Not just for kids: four square makes a comeback

By Laura Matthews

Imagine sitting in class on friday, just minutes away from the freedom that comes with the weekend. Imagine thinking about dinner with your friends, a trip to Indy or a night full of partying with friends, but what about something different? Oh… maybe something you haven’t done since the time when Starter jackets and Spacesaver crayon boxes were still cool? What about four square?

Every Friday, several Ball State students gather outside the library to kick it old school with some four square. The regulars say that there are usually eight to 12 players depending on the week, but if they don’t have enough players they’ll simply recruit more.

“You know you wanna play!” they’ll yell, and occassionally someone will give into curiosity and play with them. Sophomore Lindsey Gregg got lured into the game one week, and even though it was her first time, she says she would defnitely come back and play again.

Junior Eric McConnell has been playing four square for the past two years.

“I enjoy playing four square to get together and play a game we all played a long time ago,” he says. Obviously, four square hasn’t lost its appeal to some, because according to McConnell, people have been meeting at the library to play four square for several years, and sometimes they have as many as 30 people play together.

You probably don’t even remember the rules to four square, how many players are needed, or how you score a point, but that doesn’t matter to the members of Ball State’s official four square club, who meet every Friday at 3. Four square might sound silly or juvenile, but if you just give into the temptation you might find yourself having fun again.