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Feb 9Thirsty students support two events
Krystal Kehoe - Investigative Editor
Last Thursday night, TRU students had multiple campus clubs competing for their business, as it was the first time that two Thirsty Thursday events took place in Kamloops.
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) has been running Thirsty Thursday at Heroes for the past seven years and chose to find an opportunity elsewhere because “restrictions were being put in place”, said Shawn Kambo, VP of SIFE membership, in an Omega article Feb 3 (“Thirsty Thursday stirs up controversy”).
SIFE moved their Thirsty Thursday to Cactus Jacks, but Heroes also kept their Thirsty Thursday event as an opportunity for other campus clubs to fundraise.
“We think that it’s a great fundraising opportunity for other clubs too,” said Gerard Hayes, director of TRU ancillary services in the Feb 3rd article. He explained that SIFE chose to leave after one Thursday was given to the Adventure club to host their “Where’s Waldo” party on Jan 21.
Kyle Bowman, TRUSU president, said that TRUSU had representatives at both Heroes and Cactus Jacks this past Thursday, Feb 4, which was the first night that there were two Thirsty Thursdays in Kamloops.
“We wanted to support SIFE because it was their first event, but we also know that Heroes is an important part of the campus as well,” Bowman said.
The two events caused an increase in advertising and promotions last week, as two separate events tried to win over the students.
Heroes, run by the PCMA club this past Thursday, advertised no cover charge and free pizza, with the terrace open for the first time to increase capacity. SIFE advertised free limousine service from TRU to Cactus Jacks and a bigger venue. Both events were reported as a success.
SIFE president Brendan Shaw said that students can expect limousines every week traveling from the TRU campus to Cactus Jacks.
“It is going to be a weekly thing and we’re just going to get a response from it,” said Shaw.
SIFE received positive feedback about the limo service, which ran until midnight, but they will discuss extending the time period for the limo if they feel it is necessary Shaw said.
Hayes said that the university is not concerned about the limo service running on campus.
“The university has written a letter stating that the university is not liable for any of it. SIFE is 100 per cent liable,” Hayes said, about the safety of students regarding the limousines.
As for Heroes, Gerard Hayes said that it too was a huge success.
“People in general were very happy with the terrace,” Hayes said. “I think we’ll be doing different promotions depending on the week.”
He said that free cover charge and pizza were to kick-start their event.
Kyle Bowman said that the two events worked well together.
“I know Heroes was busy and that CJs was busy as well. It seems that the events could work well together, or both exist and have support,” he said.
Brendan Shaw said that SIFE supports what Heroes is doing.
“There’s no sense in getting hung up on past events,” he said. Shaw explained that SIFE wants to cater to a larger percentage of people. “We wanted to create a night for the students on campus and for people in the community as well,” he said.
Brendan Shaw sent out a club email stating that they welcome any clubs who want to partner with SIFE for a Thursday night at CJs.
An additional club email was sent out stating that clubs were welcome to host a Thursday at Heroes as well.
TRU clubs interested in fundraising can contact both sife@mytru.ca and heroes@gmail.com.
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