Rachel McCommon, senior rehabilitation service education major, displays her Weeklong Tag bracelets in the Memorial Union Wednesday afternoon. McCommon had a total of five bracelets from individuals she tagged during Union Activity Council’s Weeklong Tag game. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
Many students donned bright orange bracelets around campus this week, but not as part of new fashion trend. The bracelets signified the wearer’s participation in the Union Activities Council Week Long Tag event.
“It’s really interesting because you have to interact with a lot of people that you normally wouldn’t interact with,” said Ethan Platt, freshman music major,“and people you really even don’t know except for maybe you saw their pictures on Facebook and you creep on them a little bit before you find them and tag them, but otherwise it’s really just making the entire school feel like one big unit that’s after each other right now.”
Weeklong Tag had 186 participants this year, and each received a bracelet with another participant’s name on the back. They had to find the person through either Facebook or last year’s Sunflower edition and tag the person in real life. The person who was tagged had to hand over their bracelets. By tomorrow, the person with the most bracelets wins the prize.
“I know some people are getting really into it,” Platt said. “I’ve not been caught at all yet, and I haven’t caught sight of the person I’m trying to catch. But when it happens, it’s going to be pretty intense.”
The game was only the first of several events this semester.
“We usually try to do some events outside since it gets nicer,” said Carlos Urgiles, junior biochemistry and molecular biology major and vice president of UAC, “but this semester we have a lot of affordable events, that way we can have more events to provide for students.”
The new iPod Idol game will be held April 26 in the new Center for Student Involvement on the Main Street of the Memorial Union. Participants will sing through a karaoke machine with headphones in front of the crowd. They won’t be able to hear themselves, and their performances will be judged by the audience.
There are also three lectures planned. Tyson Wooters, former football team mascot at the University of Oregon, will speak at 7 p.m. next Wednesday in Webb Hall. Daniel Packard will speak about Live Group Sex Therapy at 7 p.m. on Feb 8 in Webb Hall.
“It’s an interactive lecture aimed at our age group,” said Eden Tullis, senior English major and UAC president. “Not just to talk about sex, but talks about the opposite sexes and what stereotypes they may have about each other.”
UAC also plans to bring an 80s tribute band performance to campus, in which performers will dress up in 80s-style outfits and bring back major songs of the decade. They will also have some of their traditional programs like Flintstock, grocery bingo and Night at the Movies. The first $4 movie will begin at 7 p.m. next Thursday at the Flinthills 8 Cinemas.