NACAttack

This weekend I got to attend the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) conference in St. Paul, Minnesota. Coe's programing board, the Student Activities Committee (SAC) goes to this conference every year to find entertainment for the next school year. We had a very productive weekend of work and fun. Every morning we went to an educational sessions desisgned to cater to our interests as people involved in campus programming. One of my educational sessions was on how Family Guy and Southpark teach lessons of diversity (yes, it was as funny as you would think). I also attended a session about how to plan events for the upcoming election. I got some great ideas for speakers and events so when October and November of next year roll around, Coe will be crawling with political activity. I also got to two sessions on leadership, which were very informative as well. As you can see from the pictures, we also had a little bit of fun. Every day on top of the educational sessions, we got to see a bunch of showcases -- where various entertainers would show us their act and try to get us to book them. We had musicians, magicians, jugglers, sword swallowers, comedians, slam poets and lecturers. Every day when the entertainers had finished showing off their acts, we went to CAMP, where they all had booths set up for students to meet them (and hopefully book them). CAMP was also where some companies used to show off such attractions as bull riding and a giant trampoline.
While we did have a ton of fun, we also booked some really cool acts for next year.

I'm probably most excited abou Ari Herstand, a musician who loops his music and plays a one man show with three instruments. Although, we also booked two comedians who made me laugh for fifteen straight minutes. But the mentalist who told me my birthday from my ID card without ever seeing it before freaked me out too. I guess its hard to pick one, but we have some great entertainment lined up for next year and I'm excited.

Coe has one of the largest programming budgets in the area and we use it to its fullest extent. Students chose where most of that money goes, so the entertainment represents what the students want. NACA was fun, SAC is cool, and Coe has sweet entertainment.