It’s football time in Oklahoma and with football comes tailgating.
After two home-game weekends, the University of Oklahoma Student Association has served hundreds of OU students food, fun and football spirit during the inaugural campus-wide tailgate event.
“We believe we had about 400 students come by [Saturday], according to how much food we went through, which is about double from last week,” said Ally Glavas, UOSA director of the Interior and political science sophomore.
She said many students are providing positive feedback.
“So many students have said, ‘This is such a great idea! I can’t believe it hasn’t been done before,’” Glavas said. “So many people do not have a place to tailgate and are all really excited to see their student government out serving and addressing their needs.”
The tailgate is free and open to all students with a valid OU ID.
“We want all students to take part in the tailgate – freshmen, graduate [students], international [students], greek [organizations], etc.” UOSA vice president Dewey Bartlett said.
UOSA initiated the tailgate this year for all home games, Bartlett said. UOSA members serve hot dogs, chips, cookies and Coca-Cola products provided by OU Housing and Food Services.
“There was a lot of free stuff – I’m sold,” said Jimmy Snodgrass, first-year graduate student. “It’s good for poor college students. We have to look out for each other.”
UOSA played music, gave away items such as t-shirts and pens and led students in OU cheers. While at the tailgate, some students mingled with other attendees, others ran around tossing a football and passers-by danced and sang with the music.
“[The tailgate] exceeded my expectations,” said Peter Rosier, University College freshman. “The food was great. There were people everywhere. It was a great atmosphere. It really pumps you up for the game.”
The UOSA tailgate takes place a few hours before every home game in a tent located on Lindsay Street and Asp Avenue, in front of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College.
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bruenig 2 years, 8 months ago
This is a waste of our money. If people want to throw parties or tailgates, how about they throw them with their own money and not from the fees students are forced to pay.