As the second week of school draws to a close, things are finally starting to settle at San Luis Obispo High School (SLOHS). The freshmen are beginning to find their way, while sophomores and juniors are buckling down for the upcoming year of academic torment. With all this going on, seniors are attempting to ward off the first early hints of senioritis.

The fact that summer is now over and students have to start hitting the books again after three months of reprieve has finally made itself clear. For many students here at SLOHS, a rigorous course load, combined with extracurricular activities, leaves little or no room at all for organic socialization. In this arena, students and teachers have taken action, forming clubs of various interests and formality to be presented at Club Rush on Wednesday, September 9 in the quad at lunch.

“We have probably 30, 35 clubs,” said Associated Student Body (ASB) adviser Jim Johnson. SLOHS’s Club Rush has reached its third year and with the number of clubs rapidly increasing, members and advisers are looking forward to displaying what their organizations have to offer.

“It’s a good place where clubs can showcase themselves and let people know what’s out there,” said Johnson. “We’ve got kind of an array of informal to formal clubs,” he added.

Club Rush is an ASB spirit event that showcases each of the school’s many clubs in one place. It mimics the atmosphere of a fraternity/ sorority rush, held during the first couple of weeks at universities around the country; clubs hand out random swag and do demonstrations ranging from free art classes to food to stickers.

“We ask all the teachers who are club advisers to send us an email and say ‘hey we want a table at Club Rush’. We’ll give you a six foot table, two chairs and a tablecloth, you guys do the rest,” said Johnson. With such a large-scale event taking place, it is worth asking the question of its effectiveness in recruiting new club members.

“Quite honestly, I have no idea,” said Johnson. “I think Club Rush is a good idea, but I don’t know the number of people that actually sign up on a piece of paper”. Clubs on campus are thriving and it seems SLOHS’s Club Rush is here to stay.

“We are going to have a Club Rush the day of back to school night next year,” said Johnson; “so when all those little eighth graders come in, they can see what clubs are available, very early on”. With the ever-growing amount of student clubs being formed on campus, it seems like Club Rush will continue to showcase student organizations for years to come.