RSA collaborates with SUB to plan community trips
Outings to Biltmore Estate in Asheville and ‘Little
Shop of Horrors’ in Raleigh begin this weekend
Brittany Smith / News Editor
The Resident Student Association and the Student Union Board
have teamed up to take interested students to the Biltmore
Estate in Asheville and the Broadway musical “Little
Shop of Horrors” playing in Raleigh’s Memorial
Auditorium.
The Biltmore Estate trip is on Saturday. Tickets cost $15.
“If students are interested in the trip, they should
sign up in Moseley 213 very soon because spots fill up
fast,” Dwayne Waite, publicity chair of RSA said.
Those going to the Biltmore Estate will leave Boney Fountain
at 8 a.m and return around 8 p.m. While at the estates
students can take a guided tour in the morning and then
wander about the rest of the afternoon in the gardens and the
house. There are also shops, cafes and a river area to
explore. Later on in the evening students can look forward to
touring the estate’s winery.
At a brainstorming session at the beginning of the year, RSA
chose to go to “Little Shop of Horrors” based on
its timing and reviews. According to Stacey Bradbury, RSA
programming chair, the show had great reviews from everyone
who saw it and its timing for a trip was perfect. The vans
for “Little Shop of Horrors” will leave March 4.
Tickets for this event are $20 and there are still about 30
spots still available.
The success of trips last year helped to set the agenda for
trips this year. The Biltmore Estate tour and Broadway shows
were the most popular last year and RSA wanted to continue
going to popular places.
“Since RSA is a new organization, we wanted to start
traditions that students will enjoy,” Bradbury said.
RSA decided to team up with SUB for these trips for several
reasons. First, because the organization is only two and a
half years old, it has a small budget. Through collaborations
with SUB, RSA can keep ticket prices for events down. Prices
for tickets have been cut by at least $20 for “Little
Shop of Horrors.” RSA and SUB also work together to
increase publicity for the trips. “These trips are a
way for residents to get out and do things, to meet new
friends, see the local cities and hang out,” Bradbury
said.
Other events that RSA is sponsoring on campus include
"Wannabe," a lip-syncing contest. Applications are
due March 1 to Moseley 213. Last year, over 300 people
attended the event in McKinnon Hall to compete for prizes.
This year’s first place prize is $250. The second place
prize is $150 and the third place prize is $50.
“We strive to give students what they want and make
them happy,” Waite said.
Contact Brittany Smith at pendulum@elon.edu or
278-7247.
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