Game Night

The students of the Student Government Association (SGA) gave the students of Valencia’s West Campus the time to show their gaming skills on Tuesday Oct.21 in the cafeteria.

Game Night started at 5:00pm and ended at 9:00pm, giving more students who had classes time to come out and enjoy the event. “We created this event to give the students a break from the everyday norm. I think we study hard so we need to play hard,” says TJ Cole, President of SGA west campus.

A little over 65 students came out to Game Night and more continuous came and left. “This did turn out to be what I expected it to be. It’s not about the number of people showing up, it’s about the quality of people. It’s about students having fun,” says Cole.

Students including Racha Farmar, Nichole Walz, and Marcus Moore played board games like Sorry, Monopoly, and operation. They had video games on the second floor including a few fighting games and a Guitar Hero game. This was also the time when SGA hosted their first
Madden NFL Tournament.

“I came here by accident. I thought I had a meeting in the next room, but I’m glade I came though,” says Nichole Walz, “The pizza from Papa Johns was a bonus for me.”

The students engaged in conversations with each other, taught each other how to play games, and snacked on goods like cookies, chips, and party mixes. With Valencia having no sports, making an event like this is what this college needs in order to get students to come together and connecting with one another.

“I just wanted to have fun and get out of the house,” says Marcus Moore and Racha Farmar. They were found playing a card game called UNO.

SGA will be hosting another Game Night in the month of November. Then starting in the spring term they will have a Game Night once a month. “The events are all ways going to be better than the pervious one. It wouldn’t be like SGAWC if we didn’t raise the bar every time,” Says Cole