The Student Federation granted probationary club status to a new military club in a meeting March 7.
The new club, Liberty Battalion, hopes to work with students interested in entering the military and attending Officer Candidate School for the United States Armed Forces.
“The club is aimed at OCS students, students who plan to enter the military after graduation,” spokesman for the club junior Luke Kjellson said in his presentation.
At the meeting, Kjellson said the club is helpful both to upperclassmen who want to enter the military as well as underclassmen who want to expand their network.
“The goal of the club is ultimately to prepare students for OCS,” he said. “But it is also helpful for freshmen and sophomores who want to build connections.”
The club will work with Associate Professor of Leadership Studies Peter Jennings and will host events for members, such as battlefield visits and guest speakers, according to Kjellson. Many of the events will be open to all of campus.
The Federation also granted $380 to the Spanish Honorary, Sigma Delta Pi, for its upcoming Venezuelan Culture Night, featuring Associate Professor of Spanish Victor Carreño and his wife, María Eugenia.
The event will take place on April 4 in the Old Snack Bar, according to junior Sigma Delta Pi treasurer Emma Turner.
“The first part of the evening will include a live cooking demonstration by a real-life Venezuelan, Professor Carreño’s wife,” Turner said.
The campus-wide event will allow students to learn how to make arepas, a traditional Venezuelan food consisting of cornmeal cakes stuffed with meat.
Turner said students will also have the opportunity to hear about Carreño’s experience living in socialist Venezuela.
“The second part of the event is going to be Professor Carreño talking about what it was like living in Venezuela and all the things that come with that and also why he decided to move to America,” she said.
Federation president and sophomore Jacob Beckwith said the federation wants to encourage students to come to board members with any club ideas they have.
“We want to make sure people know that if they have an interest in starting a new club, we’re happy to talk to them,” he said.
Beckwith said the federation is eager to help students through the process of starting a new club.
“They don’t have to have everything in order and all the board figured out before they even come talk to us,” he said. “Even if they just want to ask us ‘What’s the process like?’ or ‘What do you think about this idea?’”
Sophomore representative Anne Love said she wants to see more clubs generated on campus.
“We need more clubs,” she said. “Obviously we aren’t having enough clubs apply for probationary status, so we really need more.”
