How to start, maintain your own campus clu

Inter-Tribal Council prepares traditional dance
PHOTO COURTESY of INTER-TRIBAL
STUDENT COUNCIL
The Inter-Tribal Student Council is one
of the oldest clubs at Cal State Fullerton.
According to their Web site, the club has
been active since 1971 when seven native
students founded it to promote awareness
of their culture and support each other in
their educational goals.
The club often attends special events
where they dress in regalia as pictured.
The council will host their “Native
Celebration” event today in the Quad
from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. They will
have an array of traditional dancing.
Performers will include traditional,
jingle and fancy shawl dancers.
They will also be making fry bread, a
traditional Native American food that
resembles funnel cake.
For more information about the
Inter-Tribal Student Council, visit:
CsufInterTribal.com.
By Jamie Iglesias
Daily Titan Staff Writer
[email protected]
The Inter-Tribal Student Council
will host their “Native Celebration”
event today in the Quad from 11:30
a.m. – 3 p.m.
“We are showing some of the traditions that we still have by having
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dancing and ... a little taste of what
Native Americans eat,” said Eddie
Nunez, 25, a business major and
marketing director for the club.
Some of the performers include
traditional, jingle and fancy shawl
dancers.
“We are going to have a traditional dancer who is going to have
all traditional regalia on, which will
have some feathers and eagle claws
depending on what kind of regalia
they (wear),” Nunez said.
The jingle dancer will have an
outfit covered with small bells so
students can hear the different bells
ringing when she dances.
The fancy shawl dancer will be
dancing with a colorful shawl and
will portray something beautiful
found in nature, such as a butterfly,
Nunez said.
Fry bread, a traditional Native American food that resembles
funnel cake, will be offered at the
event.
It is made from flour, baking
soda and water. Once the fry bread
is done, it will be topped with powdered sugar and honey.
“Hopefully the smell will carry
throughout campus and everyone
will smell it and will want to come
eat fry bread,” said Anna Tiger, 20,
a kinesiology major and club president.
Music preformed at traditional
Pow-Wow events will be played.
Nunez described the music as not
having a specific style. Instead, it
can be interpreted through personal
experience.
“There’s drumming, the rattle
and the hand drum. I can’t really
explain the music because it is more
like an experience when you go and
you hear it firsthand,” Nunez said.
This event is a fundraiser to gather money for a Pow-Wow ITSC is
having in March 2010.
“This month we are trying to do
an activity every week because it is
Native American Heritage Month.
We are going to start it off with the
event (today),” Nunez said.
Aside from celebrating Native
American Heritage Month, ITSC
wants to draw attention to the fact
that there is a Native American club
on campus.
“We want to let everyone know
that we exist because there are some
people that do not know that Native Americans exist (on campus),”
said Brittney Arellano, 19, a biology
major and club member. The event
is also intended to expose students
to authentic Native American culture, Arellano said.
The ITSC was initiated in 1971,
according to its Web site. It is one of
the oldest clubs on campus.
ITSC’s future plans include a film
screening, a basket weaving event in
December and their Pow-Wow in
March.
Meetings are held every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in McCarthy Hall
Room 104-C.
Titan snowboarder fails to get club off the ground
By Patrick Cowles
Daily Titan Asst. News Editor
[email protected]
Starting a club at Cal State Fullerton can be a bit frustrating.
In high school, all I had to do
was talk to our administration,
find a teacher and meet once a
week at lunch in their classroom.
Easy, simple and direct.
When I first arrived at CSUF in
2004, I felt like getting involved
and figured the best way to do it
was to find a group that appealed
to me.
I wasn’t interested in joining Associated Students Inc. or becoming a part of Greek life, but I loved
snowboarding. Given the fact that
I was going to a school with over
30,000 people, I felt like I could at
least find a few students who held
the same love for snowboarding as
I did.
So I went to the CSUF Web site
and began searching for information on how to start a club.
What I found out was that the
CSUF Web site was a bit confusing
when you first use it, overwhelming even, drowning me with information and links.
What I disliked the most though
was how complicated the process
to create a club is.
I found my way to the “Student
Life Programs” section of the site.
