The Spotlight Programs Board held its final Panther Prowl event on Saturday, March 26 in the Student Center. The theme and title for the Panther Prowl event was Justice League vs. Legion of Doom: Blue Edition. Even before arriving to the event, guests were able to see and follow the spotlights in the sky as a beacon to guide them to the comic book themed experience.
As for why this particular theme was chosen, Spotlight Programs co-director Justina Mason said, “We really like comic books and most people kind of grew up with it. We are all kids at heart, and people can have a really good time with it.” Students were able to unleash their inner-child on some of the five inflatable stations provided that night included the Triple Bungee Run, Air Robots, and the climbing wall.
Once inside the Student Center, they could choose their own songs and entertain listeners with Karaoke. Student, Morgan Szymanski said he really enjoyed karaoke and the costume contest, even though his costume as super hero Mr. Swag-tastic lost to Batman.
A Superhero-themed game show, held in Speakers Auditorium, asked questions most would find a little difficult to answer. This was probably due to the fact that the winning prize was $200, but none-the-less attendants tried their best to answer. Caricature drawings were also available for those attendees who did not mind waiting in the long line to get them done. Other popular activities were Dance Central on the X-Box Kinect, creating your own comic book covers or cape and laser tag in an inflatable dome.
A dance in the ballroom, which seemed to be the most anticipated event of the night, brought the night to a close. Students lined up outside waiting to enter the ballroom due to it being at capacity.
Mason said that with this being the last Panther Prowl event they wanted to go out with a bang and try something different.
“We were going to have another Panther Prowl in April, but all the Fridays were already booked. So we decided to make this one bigger by combining it with some of April’s events,” Mason said.
They did so by giving away more special prizes such as cardboard cut-outs of various superheroes to the winners of Tug-O-War, $200 to the winner of the game show, front row ticket to the Ludacris concert in this week for the winner of the costume contest and a Spotlight Board give-away bag as a prize to the winner of the pie eating contest.
