Kevin Maravilla

Freshman Seminar

December 4th, 2014

Gatorade Pong vs. Beer Pong

Gatorade Pong tournament took place on December 3rd in the gym at 9pm. The people who participated in the Gatorade Pong tournament were NDNU students who signed up for $5. The contribution towards the event went towards the sports department. The purpose of this event is so that NDNU students to have fun and relax, while taking some time off of studying during dead week. In total there were 32 teams that participated in the Gatorade Pong tournament. I think that this was a worthwhile event because since beer pong is a very popular game, many students showed up wanting to show their skills and be recognized by everyone at the school. Also, it was a great way to fundraise for the athletic department. 

I was really impressed on the amount of people that shoed up due to the $5 price of each person. However, the event brought people together as a community by encouraging each other and having fun with one another. This brings up Hallmark seven, "We create curricular/co-curricular interactions that facilitate student-centered learning/teaching environments." Of  course the staff wouldn't have allowed actual beer pong so they replaced it with gatorade to have a student-centered environment.

This way my favorite event that I went to. I had lots of fun participating as well as interacting with different teams and people. I was surprised on how interactive I was being with the event. The more I played the game with my partner, the ore I wanted to win. My partner and I ended up losing on the second round, but we stayed to watch until the end. It was a great and fun new experience.