Wednesday’s ClubFest II spread beyond the Great Hall of the Memorial Union – up into the second floor, though few students seemed to realize it.

Away from the downstairs bustle were the individual greek chapters, which set up tables in the Trophy Room for informal recruitment. Traffic there was less than it was downstairs, and it consisted mostly of greek students visiting friends.

Beatriz Espinoza, freshman in chemical engineering and Delta Delta Delta member, attributed it to a lack of publicity.

“A lot of people don’t know we’re up here, so we haven’t been able to sign up people,” Espinoza said. “People put a lot of work into putting up their trifolds and setting stuff up. It’s a shame.”

Jordan Novak, sophomore in industrial technology and member of Alpha Sigma Phi, felt the same.

“It’s cool to have it up here, but I wish there were more signs,” Novak said.

He also offered a different perspective on the setup.

“I don’t agree with having all the greeks in the same place,” Novak said. “All people see are letters and people trying to shake your hand. It’s intimidating.”

Allie Arends, sophomore in pre-journalism and mass communication, said even some of the chapter members working the tables were confused.

“A couple of guys in Sig Ep are in the house and didn’t even know where to go,” Arends said. “It’d be nice to have signs.”

Not all of the greek organizations were upstairs, however. The four governing councils of the greek system, the Interfraternity Council, the Collegiate Panhellenic Council, the Multicultural Greek Council and the National Panhellenic Council, had tables in the Great Hall.

“There’s not enough room for every chapter to have room at ClubFest,” said Tracey Schumacher, junior in civil engineering and prospective member liaison for the Collegiate Panhellenic Council. “So they [the MU staff] worked with us in getting another room.”

The councils tried to get their and their chapters’ names out to students.

“We’re trying to get people to visit upstairs,” said Kolton Boyer, junior in marketing and university and prospective member recruiter for the Interfraternity Council. “We’re kind of the contact point for people.

“We’re here to get the greek community in people’s minds, improve our visibility.”

Rolando Chacon, junior in apparel merchandising, design and production and president of Sigma Lambda Beta, was there to raise awareness about the Multicultural Greek Council.

He felt ClubFest was a good venue.

“We’ve had a lot of questions,” he said. “‘Who are you guys?’ – it’s a work in progress.”