It’s Friday night and you’re stuck on campus. You’re not 21 years old, so you can’t get the full bar-hopping experience. You’re bored. If only there were something you could do.

That’s where the Union Programming Board comes in. The organization’s focus is to provide OU students fun and exciting activities every week, mostly on Friday nights, around the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“We have events every week,” said Rachelle Barteau, the co-vice president of the organization. “Sometimes a couple a week and you can guarantee there is always something going on in the Union.”

The organization has a wide range of events it hosts, from concerts to movies to the annual Sooner Idol, where students sing and compete for the prize of best singer on campus.

During the regular school year, students interested in the Union Programming Board can attend meetings every other Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. to plan events. UPB is one of the only user-friendly organizations with no membership dues. Members can come and leave as they please, and they can skip meetings without getting any sort of penalty.

“This organization is aimed at students who want to get involved in whatever capacity they would like to,” UPB President Victoria Felder said. “People can just attend meetings, help out events or get involved by applying for the executive committee. There is no cost to them and they can be involved as little or as much as they’d like to be.”

Although UPB executives organize most of the events, members are allowed and encouraged to help plan.

”Our events are organized by the executive committee with help from general members,” Felder said. “If any general member would like to plan an event, they are more than welcome to.”

The range of events the students can plan are only limited by their imaginations and what they can do around the union.

“One of my personal favorites, out of all our events, has been ‘Movie on the Lawn,’” Barteau said. “Hundreds show up to enjoy a relaxing night with friends and get to enjoy free movie snacks and a great movie. OU’s campus is just always beautiful at night, and what a better way to experience it than at a UPB event one evening.”

UPB says they are around strictly to help serve the students’ interests and keep events going on campus.

“The Union Programming Board is important to the University of Oklahoma because the union is the living room of the university,” Felder said. “We give students a place to hang out and meet new people all at no cost to them. We like to give students options of things to do on Friday nights and we feel like they will have a lot of fun at any event they attend, especially because it’s free.”