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Student orgs compete in fourth-annual Dragon Day
Cameron Birch and Nelly Singh
Issue date: 5/16/08 Section: News
The Public Relations Student Society of America held its fourth-annual Dragon Day May 14 in the Quad, during which student organizations built models of Mario the Magnificent to win prize money.
According to Alyssa Thorsen, interim president of PRSSA and a senior majoring in corporate communication and hotel and restaurant management, Dragon Day is a school spirit competition and each dragon is supposed to represent student organizations' characteristics and missions.
The Women's Rugby team, Society of Women Engineers and Italian Student Organization placed first, second and third at Dragon Day, respectively. Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity also participated in the event.
Thorsen, who organized this year's Dragon Day as her senior project, said it gives student organizations a chance to advertise their groups and compete to win money that would go toward their events.
"We can get our name out; [it] lets us show the University who we are and what we represent," Stephanie Schweibert, president of SWE and a fourth-year chemical engineering major, said.
Regarding participation in the event, Douglas Boughton, public relations chair of Tau Kappa Epsilon and a pre-junior finance major, said, "[We] try to get involved with other organizations; we try to support them because we'd like to get them to support us as well."
The fraternity's theme was "success," and they built a dragon adorned with dollar bills and coins. Tau Kappa Epsilon has been the reigning champion of Dragon Day for the past two years, and this was their third year in the competition.
SWE constructed a model with materials that represented different aspects of their group, from material engineering and biomedical engineering to women in engineering and the College of Engineering as a whole.
Jessica Finkowski, a fourth-year chemical engineering major and public relations chair for SWE, said, "The officers at the SWE like to get the members involved. This was only possible by a group effort."
ISO's dragon was dressed as an ancient Roman and named "Marius Magnificus."
The Women's Ruby team's dragon model featured a large Mario standing over many small people while he held a flag, symbolizing the mark the group was making.
"We include[d] other organizations because we have members from different organizations on our team and everybody comes together to make an impact," team member April Sica, a junior majoring in teacher education, said.
Sica and her teammates also wanted to "represent the school and not just [their] organization," she said.
The Women's Rugby team, SWE and ISO were awarded $1,000, $500 and $250, respectively, and Women's Rugby also received $50 for winning the "Viewer's Choice" award.
The prize money was provided by the Committee for Activities and Programs, according to Thorsen.
Each dragon was judged on dragon resemblance, school spirit, club pride, and presentation.
According to Alyssa Thorsen, interim president of PRSSA and a senior majoring in corporate communication and hotel and restaurant management, Dragon Day is a school spirit competition and each dragon is supposed to represent student organizations' characteristics and missions.
The Women's Rugby team, Society of Women Engineers and Italian Student Organization placed first, second and third at Dragon Day, respectively. Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity also participated in the event.
Thorsen, who organized this year's Dragon Day as her senior project, said it gives student organizations a chance to advertise their groups and compete to win money that would go toward their events.
"We can get our name out; [it] lets us show the University who we are and what we represent," Stephanie Schweibert, president of SWE and a fourth-year chemical engineering major, said.
Regarding participation in the event, Douglas Boughton, public relations chair of Tau Kappa Epsilon and a pre-junior finance major, said, "[We] try to get involved with other organizations; we try to support them because we'd like to get them to support us as well."
The fraternity's theme was "success," and they built a dragon adorned with dollar bills and coins. Tau Kappa Epsilon has been the reigning champion of Dragon Day for the past two years, and this was their third year in the competition.
SWE constructed a model with materials that represented different aspects of their group, from material engineering and biomedical engineering to women in engineering and the College of Engineering as a whole.
Jessica Finkowski, a fourth-year chemical engineering major and public relations chair for SWE, said, "The officers at the SWE like to get the members involved. This was only possible by a group effort."
ISO's dragon was dressed as an ancient Roman and named "Marius Magnificus."
The Women's Ruby team's dragon model featured a large Mario standing over many small people while he held a flag, symbolizing the mark the group was making.
"We include[d] other organizations because we have members from different organizations on our team and everybody comes together to make an impact," team member April Sica, a junior majoring in teacher education, said.
Sica and her teammates also wanted to "represent the school and not just [their] organization," she said.
The Women's Rugby team, SWE and ISO were awarded $1,000, $500 and $250, respectively, and Women's Rugby also received $50 for winning the "Viewer's Choice" award.
The prize money was provided by the Committee for Activities and Programs, according to Thorsen.
Each dragon was judged on dragon resemblance, school spirit, club pride, and presentation.
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