This year, I am a junior. You would think that after two years of attending my college, I would have my plate full of club meetings and campus events. But, this is actually my first year of getting involved on campus. This is my first year being committed to a club and going to campus hosted events and the only question I have is: Why didn’t I do this earlier?!

In my earlier years of college, the group I was friends with often shunned campus events and never went to more than three meetings of a club. Usually, I would follow suit because I wouldn’t want to miss out on what my friends were doing, which usually, was nothing special or to write home about.

This year, with only three semesters left of college, I’ve decided to immerse myself in campus events and stay committed to whatever I became involved in. It has been the best decision I’ve made!

I have joined two clubs. One of them being the campus entertainment network (CEN) the other being the Outing Club. CEN is awesome because it is a student run organization that is responsible for huge campus events such as the spring and fall concerts, spring weekend, random performers and speakers on campus, campus game nights and even movie nights. The Outing Club organizes outdoors adventures such as hiking, rock climbing, and ice skating. The clubs are allowing me to do things I normally would not be able to do, for free! It’s allowing me to meet new people with the same interests as me.

Last weekend I went to a coffeehouse event hosted by CEN. I was able to see a singer play awesome music. I would rather do this than waste money on alcohol for a blurry night that will only result in a headache the next day.