Keyboards clicking in unison with mouses and callouts for strategic play reverberate around the walls of Friends 101. Team members of the IC Esports Club line the two rows of personalized computers, preparing for their next competition while casual fans can be found playing their favorite games. Both archetypes of gamers anxiously await a new and expanded gaming room. 

Direct communication and swift action is necessary to resolve this apparent rift between the esports team and the Office of Recreational Sports.   

Ithaca College's new club is Paint & Sip, where members enjoy non-alcoholic beverages, converse and painting from their imagination.