Mingling
Justin notes that he was the only 2nd year SILS person at the sayonara to summer/aloha autumn party Marisa, Larissa, et al sponsored. I personally think mingling amongst the masses takes time… I know I wouldn’t know as many 2nd year SILS people as I do if I hadn’t taken Virtual Communities this semester or attended the Tarheel Bloggers meeting last month. Happy Hour is a good star towards encouraging intermingling, but I think more effort has to be made at such events to avoid having the attendees split into groups by year. Personally, I would love it if we made everyone introduce themselves at each Happy Hour since I’ve usually forgotten everyone’s name since the last one.