September 10, 2002

The first of two campus tournaments will take place at 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom, as part of the Homecoming Week festivities. Admission is free to spectators. Student, faculty or staff teams may sign up to compete in College Bowl by picking up a registration packet at the Information Desk in the Student Union by Sept. 30. A $5 non-refundable registration fee is charged per team.

College Bowl is a game of academic knowledge and quick recall. Now in its fourth year at Boise State University, the College Bowl campus program has been a popular tradition on America’s campuses for 24 years. Boise State is among more than 300 institutions of higher education playing College Bowl.

Like the popular radio and television series of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70‘s, the game features two teams of four players each competing to score points to toss-up and bonus questions. Teams participate in three preliminary rounds. Top scoring teams advance to final rounds where they will compete for prizes including hockey tickets, gift certificates, valuable coupons and more.

The questions cover every conceivable topic from literature, science, history, geography, religion, social sciences, multicultural topics and the arts to popular culture, sports and current events.

College Bowl is organized and administered with the cooperation of the Association of College Union International (ACUI). The Boise State tournament is run by the Student Union.

The four highest individual scorers of the two campus tournaments will be selected to sit on the All-Star team. The All-Star team will advance to the regionalchampionship tournament in February 2003 at the University of Washington.

To volunteer with the planning of the tournament or for further information, contact Autumn Haynes at 426-3049.

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Autumn Haynes
Student Union
426-3049

Pat Pyke
communications and marketing
426-1987