Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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908 people jam Byrd Arena to break a world Twister record TWISTER GAME Students go for the record By Judy Polas I ieft hand yellow, right hand green, right foot red, left foot blue, and that ' s the end of round one OU! It was the beginning of a gang led event, as 908 Ohio University students played Twister, The game that ties you in knots. It was advertised as the World ' s Largest Twister Game and it was the thing to do on college campuses Spring Quarter of ' 84. The OU version was held in Byrd Arena on Saturday, April 28. The Center Program Board sponsored the game, which was co- ordinated by CPB member Kelley Al- len. The Black Student Center Program Board P.R.S.S.A. and members of Alpha Phi Omega assisted in registering players and refereeing the game. Ohio University held the title for the largest game for two weeks before Colgate University, in New York, broke the record with 1138 partici- pants. Students began packing into Byrd at 10:30 to register. The game didn ' t start until noon, and some people left to grab lunch, while others took a seat and eyed the floor of the Arena. It was covered with Twister mats. The game began with a set of rules and an announcement that free Twister shirts would be awarded as participants lost in the game. Music was played between rounds and stu- dents danced and cheered while waiting for the next round to begin. Many students started out playing on a mat with people they knew, but through elimination and consolidation ended up with strangers by about the third round. People became fast friends, though, when their nose is pressed into someone else ' s knee. The game lasted approximately three hours and 24 rounds. The crowds were cheering when the win- ner was announced. The champion twister of Ohio U. was Junior Rick Amiet, a civil engineering major from Applecreek, Ohio. Amiet said that he and a couple of friends decided to play because of the lure of a free t- shirt. Amiet was given his own Twister game for winning. When asked how he felt after winning the event, Amiet replied, I was too ex- hausted to think about it, but later I realized that I won and I was thrilled to know that I was the winner of 900 people. The knots were all untied by late afternoon and everyone went home — maybe a little tired and maybe a little grimy, but in agreement that it was indeed a very large Twister Game. qj ■ ci - A 14 — Campus Life

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