By VIRGINIA ROSE WILLIAMS    

vrw001@latech.edu

 

On-campus residents now get to see how some Tech students become “celebrities” by decorating and arranging their rooms and apartments.

TechTV has a smaller, more local version of the television program “MTV Cribs,” a show that takes viewers inside celebrity homes. “TechTV Cribs” shows students on campus the lives of other on-campus residents.

“We prepared [for being on TechTV ‘Cribs’] by discussing what we would say and cleaning the room,” Allison Tohme, a Pearce Residence Hall occupant and a freshman biology major, said.

Tohme said she was able to get on the show because she and her roommate knew someone working on TechTV and feels the show has made her more known on campus.

Tohme said she mainly remembers the amount of people who would stop them and ask if they were on the show.

“I mostly liked when people would recognize me from the show,” Tohme said.

 “More people stopped us than I thought would.”

Another episode of the show featured residents of University Park.

“My friend Christy Pitre, who works on TechTV, called me up to see if I wanted to be on the show,” Chai Stepteau, a University Park Apartments resident and a senior graphic design major, said.

Stepteau said she and her roommates began preparing for the show once they accepted the offer to be participants.

“We cleaned the apartment from top to bottom,” Stepteau said. “We just had a ton of fun with it.”

After the show aired, Stepteau said she received a lot of attention from the viewers.

“I was on the elevator in Wyly Tower [of Learning] and some girl asked me, ‘Were you on ‘Cribs?’ I was kind of excited,” she said.

Chris Lyon, a TechTV staff member and a freshman graphic design major, said he hosts “Ruston City Limits,” a show that lets students know what fun activities to do on campus and in Ruston, and “TechTV Cribs.”

He said “TechTV Cribs” is based on “MTV Cribs,” but is definitely not as broad with showing lifestyles of students.

Lyon said Dudley Residence Hall recently had a “Best Dorm Room Decoration” competition and the top two winners will get to be on the show by the end of the fall quarter.

“We are trying to do an episode a week,” Lyon said.

“We are working on posting previous episodes of the show online. This will let students who live off campus  see the show.”

He also said it opens the door for students who missed seeing the episode to be able to see it on their own time.

Lyon said there are two ways to get on the show.

“People can get on the show by knowing someone [on TechTV] or submitting a request online,” Lyon said.

However, he said not everyone who submits a request will be able to be on the show.