Uni High's third annual Cultural Fair is barely a week away. The Oct. 3 event promises to be spectacular, but organizers need your help to make it as good as it can be. To do our part, the Online Gargoyle will be hosting a "Countdown to Cultural Fair '08," a daily update by the event's organizers. They'll let you know what they need, how things are going, and what you can look forward to. Our first update comes from freshman Aramael Pena-Alcantara, one of the student organizers.

URBANA — At the Cultural Fair happening on Oct. 3, we have events like no other fair. It's going to be bigger, better, and Alarstonishing (so cool we had to invent a new word for it).

The Cultural Fair has more booths than before. But you guys, come on: You all have culture, so get off the computer (after reading this article) and think about your Cultural Fair and e-mail Rachel Harmon or Aramael Pena-Alcantara.

For entertainment we have a couple of bands from Uni's own, including The Capote Flat, featuring junior Eddie Diazmunoz on drums. We have had some awesome posters up around the hallway, if you haven’t already seen them.

But for the fair to be better, we need your cooperation. Do you have any restaurants that you like that you think would be awesome for the fair? Well, now e-mail them to me.