On it was a document that I had
to print and fill out. Once I had
accomplished this task I could
turn in the paperwork applying for
campus recognition of the club.
Unfortunately, I never even got
that far. I didn’t even print out the
document when I realized that the
plethora of information and people I had to bring together would
be too overbearing for me.
I needed five students total,
including one to act as president
and one as the treasurer. Finally,
I found people who wanted to
be involved by starting a MySpace group for the club. Over the
years, I tried to pull off creating
this club. I had dozens of students
involved and interested, but our
efforts were halted by the next
step: finding a faculty adviser on
campus, part time or full time, to
sponsor the club. That is when I
hit the brick wall I could never
climb over.
Although I did not exhaust all
resources possible to find a faculty
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adviser, I hoofed it for two solid
years around campus trying to
find someone for a signature and
a sponsorship.
Either way, if I were
to obtain a faculty
adviser, I also
had to draft a
constitution
for the club. I
am no Thomas
Jefferson, but I felt
that would have been
fun, so I did it to amuse
myself.
I don’t have it saved
anymore, but I do remember the preamble:
“We hereby set forth the
foundation for fun with
snow, upon which we
(the CSUF Snowboarding Club) shall shred as
many slopes as possible. We hereby subject ourselves to the slopes
during the six weeks of winter we
have off, and no member shall
deter from this! Mother Nature
has dawned upon us a hunger for
altitude, speed and snow, and we
hereby do solemnly swear to heed
our mother’s call and refuse to
ski.”
I wanted to pull this
off because I felt like the
university would benefit
from having the club. I
had hopes and plans
for this club. For
example, we
could have
organized
runs to the local mountains,
and
during
intersession we could
head up to Mammoth for
a week, maybe travel to Colorado or Utah.
My best advice to someone trying to start a club is: Don’t deter.
If you hit snags while trying to
start, stay at it; I didn’t, and look
where it got my club.
How to start, maintain your ow
By Skylar Smith
Daily Titan Staff Writer
[email protected]
So, you want to start a club or
organization but aren’t sure how to
go about it.
There are so many types of clubs
out there already, where does one
start? Is your club
departmental,
sports-oriented or
just special interest?
Luckily for you,
there are several
options to get the
ball rolling.
The first step is
to come up with
an idea and then
go to the Student
Organization Resources Center.
Creating a club can be daunting at
first but the people at the SORC are
there to make things easier.
Jamar Walker, assistant coordinator of student life and head of the
sports clubs, has seen applications
for new and old clubs pass through
his department for the three and a
half years he has been in position.
“My advice to students is they
have help here,” Walker said.
“Sometimes students may think it’s
overwhelming; it’s definitely work.
We are definitely here as a resource
to help out.”
The second
step is simple:
find members.
It may seem
surprising
to
some, but to start
a club or organization only five
initial members
are required: one
president, one
treasurer
and
three standard members.
“Finding members was one of my
biggest obstacles,” said Arjun Cardoza, a business finance major and
president of the Sailing Club. “Assign them positions in the club; it
makes them want to excel.”
The third step is to find an adviser. This person can be a professor, a
dean or any other faculty member.
If the club is departmental, your
adviser must be from that department. “I would recommend going
to a professor you are on good terms
with, and if you need advice you can
go to them,” said Cardoza.
The sixth step is the beginning of
the tedious stuff: preparing for the
online application.
Make sure you have campus emails for all five founding members
and your adviser, every possible bit
of information about your club (i.e.
possible acronym, category, col-
lege), possible meeting
space information and
most importantly your
constitution.
The seventh step, the
online application, is
where most clubs have
problems and where
Start a club i
1. Seek Advisement –
The first step is to come up with an idea and then go to the
Student Organization Resources Center. Creating a club can be
daunting at first but the people at the SORC are there to make
things easier.
The fourth step, and possibly the
most important one, is to create a
constitution for your club/organization.
Cal State Fullerton has a clear
guideline that must be followed in
creating a constitution.
The fifth step is to determine the
focus of your organization. Is your
club going to be cultural such as
Afro-Ethnic Student Association
or The Rainbow Alliance? Could
your club fit into the special interest
group? Or do you want to make a
simple departmental club aimed at
enhancing your own major?
