Students will get a chance to shoot lasers at each other Halloween night.
Housing and Residence Life is hosting Laser Apocalypse to provide fun and safe entertainment for students.
The event will consist of 30-minute rounds of laser tag, with 26 people split into even teams. There will be refreshments and things to do while students wait for their turn.
“Mobile Laser Forces, the people we partnered with to supply the laser tag gear, shall help run it, regulate it and make sure people don’t get too rowdy in the garage,” said Dylan Mobley, acting senior and RA who’s in charge of the event.
The company will also set up inflatable bunkers a couple of hours before the event, Mobley said.
“Who wouldn’t like to engage in laser warfare in a parking garage? It’s Halloween, so bringing your costumes and partaking in an underground laser battle sounds like a grand time,” he said. “On top of that, we haven’t had an event like this on campus for a long time.”
Laser Apocalypse is schedule from 6-10:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the lower level of the United Methodist Hall parking garage. It is a come-and-go event.
Housing officials ask that students don’t park in that level of the garage after 3 p.m. that day. However, the company will work around any parked cars and set up the game in the area with the least amount of them.
Mobile Laser Forces has liability insurance, but they’ve never had any issues with damaged cars, said Kevin Culbertson, coordinator of housing operations and head resident. He said:
I sent out the email to let the residents know that they’ll need to move their vehicles. PD is allowing to park in general parking, and they can also park in the upper garage. As soon as the event is over with, and once the bunkers are broken down, they can move their cars back in. They can leave their cars in there, they might just be used as bunkers.”
Map of parking on campus by designation.
If students leave their cars in the lower parking garage, they will not be able to move them once the event has started for safety reasons, Culbertson said.
The event is open to all students, even those who live off campus.
“I plan on attending because it’s a chance to cut loose from the usual stress of school, and it’s a chance to be a kid again,” said Preston Chapman, acting junior. “I think we get so caught up in trying to be the best adults we can be that we actually forget how to have fun.”
Adrienne Pierce, acting junior, said she wants other people to show up so she can beat them at laser tag.
“Just kidding, it’s a great way to make new memories with friends,” she said.
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