Taggart Student Center welcomes TV, video games

A television and video game setup located on the third floor of the Taggart Student Center at Utah State University has been successful in attracting more students to the floor than ever before. The setup has been there for two weeks and provides students with a TV, couch and a variety of video games like Mario Kart and Smash Brothers. 

“I think that it’s really neat that the university has put this out for the students,” said Tanner Chapman, a student who played on the console for the first time on Thursday. Chapman said he thinks the TV and video games are something that will attract the students to the campus even more. 

Gavin Christensen also stopped to play at the gaming system with Chapman and said the best thing about it was the variety of games and the comfy couches. 

USU Student Body President, Sami Ahmed originally had the idea to put out the TV and games in hopes to make the third floor more inviting. These two weeks have been a trial run to see how students react to it. 

The third floor of the TSC hosts many student body and student government offices, including Ahmed’s office. “More traffic comes up here and more students get to meet their student body officers,” Ahmed said. 

Logan Caudle, a student that loves video games said that the game station allows for more friendly interaction and a break from the daily stresses of college. 

“If you don’t want to study, come play Mario Kart,” Ahmed said. Because of the success that the game station has seen, he said that there are plans to add a second console in the near future. There are also plans for a ping pong table, pool table, and new couches. 

Ahmed said, “We put it out to see how many people would come and it’s been nonstop. There’s always someone on it. The experimenting phase has gone well.” 

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