On Thursday, September 7, 2017, I went to my first club meeting at Baruch. Having known about the types of clubs at Baruch before school even began, my first appearance at a General Interest Meeting had been overdue. Over the summer, I coincidentally ran into a gathering of Baruch students from VSA at Roosevelt Island while barbecuing with my fellow executive board members of a community service club I was involved in at my high school. On that day, I was informed about several clubs and the greek life at Baruch. Fast forward to orientation day, the club that stood out to me the most at the club fair was UCLA, one of the clubs mentioned to me and I looked forward to attending a general meeting. Although I missed the first, I was sure to attend the second meeting.
Stepping into the club room for the first time, I was surprised that such a small classroom could fit such a large crowd. Making my way to the front of the room, I sat right in front of the projector because all the seats were taken in the back of the room. After being given a brief summary about the purpose of the club, we spent majority of the time engaging in group games. The first game we played was a spin on the classic ‘Family Feud’ in which the room was divided in half, forming two opposing teams. That turned out to be the most enjoyable game as I found people’s answers to be quite amusing. We followed up by playing Zoom, a game where pictures were zoomed in and we had to guess what the original picture showed. Concluding the general meeting, free food was served. Yum!
I’m glad I was able to attend UCLA’s second general meeting of the year. It really reminded me of the times I spent at my local church, bonding with others around my age during fellowship; exploring culture, family and service.
Baruch UCLA 2nd GIM attendees:
Sitting in the front:
Me on the left-most part of the picture hehe
