From Sox game to Devil’s Bowl, CAB providing fun
The Castleton Campus Activities Board recently hosted a weekend of community building with a Devils Bowl stock car race on Saturday evening and a Sunday trip to Boston to watch the Red Sox face the White Sox.
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) kicked off the first three weeks of the Fall 2024 semester with club fairs, magicians, comedians, and even more social events to bring the student body together – with a highlight being a trip to Fenway Park.
Sunday morning, CAB members gathered participants at 7 a.m. to bus down to Boston. CAB prepared movies, music and snacks to accommodate the four-hour bus ride.
Once at Fenway, students enjoyed some of the food and took in the views of the city.
“It was my first time seeing baseball in America,” said Riwa Kagari, an international student from Japan. She enjoyed the onion sausages and admired “the wave,” in which the crowd stands and waves their arms in celebration.
There were lots of familiar VTSU students, Kagari said.
Alongside Kagari was her friend Kosuzu Otsuka. Otsuka described the bus ride back and admired being surrounded by all the excited people. Otsuka said that CAB kept students engaged with prizes, such as hats and game balls from Fenway.
It is events like these that continue to bring the VTSU community closer together.
Once every semester, CAB members attend an event-planning conference in hopes of attaining contracts with performers and productions. With the help of student surveys, CAB knows exactly what to look for in these events, said Aurelia Leerkes, the vice president of CAB.
The board uses the resources from the conference to generate their own new ideas for events.
“Were getting new ideas constantly,” Leerkes said.
Leerkes talked about the upcoming events that students can look forward to, including scavenger hunts, open mic nights and community games.
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