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Smith highlights campus organizations and events

Posted on Sep 06, 2010 in Opinion

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Comfort zones, personal bubbles, and “don’t touch me” stares are something that we are all familiar with.

The privacy of our own dorm rooms seems to be the best way to spend our college years without having to deal with all of that awkward get-to-know-you stuff.

This, my friends, is how many of us will spend the year.

Despite the prods of “student life, live it!” some of us will still just go to class and get good grades but do little else. This sort of agenda does not allow for us to fully enjoy the college experience.

In fact, it doesn’t allow us to enjoy college at all and this is why it is important for us as students to break down our walls.

Whether we realize it or not, the college experience encompasses more than just the book smarts you acquire from classes. The college experience is the mistakes you make, the friends you love, and the problems you have, so how can we truly enjoy this if all we do is hide in our rooms? The answer is we can’t.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is third in diversity throughout our nation, which makes UAB the ideal place to come out of your comfort zone.

There are many organizations centered around students exploring the different cultures that abound on our campus and most only require you to come to a meeting every now and again to be an active member.

The Alys Stephens Center allows for anyone to enjoy an experience that is far from the ordinary night on the town.

With performances ranging from guitar trio, to computer music, and yes, even French Opera, there are literally a hundred different ways for you to explore something new in the performing arts.

Before you venture out into these seemingly outrageous venues, you may want to meet people first that share your interest and that’s a great starting point as well.

Major specific organizations such as the anthropology club and Spanish club allow you to meet others pursing the same degree as you, while organizations such as Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) and Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) allow you to meet people who share your faith.

All of these organizations have various meeting times and locations that will fit even the most busy and spread out schedule.

The Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) has many committees that do not meet until 7:00 PM; the before-mentioned RUF meets on Tuesday nights at 8:30, which is well after most classes end for the evening.
If you only have an hour or so around lunch, there are great ways for you to meet new people as well, such as the Leadership Book Guild which meets on select Tuesdays at 12:15 PM.

With all of these opportunities to get out and try something new right here on campus, it is time for us as a student body to break out of the personal bubbles we may still be residing in.

You know how to do it, so get to popping.

Email: shelbyleigh@wild4music.com

 




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