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held its annual Boise State School Pride Day on Friday in the patio and intramural field outside the Student Union Building. With free soda, two live bands, sumo suits and an opportunity to “dunk a Vandal” at a dunk tank, the club had activities to keep students entertained.
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Music from the live bands played for students as they passed. Freshman Alex Ridgeway, president of the Bronco FAN Club arranged for two local bands, Skittish Itz and Sophia, to play. According to the School Pride Day Facebook event, approximately 200 people planned to attend. Ridgeway remarked students often stopped by the event on their way to class or dinner. The weather definitely played a role in the
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number of students who came to the event and how long those students stayed. “(Bronco FAN Club’s) expectations were to have a better day weather-wise,” said Ridgeway, majoring in history for secondary education. Although students shortened their stay at the event, Ridgeway was still pleased with the results. “Everything went really well, as far as the events themselves,” Ridgeway said. The purpose of this event was to remind students of the weekly “FAN Fridays” and encourage them to support the university by wearing blue and orange. Ridgeway explained the event is used to
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“promote pride in being a Bronco.” He stressed FAN Friday extends beyond football season and should be recognized all throughout the school year. The event began at 2 p.m. and FAN Club members noted the students and free pizza at the event lasted until a little before 5 p.m. Toward the end of the event, a few straggler students were still enjoying the local bands and others were playing soccer on the SUB field. Members of Greek life were gathered and preparing for one of their “Greek Week” activities. The event was made possible through alumni support. Details about Bronco FAN Club or FAN Friday can be found on the Boise State website or Facebook pages.
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On Friday, about a dozen students came together to participate in the T.I.M.E. for Boise State event. Modeled after an popular MP3 internet experiment, the five members who created this event similarly created a 57-minute MP3 consisting of verbal directions and music. “I had heard about the event a couple months ago but it was kind of vague,” said Zach Snoderly, senior marketing major. “I’m friends with Nathan, one of the group members, so I knew that it was going to be something interesting and exciting. When I heard what it was it sounded like fun so I had to be here.” Those participating were instructed to download the MP3, be anywhere on campus at noon, press play after the bells rang from the bell tower and begin following directions. “We put it all together to try and get some more fun, funky community things going on here at Boise State.,” said Nathan Eggleston, senior French major and T.I.M.E. group member. “I feel like it is too spread out. We need to be more friendly.” After being instructed
to do things such as plank, scratch their heads, slow dance and hug a stranger, those involved were directed to the final meeting place—the Quad. Jacky Martinson took a quick look around before planking on a bench next to Albertsons Library before meeting with the others on the Quad. “It was a little bit lower turnout than expected, but with the small group I think we definitely caught attention. We had enough people to pull eyes our way. That was fun and I think everyone had a good time,” Snoderly said. Once on the Quad, participants met up and were instructed to participate in group events. The event attendees jumped up and down like popcorn popping, danced the hokeypokey and created a tunnel with their arms, generating stares and interest from passersby. “The tunnel was my favorite part because people were actually getting involved and excited while we were cheering them on. People were really getting into it,” said Danielle Southern, senior psychology major and T.I.M.E. member. Some passersby chose not to go through the tunnel stating, “We don’t know what this is or what it
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Shannon Dougherty dances her way through a tunnel during the T.I.M.E. event. stands for.” Many others decided join in and ran through, cheering as the event members boasted Bronco pride. Freshman applied mathematics major Tyler Rebillion didn’t hesitate to run through the tunnel. “I think this is really good. I felt the school spirit and it gave me some great energy on a Friday,” he said. The event wrapped up with those involved engaging in balloon fights, wrapping each other in toilet paper and singing “Happy Birthday.”
As instructed, they also exchanged hugs and encouraging words with one another. Destiny Cooper, sophomore communication major, was not a part of the event but stopped for a brief moment to see what it was all about. “It was awesome to see an event on campus that made everyone feel a part of something,” she said. Though the members said the turnout was not what they had expected, Southern said she considers the event a success as it was created to make people happy
and raise school spirit. Members are already talking about the possibility of events to come and said that with the MP3 ready to go, they hope those who participated in the first event will spread the word so the next can be really amazing. “It wasn’t about the number of people that turned out, it was about the impact that it had and just seeing different people’s reactions on the Quad as they walked through the tunnel. It was great interacting with them and seeing them join in and like it,” Eggleston said. arbiteronline.com