Mar
10
We started last week off with a snow day and no complaints because Monday is everyone’s least favorite day of the week. The snow was pretty intense and caused the campus to close until ten o’clock on Tuesday morning. Many people were excited to get a miniature break from classes but unfortunately for me, my first class on Tuesdays is at noon. The several inches of snow brought back the warm wardrobe consisting of pea coats, snow boots, for everyone who wanted to be comfortable, or rain boots, for those who are a little more practical, and of course leggings. A major event last week was Graduation Gear up. During this event the Graduation Office hosted various vendors to help graduating seniors prepare for graduation and life after college. Last week was also a great week for interviews. I was excited to interview for the Resident Advisor position on Thursday and I am now burdened with waiting until after spring break to hear the back from the Housing and Food office. If you are like me and you interviewed for the Camp Crimson small group leader position, don’t worry if you haven’t heard back from anyone yet. Over eight hundred students applied for small group leader positions alone and it will take two or three weeks for exec to narrow down the applicant pool. I got the awesome opportunity to do a post interview, interview with a student in a Mass Communications course. This post interview gave me the opportunity to reflect on the interview process and share my experience with others as well. In addition, last week was Big Event awareness week. I’m sure you were handed a flyer by a friendly face in a neon shirt but just in case you didn’t know Big Event 2014 is on April 5th. Big Event is OU’s official day of service where over 5,000 students serve the community in whatever way necessary. The Exec board and operations staff members work year round to ensure that this day is a day that uses our time and man power to the fullest! This year Class council will have a team that is open to everyone, so sign up; it’s kind of a BIG deal. The week went out with a bang with the help of Soonerthon. This past Saturday, several thousand students stood, and danced, for twelve hours straight. We stood for lunch, we stood for the entire carnival and we stood for all of the activity time but most importantly we stood FOR THE KIDS! My favorite part of the day was getting to perform the Morale dance with the miracle kids. In a way the Morale dance represented Soonerthon; we all worked for a very long time towards something that seemed impossible, but at the end of the day the dance looked great because everyone contributed, just like Soonerthon. It was a day full of emotion and like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Saturday was one of those days that we’ll look back on and say, “I was a freshman at OU when Soonerthon rose over $318,000 all for the kids.” This week was a great way to start the month of March!
Cherrish Abinah
Class of 2017 Council Events Committee
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