By Michelle Snider

Club Rush convened with an array of clubs tabling on the Laney quad Sept. 18, inviting students to broaden their knowledge, rapport, skills and interests.

ASLC President Dag Sabhat, along with a few senators, was present to help facilitate students around each club table. Sabhat said joining a club helps students create social connections that become support systems which can have successful academic results.

‘You come up with something completely new being with a group of people.’
—Justice Alford, ASLC Secretary of External Affairs

“The more you are invested on campus, the more you join clubs, the bet- ter your grades are,” he said. “There’s a correlation. You make friends and you feel more accepted.”

Joining clubs gives students a level of getting to know their colleagues that they can’t get in class, said ASLC Secretary of External Affairs Justice Alford.

“It’s beautiful in a sense,” she said. “You come up with something completely new, being with a group of people. I love that about clubs, that it brings out your imagination and creativity.”

Laney student Sheon Slaughter believes club activity helps students build a career later on. He suggests staying in contact with club members after college as they will possibly know of career opportunities later on and recommend you.

“It makes you feel a part of campus, and it helps you build community and as you build community that helps you want to come to school — to get in here and get it done,” Slaughter said.

Additional clubs:
Black Student Union [email protected]
Mongolian Students Apex Club [email protected]
Asianrific! Club Contact [email protected]
Hip Hop Scholars [email protected]
Friends of the Laney Garden [email protected]
Laney Architecture Club [email protected]