HKUST is similar to its name, old-fashioned, serious, and reserved. After all, it is a university that aims to train scientists, so it must have a strong academic atmosphere, and everyone is eager to learn. This is actually a superficial view of the outside world, and even some typical views that are generalized.
Perhaps only students studying at the main campus of HKUST understand that HKUST students are not much different from students at other universities. They also skip classes, cram for exams, and curse those "GPA killers" when faced with a high failure rate every semester.
But there are differences. There has always been a popular saying in the university town that if you go to eat at the intersection of several schools, you can distinguish the students of USTC from many students at a glance. Most of them do not have much vitality of college students, look dull, unkempt, or even stroll around in slippers, they must be USTC students.
Although this is a joke, it is not without basis and in some cases one can identify with it. The main reason is that HKUST as a whole has a minimalist style. Many clubs at this period were formal interest clubs, such as the "Photography Enthusiasts Association", "Scientific Expedition and Exploration Association", "Table Tennis Association", "Chess Club"... The neatness of the names is probably proportional to the urgency of the association's desire to instill relevant knowledge in you.
There were almost no big events. The photography club would hang their photographs on hemp ropes in the grove next to Tian Jiabing for people to see. Most of the clubs’ activities were small-scale, and posters could not be spread all over the school. It was like they were doing underground activities, for fear of being caught by those who love learning and criticized for not doing their job properly. If they wanted to create a big event inside HKUST, they would be suppressed by public opinion.
But some instincts still existed. For example, the dance club posted a few simple posters, indicating which large classroom would hold a social dance party on Saturday night. Although there was no news of this before, there were huge crowds of people that night.
So other universities are more open about their style, but HKUST is basically more reserved.
The recent unrest at HKUST was basically caused by the establishment of the "Tianxing Society" which was initiated by freshmen.
The key is that its establishment has somewhat broken the dull and conservative campus atmosphere of HKUST.
At the three main intersections extending out from Tin Ka Ping, the core members of the society moved out chairs and stood on both sides, distributing leaflets to the outside world.
The flyer is very simple, decorated with a Chinese knot, and contains only one sentence: "If you have creativity, ideas, or outstanding qualities, Tianxing Club welcomes you to join. Please send your resume to the following email address and wait for a reply."
This slogan was discussed by everyone, and Cheng Ran wrote it down right after hearing about it.
After that, all the drafts that everyone had come up with were rejected. The more they discussed, the better they thought it was. Li Wei, who was in charge of the entire publicity work, listened to the deliberations of several seniors who had experience in managing clubs, and they all thought that this flyer was actually very good.
Now next to the station, Li Wei told the temporarily recruited peripheral staff of the Skywalker Society about the conclusions that everyone had discussed before. It was just that these became his own arguments and he felt very happy to show off in front of others. "Don't think that there is no overly gorgeous slogan, but in fact, its plainness itself highlights the presence of this sentence."
"Moreover, this flyer does not have any introduction to the association, so you have to rely on your imagination to understand it. The seemingly plain words create a contrast with the large-scale distribution of flyers. This immediately produces several effects. First, people who are not interested in the association, or ordinary college students, will just laugh after reading the flyer and take it home to fold paper airplanes or draw sketches. Just like the few people mentioned above, did you see... Most of them are not interested, but they know about it, so the topic has a mass base."
"Secondly, we look for people who are creative, have ideas, and have outstanding qualities, as described in the promotional text. However, these people may not actually write a resume like they would for a job application and send it to us... This will screen out another group of people... Then what kind of people do we need from the rest? It is not enough to have skills, but also a spirit of adventure, and the drive to try and get in touch with new things. Such people will send us their resumes."
Under the admiring gazes of the people around him, Li Wei was fully aware of being an elite member of the Tianxing Society. "In this way, we can easily complete the preliminary screening work that previously required a lot of manpower and energy, and then select the talents that our Tianxing Society needs from these people."
"Brother Li, you guys are really... awesome!"
Li Wei snorted proudly. When he first heard Cheng Ran talk about it, he had the same expression as these people in front of him. It felt so good to see the scene replaying at this moment.
So some people took the flyers, some were with friends, and everyone discussed as they walked, frowned, wondered, or some were eager to try.
In short, this peculiar way of publicity, with the three main roads in the central location of HKUST as the axis, radiates outward and forms people's initial impression of the Tianxing Society.
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Not far away. Yang Mu and his group walked by and saw Li Wei directing three people to distribute flyers in front of the station in the distance. It was very lively and some people even came to ask about it. Li Wei was once surrounded by several interested girls to ask about it.
This situation was quite eye-catching in the eyes of Yang Mu and his group.
"Brother Mu, didn't you say before that the Youth League Committee would not approve the establishment of an association for freshmen... But not only was it established, but the recruitment period for the club has already passed, and they are still able to put it up for promotion. Isn't this considered a violation of the rules? And the scale of the event is comparable to that of our student union!"
"It's not a violation," said one of the student union officers. "Although they are recruiting new students, they didn't ask for recruitment fees. The key is that we are not responsible for advertising on the main roads. Unless the school administration comes to chase them away, no one can drive them away, unless someone notifies the administration?"
None of the people expressed their opinions. Let’s not talk about whether the other party had obtained the consent of the school administration to advertise on the main road. Secondly, even if there was no consent, it would not be a big deal. Most of the schools would just turn a blind eye. On the contrary, if someone really notified the school administration, it would be suspected of being a snitching behind the scenes, which would damage everyone’s personality. None of us are that kind of people, and we don’t want to be given some bad comments.
But Yang Mu seemed embarrassed.
Previously, he openly looked down on such things, and even brought up the conflict between Zhang Jing and Vice President Zheng Kang caused by her strong support for Tianxing Society. When the Youth League Committee sent back the Tianxing Society's application, he kept making sarcastic remarks, saying that Zhang Jing, this woman, had nothing to be proud of now, and she might be impeached. But later, things turned around again, and the Youth League Committee directly invited Shi Jiaxun to announce that the application was approved.
When he saw this scene, Yang Mu felt a burning fire of jealousy in his heart.
After working so hard and running around, he finally established a good relationship with the director. Now Cheng Ran has mobilized his class and counselors to form a united front.
Now that he himself has not done anything, there are many people running around for him, consolidating and expanding his power core as the president of Tianxing Society.
Someone nearby went to get a flyer and came down.
Looked at each other.
"What does this mean? It doesn't say anything, but I have to submit a resume, go through an interview, and pass three levels before I can join? What do they think of this small club as? A Fortune 500 company?"
"It's a joke! Who would sign up?"