by: Camryn Stevens
Valley College clubs represent at Halloween Club Rush Event
On Thursday, October 27th, San Bernardino Valley College’s Associated Student Government (ASG) hosted a Halloween themed Club Rush. The event took place at the Campus Center Parkway from 3-5pm. Club Rush is an event open to all Valley students where different clubs set up tables with fun activities and information to gain support and advertise to potential new members. Many tables gave out candy and had games that visitors were encouraged to participate in. The Culinary Arts Club even held a pie eating contest where a large crowd gathered to watch the several contestants.
Club Information
Many SBVC clubs were represented at Thursday’s Halloween Club Rush.
The new Anime Club, @sbvc.animeclub on Instagram, held a table at the event where guests who are interested in anime were encouraged to join.
S.A.G.A. Club, Sexuality and Gender Acceptance, was present. Their meetings are every Wednesday from 3pm-5pm in B-119. Previously known as the SBVC LGBTQ+ Club, the name was changed to emphasize that club membership and participation is open to all people of all genders and sexualities, including allies. You can find more information about this club on Instagram @valleycollegesaga.
S.E.E.D. Club, Supporters and Educators Empowering Dreamers, formerly known as the Dreamers Club, was present at Club Rush. Along with recruiting new members, club members sold masks, hair ties, and bracelets to fundraise. The club is open to all people that would like to support Dreamers in the community, and you can reach them sbvcdreamclub@gmail.com or @seed_sbvc on Instagram.
S.C.T.A., the Student California Teachers Association, SBVC chapter, is a resource filled support group for students that aspire to be teachers. They meet every Wednesday 12:30pm to 1pm in NH-344. Reach them on Instagram @sbvc_scta or through email at: sbvcscta@gmail.com.
For students interested in pursuing degrees and certificates in the culinary arts, the Culinary Arts Club meets in the Sunroom on Tuesdays at 3pm. Students who join can share their love for food and partake in activities like cooking and sharing tips and recipes. Every November the program holds an Annual Pie Sale where culinary students make handmade pies for the holiday season. At Club Rush, they showed just how fun this club can be with their pie eating contest. You can reach them through email at: tschlinkert@sbccd.cc.ca.us.
The group B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S., short for Brothers Reaching Out To Help Everyone Reach Success, is a group with the intention to support Black and POC boys and men in college and life preparedness. You can contact club advisor Keenan Giles at email:
kgiles@valleycollege.edu for more information.
The Human Services Club had games and displays in their setup at Club Rush, including one where participants put on vision restricting goggles to simulate the impairment of being drunk. This club's mission is “meeting human needs through community outreach, substance abuse awareness, certified training, fundraising activities and much more.” Meetings are held every Friday on campus in NH-151 and via Zoom from 11:30am-12:30pm. For more information contact club advisor Melinda Moneymaker at email: mmoneyma@valleycollege.edu.
Those interested in creative writing, from poetry to books to comics, would find a welcoming community in Writer's Block. Members build on their writing skills and participate in fun activities like story prompts. Meetings are Wednesdays 12pm-1pm in B-123.
If you would like to learn, practice, or perfect your skills in front of or behind the camera, join Valley College’s Film Television & Media Club. Meetings are every other Thursday in MC-142 at 3:30pm. For more information contact @sbvcfilmclub on Instagram.
For students interested in building community and interdependence, join the Latin centered Puente Club. The club is returning after a hiatus, and people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds are welcome to join and participate. For more information, contact @sbvc_puenteclub on Instagram or email: sanbernardinopuenteclub@gmail.com.
San Bernardino Valley College’s M.E.Ch.A, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, also a Latin centered club, was represented at Club Rush with a table. This group encourages community building, advocating, leadership, having a voice and knowing your rights. Meetings are every Wednesday at 1pm in CC-142, by the Bookstore and Student Life. For more information, contact the advisor, Ed Gomez at email: egomez@sbccd.cc.ca.us.
