FLO Staff Worried Incoming Freshmen Will Attach Self-Worth Elsewhere
Amid constant changes for the upcoming fall semester, 2020 Freshmen Leadership Organization (FLO) executives are worried that incoming freshmen will attach their self-worth elsewhere on campus.
Concerns increased considerably after Fish Camp decided to move sessions online. “Fish Camp counselors are historically our best recruiters,” said Antony Lech, a representative from the Freshman Leadership Advisory Council. “It’s important that we overwhelm them as early as possible, and Fish Camp does that for us free of charge.”
Fish Camp sessions only recently concluded, so it is too soon to predict how these changes will affect application numbers. FLOs usually receive thousands of applications annually, but this number fluctuates depending on how many freshmen find out about other organizations’ existences before arriving on campus.
Some former FLO members are also troubled by the freshmen class’ sense of identity becoming less dependent on FLO involvement. “It would be tough enough to lose freshmen to Greek life or academic clubs,” Lech said. “What if freshmen come in with a strong sense of self and end up not needing us at all?”
“If freshmen don’t join a FLO, what else are they gonna bring up unprompted in the first five minutes of conversation?” asked Sierra Fields, a former member of Freshmen Engineers Encouraging Tradition. “What will they put in their insta bio?”
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