Sep. 12’s Club Rush was an exciting time for Hami’s students. Once per semester, students who want to start a club or those who want to renew their club apply with ASB to make their clubs official. Sep. 12 was the day where all those clubs set up on the basketball court and advertised their clubs.
From the classics like ‘L.A.S.O’ and ‘The Sweet Spot at Hami’ to new additions like ‘Whimsy Matcha,’ this year’s clubs have a lot of character and creativity to them. They seemed to range from hobbies, to social and environmental justice, and even sports. As people traveled around the basketball courts in excitement, many cabinets were elated to share information about their clubs.
There are many clubs, in fact, with interesting backstories behind them. From trying to promote different hobbies and activities, like Art Club and Orchestra Club, to clubs that promote awareness such as Best Buddies, to even spreading culture and languages like Mandarin Club, each student’s creativity and passions shine through these available clubs.
Sophie Hyun, a junior in Humanities, is the president of the Ski and Snowboard Club. She created the club in order to encourage her peers to learn how to ski or snowboard and to take people on trips to have fun.
“A lot of people don’t really ski or snowboard; [I] especially don’t really know a lot of people who say they do it,” she said. “I was like, ‘I’ll make a club and go on trips and have fun with each other.'”
There’s also the Student Life Club, created this year by SAS senior Benjamin Perez in collaboration with Hamilton’s Well-Being Center.
“Our goals for this club are to promote the well-being of student life on campus, so our two main goals are to raise awareness on campus issue like the plagiarism policy and the bathrooms, of course,” Perez said. “We also collaborate with the EduCare Foundation and with the Well-Being Center … I realized that they don’t have enough funding or promotion, and I figured a club would really help them out and basically promote well-being for all students because I don’t want them to go through what I went through.”
Most students show their passionate side through being able to be part of the cabinet of a club or simply finding one that aligns with their interests. As a result, these grand events such as Club Rush come to fruition. Whether its to benefit academic, social, or charitable aspects of Hamilton, it’s apparent that Yankees go all out to let their creativity shine.
Nicholas Ting and Edmundo Garcia contributed reporting to this article.
