Cktoberfest at kooseve|t means c|der and good company

Students get a chance to eat dr|nk and ta|k w|th professors |n casua| fun env|ronment
8y !ewell WashlngLon

Care for a cup of clder? Cr as Lhe Cerman would say flege fur elne 1asse apfelweln?
8oosevelL unlverslLy hosLed lL own verslon of Munlch's CkLoberfesL 1uesday afLernoon on Lhe
Schaumburg campus and [usL abouL everyone had a cup of apple clder or Lwo
Some grabbed a warm cup of Lhe sweeL apple drlnk whlle oLhers preferred a chllled verslon
Lveryone's smlle seemed as full as Lhelr drlnk as sLudenLs faculLy and sLaff en[oyed a few hours of
fellowshlp
ur SLeve Cohen assoclaLe dean of arLs and sclences aL Lhe Schaumburg campus was exclLed Lo hosL Lhe
evenL for Lhe fourLh year Pe sald culLured evenLs llke CkLoberfesL are lmporL Lo Lhe unlverslLy
We have a very lnLernaLlonal sLudenL body" sald Cohen and lL ls fun Lo have an lnLernaLlonal Lheme"
CkLoberfesL goL lLs sLarL ln souLhern Cermany more Lhan 200 years ago Pence braLwursL a Cerman
pork sausage was served along wlLh poLaLo salad and apple crlsp for desserL ln beLween eaLlng
sLudenLs and faculLy compeLed ln a frlendly beanbag Loss game
8lchard Arand a fourLh year accounLlng sLudenL helped plan CkLoberfesL lasL year and sald he saw
growLh ln sLudenLfaculLy aLLendance Lhls year
We pay a fee Lo have Lhese Lypes of evenLs so lf you come ouL geL a blLe Lo eaL and meeL people lL ls
deflnlLely worLh lL" he sald
SLudenLs came ouL Lo Lhe courLyard and chaLLed wlLh frlends and faculLy mosLly on Lhelr way Lo and
from class 8uL fourLh year psychology sLudenL Monlca kordas spenL a few mlnuLes Lalklng Lo her
psychology professor ur Llsa Lu aL Lhe evenL CurrenLly Lhe unlverslLy enrolls around 7300 sLudenLs
beLween lLs undergraduaLe and graduaLe programs 8oLh kordas and Lu belleve CkLoberfesL ls a greaL
llnk for sLudenLs and Leachers Lo lnformally meeL and chaL
1he school faces a challenge Lo faclllLaLe a connecLlon beLween us" sald kordas l Lhlnk evenLs llke Lhls
wlll help"
l cerLalnly Lhlnk Lhe challenge ls leLLlng sLudenLs know LhaL Lhese Lypes of evenLs exlsL" added Lu lf
Lhe sLudenLs know abouL lL Lhen Lhey deflnlLely wlll come"
Chlcago wlll play hosL Lo more CermanLhemed bashes as CcLober approaches buL Cohen wanLs all
sLudenLs Lo remember LhaL 8oosevelL ls exLendlng open arms for sLudenL fellowshlp especlally over a
cup of clder
We wanL people Lo know and feel LhaL welcomlng experlence" explalned Cohen 1haL's really whaL
our CkLoberfesL ls abouL"