Students gathered together in the Browning Learning Center for Hear Me Out Conspiracy Theory night, an event where they enjoyed chips and sodas as they listened to each other’s hot takes on the existence of aliens and their cartoon character crushes.
The event was hosted by four different clubs: The Indigenous Student Organization, the Black Student Union, the Student Organization of Latinos and the Pacifica Student Union.
Each of the club leaders made a presentation to share with the group; they had slide shows they put on the TV with pictures or videos to go with their hot takes.
There was one conspiracy about aliens living in the ocean, where the presenter described the otherworldly anatomy of the octopus with their shape-shifting abilities, three hearts and more; in addition to other images of deep sea creatures to make their point.
Another presenter’s presentation went in-depth on how aliens were behind some of the most important biblical events. Some examples he used from the Bible included the burning bush was actually a holographic communication device, or when Jesus died and was resurrected his return would be possible because aliens pulled him up into space and the aliens returned him to Earth. He also showed pictures of UFO-looking objects found in drawings from ancient Egyptian tombs.
The rest of the Hear Me Out Night was strange cartoon character romances. The characters came from a wide variety of shows, ranging from “Five Nights at Freddy’s” to “Pokemon.” Some examples of characters were Nick Wilde from “Zootopia,” human Shrek, Funky Kong from “Super Mario Bros,” and even Utah Tech’s mascot, Brooks the Bison.
Ethan Aparicio, a sophomore psychology major from St. George, is the president of SOL, and he was the one who reached out to the other clubs to set up the event.
Aparicio said: “We wanted to work together because we are all sister clubs. We are all one and that is one of the things that I wanted to represent is that we are all united, even though we are separated as clubs now. We are still united and all of us care for each other’s clubs.”
Aparicio said he wants students to come and have fun at these events and let students know they can find a home here on campus.
Naji Haska Runs Through, a senior fine arts major from St. George, is the president of ISO and was voted winner of Hear Me Out Night with Runs Through’s choices in character crushes.
Runs Through said, “As the Indigenous Student Organization president, one of the big hits that I always talk about with our execs, and I always talk about with our members is when you create community you create stability.”
Michael Olsingch, a freshman mechatronics major from Wildomar, California, is the president of PSU and wanted to collaborate with the other clubs because the clubs wanted to help give students a home where they could feel they belong.
Olsingch said: “Not only is it a good way of getting to know people, especially since it’s with all the culture clubs, [but] maybe someone is struggling to find a family or their community on campus. This is a good opportunity to kind of feel represented in a way.”
The Hear Me Out Conspiracy Theory Night was an opportunity to meet other students and enjoy snacks in each other’s company as students shared their spicy opinions on the existence of aliens or their favorite cartoon crush.
