OSA hosted welcome event in the MSUB ballrooms
The sound of numbered balls clanking in a metal cage filled the ballroom as students eagerly waited for the next number to be called. Players sat silently among the spaced-out tables, “B-3” he calls out, “B-3.” “BINGO” someone yells out and disappointed students place their daubers down as someone runs over to verify the BINGO.
The Office of Student Activities held a Welcome Bingo Event for incoming and returning students Sept. 1 in the MSUB Ballrooms. Snacks, bingo cards and paint daubers were provided for students during the event. Students who attended the event were entered to win door prizes throughout the night.
“Welcome Bingo is like a chance for freshman and any students to basically come and win some prizes and just to hang out and build a community,” Erika Lopez a CAB community advisor said.
Students who attended the event had a chance to win t-shirts, Keurig machines, TVs, fans and suitcases.
“We were originally having two events in two separate rooms,” Lopez said. “They were both bingo and they were both exactly the same but we ended up combining them since we had a lower turn out than usual, but other than that everything went pretty smoothly.”
OSA had members throughout the event making sure everything ran according to plan.
“I am a Community Advisor, and what I do here is basically do events like the bingo one to gather residents and to help them make friends,” a CAB Community Advisor Tanya Prazelini said.
Despite the limitations of COVID- 19 the OSA is still taking opportunities to hold in person events to normalize being on campus for students.
“I enjoy that they’re still trying to make the freshman enjoy their freshman year,” Jacquelyne Garcia said. “They get to socialize even though COVID is still happening.”
The OSA is taking precautions in preventing the spread of COVID- 19 at all in person events they host.
“I do feel safe the tables were more than six feet apart and people would usually go with they know already and everyone also had mask so that’s pretty good,” Garcia said.