Trivia games ‘pop’ up

By Ben Circelli
Senior Staff Writer
February 21, 2007

The Resident Student Association (RSA) in collaboration with Late Night La Salle will be hosting its own World Series of Pop Culture 10 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 24, in the Dan Rodden Theatre. The game show, which imitates the one-time special that aired on VH1, will pit teams against each other to answer trivia about past and present pop culture.

Each team must consist of three La Salle students, who will then face other teams in a preliminary round in order to narrow the field down to eight teams. These eight teams will then compete in an elimination tournament, with a quarter-final, semi-final and final round. All of the teams will be competing for one grand prize. There are no sign-ups necessary, those interested should come to the theater with a team of three at 10 p.m.

All students are welcome to watch, and the audience will be given the opportunity to participate in mini-Quizzos between rounds in which smaller prizes will be given out.

“We’re encouraging all students to come out and participate,” said President of RSA and senior Communication major Chris Heisler. “It’s going to be fun to watch, even if you aren’t competing in the actual game show.”

Besides RSA, a new student organization called Young Broadcasters is hosting their own event separate from RSA. Entitled “La Salle Series of Pop Culture,” the competition will be held in the Communication Center. The event will be taped in the television studio 5:30 p.m. April 3, and will be aired on La Salle 56.

The game show will be hosted by senior communication major Chris McBride and sophomore communication major Kimberly Davidow, who is producing the event.

Contestants will compete in teams of four, and anyone who wishes to sign up can e-mail Davidow at davidowk1@lasalle.edu.

Tonya Ellis, a communication professor and station manager of La Salle 56, is allowing the Young Broadcasters to produce the show themselves for the one-time special.

“All of our broadcasts are produced and recorded by the seniors associated with La Salle 56, but this is going to be done by non-regular producers who are underclassmen,” Ellis said.

“The purpose of Young Broadcasters is to give more opportunities and experience to anyone associated with mass media broadcasting and the different elements of it,” Davidow said.

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