Eighteen campus clubs at the Univ. of Hawaii are "taking part in the inaugural Warrior Club Challenge, an entrepreneurial competition that rewards the most enterprising plans to bring students" to the home football game against Fresno State on Saturday, according to Ferd Lewis of the HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER. UH Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship Exec Dir Susan Yamada, whose program is running the competition, said that three clubs "will each receive $2,000 for their efforts." Competition is in "three divisions: most creative, most participation and most spirited." Yamada said, "The goal is to get 1,000 -- or more -- students there to the game and tailgate than usually attend." Lewis noted student attendance has been "running under 1,000 per game this season." Attendance among students, who "may attend football games without charge under terms of the mandatory $50 per semester student athletic fee, has dwindled, along with turnouts among other constituencies." Yamada: "There are buses that take students to the game, but they just aren't turning out." Lewis noted along with the game, a "special student tailgate is being held with a drawing for prizes among those in attendance" (HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER, 11/10).
