On Sept 5, Point Park’s Campus Activity Board (CAB) started off their events this year by making it rain ping pong balls.
Inside the Lawrence Hall ballroom, Hailey Stoner, a junior SAEM student and event coordinator of CAB decided that after four years of absence, it would be great to bring the ping-pong drop back. During the event, Stoner stood on the ball room’s balcony, throwing ping pong balls into the crowd below with the help of other CAB members.
“When we got ready to drop, the people below would set themselves up in a tight cluster,” Stoner said. “They also raised their hands up and did little grabby hands.”
Stoner said that it was awesome and rewarding that students were excited and having fun at her event.
The rules of the event were simple: If you catch one of the ping pong balls that were thrown from the balcony before they hit the ground, you’d win a prize depending on the color of the one you caught. The red ones were for the large prizes consisting of Jellycat plush toys, disposable cameras, a hydro flask and more. The blue ping pong balls represented medium prizes, which ranged from puzzles to a small Lego set. The white ping pong balls were then for small prizes which mostly consisted of many little animal figurines.
Paige Reeves, a first-year exploratory student, caught a white ball earning herself a small prize. She ended up selecting a small, green whale she temporarily named Greeney.
“I was so indecisive looking at the trinkets, but he called to me,” Reeves said. “I love him, he’s joined me in every class since.”
Due to everyone in the crowd trying to catch a ping pong ball, the game also became one of trust, since it was hard to see when the ping pong balls hit the ground.
Natalie Quinn, a first-year cinema production student, said, “I feel like most people were being honest at least about the large and medium prizes, but I feel like the balls could have been thrown a little better.”
Regardless, she said that she would absolutely go to future events and that she really enjoy these cute types of bonding events. .
Morgan Bakos is a sophomore CAB member, that had the opportunity to help work at the event. She enjoyed watching the event from two perspectives as she helped take the ping pong balls back up to the balcony to be thrown.
“I think it was an amazing first event of the year,” Bakos said, a PR/Ad student. “It was simple and engaging and gave everyone a taste of what’s to come this year!”
Looking forward to future CAB events Bakos is most excited for bingo. To find more information about future CAB events students can look at the Social Scoop that’s sent to every Point Park student’s email each Monday.