The Umoja-Tumaini program is a community full of college staff and students brought together for the purpose of promoting student success for all students of the African and African American Diasporas. The club hosts events, discussions, meetings,and has access to private tutors and counselors. To join, contact the Umoja Club at email: umojatumaini@gmail.com.
Are you interested in theater or drama? If so, check out Valley College’s P.A.C., Performing Arts Club. Join a community of theater enthusiasts to talk all things drama and get exclusive access to the Theater Arts Program’s events. Meetings are every Wednesday at 1:30-2pm in the SBVC Auditorium. Check out their Instagram @sbvc.pac to contact them or for more information!
The Honors Program at San Bernardino Valley College offers students the opportunity to take accelerated classes and be a part of a community of ambitious and intelligent students. Benefits of this program include preferred admissions into colleges, extra scholarship opportunities, and recognition on your transcript and diploma. In joining this program, you’ll also receive a special graduation stole indicating your membership in the club. Inquiring students are encouraged to contact Honors Faculty Lead, Edward Gomez through email: egomez@valleycollege.edu or by phone: (909) 384-8596.
Club Flashback: 1930
San Bernardino Valley College has had an honors society for nearly its entire existence. In the 1930 edition of Oswet, which was similar to a student-published yearbook, there is a page dedicated to the Honor’s Society of that time period. Back then, they had annual formal banquets, once held at the Mission Inn; an annual Beach Party; and that year even sponsored a production of the “moving picture” “Othello.” With the proceeds from this production, the Honor Society at San Bernardino Valley Junior College, the school’s former name, was able to establish a Student Loan Fund, the first in the state to be fully financed by the organization itself. At that time, membership was divided into three groups: Associate Members, Temporary Members, and Permanent Members. All members had to maintain a certain grade level, receiving no less than a “C” in any class, and to become a Permanent Member, one had to be chosen by a faculty committee. Permanent Members could not exceed ten percent of all students who had completed 60 units, and that year they had three students.
Though the only club still on San Bernardino Valley College’s campus that existed in the year 1930 was the Honor Society, there were some similar student groups then as there are now.
The Associated Student Body was an executive committee of students to represent the student body. Officers were re-elected each semester and had to earn two-thirds of the student body vote. That year they were able to host a reported average of two social functions per month.
At that time, there was also the Warwhoop, which was the official news publication at San Bernardino Valley College. The first newspaper of the semester was available to students at the beginning of the term. Utilizing advertisement opportunities, the newspaper was entirely self-supporting. That year a student, Kathryn Towne, was awarded the first place prize for writing the best news story in the state, and many of the paper’s editorial and features were reprinted in other newspapers. The Warwhoop was also recognized for their quality news stories at the spring convention of the Press Association in Sacramento.
Music clubs on campus included the Men’s Glee Club, which staged a burlesque show “Cleopatra,” and the Women’s Glee Club, which did performances at the National Orange Show, competed in a contest at the University of Redlands, and many others.
Valley’s other clubs and student participation events recorded that year also include: The W.A.A., Women’s Athletic Association; Delta Psi Omega, a co-ed dramatic fraternity; the “S” Club, a club for men that lettered in school athletics; the Y’se Women Club, a club where women came together to talk about anything from foreign politics, to dress and makeup, the Associated Women Students Club; and the Junior Lions Club, another leadership/social club for men.
The Indian Paint Brush Club* was a club on campus which that year fundraised enough to buy a picture from a renowned California artist, William Wendt, which was presented to the school and hung in the campus library.
Finally, and most peculiar, was the Longfellows club. This club was dedicated to advocating for tall men who feel like the world is built too small for them. They wanted “7 ½ foot beds, longer bath tubs,” clothing articles that fit better for the same price as regular clothing, and accommodations on things like theater seats and furniture, and taller signs, ceilings, and awnings.
*In this year, the school’s mascot was an offensive caricature of an Indigenous Native American. The mascot was changed in 2001 but prior to that the term ‘Indian’ was frequently used in club names, events, imaging and sports teams. Let it be noted that the current staff and students of the SBVC newspaper do not endorse or agree with this use.
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