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BY TRA NGUYEN The Shorthorn staff On-campus residents attended an exclusive ticketed event on Monday at the College Park Center. This is one of the first times the center has been opened for students to see the inside of the building. Only students living... More

BY TRA NGUYEN The Shorthorn staff On-campus residents attended an exclusive ticketed event on Monday at the College Park Center. This is one of the first times the center has been opened for students to see the inside of the building. Only students living on campus were invited to come to the Casino Nightthemed soft opening of the center. They shared their thoughts about what they saw and what they did at the event. “You always drive by it and wonder what it looks like on the inside,” education junior Victoria Chacchia said. Chacchia and her friend, kinesiology sophomore Priscilla Rosales, waited for the event to begin as they shared their thoughts before going in. “I expect to see something really fancy and big,” Rosales said. But Wendy Okolo, an aerospace engineering graduate student, said she didn’t expect the same. “It’s like the American Airlines Center,” Okolo said. “It takes me back, to like, watching the Maverick games. ” Mohamed El Zein, a mechanical engineering gradu Less