This large inflatable was brought in by the Student Alumni Association as part of an event they hosted Wednesday with the Union Programming Board to help students relax through Dead Week. PHOTO: Eli J. Mapes
The
Union Programming Board at The University of Oklahoma held an event on the East
Lawn of the Oklahoma Memorial Union on Wednesday to help students relax during their busiest week of the semester.
UPB
brought in Eskimo Sno to serve free snow cones. According to their online
calendar, they aimed for students to, “come out for a study break”.
The
Student Alumni Association co-programmed the event with UPB, and was responsible
for bringing in an inflatable bounce house.
Blessing Ikpa, a member of the SAA, said that she was hoping for a
turnout of at least one hundred.
But
even as an event coordinator, Ikpa is dealing with stress, which is why the SAA
decided to pitch in for the event. “I know for me, I’m cramming to get all my
studying and papers done so I feel like it’s just like a nice stresser in
between the day for everyone just to come out and get snow cones and to play on
a bounce house, because you never really see bounce houses on college campuses
so why not?” said Ikpa.
Other students
also seemed to be finding the event enjoyable. ”I’ve just been stressed out
with school because I’ve got like 4 finals and 3 presentations to do in the
next 2 weeks and so I just think this is a really good stress relief because it
can just kind of can take your mind off of it,” said Junior Hannah Homburg.
According to their
website, the next event that UPB will be hosting is their BasketBall ShootOut
on Thursday, May 1st, where students can, “win some cool prizes by
playing the Basketball Shootout game.”
University
of Oklahoma Junior Hannah Homburg talks about the event held by the Union
Programming Board and the Student Alumni Association, which was aimed to help
students de-stress during Dead Week. VIDEO: Eli J. Mapes (TRT: :25)
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