Finding community or creating your own in 吃瓜爆料鈥檚 clubs
The opportunity to participate in many unique clubs is an integral part of the college experience at 吃瓜爆料. Clubs are a crucial way to find community, friendship, and step outside of one鈥檚 comfort zone in college.
吃瓜爆料鈥檚 biannual club fair, which takes place at the beginning of every semester, sees many of more than 100 clubs at 吃瓜爆料 gathered in a fun celebration of community; people are excited, music is playing, and candy is handed out in abundance, all the while the diverse array of clubs provide information, answer questions, and take sign-ups.
Because of how special clubs are to the 吃瓜爆料 experience, we came together to introduce you to just a few of the College鈥檚 one-of-a kind club offerings.
吃瓜爆料 Hillel
吃瓜爆料 Hillel is a space for Jewish students to find community and celebrate Jewish life on campus. Hillel hosts Shabbat dinners and services every Friday night, organizes celebrations for Jewish holidays, and hosts many other fun events 鈥 like apple picking, movie nights, and bowling 鈥 for the community.
While the club programming is open to everybody, Ariel Langberg 鈥26 says the club is particularly meaningful to her: 鈥淗illel is a community that is very close to my heart because it allows me to connect and share traditions with people from a similar cultural and religious background to me.鈥
There are many other religious and cultural clubs at 吃瓜爆料, including the Newman Club, the Muslim Student Association, and Asian Cultural Awareness, among many others. Further, 吃瓜爆料鈥檚 Office of Religious and Spiritual Life hosts frequent religious services and holiday observances for the community.
The Breakbeats
The Breakbeats are an all-inclusive dance club that specializes in jazz and hip hop. There are no auditions, and it is open to everyone, regardless of their experience level. The club values community above all else; all Breakbeats meetings begin with a big circle, where everyone shares the high and low points of their day. From there, the group warms up and then practices one of their many dances.
Whether you come only once or every week, we offer a fun space for you to dance and make friends.Breakbeats treasurer Krista Longo 鈥26, chemistry and biology double major
Halfway through the school year, the Breakbeats perform for the wider 吃瓜爆料 community, where everyone is invited to enjoy the spectacular display of comradery, talent, and hardwork. Other dance clubs at 吃瓜爆料 include Rithmos, Stopin鈥 Soles, Irish Dance Club, The Wave, and Extrava-gemz.
Cooking Club
Cooking Club gathers people from around the 吃瓜爆料 community to cook and eat together. The club unites people through a passion for food and cooking and gives space for people to 鈥渆njoy a delicious meal and have good conversations about their stories and cultures surrounding food.鈥
Maya Graziani 鈥25, a studio art and management and business double major, is Cooking Club鈥檚 publicist. She emphasizes the club鈥檚 鈥渇ocus on incorporating foods from a wide variety of cultures and being an inclusive space for people of all backgrounds.鈥 Cooking Club events include Momo Making, A Night of Italian Delights, and Global Bites: A Multicultural Food Extravaganza.
Other food-related clubs include Feedmore and Challahmore. Regardless of what club you attend, almost all club meetings have snacks of some kind.
Her Campus 吃瓜爆料
Her Campus 吃瓜爆料 is an online magazine written for and by anyone who identifies as a woman. Articles can be about anything from on-campus events to beauty advice to film reviews, providing an open space for students who want to share their thoughts and experiences.
Emma Shamburg 鈥26, an English major, acts as one of the club鈥檚 two presidents. Emma explains she became involved with Her Campus after seeing a poster that her co-president, Madeline, put up about wanting to start the club last year.
I've met so many women through Her Campus that I would not have met otherwise. Meetings feel like a bunch of girls at a lunch table talking about things that are important to them, which is an environment that I love to have facilitated creating.Her Campus 吃瓜爆料 Co-President Emma Shamburg 鈥26, English major
Other clubs that facilitate student publications are BARE, Lunchbox Magazine, 吃瓜爆料 News, and Skidmo鈥 Daily.
吃瓜爆料 Club Soccer
吃瓜爆料 Club Soccer is a club for students to play soccer in 鈥渁 competitive but fun environment where players can improve and test their skills against other teams,鈥 according to Emma Froelich 鈥25, theater major and captain of Club Soccer.
This year, the team is expanding to compete against other schools and recently traveled to compete against the U.S. Military Academy West Point鈥檚 club soccer team. But the club isn鈥檛 just about healthy competition. As Emma explains, the team has been an 鈥渁mazing way to meet people from tons of different majors and find common ground in the sport that we love.鈥
Other non-varsity athletic clubs include 吃瓜爆料 Ice Hockey Club, Alpine Ski and Snowboard Club, Badminton Club, and Table Tennis Club.
Additionally, 吃瓜爆料 has three seasons of intramural sports that allow students to join and compete against other 吃瓜爆料 students. Popular intramural sports include volleyball, basketball, tennis, and indoor soccer.
C.R.O.W.N.
