Student learn about opportunities at Club Visit Day
Science challenge among activities catching attention
By Teresa Brummett
Staff Writer
SPRINGFIELD — Free lunch and a chance to join a fun student club brought a crowd to the A.Lincoln Commons on Sept. 23.
The Student Club Information Day allowed clubs to showcase their fun activities, and anyone signing up to join a club was entitled to one of 200 free lunches from Subway.
As for the clubs, science, math and other organizations were fighting for students to sign up for the clubs.
For those clubs, it’s not just about fun, but about learning.
The Science Club did several demonstrations using Acetone, which is what many may know as a type of nail polish remover.
The student demonstrator gave a couple students the chance to see which one could fill more foam packing peanuts into a cup with Acetone in the bottom first. Sounds easy but it wasn’t. As soon as the peanuts hit the fluid they started to bubble and melt into liquid themselves.
Plans for a field trip to Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co., which is located in Chicago was mentioned.
Another club spokesman spoke about Student United Way.
She talked about the homelessness outside camp out fundraiser. This is where students find some sort of box and use it as their home for the night, sleeping here on the Lincoln Land grounds.
Last year was warmer than usual, she said, but two years ago, it was cold.
Really cold!
But this event brings awareness to the problem with homelessness in our local area.
Many students signed up for several different and fun clubs, grabbed a Subway lunch and received a lot of good Information.
All in all good day for clubs here at Lincoln Land.
Teresa Brummett can be reached at [email protected].