March 6, 2005

College Ain't What it Used to Be

As an undergraduate, I had far more important things to do -- like studying and making a living -- than play around in WM:

An unexpected wrinkle has developed in Wal-Mart's 24-hour megastores, with college students spending late hours playing games with merchandise.

Citing a store in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Wall Street Journal told of Northern Arizona University students travelling in groups of six to play a game called "10 in 10". The captains of two teams each spend 10 minutes putting 10 items into a shopping cart....

Students at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, play a version called "A-Z", in which the team that first finds an item for every letter of the alphabet wins.

Posted by Kevin on March, 6 2005 at 04:12 PM