Game room gives students needed downtime
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Photo by: Hanna Wechter Spencer
Student playing pool during his lunch break in the Game Room on Fresno City Campus. Monday, Oct. 5, 2015.
College can be such a stressful and worrisome time in a student’s life.
It can be difficult for students to stop and smell the roses at Fresno City College.
Whether it is worrying about upcoming tests, essays or any other assignments in school or about work, family life outside of school, FCC has a place where all those worries can seemingly be forgotten.
The Student Activities Game Room is such a place — where FCC students can take a breather, relax and have a good time.
Sarah Gonzales, a 24-year-old business major, works at the game room and described it as a place where “you don’t have to focus academically; you have some of that social aspect in college.”
Gonzales said she believes the idea of having a game room on campus is not original.
“I think they tried to mimic Fresno State’s (recreation) center. They have a pool table, a game console place, arcade room”, Gonzales said. “I think they’re just trying to give students some extra curricular activities between classes.”
Melissa Hernandez, an 18-year-old FCC student, is one of many students who frequent the game room. “If you have free time, you can come in here and play with your friends,” Hernandez said.
Luis Silva, a 19-year-old culinary major, says she enjoys the downtime that the game room offers. He said that the game room helps students not to worry about classes they have and spend their free time at the game room.
Silva said the game room can benefit FCC students.
“They have a place to come to and play,” Silva said, “have a good time with their friends.”
Many students would love a place like this but just do not know that one exists on campus or all the activities that the game room offers. Luis Silva explained his favorite part of the game room was the “pool because there are a lot of people that are good and we have some competition.”
Silva is in luck. A pool tournament starts in the Student Activities Game Room on Oct. 22, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The entry price into the tournament is $3 if paid in advance and $5 on the day of the competition.