10 in-depth
10.07.11 Vol. 44, Issue 1
“Coming from middle school, club fair was a huge change and everything seemed so interesting that it made me want to be a part of everything.”
1
2
- Ruth Chen, 9
“Being a sophomore and president of Operation Smile feels like an honor, but there are a lot of pressure from the other members that come with the position.”
- Elijah Chang, 11
4 5 3
6
“After being in Wishmakers for 4 years, becoming the president means more to me than I could’ve imagined before because seeing the smiles on the kids with life-threatening diseases inspires me to work hard in granting their wishes.” - Quynh Le, 12 1. Seniors Erica Ku and Luda Zhao hold their post at the Chinese-American Student Association club booth. 2. Juniors Eric Wang and Daniel Suryakasuma walk Key Club’s poster around to attract attention. 3. Senior Patricia Hastings and junior Nancy Huerta call students towards their booth for Latin Alliance. 4. With a poster advertising HaloHalo, senior Adrienne Carillo attemps to reach out to possible new members. 5. Outreach has seniors Nicole Ferrer and Ximena De Leon explain the club to interested students at their booth. 6. Junior Kelsey Lacanilao carries around a framed picture of the famous wizard to advertise for Harry Potter Alliance. 7. Sophomores Bryanna Phan and Deanna Trang, and junior Paulina Tinana make a ruckus for Interact. 8. Black Student Union member, senior Najya Finley, tries to convince an interested student to join the club.
ASB hosted the annual Club Fair at the stage in front of the cafeteria, spreading 70 clubs over the span of four days. Only veteran clubs were featured, as no new clubs are to be established until Class of 2015 finds teacher advisers. Michael Hyun FeatureEditor
- Daniel Tsai, 10
“Going into my third year of Speech and Debate, I feel like I have so much more experience and knowledge to share with the newer members.”
the hoofprint 11
7
8
“Best Buddies! Architecture! Poly! Interact!” With multiple roars here and there, students, every year, look forward to one of the most chaotic days of their high school lives: Club Fair. During the week of Sep. 20-23, Club Fair presented itself with over 70 clubs, and with members trying to draw their audience to their slots, students were given a wide gamut of clubs to join. “I thought [Club Fair] met my requirements because there [was] a limitless number of clubs to choose from,” freshman Brian Hyun said. “The Club Fair was overwhelming, so it was difficult to find the right clubs that [would] fit my schedule and that [would] be the most appropriate for me.” With fliers littering the campus and posters crowding up the school walls, every club showed their dedication and willingness to promote their organization. Some members even went to the extreme by dressing up as anime characters, strumming the electric guitar to the maximum volume, and dancing publicly. “[T]o me, anime is more than a hobby, and in ways I cannot explain, it has even changed my lifestyle. I want to spread anime to even more students so that maybe they can see that they really enjoy anime and benefit from it as I did, while also having fun,” sophomore Emily Yea said. “I dressed up as a Pokeball because not only does it grab attention, but it uniformizes the anime club to help spread that anime is not a simple hobby and it influences us to do drastic things such as dressing up.” The fair even fired up a small inter-club competition between Key Club and Interact in the attempt to attract more members and rule over each other. “I felt energized and the spirit of competition really edged me on. It helped get both [Interact and Key Club to be] more active, [and] instead of one club with a monopoly on community service, both clubs had to actively compete for members,” junior Eric Wang said. “I think what Mr. Schultz did was beneficial to both clubs and members because it allowed people more choice and to see what people really were like in a club.” One huge change in this year’s Club Fair was its division into four groups. The fair was split up into four days focusing on a specific category of clubs per day: community service, careers, interests, and cultures. “First, it’s less crowded and it’s very helpful in that the clubs were split thematically. In past years, it was hard to visit each club during lunch,” senior Helen Cheng said. “Since I was participating in advertising Key Club, I didn’t have time to visit other clubs that interested me, [so] having the club split into four days allowed me to go see other clubs.” However, no matter how nit-picky the organization of Club Fair gets, it will always maintain that resonating quality of constant cheers, posters whipping in the air, and students pushing through to be the first on the signup. “[G]oing to the speed lines from the lunch tables was very difficult because everyone wanted to see and hear what was going on with every club,” sophomore Warren Yan said. “Also, everyone at the club fair was shoulder to shoulder in the crowed so that too made getting to the other side of the crowed difficult without pushing someone else.”
CLUB FAIR