The final party of the year for seniors was the main topic of conversation at the Duke University Union's meeting Tuesday night.
Members heard plans for the Back to East party from the Senior Class Council and discussed a possible Central Funding Board at its second-to-last meeting of the semester.
Senior Class President Hasnain Zaidi and Caroline Mix, both seniors, presented the Back to East party and requested sponsorship from the Union. The party, slated for May 8 on East Campus from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., is intended to be a casual event for seniors to mingle and see their classmates before graduation ceremonies start May 9.
"It's going to be the first event of its kind," said Mix, co-chair of the party. She added that she hopes that the party will become a University-funded tradition.
Zaidi and Mix said they have asked for sponsorship from the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, the Office of the Provost and various other organizations. The two also said they would like to have marketing support from DUU.
The Back to East party will include dinner at the Marketplace, music provided by Who's Bad?, a Michael Jackson cover band, and Kegs will also be offered at the event. To conclude the party, the seniors will gather to take a souvenir class picture that will be sent to them after graduation.
Mix and Zaidi said they hope seniors will continue their night by hitting the bars on Main Street for one last taste of Durham.
Registration for the event will cost $5 to ensure students who sign up will attend, and the Marketplace dinner will cost an extra $10.35.
DUU members offered the free services of WXDU as entertainment for the party. But they said they were skeptical about allocating money for the event and emphasized that the Union is designed to provide resources, not funds. Many Union members said they believe the party will be able to gain the funding it needs from the University.
Members also discussed the Central Funding Board-a potential organization consisting of the Union, Duke Student Government and Campus Council-for student groups to go to for funding. DUU President Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior, said he has talked about the idea for some time with DSG President-elect Jordan Giordano and Campus Council President Molly Bierman, both juniors, but no plans have been set in stone.
In other business:
Goonewardene discussed DUU's ideas for the Fall after the meeting.
"There's orientation plans, there's going to be a Fall Page [Auditorium] show possibly still in the works [and] Joe College Day is happening again," he said.
Sophomore Christie Falco, DUU Special Projects committee co-director, said one of the new orientation plans for the Class of 2012 in the works is to break a world record. Possible ideas for the record, she added, include the world's largest pie-throwing fight or robot dance.
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