Strawberry Festival Analysis
The Strawberry Festival has now become an annual tradition at USD where the dining services provide free food for the students and faculty. Throughout the festival I surprised to see the amount of students that attended because they did not advertise as much as I expected them to do so I thought the students were not well informed. However, in the Student Life Pavilion (SLP) at tables they did have a small sign that advertised it as well they sent out an email to inform us however in the SLP student do not usually pay attention to the signs. Living in California from a place where there is strawberry field this type of festival does not amuse me since in a town near by they have one similar. Although I have not attended the one back home due
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Due to the amount the school advertised the game, it all depended on the school our team was going to play and the importance. For the Gonzaga game I realized that the whole student section was full meanwhile for their senior night game against Portland it only had a few students. I was pleased by the idea that finally the students demonstrated school spirit to go attend the basketball game, but they had to bribe them to go by offering free stuff and food or else they would have not attended like the other games. On the other hand, I did not like the idea of how some people were acting because I could hear fans from the opposing team talking bad about our players. Instead of telling the people to politely stop I chose to stay quiet because I did not want to start an argument with them. The difference in atmospheres from when students attend the games is better because it is not quiet throughout the whole game and people are cheering the athletes. In addition, having a crowd support you makes you want to play better so that more people will go to the games. I recognized that in the last few seconds since it was a tight game that once the fans stood up to cheer them on the athletes got excited. Therefore, my experience in the basketball games was the best when the students attended and changed the
Due to the amount the school advertised the game, it all depended on the school our team was going to play and the importance. For the Gonzaga game I realized that the whole student section was full meanwhile for their senior night game against Portland it only had a few students. I was pleased by the idea that finally the students demonstrated school spirit to go attend the basketball game, but they had to bribe them to go by offering free stuff and food or else they would have not attended like the other games. On the other hand, I did not like the idea of how some people were acting because I could hear fans from the opposing team talking bad about our players. Instead of telling the people to politely stop I chose to stay quiet because I did not want to start an argument with them. The difference in atmospheres from when students attend the games is better because it is not quiet throughout the whole game and people are cheering the athletes. In addition, having a crowd support you makes you want to play better so that more people will go to the games. I recognized that in the last few seconds since it was a tight game that once the fans stood up to cheer them on the athletes got excited. Therefore, my experience in the basketball games was the best when the students attended and changed the