Photo Credits: A.J. Chauffe
The Student Activities Board held a Comic-Con on Wednesday, October 23 just in time for students to embrace the Halloween spirit.
Over 170 students showed up to interact with booths from local vendors, see other students’ costumes, and play card and arcade games. Local businesses such as Nana Korobi and Dog Ear Books also supported the event through prize donations and booths, with Dreami Tea showing up in their mobile boba tea truck.
The first-place winner of the costume contest.
According to Nathaly Marin, SAB multicultural chair, the event was a great success in encouraging interaction and learning between cultures.
“Appreciating another culture begins with understanding the origins and the context of their entertainment, practices, and traditions,” Marin said. “I wanted to collaborate with the Japanese Student Organization because anime and manga have become a huge part of today’s Comic-Con culture.”
The event also served as an opportunity for students to interact with local vendors and businesses in the community.
“I wanted to host an event for a new audience of students,” Marin said. “I wanted to introduce these businesses to students to help the business grow and to help students find a place of community and belonging.”
AG. Business Freshman Izzie Miner and Accounting Sophmore Blake Hudson dressed as Sadie Adler and Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2.
During the event, SAB members secretly selected participants from the crowd to compete in a costume contest. The contestants were then voted on by the crowd through the volume of cheers. First and second place prizes included Lego sets, with the other winners receiving gift cards and coffee posters.
“I got the idea from watching an episode of Young Sheldon when he attended a Comic-Con, and I thought “It would be cool to bring Comic-Con to Tech!”” Marin said. “Comic-Con embraces every fandom and allows people to immerse themselves in their own fantasy world. I wanted to host an event that would engage a new demographic of students and bring the experience to them.”
