First Year Finalizes List of RSOs she’s not going to join

By Matthew Goldenberg

Aug. 2, 2013

Incoming first-year student Patricia Lewis has announced that she has decided which Registered Student Organizations she wants to join and, more importantly, the ones she doesn’t want to join. Lewis said the decision to not join some of the more than 350 RSOs was difficult but necessary.

“I wish I could participate in all of these groups but that is just not a feasible option,” said Lewis, “I decided these 67 RSOs would not contribute to my UChicago experience very much so they had to go.”

Lewis said she analyzed every RSO on strict criteria. She wanted every group to contribute to her study of the Life of the Mind and broaden her cultural horizons. She joined a few club sports to ensure that she would stay physically active.

Despite the fact that she will be participating in approximately 283 RSOs and a sorority (which has yet to be selected), Lewis is confident she will have time for it all. She says she was very busy in high school, with activities such as student council, dance, music, pottery, DECA, basketball, speech, debate, football, basket weaving, competitive lawn mowing, tooth pulling, nail painting, and mixed martial arts.

“I know it seems like a lot but I can do it,” Lewis declared, “Besides, I’ve told myself that I’m never going to be President of more than 40 or 50 organizations at time, for my own sanity. I’ve still got to be ready to be THE President.” It wasn’t clear whether Lewis was talking about the Student Body President or the President of the United States.

When asked what her potential major is or what classes she has signed up for in her first quarter, Lewis paused, swore, and said, “I knew there was something I was forgetting!”