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[quote=Anonymous]Clubs are often low-key ways to obtain funds for events/hobbies.  For instance, my DH (who definitely partied a lot) was in an "outdoor recreation" club which just meant they could use all the schools' camping equipment, reserve the boat house and canoes/kayaks as a group for free etc. They automatically got funds of $200 for food each year and could apply for funds for specialty activities like rock climbing or skiing.    I was in a dance club that allowed us to reserve a large room/dj equipment + some food once a year (that seemed to be the extent of what the dance club was--planning and hosting a dance party each year--we couldn't use funds to purchase alcohol of course and there couldn't be official drinking at it, but that didn't really stop anyone who wanted to and there's no adults monitoring or anything since it's all student run)--the dance club also went in with a few other clubs to pick/host whatever band/music artist was invited each year by the school.   Clubs recruit first year students because the more student members you have the more funds you can get.  Plus, it's a good way to meet people interested in the same things.   Schools like it because the clubs  are run entirely by students and add to campus life without requiring much on their part.  There were definitely clubs that were more earnest/time-intensive than ours--like acapella groups or political activist groups.  But there were also ones that did even less--the video game club basically got to reserve good media rooms,  food and got to choose and reserve the games in the "game library" for networked gaming events (this was pre large-scale on-line gaming).  Students in clubs sometimes felt like they were scamming just to get money, but they actually were providing a service to the school.[/quote]

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