Jul
25
As a prehistoric primate that has wandered the foothills of Oklahoma for the better half of a millennium, I have had the time to take in many different experiences, but none like what I saw on one Friday night of Camp Crimson. An incoming freshman at the University of Oklahoma walked into a ballroom decorated with an over the top light show and fully illuminated stage, housing a disc jockey and dance crew. A look of awe struck across the students face as the music vibrated through him like trampling mammoths in mating season. As the student fought to regain his grip on reality, his brain and lips miraculously found each other to utter the words, “I can’t believe that this is college!”
This was the reaction of many incoming freshman at Camp Crimson’s Annual Retro Night hosted by the Union Programming Board. This Dance Party presented many surprises for students inc
luding photo booth glamor shots, bingo, Wii Mario Cart Racing, a surprise dance crew and other encouraged forms of revelry. UPB also provided indulgences like free Starbucks Coffee drinks and Wendy’s famous chocolate frosties. Needless to say, students were ecstatic over the entertainment the Union Programming Board had to offer. While some students differed like apples and Citrus sinensis1, none were able to escape the overwhelming atmosphere that engulfed the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom that night.
1 Sorry, Sasquatches speak Latin, but I’m sure you knew this was an orange unless you’re a Neanderthal.
Jul
12
Sasquatch has never been much of a country fan, but Monsieur Larue made me a believer last night when he rolled in to campus like a glorious red clay tidal wave as strong as the Oklahoma backbone. The concert, presented by OU Summer Session, the Interfraternity Council and the Union Programming Board, drew 2,500 students to the East Lawn of the Oklahoma union to soak up the sounds of the Oklahoma Native and Red Dirt Country icon. Fellow Oklahomans and country music rising stars, The Lower 40, opened the night before Larue and his Arsenal played an amazing one hour and 45 minute set that rose the temperature of the already sweltering July night. Larue ended the show with one of his most popular hits and certainly most beloved by Normanites, “Oklahoma Breakdown,” written by the incomparable musician and Norman resident Mike Hosty.
Sasquatch would like to say thanks to Stoney Larue and the Arsenal, The Lower 40, all of the Sooners who rolled out the show and OU Summer Session for organizing this tremendous music event. Summers on campus will certainly never be the same again.
Jul
12
Patrick Vaughn, film and media studies junior and UPB general member, won an iPhone speaker dock in the U-Card grand prize drawing for the spring 2012 semester. Vaughn won out of nearly 50 students who had entered the drawing.
UPB coordinates a prize drawing at the end of each semester for participants in their U-Card rewards program. Any OU student can participate in the program by picking up a U-Card at most UPB events and meetings. Students earn punches on their card by attending UPB activities and once they fill up a card with 10 punches, they can enter their name in to the grand prize drawing. There is no limit to the number of cards a student can enter in the drawing: the more events they attend, the greater their chance of winning. Students also get other prizes throughout the year like T-shirts, through their participation in the program. Vaughn, like many U-Card holders, filled up several cards during the spring semester by actively attending UPB events. However, any student has a chance at winning. The grand prize winner of the fall semester received a 2o inch LCD TV and won with only one card in the drawing.
Vaughn is originally from Yukon, Oklahoma and transferred to OU from OSU Oklahoma City for his junior year. He became involved in UPB during the fall 2011 semester by coming to events and then attending the bi-weekly UPB general interest meetings. Soon, he was volunteering at events and by the spring semester he was vice chair of UPB’s concert series.
“The Union Programming Board gave me the encouragement and opportunity to be involved on campus at the University of Oklahoma,” Vaughn said. “After attending a few of their events, I quickly learned that there was an event and place for all types of personalities. This unification of personalities and easy going atmosphere instantly attracted me and made me feel at home on campus.”
To learn more about the U-Card program, how to get involved with UPB or upcoming events, visit www.upb.ou.edu.
Jul
12
The cryptid Gigantanthropus Canadensis , or common Sasquatch, came to Oklahoma some time after the dust bowl and began forming bands in the Ozark Mountains. A rogue troop eventually found their way to the central part of the state and OU’s campus in the early 1950s. The union’s “Big Sas,” is one of the last of his kind choosing to dwell among humans rather than retreat to the forests. He is, however, still reclusive and chooses to maintain most of his communication with the world through social media. Big Sas is still a mystery for the most part, but we do know he enjoys CR burger combos with curly fries, Sooner Football, updating his food blog “Bigfoot in the Kitchen,” and throwing barrels at plumbers. Keep an eye out for Big Sas around the union, on UPB’s facebook fan page and here at Sessions with Sasquatch for chances to win UPB swag and other great prizes!
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