It is difficult to be oblivious to the existence of clubs with banners, posters and signs all around campus conveying information about them.
“You can usually find banners and signs posted around school promoting our club,” Tiffany Huynh, a member of the Honors Transfer club, said. “It really helps with getting students to join.”
For those interested in starting a club, it is a requirement to file a constitution and petition of why the club should be accepted officially. A club charter is then made and should consist of at least ten students willing to join the club as well as a sponsor from the ECC faculty.
“Making a club is a lot easier than it sounds. All you really have to do is find a good sponsor. Luckily, we have Mr. Holiday,” Huynh said. “Getting people to join; now that is another story.”
Some students, such as Andrew Sunada who is starting his second year, do not join clubs.
“I don’t feel the need to join. I don’t really plan to be at ECC for that long,” Sunada said.
Clubs can help make your transcript look better for college or it can be a place to go with friends to relax.
“Joining clubs and everything is cool, but it’s a lot more fun to join with friends,” Nabeel Hussain said. “You really start to enjoy the club more, and making friends isn’t as daunting.”
Getting students to join remains the difficult task for clubs to handle because it must appeal to those students who have been on ECC for a few years.
“It really helps that students get their friends to join our club,” Huynh said. “Its a lot harder to get the students who have been here longer to join, but we still try.”
By offering plenty of events such as concerts and sporting events to go to, the club entices students to participate and, eventually, join.
“These events really help out the club. Not only do we get our club on the map but we have an awesome time doing it,” Hussain said.
Whatever the interest is, ECC has a club to simply help students succeed in school or to meet new people.
“There are plenty of clubs on campus and, usually, they are there to benefit the students,” Huynh said.
