No More Risky Business

As we prepare to enter day four of spring reading period, you might have noticed that this year, with the cancellation of CEB Turf, all is quiet on the inter-house warfront.

For those of you who were too absorbed in studying for finals to notice that your more valiant Housemates were fighting in a war, Turf was the online, campus-wide Risk tournament that was staged by the CEB for the past two years.

According to a CEB e-mail, the tournament was cut primarily due to lowered participation.  There was also the issue of some Houses allowing a small group of people to control the armies of non-participating students.  (That’s fair—we at FlyBy definitely recall relinquishing our fas emails last year in bewildered apathy and then promptly forgetting about the entire thing.)  Plus, running Turf takes money and manpower to implement.  Basically, it sounds like the CEB just got a little battle-weary:

More after the jump.

But some students seemed to think that the CEB’s move to cancel Turf was...well, an invasion of their turf.

Fear not, disappointed Risk-takers—Turf might return at a later date.  Meanwhile, the CEB has decided it can do the greatest good for the greatest number by staging a party instead of a war.  So go drown your sorrows in alcohol this Saturday at the CEBlock Party, which will take place from 2-5 p.m. on the actual turf outside the MAC.  Onward!

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Andre Engel.