by Lana Douglas
Staff Writer
Swap an ID card with a friend, and then that friend trades it with another friend and the game has begun.
Senior Lindsay McKissick started the ID swap Oct. 22 when she turned to one of her friends and asked her friend to trade ID cards.
“I like to be random and just do crazy things…Then, I thought it would be really cool if we played this game where seniors all put their cards into a pot and swapped them around,” said McKissick.
The point of the game is to trade cards with other seniors until each card returns to its owner, said McKissick.
You can only trade cards with someone once a day. Also, commuter students were not supposed to play because most commuters are not on the meal plan, explained McKissick.
“It was really funny and awkward when you got a guy’s card and you couldn’t get into the girls dorm before 11 a.m. or after 11 p.m. So you had to have your friends let you in,” said senior Summer Nielsen.
Senior Hannah Lee decided not to play the ID swap for a couple of reasons. Lee didn’t want to risk losing her card and having to pay the $20 fee to replacing it or risk getting points because whoever had your card was late for curfew.
However, one of the positive things about the ID swap is that it created some class unity that they didn’t have before, said Lee.
The ID swap included over 30 students and continued for about 10 days, until Pioneer and the Office of Student Life staff members asked everyone in the senior class was asked to trade everyone’s cards backreturn the ID cards to their respective owners by the Pioneer and Student Life staffs.
The ID card game caused a lot of confusion, said Terri Rickert, cafeteria supervisor and office manager.
According to Rickert, Pioneer ran into problems when some students traded cards with people who were not on the meal plan
I would have been fine if someone had told us ahead of time and cleared the game with the Office of Student Life, said Rickert.
“It was funny when a guy would try to come through the line with a girl’s card,” said Rickert.
McKissick said that she could see why Pioneer would want them to be cautious and responsible.
“If it were to happen [again]…there would have to be a lot of commmunication to make sure everyone knew what was going on,” said McKissick.
Pioneer is not against students playing the game as long as it is well organized and approved by the office of student life.
It turned out to be a “huge” game where seniors, who did not normally interact with each other, were able to meet new people and make a connection, said McKissick.
“It was really fun while it lasted, and I was really glad to be a part of it,” said McKissick.