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Amidst the various clubs, students walked around in costumes ranging from a cute lady bug to Oberon, the fairy king from Williams Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Like most Biscayne Bay Campus events, this event had food involved. Students were required to get at least four stickers from the 20 clubs in attendance to get a candy apple.
“As a student organization council, we host clubs fairs throughout the semester so they can showcase their clubs and get students involved,” said Mais Kayyali, president of SOC. “ Each time we have a club fair it has a different theme, and for October, we decided to have a Halloween theme since not many events were going on during Halloween day.”
Anastasia Seldinskaya, SOC events coordinator, felt the same way and added “We’re always trying to make it more fun for students and make it something they can connect to.”
Each club had different activities and candy available for the students. SOC, for example, had Henna tattoos and the Catholic Campus Ministry had Pumpkin Bowling.
“It’s been really fun, “ said Krizia Kracker, a senior majoring in Hospitality & Tourism Management, who stopped by to give support to her club, the Catholic Campus Ministry. “I didn’t do anything this Halloween weekend and it was nice to come by and feel the festive spirit of Halloween.”
More than 150 students dropped by Panther Square for the festivities, many of which were in costume. Many had come by because of the music, but stayed to ask questions from the club representatives.
“I think its import for students to get involved,” said Kayyali. “For example, if a student is a biology major, they can join in a club that relates to their field of study and they can meet other students studying the same thing. Most of these clubs make up of students that they already have in their classes so it’s a good way to network.”
Emmanuel Jerome, a sophomore computer engineering major in the Student Programming Council, walked around in a wraith-like costume and lead people to different clubs in between
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scaring people.
“I think it’s very important for students to come to club fairs like this,” said Jerome. “They can learn about the different clubs and what events we offer on this campus.”
And like Seldinskaya said, “It’s never too late to join a club, even in the middle of the semester.”
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