Around Campus
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10 Quirky Student Organizations
by Anita LeBlanc
T ere’s always been the need to fi t in despite unique preferences. EMU students may have found a way to accommodate your inner rebel while appeasing their desire to socialize among the 340 student clubs and organizations on campus. Here are ten of the diff erent, weird and wacky.
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14 Eastern | SPRING 2013
Alternative Breaks (AB) While many students opt for a warm and restful destination over spring break, some at EMU prefer providing direct service to other communities. Spring break trips this year took AB members to: Atlanta to help support refugee reset lement and HIV harm reduction; New Orleans to provide urban reconstruction and disaster relief; as well as Virginia and Florida to support other community programs. AB also provides weekend trips with limited time, but lots to give. Who needs rest when making a diff erence and memories is such an unbeatable combination?
Amplifying the Arts (AMP!) What’s more inspiring than one artist creating? All kinds of artists creating together! AMP! makes this possible, serving as a campus catalyst for collaboration and increased creativity among traditional and
nontraditional student artists, as they participate in interactive group projects—ones that open doors to new audiences, venues and opportunities. T e latest AMP! project? Clash of the Creators, a reality TV series pit ing two teams of student artists in a competition focusing on creativity.
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Roller Hockey Club “Why skate on thin ice when you can be on wheels?” could be the tagline for EMU’s Roller Hockey Club. T e club has been raising hell on wheels at col- lege rinks for over 12 years, playing the wildly competitive sport that is similar to ice hockey in nearly every way, with the exception of roller blades taking the place of bladed skates.
T e Flying Squirrels Quidditch Team No wizard skills, winged Golden Snitch or airborne broomsticks are necessary in this Muggle version of the fantasy sport developed by author J.K. Rowling for her Harry Pot er series. Instead, T e Flying Squirrels bring together student geeks and athletes to play an earthbound blend of Rugby and Lacrosse. T e team currently ranks 71st
out of 138 teams in the
International Quidditch Association Rankings, and plans to fl y even higher.
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