By Martin Castro (The Cascade) – Email
Print Edition: October 22, 2014
The UFV Bookstore held its second annual student appreciation day on October 15, an event that both celebrated students and promoted the many services and products that the bookstore offers.
Starting at 9 a.m., the bookstore gave away free breakfast to the first 50 students to show up. The turnout was decent despite the threatening clouds looming overhead. Breakfast was followed by a free yoga session which went from 10 to 11:30. Multiple students turned out for yoga, and it seemed to be one of the more popular aspects of the event among students.
A fashion show was held starting at around 12, involving many UFV students. Following that, the a student talent showcase featured a variety of student performances. Among the highlights of the talent show were two young women performing dance, in a genre they described as African fusion, to positive reception from the audience.
Event organizer Megan Bukta said the event was orchestrated because “students are the reason we’re here.”
Bukta also addressed the turnout of the event.
“It was good,” she said. “We got lots of ballots for door prizes. Last year we had more people during the fashion show, but last year we only had the fashion show.” Bukta added that many people planned to attend despite midterms.
Evidently, there were many more people present at last year’s incarnation than were at this year’s.
“Last year we had all 50 chairs filled plus standing room,” Bukta said, adding that the rain may have scared some attendees away.
Apart from the weather, the celebrations went on as planned. As the event began to wind down, the bookstore held a raffle and gift basket giveaway at 3:45. Among the prizes were two tickets to a Giants game, and a $250 gift card for the the UFV Bookstore.
