, Dec. 1, Landen Hall held its 4th annual Game Room tournament to aid the Polk County Humane Society. The tournament consisted competitions in ping-pong, pool, foosball and Madden NFL 08.

On Saturday, Dec. 1, Landen Hall held its 4th annual Game Room tournament to aid the Polk County Humane Society. The tournament consisted competitions in ping-pong, pool, foosball and Madden NFL 08.
The winners of the respective events are as follows: ping-pong, former student J.R. Terral; doubles ping-pong, junior Andy Sander and Terral; Madden NFL 08, freshman James Watford; pool, junior Andrew Frisbie, and doubles foosball, Safety and Security officer Quint Schoeneberg and Terral.
The winners of each event received a $10 gift certificate to the Southwest Baptist University Bookstore.
Over $105 was raised to assist the humane society in buying food and supplies. Recently the issue arose between the city of Bolivar and Polk County Humane Society regarding their "no kill" policy because the shelter is close to exceeding their limits.
The $2 entry fee helps ensure these animals are not euphemized.
Terral won the ping-pong tournament this year after a second place finish last year. He won singles and doubles, playing with a Balsa wood paddle with Friendship 729 Super-Fx rubber.
"My paddle is twice as light as most of my competitors and that with my seven years of experience enabled me to win the ping-pong tourney," said Terral.
The tournament lasted over four hours, warming up student's Saturday afternoons, giving them something fun to do on campus. Landen Residence Director Chris Keller, along with their RA's, ran the tournament.
"We wanted to continue the tournament and targeted a date without activities, I felt we met a void for mass participation. More activities are needed on weekends too in order to give students more to do on campus," said Keller.

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