MUNCIE, Ind.— Students at Ball State showed off their LEGO-building skills inside Northwest Hall.
Known as the “LEGO Tower of Terror,” this event has been running for the past three to four years. Previous academic peer mentors in the hall conceived it to get design living-learning community (LLC) students involved.
Design LLC academic peer mentor Piper Weythman says the event's success and its return each year are due to students' responses.
“It was very successful when it was first planned,” Weythman said. “Because of that, students have still enjoyed it over the past few years.”
This year, two teams of two participated in the event, which Weythman points out is a lower turnout than in years past. She explains that the crowd was smaller than before because of other campus events.
“We had a registration set in place,” Weythman said, “but because of homecoming this week, we just let students come in if they wanted to.”
Even with a smaller field, students were still able to enjoy gourmet cupcakes and spend an hour with their builds, 15 minutes for planning, and 45 minutes for the actual building. The theme chosen for this year was Halloween to fit with the time of year.
After the building was finished, four judges, all upperclassmen in the Design LLC, took time to look at what each team was able to put together.
Weythman explains how this event was aimed toward the audience it was intended for.
“All of our events are tied into housing,” Weythman said, “and the living-learning communities are connected to housing. So all of our events are geared toward a certain community of students.”
Contact Evan Shotts with comments at evan.shotts@bsu.edu
