Truthfully, it’s mostly about the prize almost everything a college student salivates over is a potential award because this was an end-of-the-semester blowout.įor the Dec. You take that chance and hopefully, you have a lot of fun.” There are nearly 400 spaces for 16 prizes. “It gives students a chance to hang out with friends. “Bingo is one of those age-old games that everyone likes to play,” said James Velez, director of student life (and sometimes known as bingo ringmaster). 7 during the week before finals and sponsored by Well-Being and Recreation, saw students lining up outside Walb Student Union’s International Ballroom three hours before the scheduled 7 p.m. It is also wildly popular and may be the only campus activity limited to the first 350 participants during certain sessions.
That’s not how bingo works at Purdue University Fort Wayne, though there’s plenty of passion and energy. Bingo has a stereotype of church ladies filled with bloodthirsty passion playing for money, slamming markers on the table with exultation or frustration as each number is announced.
