Tag: Student Life

Last Thursday I went to an event hosted by the Hong Kong Club. The day before that, Wednesday, had been the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a holiday that’s celebrated, as opposed to holidays that aren’t celebrated for whatever reason. Is it a shame that the two days didn’t coincide? Maybe a bit, but calendars and scheduling don’t always like to play along. Hosting an event about a holiday that occurred the day before just happens sometimes.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This day is supposedly when the moon appears to be the biggest and brightest. I think it depends on point of view and where on Earth a person is, but that’s purely from my own unscientific observations made with eyeballs and more often than not, cloud interference. One major part of this holiday is gathering to watch the moon with one’s family while eating mooncake. There are various types of mooncakes, but the general idea is that its a circular pastry (round, like the moon) comprised of mostly filling (lotus root paste is a sweet classic) and a thin dough shell that is decorated with designs and writing on top. Sometimes a yolk from a hard boiled egg is placed in the middle of the mooncake, so when it’s cut, surprise! It’s something else that’s round, like the moon.
After providing people who went to the event with some food and telling some information about the Mid-Autumn Festival, the members of the Hong Kong Club set up a game. The closest thing it reminded me of was musical chairs, but with two teams and instead of taking away chairs one person per team had to try to guess how many people would stand up per round. To win, a team needed to correctly guess the correct number twice. The losing team would then be forced to eat pieces of mooncake covered with hot sauce. As strange as that might sound, the lotus root paste was overpoweringly sweet so the hot sauce taste was lost within seconds.

Hi everyone! My name is Lauren, and I am a Freshman. I was curious to learn what Student Life had to offer here at Baruch, so a friend had introduced me to the club, Women in Business, also known as WIB. I was interested to attend WIB’s general interest meeting because I plan to major within a field of business, however, I am not sure what my concentration is yet.

When I first entered the club meeting, there were a lot of people seated and they provided pizza, cookies, and drinks for students. Soon after, the President and Vice Presidents of the club introduced themselves and explained what the club is about. As they were explaining the club’s responsibilities, it seemed organized and professional since there were many committees such as marketing, event planning, journalism, etc. This way, there were many positions for students and it allowed them to choose what committee they prefered to participate in. The club members also met and worked with professionals outside of Baruch which made the club such a huge success.  

After that, we had a fun ice breaker in order to get to know about one another. We formed a circle and had to pass a little box around as they played the music. Once the music stopped, we had to say our names and why we were interested in the club.

I was pleased to attend this meeting because everyone was welcoming and friendly. It also made me feel more comfortable at Baruch since I became more familiar with new faces. Not only did I expand my horizons as a student and expose myself to activities beyond the classroom, but I had the opportunity to ask questions and socialize with other students. I definitely enjoyed my time at the Women in Business general interest meeting.   

 

    

I’ve spent the majority of my high school career being part of philanthropic organizations and it’s something I truly enjoy because of all the different people and perspectives I come across. Partaking in philanthropic clubs taught me so much about the world we live in and about myself, so I chose to attend UNICEF’s general interest meeting to find out exactly what is it they do. It turned out to be really inspiring and fun.

The meeting opened up by them introducing themselves followed by pizza and soda. After we were done eating they showed us an emotional but powerful video that depicted the struggles of children all over the world. It was honestly very sad because it resonated with me, after the video finished they went onto explain all of the fundraising events they hold to raise awareness for the disadvantaged children across the globe. To name a few fundraising events: Trick or Treat for Unicef, International Food Fair, Snowflake Ball, etc. They then proceeded onto an icebreaker in which we had to break up into groups and come up with three things we all had in common. My group didn’t win but it was still fun because the group that did was so specific on what they had in common that everyone laughed when they said it out loud.

I had the opportunity to meet international students during this meeting and talk with some of the board members which was exciting. I had a great time at the meeting and I do see myself becoming a member of UNICEF at Baruch because of the message they want to spread across the school. I want my college experience at Baruch to be one where I am actively involved in clubs that want to make a difference in peoples lives; UNICEF at Baruch.