{"id":15828,"date":"2024-02-15T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=15828"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:12:24","slug":"titan-winter-blast-set-for-feb-17-featuring-chili-basketball-games-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/02\/15\/titan-winter-blast-set-for-feb-17-featuring-chili-basketball-games-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan Winter Blast set for Feb. 17, featuring chili cook-off, family fun and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12686 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three people, smile for the camera indoors, one a young boy with a face painting. Tommy Titan is the center of the photo.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?resize=825%2C550&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/01\/boy.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Join Detroit Mercy for its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/winterblast.php\">Titan Winter Blast<\/a>, which is set for <strong>Saturday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong>, followed by a UDM men&#8217;s basketball contest, all on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>All Titans \u2014 students, alumni, staff, faculty, friends, family and guests \u2014 are welcome for a day of fun!<\/p>\n<p>The wildly popular chili cook-off featuring various teams from across the University&#8217;s campuses is back, as well as coney dogs, horse-drawn trolley rides, fowling, cookie decorating, kid-friendly games and activities and more!<\/p>\n<p>Live music will be played by the Detroit Mercy Music Club and an open beer and wine bar will also be featured from North Center Brewing Company.<\/p>\n<p>Following the fun at the Student Fitness Center, head over to Calihan Hall as the Titans battle Purdue Fort Wayne at <strong>1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cost for attendance is $10 for students and $20 for alumni, faculty, staff and guests. Children 10 and under are free! Admission includes tastings at the chili cook-off, open beer and wine bar, picnic buffet, all games and activities and a ticket to the men&#8217;s basketball contest.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/winterblast.php\">Register\/Full Titan Winter Blast info.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9437\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?resize=993%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A snowy graphic for the Titan Winter Blast, with Tommy Titan holding a shield over his nose and wearing a winter stocking hat.\" width=\"993\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?resize=300%2C79&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?resize=1024%2C271&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?resize=768%2C203&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?resize=2048%2C542&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1192%2C314&amp;ssl=1 2384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Detroit Mercy for its annual Titan Winter Blast, which is set for Saturday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by a UDM men&#8217;s basketball contest, all on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":9437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[59,711,834,3825,708],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/winterblast-header.jpg?fit=2550%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-47i","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16280,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828\/revisions\/16280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}