FESO Policies
FESO communicates primarily with this leadership position of each organization to ensure efficient delivery of dates, deadlines, and PSAs.
What is club president?
The Eller College of Management is named after this couple.
Who are Karl and Stevie Eller?
New members are told they are not allowed to speak or share ideas during meetings for their first four weeks "so they can observe the culture first."
Hazing - Creates a power imbalance between current members and new members.
What is Pirates of the Carribbean?
Veronica Atondo requires this amount of time in advance if you wish to reserve a room in McClelland Hall.
What is two weeks?
McClelland Hall is named for Norman and Frances McClelland, whose family founded first a dairy in 1922, and then this dairy company in 1994.
What is Shamrock Farms?
At a retreat, new members are asked to share a personal failure or insecurity in a group setting. They are told participation is optional, but everyone who skips is later describes as "not fully bought in."
Hazing - It involves pressure, coercion, or fear of social consequences
This co-star of Wicked has previously portrayed two characters originally played by Whoopi Goldberg in stage productions of The Color Purple and Sister Act.
Who is Cynthia Erivo?
The Eller dumpsters, where clubs are required to throw away all garbage from their activities in MCLD, is located on the side of MCLD that faces this building.
What is the Law building?
Ernie Garcia, founder and CEO of Carvana, was awarded this title in April of 2025.
What is Executive of the Year?
Older members regularly give new members nicknames based on first impressions (e.g. "Quiet one" "messy" "try-hard"). The group regularly laughs, and leaders say it's meant to "help people loosen up."
Gray area - if nicknames are assigned byleaders or persist despite discomfort, it crosses into hazing. If peers mutually choose nicknames and can easily opt out, it may not.
Boston and Los Angeles both have a day dedicated to this Puerto Rican rapper and singer for positive cultural impact: August 18th and October 1st, respectively.
Who is Bad Bunny?
What is a student-led organization?
McClelland Hall is often confused with this other building on campus, which is known to contain the Norton School of Human Ecology.
What is McClelland Park?
New members are told that every past class completed a stressful challenge together. Leaders say it's technically optional, but also say, "No one who skipped before ever really stuck around."
Hazing - "optional" with implied consequences, uses tradition to justify coercion, creates fear of exclusion. Implied pressure = not optional.
This artist, whose 2021 album An Evening with Silk Sonic was performed by the U of A marching band in 2022, recently released a single called I Just Might in anticipation of a new album release.
Who is Bruno Mars?
What is a student-run organization?
The Eller Club Fair takes place on the first this day of the week of each semester.
What is Tuesday?
During meetings, new members are publicly critiqued on performance or professionalism so they can "develop thick skin" and "prepare for the real world."
Often Yes - (could also be poor leadership) public criticism can humiliate, targets new members specifically, reinforces power imbalance. If public critique is only for new members, it's hazing. If it’s a general (but still bad) leadership practice used for everyone, it may be more of a toxic culture issue than hazing, but still problematic.
The duo 2 Cellos is well-known for their dual cello cover of this stormy AC/DC song.
What is Thunderstruck?