The seventh year of the Weber State University Block Party brought students to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the WSU Shepherd Union Building. This coinciding of anniversaries is what led to the theme of the Block Party: “Blast Back to the ’60s.” Booths up and down the campus were awash in tie-dyed colors, Beatles posters and peace signs. The Block Party also gave students and professors the opportunity to set up booths on behalf of their department, club or organization.
“It gives us the opportunity to meet incoming students and returning students,” said WSU senior and Hispanic Area Council officer Javier Chavez. “And it also gives us a chance to display what we’re going to do and what we’ve done in the past, and it’s really the one time of the year where we can put something creative together where students can actually see what the organization is about and how we’re trying to impact things on campus.”
Each booth was encouraged to set up the most unique or interesting display possible that correlated with the Block Party theme. Chavez and other organizers of his booth decided to do something that allowed students to participate in how the booth was decorated, but also gave their council something to look back on in the future.