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Relaxing on
the Grass with
UC Irvine
Sam Barke
UC Irvine
If you were taking a walk through UCI’s Aldrich Park Park Social 4: Avatar (Last Airbender)
after 1:30, you could tell that Circle K had been there for Unfortunately, nothing much was done for this theme,
Park Social, solely because of the only blanket shaped but I would like to think that I challenged many people
patch of grass untouched by UCI lawnmowers!
to Agni-Kais…
Park social was started by my Spirit/Social Co-Chair,
Lany Dao, and me to give people a chance to meet up
consistently throughout Spring quarter to relax, do
homework, or just hang out with other Circle K’ers.
Each week, Park Social (other than the first one) has
had a unique theme to make each Park Social a little different than the one before it:
Park Social 2: Harry Potter
There is a Tree in Aldrich Park with a massive trunk,
branches, and roots poking out from the ground. While
I am not at all familiar with the name of the tree, the
tree looks very similar to the Whomping Willow from
the Harry Potter Series. It was this tree that inspired us
to start making themes for our park socials. For Harry
Potter, we brought chocolate frogs, Bertie Botts Every
Flavor Beans, Butter Beer (Cream Soda), and I sorted Park Social 5: Pokemon vs. Digimon
everyone into different houses upon their arrival to Park POKÉMON VS. DIGIMON! The most epic battle of the
Social (Houses included Home Depot, Starbucks, Toys R century! I created a game for park social attendees
Us, Block Buster, and etc.)
where participants randomly chose a character, which
would be a Digimon or a Poke’mon, and players then
had to challenge each other to an epic duel of rock paper scissors. There was a special point and level system
set up, and the winning teams and winning individuals
from each team would receive a special prize!
Park Social 6: Super Smash Brothers
Park social 3: Avatar
Incorporating the club theme from last year, the park
social, which I am planning as I write this, will incorporate the theme as so: families who have the most participants who dress in “Super Smash Bros” attire or where
their club family shirts will win a prize!
Blue. Blue. Blue. And more blue. Week 3 of Park Social
Overall, I felt that Park Socials were somewhat sucwas AVATAR, the James Cameron Avatar, but unfortucessful, and hopefully we can bring them back when
nately, we got terrible Wi-Fi by the giant Whomping Willow and had to relocate. Clothing was supposed to be fall comes around!
blue, Food and Drink was also all blue!