Red Square Info Fair kicks off 2010-11 school year

The Associated Students' annual Red Square Info Fair kicked off the 2010-11 school year at Western Washington University on Sept. 20 and 21, 2010. The annual event took place on Monday in and around the Viking Union Multipurpose Room because of rain and on Tuesday in Red Square.

The event is an opportunity for new and returning students to interact with their peers and gather information on the various student clubs and opportunities at WWU. A number of local businesses also participate, setting up information booths and handing out free stuff during the event.

Ethan Leung, a member of the Western Washington University student club WWU Hip Hop Association, performs at the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 21, 2010. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communications

Western Washington University senior Philip Robinson tries to guess how many soda cans are in a crushed block of aluminum at a booth set up by the AS Recycle Center at the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 21, 2010. The block contains roughly 850 cans. Photo

Leslie Gains-Germain chats with a prospective member of the Out-of-State Student Association during the Red Square Info Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communications

Western Washington University student Angela Gossom, left, helps fold up a sail advertising WWU's Lakewood facility after the first day of the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 20, 2010, in front of the Viking Union Multipurpose Room on campus. Helping her ar

Alexandra Vasquez, a member of the Circus Skills Society at Western Washington University, juggles along with fellow club member Kelsey Gauche', right, at the Red Square Info Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communic

Western Washington University student Cameron M. Meinberg, a member of the AIYA Animation Club, tries to attract attention to his club's booth during the Red Square Info Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communication

Western Washington University student Kelsey Gauche' juggles while sitting on the shoulders of fellow student Seth Jones during the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 21, 2010. Both students are members of the WWU Circhus Skills Society. Photo by Matthew Ander

Western Washington University students wait in line for their Western Cards and Whatcom Transportation Authority bus passes along High Street on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communications

Sarah Hanavan, a Western Washington University student, talks with passersby about the classes and rentals available at Lakewood, WWU's waterfront facility on Lake Whatcom, during the Red Square Info Fair in front of the Viking Union Multipurpose Room on

Western Washington University students pack the Vendor's Row area in front of the Viking Union during the annual Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 20. The fair was moved on Monday because of the rain. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communications

Western Washington University Associated Students employees Megan Housekeeper, Linnea Ingalls and Craig Gorder joke around while manning the AS Pop table at the Red Square Info Fair in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The fair

Western Washington University student Tait Trautman spins the Associated Students prize wheel at the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 20, 2010. Cheering Trautman on are AS employees Jonathan J. Oliver, left, and Bernard Igegwuoha. The info fair took place in

Caitlyn Beardsley, left, and Margaret Emma Butterworth, both members of the Step To This club at Western Washington University, practice a few routines during the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 21, 2010. Photo by Matthew Anderson | University Communication

Ethan Leung, a member of the Hip Hip Association club at Western Washington University, dances in front of the Skyviewing Sculpture at the Red Square Info Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Looking on in the background is fellow club member Roman Naval. The club

Western Washington University students Lauren Squires, Linnea Ingalls and Colin Watrin perform a flash mob dance during the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 20, 2010, in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room, where the info fair took place because of rain. Phot

Clockwise from left, Kelsey Gauche, Alexandra Vasquez and Corina Cheever perform a three-person juggling act near the Skyviewing Sculpture in Red Square on Sept. 21, 2010. Members of the WWU Circus Skills Club, the three WWU students were performing to at