Nearly 700 motorcyclists gathered in Moonshine, Ill., Saturday, April 18, for the Moonshine Lunch Run. Bikers from near and far have been gathering at the Moonshine Store for the last five years to get a “moonburger” claimed as “the world’s best burger” by The Food Network. This year, the motorcyclists ate 1,118 moonburgers, topping the last record of 800 moonburgers.

Check out the photo gallery to see why the moonburgers draw so many bikers to the Moonshine Lunch Run.

Home Run Derby, held at the southwest intramural field, had 91 participants - 63 men and 28 women - and 16 teams. Players supplied their own pitchers, while bats were provided.

To check out some of the action, click the picture.

Fifty three members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity moved the Blazin’ Wing Challenge into McAfee Gym Sunday afternoon because of the weather. The challenge pitted competitors against one another to see who could eat eight wings (either mild or blazin’) from Buffalo Wild Wings the fastest. The event raised money for the Charleston Fire Department as a way of saying thank you for putting out a fire started at their house in September.

The group expected 300 people to show up and hoped to make about $2,000. But, due in large part to the rainy weather, only about 100-150 people showed up and the ATO fraternity will be able to donate between $500 and $700 to the Charleston Fire Department. Those who came out to the Blazin’ Wing Challenge were able to eat about 1,600 of the 2,400 wings that were bought.

Check out the slideshow to see highlights from the competition.

On Friday, April 17, Aliyah Abir, professional Middle-Eastern dancer and instructor, taught the basics of belly dancing to a handful of girls in the McAfee Gym. During her two-hour demonstration, students learned roughly 15 different moves that can be applied to belly dancing styles from across the world. The event was part of Asian Heritage Month.

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Students gathered on campus to see if they could hold down a whole gallon’s worth of no less than two percent milk last Wednesday afternoon. Vince Luong, a graduate student biology major, was able to succeed in holding down a gallon of milk that he drank in under an hour. Check out the photo gallery to see some of the 5th annual milk chugging event.

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, the Asian American Association’s members taught each other to say various key phrases for survival from around Asia. Check out the video to learn the most courteous way to get around an Asian country.

Getting Lantz Arena set up for a concert is not an easy task and students and staff members worked Friday and Saturday to turn the gym from a basketball court to a concert hall. Set up started Friday morning at approximately 5:30 a.m. and ended well into evening, past 9 p.m.

This time lapse video was shot between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Friday, and also from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the evening. Sound and lighting were tested Saturday starting at 6 p.m. until the lights went down for the Spring Concert performance, Lupe Fiasco, Shwayze and Ian “I2K” Winston at 8:30 p.m.

The stage was constructed on Saturday by Eastern building service workers, as well as volunteers. The sound and lighting was tested by the Lupe Fiasco tour crew, as well as Eastern volunteers. Also shown in the video are the Pink Panthers practicing their dance moves Saturday afternoon.

Check out the video to see how Lantz turned from basketball court to music venue.

“The steady, rhythmic muffled slam of canvas bags filled with plastic pellets against a plastic, slightly-inclined board at the Student Recreation Center Court Five is interrupted by the squeaking of shoes and calling for the rock from the pickup basketball game on the adjacent court.

Tension runs high at the Rec Center on Monday night as the doubles bags intramural tournament comes to an end, at least on the men’s bracket’s side…”

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Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi managed to stay dry Saturday afternoon during the Greek Week Tugs competition at Campus Pond. The competitors pitted their collective strength against other sororities and fraternities who made it to the championship Tugs games, the final round of tugging.

Check out the video to see the muddy, exhausting and, above all, exciting 2009 Tugs games.

Lupe Fiasco, along with show openers Shwayze and “So You Think You Can Rap?” winner Ian “I2K” Winston, played to an audience of about 2,600 people Saturday night in Lantz Arena.

Check out the photo gallery to see some of the show: