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Snowball fight brings in about 100 people to celebrate snow day

By Margaret Maka | February 3, 2015

About 100 people showed up for a student-organized snowball fight Monday.Senior journalism major Mikey Pastrana set up the Facebook event for this year’s event with his friend, Michael Payne. The pair wanted to celebrate the cancellation of classes...

(Left to right) Sneha Redd, graduate computer science student; Akhil Munnetula, graduate industrial engineering student; Mansa Reddy, graduate computer science student; and Sripada Sai Subhash, graduate electrical engineering student, build a snowman during Sunday’s blizzard near West Ridge Apartments on Ridge Drive. The snowstorm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow on northern Illinois.

300-plus person snowball fight among students planned for today

By Northern Star staff | February 2, 2015

Students are planning to host a large snowball fight at 2 p.m. today in Central Park.A Facebook event advertising the snowball fight has more than 350 people saying they are attending. Those with last names starting with A-M should wear red while those...

Students, University Plaza organize large-scale snowball fight

By Newell Miao | March 5, 2013

Tuesday’s snowstorm may have shut down the campus, but it did not shut down the fun. Stephanie Bourgeois, senior environmental studies major; Isabelle Bourgeois, senior community leadership and civic engagement major; and Rebecca Mensing, senior interactive...

Snow country for old men

By Allyson Martin and Alex Fiore | February 2, 2011

Snow-mania was topped off Wednesday night with a "Massive Snowball Fight." Byron Anderson created a Facebook event for the fight with help from his friends. He said the idea was spontaneous, and that he did not expect the response the group page got....