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Game” to the Memorial Student Union on Aug. 25
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SUAB brought the
1965 game show “The Dating Game” to the Memorial Student Union on
Aug. 25. A bachelor or bachelorette sat behind a curtain and three
contestants answered questions in front of an Aggie audience. The
winners will join each other on a group date sponsored
by
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The stage was decorated
with
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The host was comedian and A&T alum Darren Brand, who by the end
of the night had the audience saying “bop” as a new catchphrase. DJ
Red October, also an alumnus of A&T, filled in breaks with
popular songs that kept the crowd dancing and the Greeks
strolling.
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Audience members came from all parts of
campus, from
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to residence and housing life. Patience Stevenson, a speech
pathology student, said that she found out about the event because
of “Twitter and Facebook!”
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publicize the event and recruit contestants. Audience members wrote
their Twitter names on sign-in sheets. They also created the
trending topic #
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that the audience could tweet about the program.
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Before the event began, students in the
Union talked about dating on campus.
David McFarlane,
a freshmen industrial engineering major, explained that in his few
days at A&T, he has found someone he would like to date because
“she carried herself like a lady, she didn’t walk around showing
everything trying to get
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Nichole Florence, the faculty adviser
for
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presented the idea for the game show but explained that “even
though it was my idea they totally planned everything — the rules,
the questions, getting the participants. I can’t do everything on
my own, so we definitely
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a lot of
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2011-12
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and former president of the New York/New Jersey Connect club,
previously presided over another dating program, called
“Singled
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explains that in the NY/NJ hometown club, “they actually do
something different it’s like a dating game but the entire audience
participates. But this is a little different because we have one
contestant and three
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The first bachelorette, Tabitha Williams
asked “When you meet someone of the opposite sex, what do you
notice first?”
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Bryan Keller, the 2011-12 vice president
of
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began his segment by asking if any of the contestants wore
artificial hair.
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The contestants answered the questions.
Some contestants showed the audience their best push-ups and dance
moves. An
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member described their nail-biting problem.
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The audience screamed for their favorite
contestants. They were also given prizes. One audience member,
Briana Hicks, won Homecoming tickets after showing the audience her
best “cat daddy” dance.
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Many students left the event at
9
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even though it wasn’t over yet. Jessica Ingram, a junior fashion
merchandise and design student said, “It was extremely fun. It was
a great program, but I think everyone thought it
was
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The students that remained were able to
move closer to the stage and continued screaming for their favorite
contestant.
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Even though
contestant
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didn’t win the date, she said “The Dating Game” was time well
spent.
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“I thought the experience was good
because I got to show some of my personality, meet some new people,
and be a part of an on-campus
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said.
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- Courtney Jackson Contributor
