Largest cornhole game to be held today

Amidst the Homecoming week festivities is a new event for which many students have been unknowingly practicing for months.\nThe “World’s Largest Cornhole Tournament,” which will take place from 3 p.m. to about 9:30 p.m. today in Dunn Meadow, is in its first year and hopes to attract up to 32 teams, said Erin Datteri, graduate assistant for the Student Alumni Association.\n“The tournament is set up like the Sweet Sixteen,” Datteri said. “We would love to have as many teams as possible enter.”\nEntertainment and food will be provided for all who attend. The food will be served at 5 p.m. and will continue to be served until either the food runs out or 7 p.m. rolls around.\nMusic will begin at 3:15 p.m., starting with Soul Revue. Straight No Chaser and Ladies First will also be performing.\nAndrew Landau, business manager of Straight No Chaser, said the group is looking forward to the entire week of Homecoming and is excited to perform at the cornhole tournament.\n“We just want to keep it as upbeat as possible,” Landau said. “We are pleased and just feel honored to be able to participate.”\nBesides the free food and entertainment, prizes for the first place winners of the tournament include a choice of Bob Dylan tickets or football suite tickets for the Ball State game, lunch for four at the Tudor room and two $20 dollar gift cards for Barnes and Noble, Daterri said. Other prizes for second and third place include gift cards, a free day of parking at the Indiana Memorial Union and one-day A parking permits.\n“This is something we’ve been working on for a while,” Daterri said. “We wanted to do something to celebrate IU during Homecoming week.”\nAt about 7:30 p.m., a bonfire will be started and students are encouraged to bring t-shirts from other campuses to trade for new IU shirts, Daterri said. The first 10 shirts exchanged will be thrown in the bonfire, and the next 190 will be donated to charity.\n“We don’t want to see other campus’s shirts around here,” Daterri said.