Spring Break
MSC opens up for group expo
Organizations show off events and skills to recruit members
By: Jilll Beathard
Issue date: 1/26/09 Section: News
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"We had flyers but we ran out, so we had to start a sign-up sheet," said Kristin Howard, a junior marketing major and member of the TAMU Quidditch Club. "We got a lot of people. We had people waiting at our table before we even set up."
Sophomore general studies major Robbie Sheehan, also in the Quidditch Club, said they expect membership to at least double. The team will compete in an intercollegiate competition this semester.
MSC Open House is a way for a newly formed club to publicize itself to students, said junior psychology major Amberly Crow of MSC Leadership and Empowerment of Aggie Females, MSC LEAF. The organization was founded in February 2008 and is pushing to recruit members to attend the spring conference beginning March 6.
MSC LEAF has programs in the fall and spring.
"A&M right now has a higher female population than male," Crow said. "But most of the people in leadership positions, within the MSC, within
Student Government, are male. We're trying to get women out of their shell and to strengthen them to be better women."
Open House performances included the Aggie Fiddlers, Texas A&M Ballroom Dance Association, the a cappella group Hardchord Dynamix and the Christian dance company, Chara, as well as demonstrations by the TAMU Judo Club and TAMU Fencing Club.
A campus chapter of the International Justice Mission, a human rights advocacy organization that rescues victims of violence, sexual abuse, slavery and oppression was among the more recently established organizations present.
"The goals of the campus chapter are to raise awareness of IJM, raise money for the organization and pray," said senior sociology major Juliette Breaux.
This semester, the group will work toward those goals by having an art auction, a benefit concert, social justice demonstrations and global prayer meetings. Meetings are held at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays. The organization has a Christian perspective, but is open to members of any faith.
"It's open to anyone," said junior sociology major Becca Wilson. "Anyone interested in social justice, in fighting for the oppressed and the poor, or in the law."
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