Campus billboards, light poles and even the sidewalks are decorated with bright flyers urging students to attend meetings and join Greek, athletic, academic, multicultural and all manners of extracurricular activities. Join one - not because the flyers say to - but because of these tried and true reasons.
- Share your passions with people who think you're cool for loving something as much as they do
- Connect with jobs, internships or other opportunities though alumni
- Munch on free pizza and food offered as bribes to attend call-out meetings
- Gain priceless experience from professional organizations that can be used on the job.
- Keep off the extra pounds from cheap junk food by playing intramural sports and exercising.
- Build an impressive, 3-foot-long resume.
- Meet students from other backgrounds and broaden your college experience.
- Show pride in the university you pay thousands of dollars to attend.
- Expand your T-shirt collection to represent every blood drive, fundraiser or event you attended.
- Improve the lices of other people by joining volunteer organizations.
- Avoid annoying roommates(or homework) by constantly attending meetings.
- Build relationships with faculty and administrative advisers who can write you recommendations
- Learn what you really care about and want to do by joining, and sometimes quitting, organizations.
- Beef up your Facebook profile by adding friends and activities/interests.
- Bond with people who can commiserate with you about classes, 10-page papers and professors.
- Become one of the persistent people at the Scramble Light handing out flyers and giving out free hugs.
- Forget how depressing your dorm or cheap apartment is; you won't be around to notice.
- Try something you never imagined you would. After all, you are at college.
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