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Spring Fling times two

Students turn out for high stakes Vegas games

By Randie Mayo
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Staff Writer

A neon sign welcomes students on both campuses to the Vegas style event. Poker, prizes, magic and free food was plentiful in the student center at this year’s Las Vegas themed Spring Fling on the Floyd campus on Wednesday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Crowds swarmed the casino style games, manned by volunteers from Phi Theta Kappa and Human Services as well as members of Highlands Interactive Productions.

Included were the high stakes games of Texas Hold’em, blackjack and roulette. Students also had access to a line of slot machines.

Students were initially given $200 worth of fake poker chips which they could build up for an exchange of a number of raffle tickets, raising their chances of winning a prize.

A free lunch was provided for students during the event. The meal included chicken sandwiches from Chick-Fil-A and fresh coleslaw.



Student Ashley Morris (left) unwinds while playing blackjack at the Cartersville campus.
As students gambled, the mentalist and illusionist Wayne Hoffman shocked and awed students at his noon performance.

Hoffman’s performance included tying razor blades together in his mouth, refilling an empty Coke can before the audience’s eyes and reading the minds of people from the crowd.

He even correctly identified the brand, style and color of student’s underwear.

Alyse Dixson, an early childhood education major from Rome said, “He really freaked me out! I just couldn’t believe what I saw.”

The Spring Fling concluded with a raffle. Prizes given out included DVDs, such as the second season of CSI. This was won by Mark Nicolou, an art major from Rome.

A dart board and the grand prize, a brand new DVD player, were won by Candice Peugh, a nursing major from Rome.

Students who did not win any prizes were not left empty handed. Free t-shirts were given away at the end of the raffle.

“The event went very, very well. We received a good crowd throughout the Spring Fling,” noted John Spranza, director of student life.

Spring Fling goes indoors in Cartersville

By Mary Prickett
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Staff Writer

Bad weather couldn’t stop the Georgia Highlands College Cartersville campus students from giving their Vegas Style Spring Fling a big turnout on April 4.

Heath Rogers, assistant director of student life, was in a cheery spirit that the turnout would be good, despite the weather.

“We have free food, roulette, blackjack, poker and slots. No real money, but every 100 dollars in chips gets you a ticket that goes into a drawing. There’s a DVD Player, T-Shirts, and a Poker Set to win.” Rogers said.

“We are trying to leave everything out as long as possible,” Rogers said.

Todd Green tries his luck at the slot machines. Though the weather won the battle in the end and the event was moved inside, spirits were not damaged.

“The people that first got here have stayed here,” Rogers said with a smile.

Wayne Hoffman wowed the crowd with his mind tricks. Students crowded into seats around Hoffman’s show and most of them stayed until the finale. Faculty also hung around and watched the Hoffman show when they weren’t working the poker and blackjack tables. 

Other students took advantage of the free food, while some made themselves comfortable at the blackjack and poker tables.

“I like the food,” Joel Cody, general studies major, said while playing a hand of poker.

“The whole thing was different and made you want to check it out,” said student Ashley Morris.

 “It was pretty fun being able to play poker at school,” Chase Douglas, pre-med major, said while seated comfortably at a poker table with his friends.