Clubs
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mediate lessons every Friday from
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Gerlinger
219 and 220. Lessons are followed
by dancing from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30
p.m. Members get in free and stu
dents pay $4. More information
about the club is available at ball
room. uor egon. edu.
The University also offers sever
al pre-professional clubs for stu
dents interested in exploring
issues in their future career fields.
University graduate student Lucas
Roberts, a member of the pre
pharmacy club, said the club acts
as a guide to the future.
“It’s a means to improving my
chances of getting into the field of
pharmacy,” he said.
The club, whose mascot is “Phil
the Pill,” often meets to discuss
the latest trends in pharmacy.
“The club is a great way to meet
new and exciting people; we all
band together and create unity
within the pharmaceutical com
munity,” Roberts said.
Asklepiad is another pre-pro
fessional club with a scientific
emphasis. The pre-med society,
named after the Greek god of
medicine, consists of students
interested in careers in medicine.
According to club adviser Karen
Cooper, Asklepiad provides stu
dents with volunteer opportuni
ties and a preceptorship program
where they shadow a health pro
fessional in the community.
Students can also hear from
speakers in the professional field.
Asklepiad meets twice monthly
and also hosts workshops about the
medical school application process.
Students interested in philosophy
can turn to the Graduate Philosophy
Club for inspiration. Member Jena
Jolissaint said the club brings in
speakers from important areas in
philosophy related to current course
offerings. The club has scheduled
David Krell, a philosopher and au
thor of “Infectious Nietzsche” and
“The Purest of Bastards,” to speak
this fall. Jolissaint said the club,
which is open to both graduate and
undergraduate students, aims at cre
ating a broader understanding of the
philosophical field.
For students more interested in so
cial activism, Students for Peace may
give them an opportunity to speak
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The LGBTQA is one of many groups headquartered in the EMU lower level.
out. The group right now is concen
trating its efforts on peace in Iraq.
“Our mission is to educate stu
dents and get them involved to do
what we can to stop the war,” said
Delicate, one of the group’s members,
who uses only one name. “We really
believe we can make an impact.”
She said members are currently
working on a pledge supporting
peace as well as drafting two letters,
one to the United Nations and the
other to President George W. Bush.
Students for Peace meets twice
weekly and need volunteers.
Of course, these are just a few of
more than a hundred clubs, student
unions and organizations on campus.
For more information on these clubs
or other ASUO affiliated groups, visit
the ASUO office in EMU Suite 4.
Arwen Ungar is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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Brenda Tuomi, coordinator of the non-traditional student program, walks into an
office that houses many of the diverse campus clubs.
Passersby walk toward the Jewish Student Union's office in the lower level of the EMU.
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