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Back-to-School Badger Bingo Highlights

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Three people sit at a table with Bucky Badger while he puts his feet up on the table

After New Student Convocation at the Kohl Center on September 2, 2025, Housing Dining & Culinary Services threw a badger party at Four Lakes and Gordon Avenue Markets celebrating the beginning of a new year! The night was filled with dinner, tons of laughs, bingo (and chances to win prizes), and of course appearances by Bucky Badger. All food items and recipes began with a B, I, N, G, or O, letting students fill out a bingo card with items they enjoyed.

Additional photos from the lunch are available on the Housing Media Archive.

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A person and Bucky Badger hold up a bingo card
Working on a bingo card with Bucky in Dejope
Bucky Badger stands in front of a podium and gestures to other people
Bucky tests out the microphone during bingo in the Lake Mendota Room in Dejope
Five people make the letter "W" with their hands while Bucky Badger lays on tables under a sign than reads "Bingo Night"
Bucky lounges while students throw up W’s
Five people sit at a table eating with Bucky Badger
Bucky hangs out with students in the Four Lakes Market dining room
Two people take a selfie with Bucky
A quick selfie with Bucky in Gordon Avenue Market
A person and Bucky Badger form a "W" with a yellow "wet floor" sign and their hands
Forming a “W” with a student and a wet floor sign
Three people sit with Bucky Badger while eating as Bucky points to a card reading "Got bingo?"
Bucky reads the menu during dinner with students
Bucky Badger and one person get ready to arm wrestle at a table
An arm wrestling challenge is issued to Bucky
Seven people pose for a photo at tables outside while making bracelets
Making bracelets on the terrace outside Gordon