It has returned.  The sale of all sales that brings together the students of California State University, Long Beach.  Walking past the food court towards the Nugget Grill and Pub, one gets sidetracked with the large crowd in the Southwest Terrace.  

The small terrace is filled with students who are sifting through piles and piles of clothes and squatting to search through boxes for warehouse priced street-wear clothing such as Obey.

Every semester, Zeta Phi Rho puts up an Obey sale not only to raise funds for the organization, but also to bring the campus together and help show how well established the fraternity is said senior engineering technology major Chris Pham.

The fundraiser generally has a consistent success rate in funds.  This time around, however, it did not profit more than the last sale.  

“. . . It wasn’t as successful, because we usually have an afternoon rush, but didn’t this year,” Julio de la Cruz president of the fraternity and senior biochemistry major said.  

The reason for the small profit is due to the date of the sale.  According to Cruz, the sale is normally held within the first few weeks of the semester, because everyone is on campus trying to add classes or purchasing books at the bookstore. 

“Whereas having it later in the year, students ditch class or come to campus less often,” Cruz said.

According to onlookers, the sale had a nice turnout.  “The products were great, but I didn’t buy anything ’cause I’m sadly broke,” said sophomore nursing major Stephanie Lomboy.  “I do believe it was successful because different types of people came out.”