Discussion Summary

I see that many people have summarized discussions lately, but I am actually scheduled to do so and therefore, there will be some overlap.
During the last week, we have talked a lot about Jamboree. Basically, an accurate summary of the discussion could be as follows:
Emily: Jamboree sucks
Nic: Okay, why do you think that?
The rest of the class and Emily: silence
Nic: Does anyone else agree?
The class: nods, blank stares, more silence.
As one can see, the class was not very productive on that Tuesday, but Thursday was much better. There was class discussion, once again about Jamboree, but this time about alternatives to Jamboree. The other class thought up a rather in-depth proposal about alternatives that involves courses about current events. Our class took that proposal and debated the pros and cons. I think about half the class thinks that the new current events based-course would be better, while the other half admits that Jamboree is not great, but think that a total new course is not necessary.
One good thing about the current events course is that there could be a more shared experience for freshmen, but with the various aspects of current events, I think that people would have the same differences as they do now. Also, with the system the way it is, there are bound to be at least a few different FYS's that a person is interested, but with current events, there could be many people who are only interested in one or two areas, which could fill quickly and cause problems. Personally, I think that neither way is great, but with a few changes, the current system could be improved immensely and that throwing away a whole course is how we got onto the current FYS system.

Jamboree

Overall, I think that our booth went over fairly well. Many people stopped and watched the movie, because of the size of the screen and the fact that it was loud enough to actually hear. Also the signs in front of the booths gave info so that people could feel like they were interactive without having to ask the people manning the booth questions.
The best thing that we had at our booth was probably the lemonade because other than that and tea, there were no drinks. The tea was good, but very hot, and the lemonade was not.
People didn't really want to actually have to interact for enough time to do the lyrics thing, but me and the person I manned the booth with had fun trying to figure out what he was saying when the flow of people slowed.