Ready, set...dodgeball
Honors program hosts dodgeball tournament with Halloween theme
By: Elliot Wardlow
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: News
Each member of the winning team received "Be Our Guest" coupons, good for a free three-piece meal from Kentucky Fried Chicken, the event's sponsor. Winners of the best costume contest also received coupons.
Breane Coburn, freshman foreign language major, watched the dodgeball tournament from the bleachers above the racquetball court.
"Dodgeball is one of those sports people come to watch just to have fun," Coburn said. "Plus, they're helping people, so it makes it even better."
Proceeds from the tournament will go to the Red Cross, which will use the money to aid victims of last month's Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines.
Gozum likened the typhoon in the Philippines to Hurricane Katrina.
"The capitol city, Manila, was flooded by a typhoon," Gozum said. "A lot of people were killed. Thousands more were displaced. They don't have houses or food."
Freshman Harrison Reed said the tournament was "a good way for the fortunate to help the less fortunate."
"A good person wants to be involved in something like that," Reed said.
Will McGee, senior education major, said the dodgeball tournament was a creative way to raise awareness.
"It's great that we are doing things for people that far away," McGee said. "It's great that we are reaching further out and trying to help more people."
Breane Coburn, freshman foreign language major, watched the dodgeball tournament from the bleachers above the racquetball court.
"Dodgeball is one of those sports people come to watch just to have fun," Coburn said. "Plus, they're helping people, so it makes it even better."
Proceeds from the tournament will go to the Red Cross, which will use the money to aid victims of last month's Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines.
Gozum likened the typhoon in the Philippines to Hurricane Katrina.
"The capitol city, Manila, was flooded by a typhoon," Gozum said. "A lot of people were killed. Thousands more were displaced. They don't have houses or food."
Freshman Harrison Reed said the tournament was "a good way for the fortunate to help the less fortunate."
"A good person wants to be involved in something like that," Reed said.
Will McGee, senior education major, said the dodgeball tournament was a creative way to raise awareness.
"It's great that we are doing things for people that far away," McGee said. "It's great that we are reaching further out and trying to help more people."