Meet the Orgs helps students explore on campus extracurriculars
Tuesday night marked the return of Meet the Greeks and Orgs in the Bovee University Center, sprawling tri-folds and posters across the basement.
Freshman Naomi Evans said she felt Meet the Orgs was a great way for students to get a chance to see the faces and names associated with clubs.
“I really wanted to get involved in more organizations this semester,” Evans said.
Unable to attend Mainstage at the start of the semester, Evans said Meet the Orgs was a great way to try and get involved around campus.
Clubs in attendance included the Central Quiddich team, College Council of Social Studies and a number of sororities and fraternities.
Brandon Booth, president of the CMU Quidditch team, stated that Meet the Orgs was a great way for the club to reach out to recruit those interested in checking out the sport.
“We’re going to show off some of our basic positions and teach (bystanders) some basic rules (of Quidditch),” Booth said. “We want people to see what (Quidditch) is so they’re not confused and we can answer most questions about it and hopefully get people to come out.”
Dressed in his uniform, Booth and the rest of the Quidditch team spent much of the night performing demonstrative drills for students unsure of how “muggle quidditch” translated into real-time sports.
“We (came to) promote our team,” said Rebecca Bennett, one of the team’s three captains. “We want to spread awareness that we’re here and get people to play.”
The Quidditch team, however, was not the only booth which held active demonstration. Central Neuroscience Society played Jeopardy with attendees in an attempt to draw interested participants.
Kelsey Idyle, one of the club’s members actually majoring in neuro and biomedical science, said that the game was a fun way to draw in curious members and also teach them something about who they are as a club.
“We (brought) this game so as to interact with people about the club so that they can see some of the things that we do and to test (students') knowledge of neuroscience,” she said. “We’re trying to draw in people who might otherwise not be interested in (neuroscience).”
Students who were not able to attend Meet the Orgs and Meet the Greeks may find clubs of their choosing online on Facebook or by looking them up on CMU's Orgsync page
