Reps favor bongo ball, disinterested in library

The Campus Activities Board allocated money for “Bongo Ball” and expressed disinterest in the Reta E. King Library renovations.

Samantha Evans, treasurer, said the CAB account contains $6,450.

Luke Wright, president, said there will not be CAB meetings for the next two weeks. Meetings will resume Nov. 29.

CAB allocated $2,750 for Bongo Ball Mania, which is an event that will come to the CSC campus next Tuesday. The money was unanimously allocated after minimal discussion. The event will last for six hours and is open to everyone. The game is similar to paintball with Nerf guns, according to Wright. It will be set up in the NPAC. Jamie Keller, vice president, said he thought this event was worthwhile because it would reach many students. Keller said he hopes to get half of the campus involved in this event.

Wright said that someone from the library could speak at a CAB meeting about the library renovations if CAB members were interested.

However, fewer than 10 of the more than 40 members expressed interest, so the CAB body decided not to pursue having a library representative speak.

Keller thanked everyone who helped make the Halloween zombie house and dance and said the events were a success. He said that over 1,000 people attended both events.

A cover band is playing in the Student Center lobby 9 p.m., Friday, according to Keller.

Riley Machal, student trustee, said the recent NSCS Board of Trustees’ meeting was productive.

The library renovations were discussed at the meeting. Machal commented on the club representatives’ lack of interest in hearing about the renovations but encouraged them to visit the library to learn more about them.

Crystal Hunsaker, a woman who identified herself as an alumnus of Chadron State College, prefaced her presentation by saying that the college did a lot for her so wants to help students.

She proceeded to set up a projection screen and laptop, and then borrowed equipment, and attempted to establish the laptop to projector connection for the next 10 minutes. While doing so, Wright and Keller invited announcements from clubs about their events.

After finally setting up her equipment, Hunsaker played an approximately three-minute video of people partying on the beach and interacting in exotic locales, produced by Dream Trips Life . The video lacked narration.

After the first video, Wright mentioned to club members that if they had other engagements, they could leave. Hunsaker played a second video that included narration and lasted approximately seven minutes. Before she started a third video, Wright interjected and asked Hunsaker to explain her purpose and objectives. She responded that she was getting to that.

T.J. Thomson, secretary, asked Wright to call for a motion to end the meeting so that interested students could stay and others could leave. After the meeting adjourned, approximately 10 students remained to finish watching the video.

Dream Trips Life is an online travel agency, according to its website. Members have to pay a subscription cost and a monthly fee, and sell memberships to retain their membership. Members can put their fees toward different vacations.