The Late Night committees of Lancer Productions and Campus Recreation are collaborating to host an event on Jan. 31 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the fitness center that will feature entertainment such as laser tag, game shows and trivia with big prizes.
Jessie Hamilton, the Late Night director of Lancer Productions, explained why this event was organized. “We needed events to get kids out on the weekends and keep them from drinking and things like that. It’s safe and fun here, so we try to offer things that can appeal to everyone.”
Tron laser tag will be held in the fitness center and is open to all students who would like to participate. In the past, Lancer Productions has hosted other events like this one, and they have brought laser tag in hopes of appealing to men just as much as women.
“We are trying to appeal to men also because a lot of our past events are mainly focused on girls, and our campus is so full of girls that I think laser tag is a good way to appeal to the men and women on campus.
The planning for these kinds of events happens in the semester prior.
In all, Lancer Productions is hosting around 13 total events over the course of the spring semester with February being the busiest month.
Working with Lancer Productions, Joe Achesinski is a Late Night director with Campus Rec at the gym. He worked with Hamilton and other members of Lancer Productions to plan this Late Night. “Basically, we have a committee of eight or nine people who come together to come up with ideas,” he explained. “We look for something that will be popular and good for students to do instead of going out and partying. We have to advertise what we are doing a lot in order to get a good turn out for the events.”
Promotion is a vital part of having these events. The more students are aware of what is going on, the bigger the turn out.
The members do this by using the Facebook page, making posters and handing out fliers throughout the week.
“It’s hard to say how many people we are expecting because that all depends on the advertising that we do,” Achesinski said. “But for this Late Night, if we break 500, we would be pretty happy with that.”
Lancer Productions is always welcoming new members and volunteers to help plan these events for the student body.
If you are interested in helping out, meetings are held every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Amelia room in the Student Union.