Aces and deuces wild. Five card draw. Free to get in. The annual fall block party sponsored by RAZOR and UNITE held in the townhouses will have a western Texas Hold ‘Em theme this year.
“RAZOR and UNITE came up with the theme due to the increased popularity of Texas Hold ‘Em on campus,” said Melissa Nowicki ’05, head of UNITE.
The block party will be held from 12 to 5 p.m. on October 16 in the quad area between the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 townhouse blocks and is open to all juniors and seniors.
SBRA is working on supplying a shuttle will be running from the beach to campus throughout the event for off-campus students.
The planning for this event has been in the works all year and is not related to the cancellation of the Keg Races.
“Campus is a great venue to hold this sort of event, it’s another great place to have fun besides the beach,” said Nowicki.
Registration for the poker tournament will begin at noon. The top eight finishers will be awarded prizes. First place will receive a poker chip set and a $500 gift certificate wherever the winner would like.
The second and third place winners will receive iPods, while those who place fourth through eighth will get a $75 gift certificate to Stop ‘ Shop. The first 200 people to show up will get a free T-shirt.
Kegs, supplied by SBRA, will be tapped at 2 o’clock. Hamburgers and hotdogs will also be grilled.
WVOF will also be contributing to the event. In addition to student deejays, featured performers include Teig Lynster, Brian Wilk, JonnieProud and White Noise.
The event is free of charge to students but staff will be accepting donations for the Breast Cancer Walk. Only juniors and seniors are invited to the event and will need to show their Stag Card upon registration.
Students can bring a guest, but they must be at least 20 years of age, or
the equivalent of a junior or senior, and
will need to show two forms of identification.
Alumni are also welcome at the event. The charges for guests and alumni will be five dollars, which will be donated to the Breast Cancer Walk.
Student reactions have been very enthusiastic.
“I think that the school is doing a good thing in providing an alternative program to the keg races, instead of just cancelling something that our school has done for years,” said John Anselmo ’05, a beach resident.
“They seem to be appealing to the students and understanding that this was a huge deal in cancelling the keg races, and are doing everything they can to make us happy. I am absolutely going to go,” he said.
Mike Barry ’05 agreed with Anselmo.
“Being a beach resident, there aren’t many things I wouldn’t do for free beer,” said Barry.
Townhouse residents are also looking forward to the event.
“If there’s two things people love, it’s booze and gambling,” said Adam Cataldo ’05. “The only thing we love better than free booze is free gambling.”
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