The Clarion

Issue date: 10/16/07 Section: Features

Media Credit: Courtesy of Alpine Club Affrodable skiing trips are one of many opportunities for members of the Alpine Club [Click to enlarge]

Do you want to become more involved at DU? Joining or starting a club on campus is the perfect way to do it. Whether you have a fresh new idea for a club or just want to get involved with one that already exists, the process of joining or starting a club at DU is easy.

The clubs currently at DU range from all different sizes and interests. There are clubs such as Alpine Club that has 335 members to clubs like DU's Big Swing with 11 members. There is so much freedom to start anything you want and all of the different clubs at the University of Denver add diversity and character to the school.

"The good thing about clubs at DU is that there isn't really a genre," said Joey Ham, President of the All Undergraduate Student Association Senate. "It's a mix of clubs that are added each year ranging from religious to sports to an engineering group."

There isn't any specific type or trend when it comes to which clubs are being added each year. "Clubs are mostly started based on whatever students are interested in and think will benefit the DU community," said Ham. "A lot of clubs are just new things that haven't been thought of before."

For instance there were clubs like fly fishing and cigar club at one point and now we have the University of Denver Grilling Society and DU Off-road Club. Clubs that have smaller memberships and more narrowed interests do not stay on campus as long.

"Cultural, religious, and racial clubs have been established long ago and maintain membership and are stable, so they have longer a lifespan and new ones of those genres typically aren't added," said Ham. "Sometimes young students who are first-year and second-year students are excited about their new club and the club does well but then study abroad comes and their club ends because they lose interest and members."

The number of clubs during the year changes so much because students can come get their clubs licensed at any time during the year. .

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