Representatives from all six of Elon's student media organizations participated in a trivia competition Oct. 16.
by Julia Oakes ’22
Members of Elon University’s student media organizations gathered on Oct. 16 at The Oak House for a night full of coffee, competition and trivia.
Teams were asked questions such as:
- “Who was the first President of Elon?”
- When all six of Elon’s student media organizations were founded
- The most-watched TV series of 2017-18
- The pop star whose birth name is Robyn Fenty
- Who is widely considered the inventor of the radio (to which the WSOE jokingly responded: “Bryan Baker,” the faculty mentor of Elon’s radio station)
Phi Psi Cli members Sarah Stone ’19, Lane Pritchard ’19 and Kaitlyn Fu ’19 won first place. The second-place team was comprised of members from WSOE 89.3 FM: Patrick Larsen ’19, Nic Zuhse ’19, Erin Pattie ’21 and Joseph Henry-Penrose ’20. Another team from the yearbook won third place.
WSOE’s General Manager Thomas Coogan ’19 said the trivia night was a way to bring all six groups together, which he hopes will happen again in the future.
“We wanted to increase collaboration and connectivity between organizations in a way we haven’t in the past,” Coogan said.
About Elon’s Student Media
Throughout the year, Elon students produce a weekly student newspaper, broadcast an evening and morning newscast, air an FM radio station, produce entertainment content through Elon Student Television, publish a yearbook for campus distribution, produce an annual literary and arts magazine and represent Elon student musicians.
The six media organizations are Colonnades, Elon News Network, Elon Student Television, Limelight Records, Phi Psi Cli and WSOE 89.3 FM.