Getting involved with a social conscious
Welcome back, or if this is your first year, welcome to Fanshawe College.
The administration is wack, but the students are cool. If you connect with the right people, this could be one of the most memorable years of your life, and you can create friendships that last a lifetime. One of the best ways to connect with people and make quick friends is by joining existing clubs or starting new clubs. Joining clubs is the easiest way to connect with like-minded students and make good friends on campus.
If you are interested in social change, join the Social Justice Club. If you are an environmentalist trying to green the world, join the Green Club. If you're into fashion but hate the fashion industry's use of slave-labor sweatshops, join the Fashionable Students Against Sweatshops. If you're a vegetarian or vegan, a feminist, a human rights activist, an anti-capitalist, a cyclist, an immigrant/refugee rights advocate, a freegan, someone involved in independent media, or involved in any external groups like Amnesty International, PETA, Anti-Racist Action, or Council of Canadians, start organizing. There are many students at Fanshawe College that would love to get involved are waiting for you to start these kinds of clubs. Clubs are important because they make students feel more welcomed and accepted by their peers and involved in their school's community.
Another great reason to start a club is that the Student Union gives funding to student clubs and you can use this funding to help in accomplishing the clubs goals. The Green Club can buy trees. The Social Justice Club can distribute literature and host film screenings. So head to the Student Union Office in the Student Centre (SC2001) and get started. It doesn't take as much time as you think, even as a student who was heavily involved in many groups and served as president of the Social Justice Club, I still managed to find time to get straight A's, write a weekly column and party with friends. Get involved, spread your campaign, and be the change.
If you are a returning student who was a member or affiliated with the Social Justice Club, but feel like you weren't involved as much as you would have liked to be, or feel like you could make the club better, your chance to lead is now. In the spirit of democracy, all executives of the club, myself included, can be replaced this year. If you want to be secretary, vice-president, treasurer, or even president, you can nominate yourself at the first meeting this year and run against other candidates. So if you care about the direction of this club please make it out to this meeting to choose who the leaders will be for this year's Social Justice Club.
Also for all students interested, the Empowerment Community Resource Center (636 Queens Ave.) is inviting all students to a Giant Yard Sale and BBQ followed by a housewarming party on Saturday, September 8. The Empowerment Community Resource Center will be officially open after that and become London's first independent media and fair trade info shop. If you are interested in volunteering at the Empowerment Center during the year, the help would be greatly appreciated. We need volunteers to help make this grassroots volunteer initiative grow and create a culture of activism in London.
To get involved in the Social Justice Club or the Empowerment Community Resource Center email fanshawesocialjusticeclub@yahoo.ca or fairtradefanshawe@gmail.com.
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
The administration is wack, but the students are cool. If you connect with the right people, this could be one of the most memorable years of your life, and you can create friendships that last a lifetime. One of the best ways to connect with people and make quick friends is by joining existing clubs or starting new clubs. Joining clubs is the easiest way to connect with like-minded students and make good friends on campus.
If you are interested in social change, join the Social Justice Club. If you are an environmentalist trying to green the world, join the Green Club. If you're into fashion but hate the fashion industry's use of slave-labor sweatshops, join the Fashionable Students Against Sweatshops. If you're a vegetarian or vegan, a feminist, a human rights activist, an anti-capitalist, a cyclist, an immigrant/refugee rights advocate, a freegan, someone involved in independent media, or involved in any external groups like Amnesty International, PETA, Anti-Racist Action, or Council of Canadians, start organizing. There are many students at Fanshawe College that would love to get involved are waiting for you to start these kinds of clubs. Clubs are important because they make students feel more welcomed and accepted by their peers and involved in their school's community.
Another great reason to start a club is that the Student Union gives funding to student clubs and you can use this funding to help in accomplishing the clubs goals. The Green Club can buy trees. The Social Justice Club can distribute literature and host film screenings. So head to the Student Union Office in the Student Centre (SC2001) and get started. It doesn't take as much time as you think, even as a student who was heavily involved in many groups and served as president of the Social Justice Club, I still managed to find time to get straight A's, write a weekly column and party with friends. Get involved, spread your campaign, and be the change.
If you are a returning student who was a member or affiliated with the Social Justice Club, but feel like you weren't involved as much as you would have liked to be, or feel like you could make the club better, your chance to lead is now. In the spirit of democracy, all executives of the club, myself included, can be replaced this year. If you want to be secretary, vice-president, treasurer, or even president, you can nominate yourself at the first meeting this year and run against other candidates. So if you care about the direction of this club please make it out to this meeting to choose who the leaders will be for this year's Social Justice Club.
Also for all students interested, the Empowerment Community Resource Center (636 Queens Ave.) is inviting all students to a Giant Yard Sale and BBQ followed by a housewarming party on Saturday, September 8. The Empowerment Community Resource Center will be officially open after that and become London's first independent media and fair trade info shop. If you are interested in volunteering at the Empowerment Center during the year, the help would be greatly appreciated. We need volunteers to help make this grassroots volunteer initiative grow and create a culture of activism in London.
To get involved in the Social Justice Club or the Empowerment Community Resource Center email fanshawesocialjusticeclub@yahoo.ca or fairtradefanshawe@gmail.com.
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
