The Squash

Today marked the Main Event of Welcome Week: The Freshers Squash. It's a concept that I'm familiar with from my days at UA, but it was called "Get on Board Day" there, and was held outdoors. The Squash is, if anything, a bigger, more disorganized, indoor version of Get on Board Day.

For those not familiar with the concept, pretty much every organization on campus sets up a table in a designated area, and the new students walk around and each group tries to woo them into joining. Several organizations caught my eye as being unusual, such as the Socialist Student Society and the Wild Society (an animal rights group). Also present were several banks, the Officer Traning Corps from the British Army, and Dominos and Pizza Hut, which were giving away free pizza (which was much appreciated). I ended up joining the Evangelical Christian Union (ECU), History Society, Archery Club, and Tae Kwon Do Club. Apparently, anything athletics-related is called "club," and everything else is a "society." I'll be getting the obligatory t-shirts, hoodies, and polo/rugby shirts for each group, but that will come later in the year.

I also stopped by the Student Guild's shop, where I purchased a rugby shirt. Unfortunately, the one I bought is too small, so I'm going to have to return it tomorrow and get the next bigger size. It's kind of depressing that even though I've lost weight since I got here, I've moved from being a Large to an Extra Large. Oh well, I guess it could be worse; the sizes could be in metric.