g1ve m1xers a new twist For the third year in a row, women's social club Oege hosted one of the most attention-grabbing mixers of the club process. Like many women's club mixers, this one involved pajamas and cookies, but the real highlight was the pedicures performed on the spot by the Oege beaux. The mixer was an excellent opportunity to showcase the club's beaux and helped the prospective members relax in what was normally a stressful club process. "This mixer is just a great fun spirit," junior Oege member Jimma Cornelius said, who claimed the pedicure mixer as her personal favorite. "The girls of Oege love our beaux and we take pride in them so we enjoy letting them have a mixer to shine at, with a twist." Potential members also enjoyed the break from the stress of the club process and felt pampered by the beaux, not to mention entertained as they watched guys trying to paint toenails. "There is just something so entertaining about a guy painting toenails that makes the whole thing enjoyable," Cornelius said. The Oege beaux typically had no experience in nail-painting, but they worked hard to give the potential members a pedicure they would remember. Senior Ben Borgelt said his experiences as an Oege beau for the past three years helped him get used to the adventures in primping and beauty. "I actually have a blast doing a bunch of girly stuff as a beau with Oege," Borgelt said. "It's almost like playing a part in a play. I don't know how likely I'd be to paint nails all day on my own time, but filling a role and doing something spontaneous and fun isn't uncomfortable at all if you know who you are behind the mask." The beaux took their "parts" very seriously, however. "[The beaux] ask us a lot of questions on how to give a good pedicure," Cornelius said. "We even have had some of them Google it. They work so hard to give a perfect pedicure. Well, at least as perfect as it can be. The pedicures are always really nicelooking because the boys try so hard." • Even though the boys were nervous (a'nd some had to ask for the definition of a pedicure), all the girls left with pretty toes ali'~ smiles on their faces. "It was, of course, a little uncomfortable painting a bunch of toenails of girls I'd just met," Borgelt said. "But I had too much fun~kN~ping the girls on their toes to worry about myself!" ? Heidi Tabor mixers 255
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