Welding major Nathan Granados (center) spins the wheel at the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship club table at Club Rush on Monday, April 28. The club was established this spring and currently has between 20 and 30 members. (Bret Fast | The Union)
As upbeat music played and echoes of laughter filled the walkways, students gathered beneath the shady pines to connect.
With clearer skies and bright sunshine this time around, clubs were able to showcase their mission goals and recruit new members.
Another round of Club Rush, hosted by the Inter-Club Council from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, April 29 on the Schauerman Library Lawn, gave students more opportunities to engage with the campus community.
The first Club Rush this semester took place from Tuesday, March 4 to Thursday, March 6, according to an earlier feature by The Union.
Kade Horasz, 19, ICC director of finance, said another Club Rush, which usually occurs only once a semester, was organized as a way to support clubs and boost student engagement. About 30 to 35 clubs attended the event.
Salsa Club members Daniel Bassani, 21, psychology major, and Sophia Rabang, 19, business major, dance at the El Camino College Library Lawn during Club Rush on Tuesday, April 29. Rabang said she enjoys learning how to dance and her favorite dance style to perform is bachata. Bassani said he enjoys how the club allows him to connect and communicate with people in person instead of online. (Eddy Cermeno | The Union)
Members of the Salsa Club danced in front of their table, showing off moves and inviting passerby students to join in.
This brought more students to join their clubs, like the Body Building Club, which reported 50 new sign-ups on the first day alone.
El Camino College students (L-R) Amar Hazara, economics major, and Ken Matsugaya, business major, promote the El Camino bodybuilding club at the second round of club rush. “About 50 people joined our club today,” Matsugaya said on Monday, April 28. (Bret Fast | The Union)
The Society of Music Club noted that the second round of Club Rush was beneficial, helping clubs recruit more members overall.
El Camino College Music student Abishai Smith, 26, represents the Society of Music club on Monday, April 28 at the Schauerman Library Lawn for the second round of club rush this semester. The club will have a Composer Concert on Friday, June 16 in the Haag Recital Hall, free for all ECC students displaying various genres and mediums of music. (Oriana de Quay | The Union)
Several clubs featured spin-the-wheel challenges, but the Muslim Student Association was one of the few that included a push-up test as one of their tasks to connect with students.
El Camino College students (L-R) Ayoub Osman, biology major, Uthmam Desmond, chemistry major and Mohamed Tamimi, computer science major, do push-ups as a spin-the-wheel forfeit to promote the Muslim Student Association. Desmond says, “Only one person had to do pushups, but we all did them to help create a brotherhood,” on Monday, April 28. (Bret Fast | The Union)
Besides the spin-the-wheel challenges, the Tabletop Gaming Club had board games like Connect 4 on display and offered information to students about their game role-playing card and board game activities.
El Camino students (L-R) DJ Edralin, sociology major and president of the tabletop gaming club, teaches a club member, Daniel Tejeda, a creative arts major, how to play the game quarto at club rush round 2 on Monday, April 28. (Bret Fast | The Union)
Barkada club members recruit and showcase their organization to El Camino College students during Club Rush at the Library Lawn on Tuesday, April 29. People in the club do recreational activities together and learn about Filipino culture. The club will have a showcase at the Art Gallery about Baybayin, an ancient Filipino writing system, on Monday, May 19. (Eddy Cermeno | The Union)
Editor’s note:
Photo gallery added on Wednesday, April 30 at 10:20 p.m.
