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Gamers get ready for TigerLAN event
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The Memorial Union is going to be crowded this Saturday, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the football game. The Advanced Technology Student Organization has the Black & Gold Room reserved for its semiannual party, TigerLAN.
The 26th TigerLAN is set to kick-off at 1 p.m.
“The cover charge is $15, but that includes admission [...]
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Gamers unite at 25th TigerLAN
On Saturday, gamers packed up their PCs and consoles and met in the Black and Gold Room of the Memorial Union for the 25th TigerLAN.
The Advanced Technology Student Organization hosted the semiannual LAN party. A LAN party, for the uninitiated, is a type of intranet connection where computers hook up to a local router and talk to the other co [...]
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