Re-O Week leaves students wanting more fun

Manawatū students have been left wanting more events after Re-O Week arrived with free food, clubs day, and speed mates.  

Anushika Prasad, Pasifika student rep was happy with how the week went, saying there were more students on campus than last year.  

“Our main aim was student engagement and to get as many students as possible to all our events.” 

Prasad said students were coming up to staff asking them to hold events like speed mates again during the semester.  

“We had students coming up to us saying we are doing really great job.”  

The speed mates event was one of the standouts, with Prasad saying the event ran on longer than they expected.   

However, Prasad felt the turnout on Thursday and Friday events wasn’t as good, but they had no food left every time.  

The Wednesday clubs day had many chances for students to get amongst.  

“We had a lot of students coming to our stalls asking questions about the events and what we do as the students’ association.”  

Ivy Cao, president of the dance club said 43 people signed up to join at clubs day.  

After practicing a dance for a few hours last semester, the club performed for the first time at Re-O Week to Easy by Le Sserafim.

“I’m so happy about the performance despite having no practice during semester break,” Cao said.  

The free tacos were a good start to the week, however, a huge line formed from the truck all the way to the Marsdon Lecture Theatre. Some students reported being in line for over an hour.  

Third year finance student, Danielle Brown said, “I was waiting for 90 minutes.” 

“I loved the tacos, I got a chicken taco, and it came with chips and a churro, and it was so yummy.”