300 students participate in annual Laser Tag event |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Feb 11 2009 at 3:02 PM |
Photo by Cody Riedel
Timaree Swan, a freshman elementary education major from Omaha, peeks around the corner to view her next target. UNK students played laser tag in the Ponderosa Room on Thursday, Feb. 5.
By Bryan Molt
Antelope Staff
"I was not expecting to get hit in the head with a laser tag gun, but I had an awesome time," said Anthony Chancellor, a freshman political science major from Curtis. "I had a lot of fun and I would definitely do it again."
Chancellor experienced a bit of physical contact from another participant's laser gun which struck him in the forehead and led to bleeding.
Laser Tag, an annual event sponsored by LPAC, was back on campus in the student union Thursday. The game allowed students to engage in a fun and physical night of trying to set high scores and eliminate opponents. Bloodshed and tears were all there that night along with music and a great experience by participants.
To provide the night with fun for students was Michael Ypsi, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who is also manager of the TRONSYSTEM. Ypsi has been with TjohnE, the company that owns the TRONSYSTEM, for almost two years. Ypsi and his assistants travel all over the nation to provide this exciting experience to all ages.
"In the winter months we travel to colleges and high schools to let the students have a good time," Ypsi said. More towards spring and the summer, Ypsi and his crew, TjohnE, go to corporate shows where adults and business leaders can have some fun.
The Laser Tag event was available to students free of charge from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Within these six hours over 300 students participated.
After the stop at UNK, Ypsi and the rest of the TRONSYSTEM crew are traveling to Colorado, where they will have two more stops before packing up and returning to their headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.
