By Jackson Beach
It’s a busy Friday in April in the CSI cube. Whirring
drills, clanging metal and other miscellaneous sounds of construction pierce
the air as engineering students work on various projects. Will Ballengee and
Ben Gonzalez stand by patiently with various controllers and cables in hand. They
are waiting for the engineering students to clear out the space so they can
start playing video games.
Ballengee, a junior studying engineering
science, is the president of the Trinity University Gaming Club (TUG).
Gonzalez, a junior anthropology major, is the vice president. The two have
reserved this space for a “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” tournament, the sixth in
a series of tournaments held biweekly by the club.
Other members of the club and competitors in
the event — around 20 people in total — start to trickle in, and everybody lends
a helping hand in setting up. In a matter of minutes, they transform the cube
into an esports hub.
