Block O

These past two home football games I have been a part of Block O. This is pretty much just the crazy student section of the games, and every college/high school has one. I was never part of the one we had at my high school, which we called the rowdy crowd, so it is a different way for me to experience the football games. My seat just happened to be in the section of it so if you count that as joining then that’s how I joined. The first meeting we had was Buckeye Kickoff  and it was pretty much what one could of expected where they just teach you all the different chants and when to make an “O”. I went with a couple of friends from my floor so I knew some people there so it wasn’t too awkward. The benefit of being a port of this group is the sense of unity you get when at one of the games. you can just be as loud as you want and know that the person next to you is going to do the same thing. It’s also a good way to get to know other people since you sit pretty much in the same place for games so you can get to know the people around you. Block O doesn’t really have set leaders like other organizations do, I would say that most of the upperclassmen are leaders there mostly just because they have been their before and know what’s going on. There’s not much time management skills required for this group because it is all during gamedays so as long you finish your work before or after the games depending when they are you should be fine. You could also choose to not go if you are really busy so there is not a lot of scheduling conflicts. For interacting with other people at Block O it has been pretty hit or miss so far. When I went to the first meeting I went with friends I knew and we talked a bit with the other students sitting around us, and the first game there were plenty of fun people around me that I talked to and shared some interests. But the second game the people around pretty much only had their cliques they were in so it was harder to find people to interact with and get to know better. It can be hard sometimes to find clubs and orgs that fit certain interests you have sometimes, most of them seem to already have set standards for what they want to do so it would be hard to change that. A couple of friends and I have talked about creating our own club a couple times. We don’t really know what it would be about but we thought about topics such as Jeopardy or Euchre. I feel that the large amount of students and orgs can seem like a good thing since that just means you have a large variety of different options available for you to choose from, but this also contributes to the fact that I can be intimidating to join some orgs or groups because you feel out of place.