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Club numbers
Numerous Behrend
by Lauren Packer
editor in chief
Behrend will be without 21 clubs and
organizations this semester, including
many that produced favorite programs
of the student body.
While the majority of clubs remain in
good standing, almost 20 percent of the
clubs and organizations are listed as
"inactive" by the Student Government
Association.
To become inactive, a club or
organization must fail at least one of
three criteria.
At the beginning of each semester, all
clubs wishing to be recognized by the
college must complete a club
registration/official roster form. Also,
both the club's president and treasurer
must attend one treasury training
seminar. Lastly, a club or organization
must have a positive account balance.
Midnight Bingo Board, the club
be recognized as an active club once more
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responsible for the popular once a month
bingos, is among those clubs listed as not
in good standing.
"We've got people interested. We're
working on it. Once we have an a-board
(president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer), we should get ourselves going
again. We're hopefully going to have a
bingo this semester," said Pat Mazur,
treasurer of Midnight Bingo Board.
Social fraternity Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT)
is also listed under the inactive list. Ohio
Hall Council. Suites Hall Council and
the Spanish Club are also clubs and
organizations which held successful
student attended events.
Now, all are listed as inactive.
"As long as I have been here, this is
the largest group of clubs that has been
inactive that I have been aware of," said
SGA Vice President Jenn Sutter.
Although this is the first semester that
these clubs have been listed as inactive,
other clubs and
Inside
Christ, Association for Computing
Machinery, American Product and
Inventory Control Society and Linux
Users Group have all been inactive since
before the Fall 2003 semester.
Other clubs listed as inactive include:
Art Club, Amnesty International,
Ophelia Advisory Council, Political
Science Club, Roundtable, Signing Club
and Yoga & Meditation.
Knights of Columbus Council and the
Student Fire Safety Commission have
disbanded.
At any time during the semester in
which a club was declared inactive. the
club does have a chance to become active
in that same semester. Whichever
criteria were not met at the beginning of
the semester can be corrected, thus
allowing the club to once again become
active.
Going inactive is not a cure-all for
club's and organization's problems.
Becoming inactive has its share of
consequences. Sutter explained that any
club who goes inactive loses its funding
for that semester and is not eligible to
put in a proposal to receive funding for
the following semester.
"The budget process always allocates
money for the following semester. Right
now, in the fall of 2(X)3, we are allocating
for the spring of 2004. If we were in the
spring of 2004, and we allocate a club in
good standing money for the fall of 2004,
then they would receive the allocation.
However, if they become not in good
standing in the fall of 2004, their
allocated money gets put back into
SGA's non-allocated fund and will get
rolled over into the allocated fund for the
next semester," Sutter said.
organizations
that have been
inactive for
several
successive
semesters have
recently
disbanded or
longer
The Plastics
Engineering
Club,
Instrumental
Music Club,
History Club,
Campus
Crusade for
Career fair helps upperclassmen
take first step
Finding out what the future holds does
not walk up to the doorstep. The future,
however; may be found by being in the
right place at the right time. The future
for some may possibly have been found
at The Behrend Career Fair, held Tues
day from noon to 4 p.m. at the Junker
Center.
The Behrend Career Fair was open to
all majors. There were approximately
84 companies attending the career fair,
with the majority of the companies that
visited from within the tri-state region.
However, there were a selected few trav
eling distant lands to share their infor
mation with the students.
Students gathered at various times
throughout the day hoping to find an in
ternship, co-op and pan-time or full-time
position in their field of study. Some stu
dents left the fair smiling with a bag full
of information, while others hoped that
finding a job will not be that difficult of
a task in the future. There were students
who did not attend the fair because they
were not interested in the companies rep
resented.
Jeff Pennypacker (07, Mechanical
Engineering) thought that the career fair
was informative. Pennypacker felt the
career fair was an excellent opportunity
to sell yourself. Many students were im
pressed about the information handed out
at the fair, while others left the fair in
disappointment.
"I think there should have been more
opportunities for chemistry majors," said
Jessica Sarver a fifth semester chemis-
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Club
organizations lose
all abilities if they
become inactive.
"They can't
even plan and
produce programs
if they
inactive, - Sutter
said. "They can
get in trouble with
Student Activities
and SGA can
revoke their
constitution it'
clubs hold
meetings on FILE PHOTO
Zeta Beta Tau brothers are no longer considered active
campus while
listed as inactive
A club or organization may only be
inactive for two consecutive semesters
before they are not recognized as a club
or organization by SGA. This is
explained in the Student Government
Association constitution, Article VII,
Section 111. If they are inactive for longer,
the road to becoming a recognized club
or organization must start anew. A new
constitution must he drawn and approved
by SGA and then the club will begin to
fill the necessary paperwork en route to
becoming recognized again.
In addition to losing SGA funding as
explained by Sutter, SGA Financial
Supervisor Lynn Orborski added that the
club can actually lose its non-allocated
money.
"In addition to losing SGA funding, if
a club is inactive for more than two
semesters, that club can lose their non
allocated money. That would be money
the group collected on its own through
into future
try major. She added, there should have
also been other locations other than Erie
participating in the fair.
Sarver was not the only student dis
appointed in the fair. Erin Oberacker (07,
Marketing) felt, they should have had a
more diverse fair. The majority of the
companies were there for engineers, not
giving the opportunity for other majors
to see what is open in their field.
Students had the opportunity to go on
line to research the companies before
attending the fair. This is how many stu
dents decided whether they wanted to
attend the fair or not. Justin Bootes (05,
Communications and Media Studies) did
not attend the career fair for one particu
lar reason: there were not any commu-
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fundraising, etc," said Orborski
Reed Union Information Desk
Manager Stacey McCoy and Orborski
explained that the reason behind such
measures was to make the end of the year
financial cleanup easier.
Both McCoy and Orborski stated that
SGA used to carry clubs and
organizations for long periods of time
and without dropping them. It became
too hard to try and close the financial
books on a year when so many clubs had
money, which was constantly being
rerouted.
"I think that students aren't aware of
the consequences of becoming inactive.
They cannot get money allocated to them
from SGA. They cannot program. I think
that once clubs realize this they will do
what they need to become active again,"
said Sutter.
nication job descriptions that fit his in-
While students were complaining
about lack of information in their field,
others wished the fair was more orga
nized. There were a few legitimate job
opportunities. A lot of companies were
looking fir interns. If the companies had
signs posting what position they were
looking to hire, that would have made
the day easier, said Casey Weed (09,
Operations Management ).
With the economy doing so poorly, the
career fair was a good way to start the
networking process and learn more about
the future. Jonathan Laughlin (07, MIS)
said, "It was a realization that the real
world is one step away, and the job mar
ket just might be that limited.-
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