Olin Quad shed exchanged its lab coat and safety glasses in for a comfortable tie-dye shirt during the Activities Council Bradley University’s That’s So 90s event Saturday, Sept. 6.
“This was our first year using the 90s theme,” ACBU president Helen Lagerblade said. “We had our three special event coordinators go A through Z on ideas of what we could include in the event.”
The 90s theme was chosen for sentimental reasons, according to ACBU coordinator Faye Ignaffo.
“It’s been 15 years since the 90s, and there are people on campus who lived during them,” Ignoffo, a sophomore retail merchandising major, said. “It’s basically an anniversary of the 90s.”
That’s So 90s had a variety of nostalgic games such as Twister on an inflatable mattress, competing in 90s trivia, racing against a friend in the Twin Peaks obstacle course and, of course, getting slimed like in the 90s Nickelodeon game shows.
“Trying to make the slime was difficult, but it went pretty smoothly,” sophomore communication major and ACBU coordinator Teresa Hernandez said. She went on to say that Ignoffo and herself had to resort to whipping it up in a blender in order to get the consistency right.
“Trivia was kind of hard, and Twister was a lot more fun than I thought it would be, but the climbing was surprisingly hard,” sophomore electrical engineering major Zach Oakes said.
ACBU included a raffle for those students who participated in four out of five games. The winner of the raffle won an iPad mini. The event coordinators also had a booth for students to win smaller prizes including hand sanitizer, Chap Stick, wallets and other things.
However, the games were not the highlight of the day’s activity as the spotlight was on the live music performance by The Mixtapes: 90’s Tribute Band. The Mixtapes covered an array of 90s songs from the familiar rock lyrics of Weezer and Nirvana to the dance-inducing pop songs of Britney Spears and The Spice Girls.
“We really like The Mixtapes”, junior psychology major Allison Neff said. “They are young and a youthful band that students could connect with.” “They played a good variety of music for students to enjoy and they were a fun-looking band to come to campus.”
Students were found either sitting on the tables enjoying the free nachos and refreshing Capris Suns or dancing and singing along to their favorite 90s songs.
“The band played really good songs and played them really well,” freshman civil engineering major Dan Gulino said.