2. Recruit Members –
It may seem surprising to some, but to start a club or organization only five initial members are required: one president, one
treasurer and three standard members.
3. Find an Adviser –
This person can be a professor, a dean or any other faculty member. If the club is departmental, your adviser must be from that
department.
4. Create a Constitution –
The fourth step, and possibly the most important one, is to create
a constitution for your club/organization. Cal State Fullerton has a
clear guideline that must be followed in creating a constitution.
wn campus club or organization
most new clubs fail to
become approved.
Walker said there are
many things that can go
wrong.
“That’s where a lot of
students get caught up;
they sometimes wait till
the last minute,” Walker said.
“I wish we could put up a portal
post that says, ‘Don’t wait till the
last minute.’ With furloughs and
everything as well, sometimes a faculty adviser or staff adviser isn’t on
campus and that impacts the whole
cycle. Or, they pick a student who’s
not reliable to be one of their members and they don’t check their student e-mail.”
The eighth and final step is the
most suspenseful one: waiting for
approval.
The approval process can take a
while, as 250 or more clubs reapply
in eight steps
5. Determine a Focus –
What will the main goals of your club be? Determine a focus and
build upon it. If you don’t have a focus, you don’t have a club.
6. Prepare Application –
Make sure you have campus e-mails for all five founding members and your adviser, every possible bit of information about your
club (i.e. possible acronym, category, college), possible meeting
space information and most importantly your constitution.
7. Register Online –
This is a task that many find difficult. Most clubs have problems, and this is the step where most new clubs fail to become
approved.
8. Recognition/Approval Status –
After you complete steps one through seven you must wait for
approval. This process can take a while as 250 or more clubs reapply every year.
every year, and the SORC is hoping
to have 300 or more clubs by next
year.
However, the good news is that
most clubs do get approved once all
information is submitted on time
(the upcoming spring semester’s
application period is Jan. 11 – Feb.
19).
Sarah Banning, an animation
major and current president of the
Pencil Mileage Club, was in charge
of this year’s application and also
had to go through the president application process.
“It’s not very tedious. I’d say the
most tedious part is making your officers respond to your e-mails,” Banning said.
Banning also has a word of advice
for club president hopefuls. “It’s a
lot of work to maintain, and it depends on what your club is about,”
Banning said. “But if you’re going to
have events, you need to have event
coordinators. It’s very stressful for
one person to do all the work.”
Cardoza started his club from the
ground up and also has some advice
for those encountering problems.
“Don’t give up; you can get to the
point to where you wonder what am
I doing all this for,” Cardoza said,
“but you just need to get the word
out.”
Campus life: There’s
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Cricket Club
Ski and Snowboard
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Competitive Bowling
Team
Dance Association
Equestrian Team
Hip Hop Team
Kung Fu Club
Lacrosse Club
Rugby Club
Sailing Club
Student Athlete
Advisory Committee
Tennis Club
Titan Hockey
Titan Paintball
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball Club
Water Polo
Women's Lacrosse
Wushu Club
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Council of Honor Societies
Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honors
Society
Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society
Beta Alpha Psi Business and Financial Information
Chi Psi Phi Chapter of the National Residence Hall
Honorary (NRHH)
Eta Sigma Gamma Professional Health Education Honor
Society
Golden Key International Honour Society
Kappa Omega Counseling Honor Society (Chi Sigma Iota)
Kappa Tau Alpha Communications Honor Society
Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society for the Human
Sciences, Nu Pi Chapter
Mu Phi Epsilon Music Honor Society
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Pi Alpha Alpha, Honor Society of Public Affairs and
Administration
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Phi Beta Delta
Phi Beta Lambda – Future Business Leaders of America
President's Scholars Student Association
Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
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Campus Greens
Caring S.H.O.S.
