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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1995)
From multi vitamins to bigi bucks, | students get the goodies from game shows BY ROSS ALLEN I: !> M u COMI ON fill" JAM S I I I 1 i \ D O \V N lane wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a college trest nr (ireek letters jumps up and runs down to the st tge. her heart pumping with excitement. I .ash and fabulous prizes await. I he only question is whether she’ll win the car she cant park on campus, the money to pay last semester's tuition or tile bedroom set that won’t fit in her dorm room. 1 ms ot students Ijousi/c about striking it fish on j 1 V game shoes Ami sshv not' l ming to tullcgr might nor grt vt»u a job, but it ijn at least give vmi j chance co make mcgabucks from one roll «» the dice Vttcr Jill. it lane tan have ak\i iu those tabu loos prizes. whv uiu vou' len l ipka. 4 u-im.r a* Wot i hester l m iVnn vs Kama. fried her Kuk two uinuncn ago as an aspiring game show iomnum Ikmniu^ a d& smite and a pick me, pick me' look she pnnrd the /We ti Might studio audience in I os Vngrles Simple showing up tor the taping with no guarantee t*t a vjh»! on the shovs catapulted her into the Afore mentioned fabulous you know the rest) It ssas very exciting I ipka vavs I WAS shaking when 1 went up there Vllhough she didst c make it past ontestjutv row. she did win a bread maker, the tJinr Valter gories And a V.JS gift certificate for I itesjvcfs .an dies as parting gifts I he only bail part about her appearance on tlie shovs was th4f she was called late in the gone, I ipka says Vs a late turner m the Instiling war. she cOfYipct eti tor only two items Hut bcv. (hanks tor playing I’d like to buy a vowel, Rant (time show contestant Veronica l»rrv. a junior 4t I t l A, went to the hank with more than a bread Hi4kcr aria unuv >nc wan S2 1,000 on M httl nf tortunt % spring 04 college ittunumnu Bui getting (here watn'i <u%v At I t LA. more ttun 150 wsmJ-widkl mg hopefuls u»r\J out to vlurc the uagr with I’jii -uni \ a mu l how who p4vwvi the per I hmirury rum \*> pu^/le* 1 m roc minutes Aeni «*m t«> I the next level, 4 written J|||^L * - knuckle, PCJt'fnc dock Vs nrel of t or fwwctylc punki (iffy savs most stu derm van t handle the pressure ami arc eliminated during this round Before the final wui, tumotjms not only take 4 variety of written tests hut also arc judged on s|»ccvh ami voice cjuab tv, cmhuMJwn and presentation Heine ba-shful wun t grt you j spin of the Wheel %!Jiy*H|» omuniitm. luui studeuf-. hum tout different schools were ». rowned as finalists I heir royal mission 4 trip to t >riamio. 1 1j for 4 sseck of sun ami fun and oh yeah, competition f *»r last year s “college week, 1 fir i <> college contest " were put up in a ;hotel at Oisne. NX < vrUi arui ate at loval restaurants total tab for one night's dinner $2,000 l ct s hajvr Pat didn't stiff on the tip ' 1 hose people on television have gone through a lot to get there. Cirey savv “It s harder than it looks on IV “ But students vav gening on U heel of f ortune is a cakewalk compared with making it to the stage on Jeopard)d Wheel college tourney alum and two time "I'm full of vim and vigor, but I 'm sick of Rice-a Roni. I iiw \kii Si ash, 1. (II 1*1 I I SHI k(.11 fiiv hopeful Kiward %ay% the tcvfv fur •,t/v(-, »ti>rv ; huhi .* » aiuiS< to tlu ff'.'pjuti\t.im I he written »cm [ for Jmifmrfi'j ’ vu» %o hard. %..ivv s?oh who COiDpCllti ilft Pbd ' wntor vc4f at the [ «*| !*ittdn»tgh l >t«iv four pctoplc out of *SO juvwtl I he tjuofH*m wrrr that tough I he U expettrme arned Math S„V I SO i adi with j mad delivery lime **1 four month* He alio brought home w>ntc wonderful parting gthv itulud mg i cm rum Silver v it jirum lor tlu* "filature" uiiminui and c4\r\ of that uhiuoitnui game diow treat, Hive a Kant f nt lull of vim ami . igm, Siavh vav\ But I m »kk of Kui a Ron* Hie vitamin,* aicn i the oddevr parting gift mn te*fani% received. Sta%h %a\% Other people got I iiM»keil on 1‘homo You d think that mmrtmc in college who ^ playing U %rtl of /ortunr would know How tt» read Things thnt start with “Jn Itvpitrrfy1 has a dightlv different tear* h method for its college tournament, %avi f topurdy's contrv tant coordinator Su/annc 1 hurhor By promoting the college tourney in September, /fop a riff’ join* the hack to-uhool hype So when you huv vour new jeans. hat k pack and spiral notebooks. join the 10.000 to 20,000 student s who send m postcards m hope* of getting on the show But don't hold your breath, bee4use Ale* only draws about 1.200 names tor the first tut Patrick loft, a junior at the l of Minnesota gut his shame abet r*/y' drew one of the l I postcard* his mother sent in for him Hrvefi wasn't necessarily his lucky number rm mom just got tirctl of vending them, I oft says \hcr his name was Jiawn, 1 oh facet! a grueling battery of tests. me I ml mg a killer SO question video cum About ‘X) percent of applicants fail to make it to the nest level a mock game Hut ftopurdy* it looking for something different from \X'ht$4 of l or turtt m Its oral auditions "If thev re enthusiastic, that's great. Ihurber vavs hut we re mainly looking to see if they under stand the structure of the game loft got it he won SVOOO It was nerve racking hut a lot of fun. I oft says l he only drawback, loft says, is that it takes 120 days after the air date to get your money Because «>t i.he Sag time between taping and airing the show loft is aituallv waiting alxmt five montfis for his pn/e I alk about nerve-racking I akmg a mp to ( aidornta for the modern gold rush only to walk away with empty j'-ockrts could turn someone off to correct spelling and remem bering to phrase responses in tfu* form of a question But it could prod a starving student to ask NX hat s one wav to earn a year's supply of Rice a -Rum? Hon Allen tt 4 VS frjduutr of Wetl \ 'trpnt4 / ’
