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Show && mpm mm )GA hopes to double mimber of clubs jjYAIAIN A ALLRED Staff Writer student government fre bringing in the new to0l year with a bang by clubs to an y jmg new jibe al-jd- long list of extracur-ula- r organizations at state College. lUe Baird, vice president of and a junior business from Salt Lake City, ,jjor student government the jd jDSC is planning on comdrfely rewiring the way it and runs the exist- jjjages and new clubs, fhe student government at increas-- ,, jSC is planning on amount of clubs by (percent. Some of these will be a part of ;iv clubs annual Club Rush, which jj luck off on Wednesday illOa.m. on the diagonal. Ibe amount of clubs is not overje only thing being semester. this fed Eli jibs t all al :r- - a, r C IE Were doing some-tin- g weve never done Baird said. ,efore, Were going to change . ieway student govern-Kat is designed. DSCs student govern-jen- t wants to increase airollment in the clubs to jyto get students with their school udactivities on campus. You cant just sit round and study all the jme," said Brian Cald-1a freshman biology lajorfrom St. George, Mo attended the club Mon Friday. "Life is Kant to be lived." in-idv- ed 1, Baird said that increasing the number of clubs will benefit students in many ways. One of the major advantages to doubling the enrollment in these clubs is that it creates a precedence to get involved in clubs, Baird said. As clubs vice president, Baird wants to change the job that his position entails. Hes planning on keeping better recbrds and being more involved with the fundamentals of running a successful school club. Baird also believes changing the mechanics of the clubs will result in a greater response from DSCs students and faculty. Every adviser on faculty plays a key role in this ambitious goal of ours, Baird said. He also said the students on the student government arent the only people on campus behind these new clubs. We want every student to step out and request to start a club, Baird said. Many of these new clubs will have booths and representatives at this weeks club rush. Weve allotted the clubs a bit more money to make their booths more exciting, Baird said. Traditionally, Club Rush has been pretty successful for us. This year were really geared toward freshman students. Kona de la Cruz, a junior communication major from Corona, Calif., is a multicultural and diversity club representative. He plays a facilitative role in helping clubs that fall into the multicultural and diversity category to realize their goals. "What I hope to accomplish this year is to help each club realize the goals that they have that year and to help them identify the necessary processes or major forms that have to do with them," de la Cruz said. "Essentially, Im the liaison between the student government and the clubs." De la Cruz said taking part in clubs on campus is "absolutely paramount" to succeeding in college, and Baird agreed. One of the major goals the student government has this year is to double enrollment in the existing clubs. |