NEWS ARTICLE 1B

In late September, an annual college fair was held at the Hilton Hotel, hosting a range of schools from Europe and the US. Perhaps the fair was noble idea in its early years, but it seems the organizers have begun to slack in their preparations for it.

The event was meant to host 70 schools, but only 65 showed up; it was probably meant to host far fewer than 600 students. At best attendance should have been kept to 450 kids. As Mrs. Sanderlin, guidance counselor of IGA, put it, "It was so crowded, it was hard for students to spend any quality time with the college reps." She was absolutely right; the fair was simply a mass of shifting bodies with the college booths hardly visible. Perhaps the most disturbing fact was that there was a higher percentage of students who appreciated the pens they obtained from the colleges than those who thought the fair was worthwhile in terms of an educational experience, according to polls taken among the IGA students. "I'm not sure we'd do it again. The traffic was horrendous...It was better when we had the college fair at our school last year. Although there were only 16 schools, students had a better chance to interact with the reps," complained one student. To put it simply, their just wasn't enough space for all the people there, and frankly, an attendance limit wouldn't be unwelcome.