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Gallery: AARC hosts Game Day for OHANA Series

Sofia Howell
OHANA Nights Coordinator and Peer Academic Coach of the Asian American Resource Center Blessing Coranez sings a karaoke version of “Who am I” from “Tarzan 2” at the AARC ’s OHANA Game Day event on Tuesday. OHANA is a weekly program that meets at 5 p.m. Tuesdays to achieve academic and leadership success. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
By Sofia Howell, Photojournalist
Apr 2, 2026
Sophomore business administration major Zion Savage plays the tabletop game Carrom at the Asian American Resource Center Game Day on Tuesday at the AARC. Carrom is a tabletop game similar to billiards, played using only hands. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star) (Sofia Howell)
Second-year higher education and student affairs graduate student and graduate assistant of the Asian American Resource Center Michael Rojas plays pickleball at AARC’s OHANA Game Day event on Tuesday at the AARC. The AARC Game Day offered pickleball, karaoke and a Carrom Board for students to destress. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star) (Sofia Howell)
Junior mechanical engineering student Sebastian Camacho plays pickleball at AARC’s OHANA Game Day event on Tuesday at the AARC. Pickleball is a paddle sport played on a lower net with a plastic ball similar to tennis. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star) (Sofia Howell)
First-year higher education and student affairs graduate student and intern of the Asian American Resource Center Sarah Lindell performs karaoke of “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice during AARC’s OHANA Game Day event on Tuesday at the AARC. The AARC is hosting the exhibit Celebrating 20 years: The Asian American Resource Center’s Legacy in Motion from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the weekend starting on Wednesday until Saturday in the Pick Museum of Anthropology in Cole Hall. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star) (Sofia Howell)
Sophomore business administration major Zion Savage performs karaoke of Oogie Boogie’s Man from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” at the Asian American Resource Center Game Day event on Tuesday. Seven attendees of the Game Day event participated in karaoke. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star) (Sofia Howell)
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Second-year higher education and student affairs graduate student and graduate assistant of the Asian American Resource Center Michael Rojas (left) and junior nursing student and Academic Success Coordinator Fenella Ibias perform a karaoke duet of “For Good” from “Wicked 2” during the AARC’s Game Day at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at the AARC. The AARC changed their event from the Taste of Asia to a Game day, a part of their OHANA events held from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
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