Boxed outlines marked with pink tape line the pavement outside Bracken Library in preparation for a four square tournament and hip hop concert sponsored by The Revolution, a campus church, as well as the help of the University Program Board. The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 10 p.m. for Saturday. Admission is free.
The four square tournament will have three different tiers: Beginner, intermediate and advanced. The winners get a certain amount of tickets that will enter them into a raffle, and by the end of the night somebody will win two Colts tickets.
"There will be referees there to help people who don't know how to play, and to keep the games clean," Carl Frost, a staff member of The Revolution, said.
In addition to a four square tournament, students can expect to see a stage set up in front of the Bracken Library and food will be provided by Greeks Pizza.
"We are having four musical acts perform, DJ DQ is coming in from Cincinnati, Youth Guard is actually a rock band from Indianapolis, the Paper Boiz are a local Muncie group, and Adeem and DQ will do the final set," Frost said. "We'll also have Noel Kuntz, the fourth best yo-yo player in the world and the Rhythm Dance Troupe performing all night as well."
Adeem and DJ DQ are well-known in the underground rap scene. Adeem has won the emcee battle twice at Scribble Jam, one of the largest hip-hop music festivals in the country.
This is the fifth year that The Revolution has held the event, but it's the first year the University Program Board has helped sponsor it.
Dillon Kimmel, public relations major and the president of the UPB, said they are expecting a couple hundred students to show up.
"We have really been able to market it this year," he said.
Kimmel said UPB has been able to help in almost every aspect, from financial backing to providing volunteers.
The tournament's purpose, according to Kimmel, is nothing.
"There really is no point of this event," Kimmel said as he laughed. "It's just about having fun and completely random."
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