As the Club Fair rolls through this week, one might ask, “Do community college students even care about clubs?”

Students who have attended four-year colleges and universities look at clubs in a different light than community college students because of the difference in styles of schools.

Universities have an advantage in that they have a large number of students moving into dorms with aspirations of meeting new friends. They also have more opportunities to find out information about clubs since they can be on the campus 24 hours a day.

Community colleges have a less personal feel than universities; the most interaction you have with other students is in class, the library, or the cafeteria. At universities, many of the students are interacting with each other outside of class.

For example, Mt. Hood has around 32 clubs, where as Oregon State and University of Oregon have nearly 150 a piece and they have more students per club than MHCC.

Club Fair will have been a success if students learned that this stone jungle known as MHCC may seem forgettable – we all have to remember that community colleges are a stepping stone for our future – but the least we can do is give our little community college that university feel of togetherness.