Anyone on-campus last Tuesday might have heard a commotion coming from the Moore Community Room at 8:30 PM. The Campus Activities Board set up a maze for students to run through with “drunk goggles” to teach them the effects of alcohol.
“Drunk goggle” activities like this are typically hosted by the campus’ resident assistants as their programming tends to be heavily educational. CAB President Renee Chaples told The Critic that former Assistant Director of Student Life Mike Secreti put her in charge of planning the Tuesday evening CAB events for this year. Chaples is, in fact, an RA on campus and says the inspiration for the event was derived from the traditional “drunk goggle Mario Kart” tournament.
While it was Chaples’ vision, she was away at a tennis match and relied on the remainder of the CAB executive board to set up for the event, and they faced some challenges. The weekly events email sent out every Monday had a typo, claiming that the maze would be hosted in The Hive. The CAB team sent out an email to their members to correct the mistake and put a sign up to redirect interested students to the Moore Community Room.
Students started showing up at 8:30 PM to the maze and were met with green pool noodle barriers, tables to crawl under, and chairs to maneuver over. Complete with dead ends, Chaples says she was “very pleased” with her team for bringing her vision to life.
Attendees even took it one step further, cheering on and recording students going through the maze, racing each other for the fastest times, and even attempting the maze backward. A few even stepped up to the podium in the room, providing play-by-play commentary. In addition, music was played through the built-in sound system as students danced around, proving that learning can indeed be fun.
First-year Tyler Silveira said that with the drunk goggles on, he thought he could walk straight, only to realize he was walking off to the left. Silveira and friends Maxwell Vandiver and Carson Asava were all excited for the possibility of more drunk goggle events. Asava recommends offering extra challenges and activities to increase the difficulty in the future.
Feature Photo by Alexandra Huff || CAB general board member Tegan Lapan crawls under a table to get through the maze.