{"id":3986,"date":"2021-09-15T22:08:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T02:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2021-12-14T23:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T04:15:37","slug":"usg-kicks-off-semester-with-blitz-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2021\/09\/usg-kicks-off-semester-with-blitz-of-events\/","title":{"rendered":"USG Welcomes Students with Blitz of Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A picnic in Central Park. Boba tea and board games in the Student Union. Ice cream on the main campus. Hunter\u2019s Undergraduate Student Government hit the ground running with back-to-back events to kick off the start of the semester and to celebrate community without Z<\/span>oom screens.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese events are inc<\/span>ubators for new friendships,\u201d said USG president Dave Basnet. \u201cThey are a great opportunity for people to meet–they\u2019re icebreakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

At noon last Thursday, a line swung around the passageway of Thomas Hunter Hall as clusters of students gathered for free frozen treats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students had a range of frozen treats to pick from: vanilla ice cream sandwiches, chocolate and chocolate Drumsticks and a selection of Outshine Real Fruit Bars. Nearly 2<\/span>00 students RSVP\u2019d to this event and only one box of treats was unopened, Basnet said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe <\/span>vanilla Drumsticks were <\/span>a big hit,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to USG finance commissioner Laura Alvim who helped organize the event, free foo<\/span>d is the key to a successful event.<\/p>\n

That was definitely a draw for sophomore Hannah Koffsky. Masked-up she, Roneque Simon and Anika Haque surrounded a photo booth that stood in front of a silver-glitter backdrop, waiting their turn. For them, the draw was ice cream but she hopes they continue these events throughout the year, \u201cIt\u2019s extremely hard to make friends and this has made it so much easier,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Freshman transfer student Yasmin Herrera hopes this is true. \u201cThis is a great time for friends that haven\u2019t seen each other to come together and socialize,\u201d she said. \u201cEven for those who are new here like me–we can possibly meet new people with our same interests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

During the almost two years of remote learning, USG held events virtually, however, Alvim confessed they had low engagement. \u201cStudents were just not interested,\u201d said Alvim. \u201cSo we\u2019re just happy to be back in person and providing opportunities for students to connect–things that we missed while away.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Future USG events <\/span><\/a>will focus on mental health wellness and a friend’s speed dating experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Basnet said, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to expect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was more than ice cream at USG’s recent event\u2014there was a chance to connect with new and old friends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[460,44],"class_list":["post-3986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","tag-ice-cream","tag-usg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3986"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4158,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3986\/revisions\/4158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}