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》 ORGANIZATIONS
Groups are good way to get involved
More than 500 registered organizations on campus cater to a variety of interests, activities
BY TYLER HARBERT tharbert@kansan.com
Students might want to join social organizations for a variety of different reasons.
Aaron Quisenberry, associate director for the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, said some of those reasons include taking on leadership roles, playing sports or other activities, or just making new friends.
"The mission of the group can be all over the place," Quisenberry said.
He said 532 groups are registered with the leadership center and students can navigate through
them by going to www.ku.edu, and searching for student organizations.
A drop-down box to search for specific type of groups is also on the student organization Web site,
"The mission of the group can be all over the place."
so students can sift through religious, academic or other types of groups.
appeal to students who enjoy the television show, "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Group members perform shows just like the cast members of the popular television program, where audience members are asked to suggest topics for the comedians to act out.
There are sports clubs that travel and compete, there are
He also said group budgets range from nothing to $15,000 depending on what the groups are involved in.
Quisenberry said groups range in size from just a few friends getting together to play chess, to a group like KU Bands that has hundreds of members.
goal-setting groups that help students plan how to graduate or lose weight, and there are groups that discuss world issues like KU for Uganda, Quisenberry said.
Bryan Reynolds, a recent graduate from Hays, said he joined the group three years ago and has put on shows in Kansas City and Hays and has made a film with the group about a fake Christian Rock Group, which he put on YouTube.
The group practices once a week during the school year and puts on four or five shows each
"If there's
AARON QUISENBERRY Associate director for the Student Involvement and Leadership Center
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if there's something you want to do and it's not there, come to our office," Quisenberry said. "That's how all these groups started."
One student group, The Hypothetical Seven, might
year.
The group had eight members but lost some to graduation, so it's going to hold auditions for new members during the fall semester, Reynolds_ said. He said interested students should go to the group's Web site and e-mail him.
"Our main purpose is to give students experience with combat you'd see in movies," said Jeremy Riggs, Lawrence senior.
Another student group, Jayhawk Stunt Works, is a group that tries to both educate and be physical.
"If there's something you want to do and it's not there, come to our office."
"No experience necessary," he said. "If you enjoy making people laugh, show up and we'll show you what to do."
Riggs said his group picks a different area of focus every semester
AARON QUISEBNBERRY Associate director for the Student Involvement and Leadership Center
and studies and choreographs those moves once a week. Past areas of focus have been hand-to-hand combat, single sword fighting and fighting with bow staffs.
The group usually has 12-
to-15 members and Riggs said students should go to the group's Web site and e-mail him if they want to join.
**Students who want to meet people or pursue an area of interest can join a student group. Groups range in size and nature, from small comedy troupes to KU bands and the Marching Jawhawks.**
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