Pilots After Dark puts on a successful event
(Photo courtesy of fromthebarn.org)
By Shellie Adams, Design Editor adams15@up.edu
Pilots After Dark and KDUP joined forces on Saturday night to provide an entertaining selection of Olympic games.
The Pilots After Dark event attracted a variety of people: enthusiastic, energetic students playing games; the "I can't believe my roommate made me come here" kids sitting alone at the table and the people who were just a little too excited to hear who won the dinosaur pillow pet.
The night started with light-hearted, friendly bean bag tossing and trivia games. As more people arrived the games became more and more intense. Faux boxing and hula hoop contests became just slightly more competitive as people dodged and dove after each other. Other activities included bocce and a water balloon toss.
But the real intensity was seen when students began playing tug-of-war and having pie-eating contests. There were the girls that were "in" the pie eating contest, but really just wanted to have a slice of the blueberry pie, but then there were the group of four or five guys working hard to win the pie eating contest - finishing in three bites.
"It was so much fun," freshman Alyssa Wicknick said, "The pie was actually pretty good."
The night ended at midnight with a raffle had been completed. People won a variety of prizes, like a TV, DVDs, pillow pets (slightly more popular than the TV), and water bottles. But whether students won or lost (in the "Olympic events" or in the raffle) the overall sentiment seemed to be that people had fun.
"I was really excited," senior Alexa Roy, the main coordinator of the event, said. "More people showed up than I expected."
Roy admitted that the students who attended were mainly freshmen, bu she noticed some returning students as well.
Pilots After Dark Schedule
Saturday, September 15
End of Summer Carnival
Saturday, September 22
Fall Fest
Saturday, September 29
Sauvie Island Corn Maize
Saturday, October 6
Fiesta!
Saturday, October 27
Be a Kid Again
Saturday, November 3
LOL@UP
Saturday, November 10
RHA's Grocery Store Bingo
Commons
Saturday, November 17
Winter Mystery Bus
Saturday, December 1
Wintertainment
Saturday, December 8
Party Like It's 1999