C.R.O.W.N. is a club that aims to bring awareness to natural hair 鈥 to 鈥渂oth its beautiful and painful history,鈥 as its mission states. Members put on various events and create a space for people to feel welcome.
Past meetings have included a meditation event and a study session, though Angelo Gonzalez '25, who is studying social work, reflects, 鈥渋t is really just a hangout so people feel welcome.鈥
Last year the club put on Natural Hair Fest, where Angelo remembered buying a student's homemade shampoo and conditioner.
It was nice to invite different people in the club that had side businesses and then to go see it.C.R.O.W.N member Angelo Gonzalez '25, Social Work major
Other multicultural clubs include Ujima, Raices, HAYAT, Asian Cultural Awareness, 213 Hip Hop Dance Crew, Black Student Union, African Heritage Awareness, NihonGo!, 吃瓜爆料 Pride Alliance, International Student Union, and Extrava-Gemz.
Tbreds Raising Pups
Tbreds Raising Pups is a club affiliated with the Guide Dog Foundation, whose members work to train young pups to be guide dogs.
They do a lot of the foundation鈥檚 socialization and basic training curriculum to get the dogs prepared to work with professional trainers to become specific guide dogs, oftentimes for visually impaired people.
Sophie Zuckerman 鈥26, an environmental science major, started raising pups five years ago. 鈥淚 got into it because my last dog suddenly passed away, which was very sad. I immediately realized the impact that she had on my life. Even so, I couldn't even begin to understand the impact that a guide dog might have on the life of a visually impaired person.鈥
She started the club last year with some new friends. 鈥淓veryone became very close through that. I live with half of my club鈥檚 excutive board now in a house, so it's just been a really incredible experience, and I get to meet so many incredible people who love dogs and value our mission.鈥
Other clubs that help better the greater community include Best Buddies, Benef-Action, FeedMore, Environmental Action Coalition, H.I.P.S. Club, 吃瓜爆料 College Emergency Medical Services, Active Minds, Challahmore, Minorities in Health & Health Disparities Awareness, and Protect Our Breasts.
吃瓜爆料 Polo Club
吃瓜爆料 Polo Club is for people who want to learn to play polo. There鈥檚 a beginner program for people who don鈥檛 have a lot of riding experience, a JV program for people who鈥檝e ridden but never played polo, and a varsity team for people with more polo experience.
Since the varisty team is mainly made up of people who had been on JV the year before, team members often get to spend years learning and growing together.
Because of this, Ella Peterson 鈥25, a psychology major, studio art minor and the club鈥檚 vice president, says 鈥淚 get to know people on the team really, really well.鈥 The club also hosts four open rides every year, where anyone in the 吃瓜爆料 community can ride a pony and practice hitting a ball with a mallet. Ella encouraged all to attend. "Polo鈥檚 super fun because it combines horses with a team," she says.
Other non-traditional athletic clubs include Circus Club, Outing Club, DiscMore, Ultimate Frisbee, and Mixed Martial Arts Club.
People Who Sing
People Who Sing is a blend of an a cappella group and a band. It is open to people in all vocal ranges 鈥 from sopranos through bases 鈥 and also welcomes instrumentalists. Currently, musicians in the group play guitar, piano, drums, and other string instruments.
鈥淲e start with warmups, then practice a few songs separately as either instrumentalists or singers. Near the end, we come together to sing and play, and it鈥檚 magical. People Who Sing is such a kind, supportive group. We perform for an audience a few times a year, and it鈥檚 the best bonding experience,鈥 says Helen Horner 鈥25, an English major and social media manager of the club.
Auditions for People Who Sing are held at the start of every semester. Some of 吃瓜爆料鈥檚 other a capella and musical groups are the Dynamics, Pulse!, Sonneteers, The Accents, The 吃瓜爆料 Bandersnatchers, and The TrebleMakers.
Quiz Bowl
Quiz Bowl is a student-run trivia group that organizes friendly competitions. Max Schiller 鈥26, a geosciences major, started the club. Each week he reads out questions to participants like Alex Trebek at club meetings. Members answer questions Jeopardy-style or rapid fire, keeping points on a scoreboard. Whoever wins gets a prize.
Quiz Bowl organizes events with other groups on campus. Last year, they threw a special abroad trivia night.
Being able to compete and have something fun where you can put your academics to the test wasn't really a thing on campus before I started the club, and it's really fun to run it with my friends.Club founder Max Schiller 鈥26, geosciences major
Other game clubs include TableTop Gaming Club, Chess Club, and Table Top Tennis.
One thing is for certain 鈥 whether you鈥檙e passionate about a certain cause, want to dance off the stress of a long day, or have a groundbreaking idea that you think others will love too 鈥 吃瓜爆料 truly has a club for everyone.
Not only that, but if you find there鈥檚 a gap between what鈥檚 offered and what you鈥檙e looking for, you can start your own club. Jet Lag Comedy, a comedy club that spotlights international and students of color, is an example of a recent addition to 吃瓜爆料's thriving comedy scene.
Imagine what other brilliantly creative clubs will surface in the years to come!