Alexis Anderson<\/strong> Jackson State University reopenned its game room on Feb. 3 with new equipment and a new name, \u201cThe Tiger Zone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe name change reflects the upgrades of the game systems and the opportunity it gives students to interact and relieve stress between classes,\u201d said Edwin Quinn, Dean of Student Life.<\/p>\n JSU students taking advantage of the new games and equipment have the Office of the President to thank for the upgrades.<\/p>\n The Tiger Zone currently has a library of 15 games, with 15 more games to be added each month.<\/p>\n The room is now equipped with four X-Box\u2019s, one Playstation 3, one Nintendo Wii, pool tables and new furniture. There is also enhanced lighting for the room.<\/p>\n Laverty Alexander, a freshman business marketing major from Bolton, Miss. said, \u201cI go to the game room three times a week with a few of my friends. Some of the games we play are spades and pool.\u201d<\/p>\n Destin Nelson, a freshman accounting major from Biloxi, Miss. said taht she goes to the Tiger Zone to relax.<\/p>\n \u201cI go to the Tiger Zone everyday with some of my friends. I like to play The Mario 3D, Little Big Planet, but sometimes I like to watch other people play.\u201d<\/p>\n Erika Venison, a sophomore social work major from Atlanta, Ga. said, \u201cMy favorite sport is spades. The reason why I go the Tiger Zone is because it\u2019s a good way to relieve stress.\u201d<\/p>\n The hours for the Tiger Zone are Mon-Sat, from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sundays from 12 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alexis Anderson Staff Writer Jackson State University reopenned its game room on Feb. 3 with new equipment and a new name, \u201cThe Tiger Zone.\u201d \u201cThe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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