Various clubs gathered Friday on the Schauerman Library Lawn to celebrate the annual ICC spring games and played games to earn money for their individual club.
Although not many clubs showed up to the event, the clubs that attended were ready to give it their all in hopes of winning the grand prize of $50 for their club.
“It was great. The clubs can interact with each other and the clubs can come together for fun,” Charity Castro, Rotaract club member, said.
Clubs such as the psychology club showed their team spirit by wearing T-shirts and worked together as a team to represent their club, even though some of the members did not show up.
“I was subbing for people who didn’t show up,” Robert Rowlette, psychology club, member said.
“It was fun. I was the human wheelbarrow in the relay race,” he said,” he said.
Some of the games included a dizzy bat race, a three legged race, a human wheelbarrow race and ending with a water balloon toss.
“A lot of the clubs had fun,” Kathy Taing, commissioner of publicity for ICC, said.
“It was a little slow at first, but overall a good turnout,” she said.
Professor Shantel Thornton, psychology professor and adviser for the psychology club, found that the clubs were very enthusiastic about the competitions and that the Spring Games opened her eyes to clubs on campus that many students are not aware of.
“I’m seeing organization that I didn’t know existed and I’ve had students asking me how to join certain clubs and how to get involved” Thornton said.
With a practically empty campus on a Friday afternoon, it was the perfect time for the ICC games to take place, although some thought a busier day would help raise awareness about clubs.
“It’s maybe helpful to have events during the times when the campus is more congested,” Thornton said.
“More students would see everyone interacting and enjoying each others company. I have a lot of students who want to know more, ‘he said.
The students participating in the event found it fun and enjoyed bonding with their fellow club members, Rowlette said.
In between events, the ICC representatives gave the clubs participating free doughnuts, soda and water before beginning the main event, which was the scavenger hunt.
Lists on the scavenger hunt included everything from a high school ID for one point, a red velvet cupcake for two points and a grape flavored condom for five points.
Each club had a full hour to find as many items on the list as possible and the team with the highest points would win the $50 grand prize that was to be donated to their club and be called the winner of the whole event.
At the end of the event, the American Red Cross club came in first place with 30 points, followed by the psychology club with 26 points and Alpha Gamma Sigma club with 24 points.