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CSULB welcomes students

OK, everybody comes to college and focuses on their academic career, but what about all of those extracurricular activities that beef up the hobbies, interests, community service sections on resumes, and to make life interesting?

For those who are shy about introducing themselves, joining a group or simply orienting themselves to a new place, take heart - this week the campus is coming to you.

Nearly 80 organizations and clubs will set up tables during the Week of Welcome celebration manned by knowledgeable representatives piled with information, applications and sign-up sheets on the Friendship Walk between the Social Sciences/Public Affairs Building and Brotman Hall.

New members

Just a sampling of althetic interests represented will be the surf team, the Aikido team, the sailing team and archery club - there will even be a group of alpine skiers and snowboarders. There will be members present from hockey, badminton, rowing, archery, water skiing, Tai Kwon Do, soccer and rugby. Cal State Long Beach also has a triathlon team students can join.

Several religious clubs will also be represented during Week of Welcome. Various faiths such as Catholic, Protestant and Hindu will be recruiting members for their clubs.

Honor societies such as the Golden Key Club will be there. The Alumni Association, who has developed mentoring programs and will hold dinners in alumni homes this year, will be recruiting.

Also look for specialty groups such as the Society of Women Engineers, the Associated Business Students Organization, the Pilipino American Coalition, Hispanic Business Organization, ROTC and the Black Student Union.

Many sororities and fraternities will also be fervently vying for new members.

Activities

Students can get revved up with music, munch food, toss bowling balls, jump in the pool and even learn to dance.

Power 106 disc jockeys will play music today in the University Student Union Southwest Terrace. Local band Chapter 11 will croon there Wednesday at noon. DJs from KIIS radio station take over for Thursday. Two bands and DJs will play at The Gold Mine and the USU Friday.

No reason to go hungry this week. Barbecues held today through Thursday in the University Student Union offer $2 combo meals including a hamburger or tofuburger, chips and a soda. Food can be purchased 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

All-night party

Week of Welcome culminates with an all-night party Friday, "Smorgasport," held at various locations on campus, complete with more music, food and activities.

The first 500 partiers will receive free T-shirts. There will be no charge to play pool, have a game of ping pong, or to bowl in the USU. Martial arts experts will hold demonstrations. The USU pool will be open for free swims, deep water aerobics exercises and a big inner-tube water polo game.

There will even be ballroom and hip-hop dance lessons given. Students can also play racquetball and tennis for free on the campus courts. Indoor co-ed soccer and volleyball games will be held in the East Gym.

Listen to bands "Champion the Average" and "Strategies for Hangman" in the physical education courtyard and munch at a barbeque until 8:30 p.m.
This will be the first event where students get points using their CSULB ID cards for the Beach Patrol. Free raffle tickets will be handed out to everyone who signs up in the Student Union. The party will continue until 1 a.m.

 

Looking to get involved? Here's how:

ABSOC AIAA Alpha Phi Alpha Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team American Indian Student Council American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts American Marketing Association Army ROTC Asian American Christian Fellowship Associated Engineering Student Body Beach Ultimate Frisbee Black Business Students Association Black Studies Students Association Black Student Union Campus Circle Magazine Catholic Newman Club Chess Club Chi Delta Theta Chicano/Latino for Community Medicine Chicano/Latino Studies Student Association Christians on Campus College of Health and Human Service Student Council College of Natural Science and Math Student Council Cooperative Protestant Campus Ministry Criminal Justice Student Association CSULB Annual Fund CSULB Archery Club CSULB Campus Progressives CSULB Surf Team/Club Delta Chi Delta Lambda Phi Delta Sigma Chi English Students Association Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Students United Golden Key International Honor Society GoldMine Yearbook Hillel: Jewish Student Association Hispanic Students Business Association IFSEA Indian Student Association Interfraternity Council International Student Association Japan Club Kappa Phi Epsilon Kappa Psi Epsilon Kappa Sigma Fraternity KBEACH/Long Beach Union Korea Campus Crusade for Christ LA Church of Christ La Raza Lambda Theta Alpha Law Society LDSSA MAPS Meditation Club Men's and Women's Crew Mentoring Business Program META MTV NAACP National Panhellenic Council National Society of Black Engineers Navigators Organization of Pre-professional Students Outdoor Adventure Club Pacific Islanders Association Phi Beta Sigma Phi Eta Sigma Alpha LambdaDelta Phi Kappa Tau Pilipino American Coalition Public Relations Student Society of America Recreation Society Recreational Sports Red Cross Organization SAACS Shotokan Karate Club Sigma Lamda Beta Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Theta Psi Multicultural Society Society of Hispanic Engineers Society of Women Engineers Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society Student Alumni Association Students for Economic, Environmental, Social Justice Studies in the Old and New Testament Study Abroad Office -Center for International Education TOPPS United Methodist Campus Ministry Victory Campus Fellowship Water Ski Team Women's Club Soccer WYSE Young Life Zeta Epsilon Tau Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Rho - Compiled by Jeanne Hoffa

Jeanne Hoffa/On-line Forty-Niner
Our Gang  --  Jennifer Graham, Alegra Bajkowski and Laura Perez patrol for new  members for the Panhellenic Sororities. Nearly 100 clubs, teams and organizations will be camped out on the Friendship Walk all this week in search of new recruits.

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