Japanese college students are persistent in their recruitment for clubs and "circles" (extra curricular activities groups). The school year in Japan starts at the beginning of April. Compared with the University of Illinois, which has Quad Day once a year (an event at which students can walk around the quad and talk to members of registered student organizations who have set up booths to advocate for their group), Konan University students recruit much more often. For the first two weeks in April, student groups set up tables every day along the walkway and in the commons area on campus, with group members at the ready to explain information to interested first year students. Students will call out to people walking by to come over to their table and check out their club information. Other students stand in the pathway and force flyers into the hands of students walking past. One day all the students in clubs even lined up on the two sides of the entry walkway and formed a sort of tunnel. New students entering the school grounds would have to walk through the two rows of people and probably have dozens of flyers forced upon them before entering into the building where their morning class is held. Wiser students who wanted to avoid that sort of attention would have to walk outside the tunnel of people on the edge of the walkway and almost be in danger of falling into the rain gutter. There are over 2,000 new students entering Konan University every year, but despite this number, I wonder how successful club recruitment is with such aggressive recruiting tactics.