Seniors, mark your calendars, Senior Salute has been moved to Oct. 16 this year.

This event is put on annually by SGA and takes all registered seniors

on buses to the Oregon District

to enjoy bars, restaurants and shopping. For about the past 10 years it was held on one of the last nights of school. Senior class senator

Meg Lynskey said SGA made the decision to move the event to earlier in the year based on alumni and current seniors' feedback.

Alumni who participated in previous years suggested Senior Salute be moved to first semester

so students could discover the hangout establishments in the Oregon

District, Lynskey said.

"A suggestion from alumni is that they wished they had known how fun the bars, shops and restaurants

in the Oregon District were because they would have frequented

them much more often," Lynskey said.

Hand-in-hand with finding new, fun places to go is having a fun group to go with. By having Senior Salute in the fall, Lynskey said housemates can bond through wearing traditional house T-shirts and building a sense of camaraderie

through the night.

"Senior Salute in the fall would be a great way to kick off the year," Lynskey said. "The point of it is to go out with your house, make matching shirts, and have a night out on the town bonding and enjoying

each other's company."

Seniors graduating in December

will also finally be able to attend

the salute, because in the past they have always graduated before it. Many December graduates are enthused by the prospect of being able to participate in this exciting senior-privileged night, Lynskey said.

She also said the fall date will make sure seniors don't have to spend their precious last nights away from the houses and friends they wish they could enjoy forever.

"There are so many senior events during the last two weeks of school," Lynskey said. "What I have learned from seniors who have graduated is that they wish they weren't taken away from the campus and the house they have only a few days left to enjoy. They just want to sit on their porch, hang out with their friends, and enjoy the awesomeness that UD is in the spring."

Registration is from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flannagan's Pub the night of the event. There will be cookout food and drink specials there. Buses to the Oregon District leave at 8 p.m., continuing through 9:30 p.m. The bus transportation back to campus begins at 11 p.m.

Senior Salute is open only to students who have senior standing under the university's standards. For more information, contact Meg Lynskey at UDseniors09@gmail.com.



PLACES TO HIT UP ON SENIOR SALUTE

10 establishments in the Oregon District and on Stewart Street have confirmed their involvement with

Senior Salute (at the time of print):

Oregon Emporium- 400 E. 5th St.

Wiley's Comedy Club- 101 Pine St.

Pacchia Caf?- 410 E. 5th St.

Flanagan's Pub- 101 E. Stewart St.

Sloopy's- 613 E. 5th St.

Tumbleweed Connection- 454 E. 5th St.

George Newcom's Tavern- 418 E. 5th St.

Oregon Express- 336 E. 5th St.

Ned Peppers- 419 E. 5th St.

Dublin Pub- 300 Wayne Ave.