On Thursday, October 5, I attended the General Interest Meeting for USG. I was always a leader in my everyday life, so I was curious to see how I could take that and relate it to my college experience. I heard about the meeting through a friend who is a senior member of USG.
At the meeting, they discussed how you can be accepted into USG. They have weekly meetings in which they discuss problems in the school, and everyone is welcome to sit in on these meetings if they have anything they would like to bring to USG’s attention. We heard brief speeches from the president, Vice President, and each of the main chairs. They showed us how they all operate together and are able to get Baruch the money we need to host all of our events, and give out so much free stuff (our favorite part of college!).
USG is a great idea for anyone looking to have a say in their college experience. Different chairs are responsible for allocating money to clubs and teams and anything else that needs to be paid for. They must all work as a team to reach their goal. To demonstrate this to us, they split us into teams and we had to build the tallest tower using spaghetti and a marshmallow. The highest tower could only be built through communication and teamwork, the most important qualities one can have to get into USG. This GIM really made me interested in joining.
