Due to low enrollment, NWACE decided to cancel their social event planned for tonight.
The Night of the Aces is a lock-in for student athletes. The purpose is to promote camaraderie within the student athlete body by playing games, having various activities in the open gym, watching movies, and eating.
Some people said they were upset about the cancellation after all the work put into organizing it.
“It’s disappointing that it got canceled, because everybody worked hard to bring the athletes together. We’re going to try next year again,” said club sponsor Richard Costante.
NWACE members and student athletes who attended last year say they feel similarly.
“I thought it was cool [last year], because people got to play sports with their friends. It’s disappointing, because a lot of people could have signed up with their friends and have a good time,” said junior Lexi Leftakes.
“Some parts were fun, but other parts needed improvement like the very boring speaker. It’s disappointing, because they improved the boring parts,” said sophomore Shana Nissan.
Full refunds will be given to those who signed up and already paid.
Ivana Kosir contributed to this article.
Dabin Chen • Mar 7, 2011 at 7:45 PM
I would have signed up, but I wasn’t sure when the dead line was. I feel this event wasn’t well advertised enough.
Rebecca Yun • Mar 3, 2011 at 7:43 PM
Darn it! I was looking forward to the NW ACE lock-in this year! I didn’t go last year because my mom was concerned about it ending at 11, but she changed her thinking this year and allowed me to go. Too bad I didn’t get the opportunity to go!
It’s kind of sad because it sounded like something that was not only going to be fun, but also something that the staff and students worked hard on organizing. I heard tons of athletes saying that they were going to sign up, but maybe they didn’t sign up because there wasn’t enough time for them to get their permission slips and money handed in on time. I think that if we extended the due date for forms, more athletes would attend.
I hope that next year’s lock-in won’t be cancelled! That would be a huge let-down…
Jennie Coursey • Mar 3, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Gosh darn it. I was sooo excited for this event because I spent sooooo much time planning it. I really was truly upset over this. I don’t know how I’m going to recover after a hard hit like this. I was looking forward to building a relationship with my fellow athletessss. TJS.