Adding to the upcoming excitement of next week’s homecoming activities, the CBS Sports On Campus has set up shop under the Campanile.

Travis Tadwsak, manager of the national tour, said that he and the rest of his partners are trying “to create awareness for CBS programming and for our tour’s sponsors.

It’s an interactive event that gives students a chance to win prizes by completing seven activities.”

The tour has already traveled through schools on the West coast and is now making a loop through the Midwest.

Only 26 schools this year were picked to host the promotion, he said.

Students who visit the tent will find themselves transported to the world of sports broadcasting thanks to cardboard stand-ups of sports stars and computerized games.

The games are available for everyone to play, and they cover many different areas of CBS sports coverage.

Football, golf, tennis and auto racing are some of the more popular games.

A special sportscasting booth is also set up for those who want to tape their own play-by-play coverage as a free souvenir.

Those who feel adventurous enough to complete all the games may win free prizes based on a point system.

“Each game is worth up to four points.

“The better a person does on each event the more points you get. The best score someone receives after trying all the games gets a prize,” said John Rossi, assistant tour manager.

Prizes that will be available to competitors include CBS sports T-shirts, hats and “rookie prize” posters, as well as giveaways provided by the tour’s sponsors.

The biggest prize students have the opportunity to get their hands on is a new Chevy S-series truck. The tour is holding a sweepstakes just for students at the colleges they visit.

“We let students sign up to win the truck at all 26 schools that we visit.

“We should receive about 20,000 entries for the sweepstakes. The odds are really pretty good compared to some other sweepstakes,” Tadwsak said.

Many ISU students are participating in the CBS promotion. Various homecoming committees and student groups are volunteering their time to help the tour and earn money for charity.

“Groups that are involved with the homecoming committee and who are looking for community service hours are helping to set up the tent, guard it at night, and run the games,” said Katherine Andre, interim manager of programming at the Memorial Union.

She said, “These students are paid $6 an hour for their efforts and are donating all they earn to charity groups in the area.

“CBS was so impressed by this, they decided to give an extra monetary gift for the students’ efforts.”