Last updated on January 28, 2018
By Lillian Lynch
The app Pokemon Go has become a widespread game and a new pass-time for students here at Volunteer State Community College. With 12 total Pokestops, where gamers pick up prizes such as pokeballs and potions, and one gym, where anyone can battle to “take over” the gym and earn coins, there is the potential to gain experience in the game here on campus. Although it is popular for many, there are mixed feelings. “It’s a great game. I’ve actually lost a lot of weight playing,” says Alexis Thomas, a Vol State student. Being active is the point of the game, according to developers, which is exactly what Miss Thomas is doing. On the other hand, as there are three different teams in the game, Valor,Mystic and Instinct, conflicts arise. “I don’t like the way it has pitched people against each other based on their choices. It’s for people to get active and lose weight,” says student Tony Davidson. Whether on team Valor, Mystic or Instinct, there are still many ways to gain experience and maybe learn your way around the campus and that is by touring all 12 Pokestops. The rst stop is the Hal Reed Ramer Administration Building. The second is the sign in front of the Ramer Building which dedicates it to the founding President of the school, Dr. Hal Reed Ramer. The next stop is along the pathways that go between the Ramer building and Noble C. Caudill Hall. There is a white oak tree planted there in honor of Jim Moore, VolState’s first foundation director who worked to earn money for scholarships to give to students, according to the plaque placed there. Just a few feet from there, across the walkway, there is a Scarlett oak tree that was planted in dedication to John Arthur MacDougall who was an associate Professor of English from 1981 to 1995, according to the plaque in front of the tree. Following the paths, the next stop is the Randy and Lois Wood Campus Center. Just outside of it, in the Duffer Plaza, is the next stop: the Ruins Bench in front of the gazebo. The next four are simply buildings on campus. The J. Howard Warf Building, T. Wesley Pickel Field House and the Wallace Health Sciences complex, both North and South, are all Pokestops. The second to last stop is another tree, a Bradford pear tree, in front of the E.G. Mattox Business Building. This tree is dedicated to Janice Sisk Nelson, “a true teacher,” as read from the plaque beneath it. The final Pokestop is the Vol State Garden, located behind the Mattox building and next to the greenhouse. It was established back in 2006 in collaboration with Lowe’s Hometown Heroes Project. The aforementioned gym is located at the Thigpen Library, where many gamers can sit together and battle. Pokemon Go has brought people of all types together and out into the world. Students can hunt here on campus and make their way to the Pokestops. The world of Pokemon awaits.
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