'Cupid on Ice' theme of week-long celebration

by Amy Wheaton

Charlottetown Centre and ATHI/CIC students will be able to enjoy a week of winter carnival activity beginning Feb. 11.

ATHI Student Activities Coordinator Barbi Holland says she expects that participation will be quite high this year.

"It should be good, really good," she predicts.

For CC students, the carnival kicks off with a curling tournament on Feb. 11 at the Charlottetown Curling Club from 2-6 p.m.

On Valentine's Day there will be a pie-in-the-face at noon in the student lounge.

A pancake breakfast in the cafeteria from 8-9:30 a.m. and a 'no-talent' show at 7 p.m., also in the lounge, are scheduled for Feb. 15.

The following day, a tug-of-war in the gym at noon is planned. That evening there will be reduced rates for Holland College students at Brookvale from 6-9 p.m. as well as squash and racquetball at the Spa from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Team trivia will take place in the lounge at noon on Feb. 17. A coffee house will be held in the lounge from 4-6 p.m. the same day. At 8 p.m., Piazza Joe's Winter Carnival Mania will conclude the activities.

Throughout the week there will be program area decorating, snow sculpturing and a hockey tournament at the North River Rink.

The cost per hockey team is $100 and each team is guaranteed at least two games.

For ATHI students, the carnival begins on Feb. 11 with a Valentine social at the Sports Page from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

On Feb. 15 Dooly's will be the place to be with trivia from 8 to 9 p.m. and karaoke afterward until midnight.

Feb. 16 starts out with a pancake breakfast in the cafeteria from 8:30-10 a.m.

At 10 a.m. there will be a tug of war on the lawn by the cafeteria, as well as ball hockey in the parking lots. At 10:30 a.m. Room 246 will be opened for games. Lunch in the cafeteria will be free. At 12:30 p.m. a polar bear dip off the boardwalk is planned. "Who Wants to Be..." will be in the lecture theatre at 1 p.m. and The Dating Game in the cafeteria at 2 p.m.

Flag football outside begins at 3 p.m. along with bowling at the Basilica Rec. Centre. A $3.99 steak dinner at Myron's will run from 5:30-7 p.m. to be followed by a talent show ending at 10 p.m.

A week-long snow sculpture contest will be running at ATHI as well.