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It’s 10:50 in the morning, and teachers are releasing students from their classes. Most students immediately leave ACB, but others linger at the tables upon tables of clubs set up for the Club and Organization fair this past Wednesday. Over 15 clubs had booths set up on the first floor of ACB for the event.
One of the larger booths set up belonged to Phi Beta Lambda. Phi Beta Lambda is a club focused on helping students gain skills that will prepare them for the real world.
“It’s not just for business majors,” Phi Beta Lambda President Kurt Ruffley said. “It sounds businessy, but it’s not.”
One of the focuses of Phi Beta Lambda is service to the community. They are currently selling hats to raise money for the March of Dimes.
“It [March of Dimes] was started in the great depression for polio victims,” Ruffley said. “They helped cure polio. Now, they raise money for premature babies.”
This week, Phi Beta Lambda will have March of Dimes representatives in the University Center every day to answer questions about the organization and to help sell more hats.
Not only does Phi Beta Lambda do social work, but the organization also goes to competitions and seminars. The seminars are geared towards helping their members become better leaders and future business leaders. In the past, Phi Beta Lambda has hosted competitions for the local high schools. High School branches of Phi Beta Lambda, called Future Business Leaders of America, participate in the same kind of events that Phi Beta Lambda does.
The club meets every Thursday at 4:45 p.m. in ACB 315.
The Society of Physics Students was also at the fair. While the membership is not as high as Phi Beta Lambda, according to president of the club Dirk Terpstra, the physics club has been on campus for years.
“We are interested in the sciences,” Terpstra said. “We have fun and spread interest in physics.”
In the past, the club has dropped pumpkins off of school buildings or built and used catapults.
“We usually do small demos,” Terpstra said. “We have a lot of toys, like this anti-gravity machine. The shape of the cone makes it roll up the two rulers.”
The club’s next meeting is in Wubben 218 on Feb. 12 at 12:30.
While many of the other clubs were looking to recruit members, the Public Relations Club was looking for both members and other clubs. PR Club helps other clubs gain notice on campus. They help with event planning, posters, and advertisements and can assist with a complete image makeover for any club.
“They come up to us, and we get them up and running,” PR Club member Brian Kolb said.
Not only does the PR Club help other clubs, but also helps the facility as well. The PR Club will be helping with the advertising for Media Day, which is an event the Mass Communications department hosts every year.
“We want to capture the experience, not just show students sitting there,” Kolb said.
The PR Club meets on Thursdays at 4:15 in the Mass Communications Library, Fine Arts 301.
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