Photo gallery: 2012 ASU Academic Bowl By Juno Schaser | October 02, 2012 The friendly confines of the Memorial Union’s Pima Room on ASU's Tempe campus was the setting for the beginning of the 2012 ASU Academic Bowl, where four-person teams from 13 different colleges across the university vie for glory and $24,000 in scholarships. The preliminary rounds kicked off Oct. 1. Cronkite School students Jessica Goldberg and Nick Gnat were on hand again this year to serve as hosts for the event. Joshua Rubin, Anne Stegen, Mauro Whiteman and Roxana Baldovin from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication team concentrate as a toss-up question is presented. Members of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College team Sam Jensen, Huntington Keith, Zak Kovach and Reece LeResche confer on an answer during the second match of the evening. Elizabeth Langland, university vice provost and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, served as moderator for the first half of Monday evening’s preliminary rounds. Michael Neville (left), of the New College, answers a question as teammates Joshua Dawson and Nick Cruz listen. Also on the team, but not in this photo was Cathy Warren. Angelica Barajas-Torres and Zayarie Villafane joined Michael and Nick for the second game. The College of Technology and Innovation from the Polytechnic campus emerged victorious after a close match against Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College team. CTI will be advancing to the finals Thursday night. From left to right: Jonathan Isaiah, Mikel Robinson, Daniel Aukland and Brian Washburn. Tournament director Dan Ashlock explains the rule that allowed the Cronkite team to win their match against the Teachers College in the final seconds of the match. Since the buzzer sounded just as Teachers College was answering a bonus question about the Aztecs, the match was thrown into sudden death, and one toss-up question was all that stood between the winner and the eliminated. Teachers College buzzed in an incorrect answer regarding an astronomy term and in doing so, were the next to be eliminated. After a break, the second round of competition got under way with the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, appropriately wearing scrubs and stethoscopes. From left to right: Adam Escajeda, Alec Tripp, Patrica Lysikowska and Alicia Wilson. Cameron Kelly (second from right), of the Herberger Institue for Design and the Arts (HIDA) Maroon Team, answers a question. Also on his team were Sean Wilson, Kelsey Keberle and Collier Shutter. Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, executive director for ASU Gammage and assistant vice president for Cultural Affairs, moderated the second half of the evening’s matches. Wesley Fullmer (left) and Pradyumma Kadambi from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Maroon team concentrate as a question is read. Other members are John Ernzen and Albert Stanton. Rhiannon Pare of the HIDA Gold Team looks hopeful that she gave the right answer. John Michael Sherman, Cody Frear and Jack Schwimmer were the other team members. The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Maroon team congratulates the HIDA Gold team following their second match of the evening. The two teams went on to play a tiebreaker since the Herberger team had defeated the engineers earlier, but the Engineering Maroon team proved victorious, beating HIDA Gold 205-155. The second night of the Academic Bowl preliminaries, held on Tuesday, Oct. 2, was moderated by Jeanne Wilcox, associate dean and professor in ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. The Gold Team from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering had their game faces on as they prepared to meet the College of Public Programs (COPP). From left to right: Jose Eusebio, Alek Van Houghton, Shawn (“of the Dead”) Haupt and Zach Paul. The COPP team contemplates a bonus point question. The team from left to right: Elizabeth Perez, David Vanoverbeke, Jessica Burch and Michael Alvarez. Both teams from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) faced each other in an early round, with the Maroon Team prevailing. Brendan Fries, Alex Theisen, Aaron Johnson and Evan Tieslink from the CLAS Maroon team wait as a toss-up question is read. Levi Espinoza (left) alternated with Monica Peterson (not shown) on the CLAS Gold Team. Other team members were Alesandro Arcuri, Conner Wareing and Brady Gilg. Brady Gilg of the CLAS Gold team concentrates on a question. CLAS Maroon Team’s Alex Theisen (left) and Aaron Johnson look at each other as each tries to come up with the correct answer to a bonus question. CLAS Maroon looks at their final score. They had to play CLAS Gold in a seventh game, due to Gold winning a tie match on a toss-up question. Since the event is a double elimination, Maroon had to beat Gold twice to advance to the semi finals on Thursday night. Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, executive director for ASU Gammage and assistant vice president for Cultural Affairs, moderated Tuesday evening’s second half. The University College team confers on the answer to a bonus question. From left to right: Luke Swartz, Anoosha Murella, Dave Pierce and Nick Maddox. The School of Sustainability smiles after defeating the University College team. Avery McKie, Mary Munoz Encinas, Songling Du and Max Christman. Though Sustainability was initially defeated in their first match against Health Solutions, they quickly caught their stride and evaded elimination until the final match of the evening. Janessa Faust (second from right) and the rest of the team from the College of Health Solutions celebrate as they finally score points in their match with Sustainability. Their joy was short-lived, as the points were erased due to team’s inability to come up with the full answer to the question: “Oedipus Rex.” Other team members are Anthony Heath, Claudia Balderrama and Safaria Abugour. Kenneth Qian (right) looks at teammate Stephen Bergauer for validation as he answers for the W.P. Carey School of Business team. W.P. Carey’s team celebrates their victory over the School of Sustainability, advancing the business majors to the semifinals Thursday night. From left to right: Stephen Bergauer, Kenneth Qian, Jake Pruitt and John Scanlan. Barry Ritchie, vice provost for academic personnel and physics professor, served as moderator for the finals of the 2012 Academic Bowl that were held in the studios of KAET on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix Campus. The event was streamed live on ASU TV and recorded for later broadcast on Channel 8. The Maroon Team from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering bump fists after correctly answering a difficult tossup question. From left to right. Padyumna Kadambi, Albert Stanton, John Ernzen and Wesley Fullmer. Not pictured is the team’s alternate, Katelyn Keberle. The College of Technology and Innovation team stands stunned at the end of the first round against the Fulton Maroon Team, where CTI failed to score a point. From left to right: Brian Washburn, Daniel Aukland, Mikel Robinson and Jonathan Isaiah. The team from the W.P. Carey School of Business relaxes after their victory over the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Maroon team in the first round. From left to right: John Scanlan, Jake Pruitt, Kenneth Qian and Stephen Bergauer. The CLAS Maroon team continued the schools tradition of wearing costumes for the final round. From left to right: Brendan Fries, Alex Theisen, Aaron Johnson and Evan Tieslink. Not pictured is alternate, Brandon Vincent. Tournament Director Dan Ashlock (center) explains his decision concerning a question about the rules. The Engineering Team stands with buzzers ready. Brendan Fries of the CLAS team looks to his teammates for input on an answer to a bonus question. Beaten to the buzzer, Wesley Fullmer for the Engineering Maroon team agonizes over a slow response. Stephen Bergauer and Kenneth Qian react to a wrong answer by their W.P. Carey School team. The winners of the 2012 Academic Bowl pose with the President’s Cup. The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (maroon) team will take home $24,000 in scholarship money, divided among its members. They are the first non-CLAS team to take home the cup since 2006, when Engineering last won the title.