The community, and any member of an SIUC RSO, is invited to come to the Student Center at 7 p.m. tomorrow to be a part of games, contests and entertainment.

April Parker, a senior in radio-television from Birmingham, Ala., and director of traditions of Student Programming Council, said the games are a chance for the RSOs to showcase their organizations, recruit new members and create good public relations.

Any RSO can participate in each event, Parker said. They are encouraged to gain new contacts through these games.

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Parker said the RSOs have the opportunity to make a small profit.

We also ask the RSOs to keep their sale to a minimum of 25 cents per item, she said. Our goal is to not make money, but to provide awareness of each organization.

WIDB Radio is one RSO that plans to entertain the crowd with games and music throughout the night .

Al Harper, a senior in radio-television from Belleville and program director/interim general manager for WIDB Radio, said one activity the station is planning is the Name that Tune game featuring oldies and current hits.

Harper said if people guess the correct song, they will receive giveaways that include free CD’s, cassettes, stickers and posters. He said the game will be a lot of fun, and the songs should sound somewhat familiar to the contestants.

There’s going to be some tunes that your mom and dad used to listen to, so you may not recall the title, but you should know it, Harper said.

Mat Forrest, a senior in speech communications from Philo and president of the Student Alumni Council, said the council is going along with the theme of Tropical Eruption of Fun by having a limbo game and playing Jimmy Buffet songs to keep the mood going. He said there will most likely be several winners, so the council will probably give away T-shirts to them.

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Forrest said one goal the council has is to make people more aware of their organization and realize the benefits if they join.

We want to educate people about what the council can do for them, Forrest said. New members have the opportunity to build their resume, gain more contacts, including alumni, get involved in campus events and make more friends.

Some fraternities are taking advantage of RSO Games by recruiting new members.

John Carney, a senior in electrical engineering from Moline and public relations director of Theta Xi, said his fraternity is trying to find new prospects by setting up a table with various promotions.

We’re going to have a video on our fraternity, some fliers containing information on the Greek system and there will be fraternity members to answer any questions, Carney said.

Harper said this is an event for everyone to enjoy.

Even if people don’t want to join any of these organizations, it’s still a fun activity for people to come out and have a good time, he said. As for the organizations, there is no guarantee that the RSO Games will help recruit a ton of new members, but it will be a good event to increase awareness.

The RSO Games begin at 7 p.m., Friday, in the Student Center. Admission is free.