1st paragraph to paper 3 (3/4/09)

It has been said that you make your own fun; that it shouldn’t depend on where you are. Although this is true for some, the members of Spectrum had to have the perfect location for their annual drag show to ensure fun for its audience. This group specially chose Ball Gymnasium to hold this event and much preparation went into making the sight, sounds, and textures just right. Another location that Spectrum sees as a sacred place is their meeting place. Although this location has changed in the past and is also not a set location, wherever this group meets is seen as a safe place every Thursday night. Their meeting place of choice is the Multipurpose Room in the Student Center. However, when I went to do an observation is when I found out that their room is subject to change. The room had been changed from the basement to the second floor in the Forum room. Although Spectrum has asked Ball State to give them a permanent meeting room, the board has not yet found a place this group can eternally call home. Therefore, every week, Spectrum’s executive board must try and sign up to use the Multipurpose Room. But if someone else has booked it, then they simply move to whatever room their assigned in the Student Center and inform the people who come to the meetings through signs by each entrance. Both locations, the meeting place and the annual drag show, are very important to Spectrum; places that any Ball State student should be able to come and feel welcomed.
-Julia St. John