new mem ------------~~ Hopefuls endure lack of sleep for club unity Every fall semester, hundreds of students faced the hardships and challenges that made Club Week in an effort to belong to a group of people with common interests in order to create a sense of Christian fellowship. These hardships included five days ofbook signing, chanting, mismatched outfits for some, a suit and a tie for others, and lastly a combination of activicies and requirements that took club hopefuls into the early hours of the morning. Club week was this and more for many students who wanted more than just functions and new friendships. Heather Turner, freshman member of Ko Jo Kai, said the week was challenging, but an experience she was glad she went through. "I did not get much sleep," Turner said. "I had to work on my [pledge] book and do a lot of things I would not normally. But 1 enjoyed rhe week. It was fun and definitely something different." Turner also said getting to know the "Kojies," as the dub was sometimes called, helped her get through the week. Club Week traditions for Ko Jo Kai included an ice cream fight, multiple occasions to chant in the student center and other activities. Required to dress in red and black attire, all pledges had to wear ladybug antennas throughout the week. "{ really enjoyed the accivities we did, especially chanting," Turner said. "Ie was an opporcuniry to be loud and just have fun with the rest of the [pledges]." Although traditionally the majcfrity of students who joined a club were usually freshmen, a small number of upperclassmen pledged social clubs. So was the case of junior Chad Burris, who pledged Titans. "I did not get into the club I wanted freshman year," Burris said. "Last year, I simply decided not to do it again, but this year I decided I wanted to try Titans." Burris also said getting to know the current club members helped him (0 fh in. "Most of the boys knew me al ready, so they didn't really give me a hard time," he said. Junior Chi Omega Pi inducting member Tyler Winslow said pledging as a junior was a challenge because of academic responsibil icies, such as homework, she could not neglect. "The process was hard because I could hardly find time during the week to do my homework," Winslow said. "However, I made a 10[ ofgood friends during that week. So, in the end, { guess it was all worch iL" -Daniel Caceres 11«242 social clubs In unison, freshman Iota Chi new member Shayna Thornton leads the choreography as fellow Iota Chi and Shantih new members perform the dance from "Napoleon Dynamite" on Oct. 16 in the Reynolds Rehearsal Hall during their "SoYou ThinkYou can Choreograph?" challenge. The competition included cho– reographies from various music genres such as pop, hip hop, country and showtunes. -Chelsea Roberson
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