Blackout has awards, games for students

The Student Government Association hosted the second annual Blackout at the Eastview campus Multi-purpose Room on Feb. 19.

Blackout is a free social event open to all ACC students.

This year's Blackout provided students with five Nintendo Wii's, three Xbox 360's, two Alienware PC's furnished by Dell, a PlayStation2, a Nintendo 64, board games, food, a lounge area, music and a dance floor set up with stage lighting.

The SGA took advantage of the massive projector that's generally used for presentations to large crowds, hooked up under the balcony in the Multi-purpose Room.

"We had a real good turnout this year," Vice President of the SGA Mike Reid said.

Reid explained that last year the SGA used projectors, carts, and TVs provided by ACC's Media Department. When SGA requested the equipment this January, they were told that most of the projectors and screens that were used for last year's Blackout were now permanently installed in other classrooms throughout ACC campuses.

So for this year's Blackout, the SGA worked with Dell and A+ Federal Credit Union as well as renting most of the equipment from Rock and Roll Rentals.

A Flip video camera was donated by A+ Federal Credit Union, two iPod Shuffles and an Xbox 360 were provided by SGA, and Student Life chipped in four 2GB flash drives that were all raffled off to students.

Since the SGA has already decided to rent everything they will need for the next Blackout, Reid said they intend to increase its budget for the rental fees and have more information about the event available much sooner.