Early in the day on Thursday, the annual Buggy Design Competition was held at the Wiegand Gymnasium in the University Center. Apart from the judging process, it was a chance for the teams to showcase their buggy artwork to the public before their buggies get put to the test during the heats and finals over the next two days. Results for the Buggy Design Competition will be announced together with the final Buggy results on Saturday.

While Booth opened with much fanfare, quite a few booths called for downtime in order to finish their work. Alpha Epsilon Pi was unable to make up for the setback that they suffered during Move On, and was seen working frantically on their booth under the 3:00 p.m. sun, together with traditional contenders Delta Upsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Long lines were also seen outside Phi Kappa Theta's House of Fear.

Later on, as the sun retreated beneath the horizon, crowds gathered under the Main Tent to await stand-up comedian Ralphie May's performance. Well-known for his appearances on Celebrity Fit Club, Last Comic Standing, and for being the first comedian to entertain United States troops in Iraq, Ralphie May came with quite a reputation and certainly lived up to it, making up for the chill of the night with his warm humor. The audience lapped up every one of his belly-aching, side-splitting, sexually, politically, and religiously incorrect jokes, up until the very end, so much so that chants of "Ralphie!" emanated from parts of the crowd even as he walked off the stage.

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The Buggy Design Competition took place this afternoon in the University Center Wiegand Gym, where Spirit's brightly decorated buggies were attention-grabbers.	Sigma Phi Epsilon hoisting their electric guitar into place.
Titled "It's About Time," the Singapore Students' Association's entry for booth this year features a clockface as their front facade.	The kids get started on the carnival rides and have some fun ahead of the rest of the public.
Phi Kappa Theta's House of Fear earns the reputation of being the scariest booth on Midway this year.	Zeta Psi Sigma's Candy Shoppe with all its finishing touches.
Ralphie May warms the crowd up with a series of fat man making fat jokes.	Ralphie May shows the crowd how you can "have your cake and eat it too."
Ralphie May splits the audience's sides with his self-proclaimed politically, sexually and racially-insensitive jokes.	Ralphie May flashes his pearly whites after cracking up the crowd with tales of his performances for US soldiers in Iraq.
The CMU Turntablists performing on the side stage.	Borderless Puzzle performing on the main stage.

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