Despite an initial delay, this semester’s Club Day took place on Oct. 13, playing host to 15 extracurricular student organizations.
Club Day was originally scheduled for Sept. 29 but was cancelled by the ICC due to unknown reasons. But on the 13th, the 15 clubs set up booths in Bertolini Quad to promote their organizations and to recruit new students.
A few new clubs were present that day to find new members. The Sonoma County Blazers, wheelchair basketball team, set up a booth to recruit students for their team.
“We’re looking for anyone with disabilities who wants to play basketball,” said Tony Nava.
The team meets moon to 2 p.m. every Friday at Tauzer gym.
The SRJC Men’s Volleyball Club was also looking for new players, hoping to join North Coast Collegiate Volleyball League to become an official club team.
Sisters From Different Misters is another new club eager for new members.
“This club is a place for women to come together and talk about not only the topics that are going on in the world but also about being a woman, especially in today’s society,” said Kristy Gray, vice president of student programs for the A.S. Student Services Center.
Along with the new ones, veteran clubs like Intervarsity and the Engineering Club also set up booths, looking for new members.
The International Club is seeking for more diversity amongst members. “I think we definitely need more American natives,” said Kevin Chee. “We’d really like to be more international.”
Nationwide, college clubs have also begun to establish themselves at SRJC, such as Hillel, a Jewish campus social networking club. Sonoma Hillel’s Helaine St. Amant said she wants an SRJC-only branch.
“It’s actually going better than expected,” St. Amant said.
But for some clubs, recruitment this semester was a little slow.
“It’s pretty abysmal,” said the Math Club’s Seth Van Grinsven. “There’s this thing going on about how to sign up for Club Day, so we didn’t really know we were going to do this today. So we’re just showing up to answer questions.”
Still, the majority of the clubs present reported a satisfactory number of new sign-ups.