The Club Fair at Baruch today was a fun, informative, and enthusiastic event. The fair took place in the gymnasium during club hours from 12:30 to 2: 30, a time I usually go to Chinatown with friends and eat lunch before class. Although there were some sacrifices I made for going, but it was well worth it. I am here to share with you what I experienced in this extraordinarily wonderful and organized event.

As I was hungrily walking down the stairs towards the gymnasium, I could already hear the music blaring from the stereos. Before I even walked in, the music was so loud that my eardrums started hurting and my heart beating. I was pumped up. I quickly stepped into gymnasium, the first thing that caught my eyes were the hundreds of people crowded in the middle of the gym, each moving in different directions. I wandered around and noticed that there were a lot of people just like me trying to figure out things about all the clubs that Baruch College has to offer.

I began my journey by first signing up for the Chinese Christian Club, because I am a Christian. I found out that this club is Chinese-speaking only, with mostly fobby members in it. Hence the second club I signed up for was the Christian Intervarsity, an English-speaking club with mixed racial members. In the middle of my journey, I saw Oleksandr Tkach from LC24. Oleksandr told me about his true passions and together we signed up for the Black Student Union. Besides black students, the club is also about hip-hop music, tools needed to succeed in their finance, and President Obama. Oleksandr and I believed our passion for black students and hip-hop music will translate into our successes in the club. On my way to more clubs, I passed by the stereos and realized the DJ was taking requests from people. He was playing songs like “Club Can’t Handle Me” by Flo Rida, “Dj Got Us Fallin In Love” by Usher, and “Just A Dream” by Nelly. When all these songs were finished playing, I have already signed up for three other clubs, UCLA (United Chinese Language Association), Archery, and Bowling club. Every single club I approached, the representatives were friendly, sociable, and fervently answering students’ questions.

As I was walking out of the gymnasium and huming “Just The Way You Are”, I looked back at it one last time, saddened to leave, but I had to go to political science. I realized, the music, the people, the intimacy created an upbeat and energetic environment for us to fulfill our passions.

Thanks for reading.