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• On this day I attended one of the days of the National Suicide Prevention Week at Baruch College. At first glance, they challenged me with a question. The question was,” What were you made for?” In my head, I thought it was in order to fill my older sisters’ loneliness – which my parents told me was the reason. But I knew in reality I was here to make a difference in peoples lives. At least for the people who are around me or the people I surround myself with. At this event I was informed with of what suicide prevention is. Yes, its obvious, but they told me what it meant to them. Which was to prevent the further distress of suicide and the to mitigate the problems that surrounds that specific person. They also offered tips on healthy coping skills. This small event was more of a listening event for bringing awareness to this cause. Here I was simply informed and enlightened of the cause. I also learned on how to get even further involved off campus. Overall it was great.

I went to the UCLA lantern making to see how people are there and to also see if I would be the only white kid there. I wasn’t. All the people there nice to me and I felt relief. At first I wanted to get out of there cuz I felt like I didn’t fit in cuz I wasn’t Chinese or any other sort of Asian and didn’t have any sort of Asian heritage, I think. I decided to stay however because it was a calm environment and the people there reminded of my friends from high school and it felt nice and friendly. There was also free food and I couldn’t say no to that. I might go to their other events if I have the time since I enjoyed my time there.

Hillel at Baruch helps the Jewish people of the school learn about Jewish people around the world. I went to there first official meeting where the quickly discussed each group in Hillel. There is Yofi which stands for youth organization for Israel. This was basically the student government of the whole group. BOSS which is basically for Russian Jews. Alpha Epsilon Pi which is the fraternity, and WINGS the all girl group and unofficially a sorority. There are two groups that focused more on the finance and economics accept which are First Lex Corp, and TAMID. Both of which I will try to join. Hillel seems like a really inclusive place and a place where I can make many friends. I’m excited to be apart of it.

I went to the Model UN meeting or whatever. Seeing as my previous school had a Model UN I was shook that Baruch did too. I never did join in high school but this one was alright. They basically explained the gist of what Model UN does and how they went about the process of getting in. Basically Model UN has students represent countries and holds conferences. They mentioned to get in you have to do a whole interview process but it all pays off with how much they travel. Not gonna lie the minute I heard interview process I thought DUB. Not trying to get heavily committed here and with everything they said, girl its a lot. Maybe next time sis.

I attended a traders club event with my friend Karol. Genuinely I didn’t have interest but I came with him because he wanted to enter their mentor ship program. Considering I saw them at the first club fair, I didn’t really gain any new information. Personally I would be a little more interested in IMG if I were a finance major but I’m doing management so there’s really nothing for me at either TC or IMG. I had some interest in fraternities before coming to this school, but after interacting with the public/business ones I realized they are similar to real frats in terms of connections and networking however they lack the whole “fun” aspect.

Letter to self:
Dear future self,
Build the habit of productivity and getting things done, especially when it comes to beginning something and getting the ball rolling.
Remember to drop a tape on SoundCloud to increase your clout.
Become more selfless.

So the club that I attended was the Guinean Students Association. I saw their flyer in the front of school. Usually I don’t attend ethnically diverse clubs so I thought why not? During the meeting we did some ice breakers and watched a video. Going into this meeting I had no idea what Guinea Culture is/ what it’s like so I learned a lot during the meeting, and from google. Yes, I did search up the culture because I have no connection to it. So during the presentation they introduced the club itself and what they do. Most of the icebreakers were just introducing yourself to everyone and getting comfortable with the people. I don’t think I’ll join the club though, I don’t really have time.

The club I attended was Model Un. I thought I would be fun to try something new. We started off with some ice breakers, which was a good way to get everyone to interact with each other. After a few rounds we all got seated and the members of the club gave us a general overview of what model un is. They’re the only club that travels internationally in the entire school, which I thought was pretty cool. The club is however, very demanding and requires you to input your time and energy. I don’t know if I am going to join but it seems fun.

Hi I’m Maleeha and my friends and I went to the Model UN general info session. It was fun doing cute icebreakers like getting in order by the number of siblings and getting in alphabetical order but to be honest after convocation icebreakers trigger me. Anyways as you can tell by the title there was no food but I guess it didn’t matter because the meeting was very informative and discussed about the work ethic and dedication needed for Model UN and the process to apply. I wanted to join at first because I thought that the club can help me improve on my public speaking skills but now I’m not sure if this is the right club for me. Tough luck.

   

The event that I attended is called FUSION’s general interest meeting. I attended this event on Thursday September 9, 2017. FUSION stands for Filipinos Uniting Students In Other Nations.Despite it being Filipino anyone can attend or join! Its main goal is a social club which unites students of all nations. There are many upcoming events such as the club fair, the Mr. Pi Fundraiser, Free Food Challenge along with pageant events. The atmosphere was very friendly and relaxing. The treasurer is my coworker! Another interesting thing that I saw was Fusion clothing and merchandising. The outfits look great! Fusion provides many events to gain hours, experience and to connect with others. I look forward to joining this club.

Today I went to the Marketers of Baruch(MOB) Interest meeting in Room 4 -211. The room was full of people and some people had to stand on the sides. The leaders of the group put on a slideshow showcasing many things, such as what the group had done, the introduction for the different activities in the group, its leaders, and what they were trying to improve. They showcased the various places their former members had gone to work as, and what they could do for future group members. After that, they handed out pizza and chicken and answered private questions from the participants.