(Students Helping Other
Students)
Children's Center
Parents & Friends
Circle K International
College Legal Clinic
Committee
College Republicans
Colleges Against Cancer
CSUF Student's Recycle
Outreach Organization
Flying Samaritans
Global Medical Brigades
Invisible Children
Project People Against
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Graduate Queers
Queer Straight Alliance
Rainbow Alliance
• Ceramics Club
• The Classical Guitar
Society
• Hot Glass Club
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Trafficking and Human
Exploitation
Roots and Shoots
Student Veterans
Association
Substance Abuse
Awareness and Prevention
Student Association
Team for Raising
Environmental Awareness
and Sustainability
Together We Rise
Volunteer and Service
Center Student
Association
Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance
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Acacia Group
Accounting Society
Advertising Club
Alliance of Students for an Equal Education
American Choral Directors Association
American Marketing Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Studies Student Association
Anthropology Student Association
Art Causes
Arts Inter-Club Council
Association for Computer Machinery
Biology Club
Biology Graduate Students Club
Business Inter-Club Council
Chemistry and Biochemistry Club
Camera Absurda
Child and Adolescent Studies Student Association
College of Education Inter-Club Council
College of Health and Human Development Inter-Club
Council
Counterfeit Productions
Creative Industries Club
Creative Writing Club
CSUF Roses
Economics Association
Educational Opportunity Program Student Association
Engineering and Computer Science Inter-Club Council
Entertainment and Tourism Club
Entrepreneur Society
ETC College Fellowship
European Studies Society
Finance Association
Gaia's Titans
Geography Club
Graphic Design Club
Higher Education Leadership Organization
History Student Association
Honors Student Advisory Committee
Human Services Student Association
Humanities and Social Science Inter-Club Council
Institute for Operations Research and the Management
Sciences
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Computer Society
Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
International Association of Business Communicators
Jumpstart Club
Key Executive Club
Latin American Studies Student Association
Liberal Studies Student Association
Linguistics Student Association
Master of Social Work Association
Math Club
MBA Association
National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
something for everyone
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Natural Science and Mathematics Inter-Club Council
Nursing Students Association
On Track at CSUF: Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Peer Health University Network
Pencil Mileage Club
Philosophy Club
Pre-Law LSAT Club
Pre-Law Society
Primatology Students Association
Psychology Department Student Association
Public Relations Student Society of America
Real Estate Association
Resident Student Association
SMART Girls Support Group
Society for the Advancement of Management
Society of Automotive Engineers
Society of Multidisciplinary Researchers of Tomorrow
Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Women Engineers
Student Assistant Voice
Student California Teachers Association
Student Council for Exceptional Children
Student Health Professions Association
Student Leadership Institute Club
Student Managed Investment Fund
Student Organizations Accessing Resources SOAR-ICC
Student Science Alliance
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Club
Titan Archeology Club
The TV Film Society
Video Game Design Club
Visual Anthropology Club
Women's Studies Student Association
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Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Iota Psi Chapter)
Alpha Phi Omega – Omega Sigma Chapter
Beta Upsilon Delta Fraternity
Chi Sigma Phi Sorority
Delta Chi Fraternity
Delta Sigma Chi Co-Ed Fraternity
Delta Sigma Pi Co-Ed Business Fraternity
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Delta Zeta Sorority
Gamma Iota Sigma
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Lambda Sigma Gamma Sorority
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority
Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Theta Delta Beta
Tau Theta Pi
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
The Future of Zeta Phi Rho
Inter-Fraternity Council
Panhellenic Council
Multi-Cultural Greek Council
Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol
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African Americans in Science
Afro-Ethnic Student Association
Alliance for the Preservation of African Consciousness
Association of Chinese Students
Asociación de Alumnos y Ex-Alumnos de Español
Ballet Folklorico de CSUF
Black Women in Psychology
Bliss and Wisdom International
Cambodian Student Association
Hermanas Unidas de CSUF
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
India International Club
International Student Association
Inter-Tribal Student Council
Iranian Student Association
Japanese Anime Club
Korea Campus Crusade for Christ
Latino Business Student Association
Mesa Coorperativa
Middle Eastern Student Society
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan
Muslim Student Association
Persian Student Association
Pilipino American Student Association
Sistertalk
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
South Pacific Islander Cultural Association
Thai-American Student Association
Vietnamese Catholic Student Association
Vietnamese Student Association
Women's Islamic Network
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Club
Atheists
Bahai Club
Campus Crusade for
Christ
Campus Outreach
Christian Students
Divine Servants
International Christian
Fellowship
Intervarsity Christian
Fellowship
Newman Catholic Club
One By One
RISE Christian
Students
True Vine
University Praise