Tristan Navera • Assistant Campus Editor • tn336706@ohio.edu
For freshman Trevor Schmitt, yesterday's involvement fair was full of surprises.
I've seen everything from a shark handing out condoms and lube ... to zombie hunters
Schmitt said. OU has definitely surprised me in many ways.
Thousands of first-year students marched up Richland Avenue to College Green, where hundreds of different student organizations were set up to attract them with posters, candy and at least one shark costume.
Clubs, organizations and teams excitedly greeted possible future members, saying many new recruits become interested at the involvement fair.
This is where a good chunk of our new members are recruited said Joe Stitt, a senior studying science education and a member of Habitat for Humanity. We've already filled up a couple papers with names of interested people.
Other groups said they didn't have much trouble finding interested students either.
It's definitely helpful (to have a table) said Susan Miller, a junior and member of the OU Field Hockey Club. A lot of people don't know what field hockey is
and mostly girls sign up because a lot of boys don't know they can play.
Many people don't even know OU has a club team, added Alex Couch, a senior and fellow member of the Field Hockey Club.
Senior Annie Scott, a member of the Ohio Physical Therapy Club, agreed, saying it is a way that freshmen can get more information.
When I was a freshman
I had no idea this (physical therapy) group was here
said Scott.
First-year students agreed that the involvement fair was useful.
It was helpful
said Erica Roessler, a freshman studying exercise physiology. I found a few (groups) for my major.
Schmitt also said he found groups he would consider joining, and the fair caught his attention.
It was definitely useful for sure
Schmitt said. But seriously
the shark - that's going on my Facebook wall tonight.
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