The university got a little more personal with its observance of Veterans Day this year. Instead of limiting itself to a lunch like it did last year, staff at the Office of Inclusiveness and Intercultural...

Students and families in the community will have an opportunity to celebrate the holiday season in another way this December, an Interfraternity Council official said.

IFC President Evan Berlin said the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc., the National Multicultural Greek Council, Inc. and Programming Council are working together to create an event called "Winter Wonderland."

The event will be a safe and fun alternative way for children in the local community to see holiday lights, Berlin said.

Dining Services is collecting canned foods today in a nation-wide attempt to set a Guinness World Record for collecting the most non-perishable food in a 24-hour period. Cans can be dropped off at the entrance to Market Square in the Brown-Lupton University Union, said Kelly Raw, marketing manager for Dining Services.

Today is the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day, according to the Guinness World Records Web site. Guinness World Records encourages people across the world to take part in the day, which celebrates record breaking.

Even though students' suggestions have prompted changes to the student tailgates this football season, tailgates still have room for improvement and would benefit from a move to the Campus Commons, a student body officer said.

Kelsie Johnson, student body present, said a move to the Campus Commons was one of the main suggestions from a recent survey sent out to students.

"I'm taking those (surveys) into account as well as just seeing the tailgates themselves, and I think we need more space," Johnson said.

Interfraternity Council has partnered with the athletics department to order 10,000 purple towels with pink ribbons for the Saturday football game against Utah.

IFC originally planned to order 3,000 black towels with pink ribbons in an effort to find a compromise between the Pink Out vs. Black Out controversy that stemmed from a Facebook event urging students to wear black to the Utah game, which had been designated as the Pink Out game in support of breast cancer awareness, said IFC President Evan Berlin.

Students and faculty ate spicy food, dressed in saris and danced to Indian music at the Students for Asian Indian Cultural Awareness Mela carnival on Saturday.

More than 110 students and faculty members attended the carnival, said Nitesh Kalwar, the organization's president.

Kalwar said the booths with henna tattoos and authentic South Asian dress were the most popular attractions.

The carnival also had booths with foods from different cultures, cricket demonstrations and rangoli, a popular Indian art form, he said.

To many students, student body officer elections are just a time for campaign stickers and free food that candidates sometimes offer.

However, the importance of the elections should not be lost on the student body. Student Government Association represents every student on campus.

While taking free breakfast tacos or rocking a fashionable campaign sticker might be nice for a day, students shouldn't forget what all of the fanfare is about.