The Omnibus

Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Grace Jeoung Singled Out contestants hug after answering questions to win a date package. The event held on Thursday, May 1 was sponsored by Woody-Gott Hall. Southwest Baptist University students packed Goodson Student Union for the annual event where participants stand on stage to answer questions and wrong answers result in elimination.

Woody-Gott Hall transformed Goodson Student Union into a "Western Roundup" Thursday, May 1, for the Singled Out.
Singled Out has become one of the annual favorite events for the spring semester at Southwest Baptist University. Applications to be contestants for Singled Out were submitted prior to the event.
The resident assistants of Woody-Gott then selected five women and five men from the applications.
Junior Jon Klinginsmith, Mark Roberts, freshman Matt Obert, senior Jack Belcher and junior Brett Stump were the men chosen.
The five women chosen were senior Fivi Mihai, freshman Katie Dawson, junior Lauren Cawein, sophomore Mally Ulm and sophomore Andrea Owensby.
The emcees for the night were senior Brian Maloy and junior Caleb Westbrook. Goodson Student Union was filled with SBU students either there as spectators or in hopes of winning a date.
Audience members were urged to come on stage and participate.
Each contestant, dressed in Western wear, was blindfolded and introduced by Maloy and Westbrook.
The contestants sat on one side of the stage with a curtain separating them from their prospective dates.
Asking random questions pulled out of the emcees' saddlebag narrowed the number of participants down. These questions aided in the process of choosing a perfect date. Some of the questions included "Do you shower often or not so often?," Do you like Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny?" and "Vanilla or chocolate?"
The contestants wrote their answers on a whiteboard while the participants separated into two groups on stage.
If the participants chose the same answer as the contestant, they stayed on stage and were still in the running for a date.
Questions were asked until a single participant was left standing on stage.

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