2008 Woodie Awards
Groups recruit members in BSC
Frderick Anderson
Issue date:
1/29/08
Section:
Campus
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The event was an open invitation to students to come participate in the event and ask any questions they had regarding the clubs.
Christina Waugh, assistant to student programs and leadership, called the event a "welcome back winter."
Waugh said the event was an opportunity to promote student activities and involvement. She said the purpose of the event was to help clubs advertise and recruit new members.
"It's all about helping the clubs," Waugh said.
Among those wandering through the club fair was Vice President of Student Services Dr. Rick MacLennan, who said he'd like to see more clubs getting out there for the students to see.
"It's an opportunity that students need to know about," MacLennan said, adding that there are a lot of clubs out there waiting to be discovered. "Learning what students are interested in could get a club started."
Greg Rivers, a student organizer who helped bring in the musical talent for the fair, said the event brought an important aspect to gaining student interest in campus activities.
"You actually have the club members there to talk to you," Rivers said.
Out of the 23 charted clubs, only about half of them showed up.
"I think this has greatly benefited our clubs," said Joey Salas co-president of Campus Crusades.
Student participation was not as high as previous events such as Halloween Town. Rivers speculated that attendance might have been affected because it happened on a Friday.
"Fridays people want to get out of here as soon as they can," he said.
Kiki Ayers, another student organizer said that the fair had a great turnout based on the amount of students still around campus.
"All the people that were still in the BSC came over and checked it out," Ayers said.
Although the club booths only drew a small crowd, the music caught the attention of students passing through the BSC. Cory Beahm, a friend of Rivers, took the stage at noon with his jazz solo. Beahm said he started playing saxophone in band during grade school where he met Rivers.
Aaron McFadden followed Beahm with an acoustic guitar solo at 1 p.m. Some students said McFadden resembled the late Jim Belushi. Rivers described McFadden's covers of old-school musicians like Johnny Cash and older country stars as "funk rock."
Student organizers said they were very pleased with how the event went. They said some clubs even took the opportunity to network with other clubs. Roger Meyer from the Rotaract Club introduceed himself to many of the group leaders in hopes of future collaboration.
"Rotaract got a lot of signatures," Ayers said.
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