PSUB activites

Purdue has a very active Student Union Board which organizes a great range of activities every week such as "Movie @ Fowler", "Poetry Slams", cultural educations, "Open Mic Nite" and much more. You can check out their events at their website.

This semester, I have went to a Movie @ Fowler session to watch The Blind Side and at an International Dance Competition.

Admission to Movie @ Fowler, which happens about once a month, is a movie screening at Fowler Hall in Stewart Center. Attending the movie costs Purdue students nothing. Just show your PUID and you can enter for free. but for those without PUIDs, you have to pay US$4. The movies are often well recieved and fairly recent.
The seats are wide and reasonably comfortable. And they are also arranged in such a way that no one will be able to comfortably put their feet up on the seats in front of them. Which is gross. However, we are not allowed to eat in Fowler Hall, which can also translate to no noisy potato chip munching distractions.

The movie is free sitting, so go early to get the good seats. I went to Movie @ Fowler with my boyfriend and because he arrived late, we had to seat all the way to the side of the row. But the view was still good and did nothing against our enjoyment of the movie.

The International Dance Competition which occured on 25th March, 2010 was very entertaining (and FREE!!). They had people from RAS, SASA, Boiler Breakers, Mirage Belly-dancing, and the Tango club performing and a hip-hop group.

RAAS and SASA performed a very lively and cheerful form of traditional dance with a twist. Both of them got the room clapping along to their upbeat music and uplifting dance moves.

The difference between these two similar groups was that RAAS had people twirling shiny colorful sticks which was very visually pleasing and SASA had two male youths standing one on top of the other which was very cool.

The Boiler Breakers dished out their usual hot moves and got the crowd thirsting for more.


Mirage Belly-dancers put on a spectacular hypnotizing performance. Especially the solo by a Ms Wendy Wampler who moved precisely to every single beat of the music.

The Latin and Ballroom dance team was sadly disappointing, with a huge lack emotion as the dancers seemed very distant. Some of the dancers were also very rigid, often looking down at their feet as though trying to recall the next step.

The best dance of all was by Dance2XS which perform extremely well with highly coordinated dance moves and constantly changing beat to keep the audience entranced.

In the end, Dance2XS got the most coordinated dance team award while SASA got the best overall dance team award. You can keep up with the PSUB activities by either looking out for the posters posted throughout campus or go to their website's calendarI strongly recommend going to PSUB events as it is a great way to be invlolved with the school body.