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Annual fall festival draws students, families and friends

By Amber Tuesday Green
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Staff Writer

Nursing major Al Roldán (left) buys a funnel cake at the Cartersville Campus’s Fall Frenzy. Games, food and fun greeted those attending Fall Frenzy.

In a departure from the usual lunchtime Fall Frenzy, this year’s event started at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 on the Floyd campus and Oct. 27 on the Cartersville campus.

Activities included the Velcro Wall, the Joust, the Bungee Run and an obstacle course called Adrenaline. All the activities were provided by Cajun Bounce out of Louisiana.

There were also various booths and tables set up on the campuses. One of the booths, Cajun Candy, was also provided by Cajun Bounce.

Other booths included SPAGE’s duck pond and tattoos, TRASH’s mocktails and beer goggle toss and “The Old Red Kimono” haiku contest booth.




The Black Awareness Society Dishes out ''soul food'' on the Floyd Campus. The Black Awareness Society served up a delicious helping of “soul food” and also had a basketball game called “shootout.” Those who scored a basket won a prize.

Food was also provided by North Georgia Promotions from Cartersville. As the night got cooler, Frank Murphy from the Baptist Student Union handed out free hot chocolate and cider.

The audience was entertained by “Poor Boy Music,” a band out of the Detroit area that has been touring the country for about four years.

Sgt. Brosser from Illinois, who had set up a booth to promote the Army, was having a pleasant time. “I think it’s great. You guys should have it more often, but bigger,” he commented.

There were also comments about how much better the Fall Frenzy was this year than in the past. “The weather’s much nicer, there’s a decent, steady, nice, mixed crowd,” said Dr. Nancy Applegate, associate professor of English.


A young girl gets a temporary tattoo at the SPAGE table on the Cartersville campus. Lea Smith, nursing student from Rome, also liked the change “It’s different because it’s in the evening,” she stated. “It’s more available to everyone.”

Heath Roger, assistant director of student life, said he was “very happy” with the turnout of about 125-150 people for the Cartersville Fall Frenzy. “Student participation in Cartersville campus events has grown since the beginning of the semester,” Roger said.

“Fall Frenzy was a lot of fun for the students and members of the community. I think it was a great start for the Cartersville campus, and next year will be bigger and better,” said student Lori Momon.

Approximately 200 people took part in the Floyd campus Fall Frenzy. John Spranza, director of student life, was pleased that more non-traditional students attended this year.