Vandal Entertainment has been putting on small events in the ASUI student lounge in the ISUB. They offer music, board games, foosball, pool and painting to help liven up students’ days.
“It’s just trying to get more students to come onto campus and engage and really create more of a feeling of community again on campus rather than this isolation that we’ve been dealing with the past couple months,” Lauren Fereday, Vandal Entertainment marketing and special events specialist, said.
The events took place during Nov. 4, as a way for students who are either done with a class or in between class have a chance to stop by and relax.
Each event hosted has a theme to add more personality for students to enjoy. Fereday said that a few weeks ago they had a tie-dye mask event and a voter registration event as well, which attracted people. The point of putting on these events though is to have students come by, engage and relax.
However, at times they don’t get a lot of students. The event on Nov. 4 didn’t have any students attend. However, that doesn’t discourage them from putting on these events.
“We honestly are just trying to make a positive impact on people’s days,” Erin Noble, the special events coordinator for Vandal Entertainment, said. “If we were able to get people a little bit unstressed or outside of their house in a safe way, that’s a win for us.”
These events are normally in the afternoons Wednesday, but pay attention to Vandal Entertainment’s social media page and engage, they’ll inform anyone who wants to de-stress.
This article has been edited to correct name spellings.
Ryan Hill can be reached at [email protected].