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" Most colleges have a super long list of clubs and activities you can join, but, if they don&amp;#039;t have a club for your favorite hobby, don&amp;#039;t worry! If you want a club for something, chances are someone else does, too - so create your own club! My friends Mike, Nick, and Griffin bonded this year over their love of tricking. Tricking is a mix of gymnastics, martial arts, and break dancing. Basically, they do a lot of awesome backflips and other gravity-defying stunts. They had such a great time tricking together that they decided to make a club for it. Tricking Club started informally - the guys would practice outside in the commons where everyone could see them. It got them a lot of attention, too. Soon enough, more and more people would come to their practices. Still, they really wanted to be an official club. This is where things got tough. Mike, the president, had to fill out tons of paperwork, write the club&amp;#039;s constitution, give a presentation, and attend a few formal meetings before the Drake Student Senate actually recognized them as a club. Pretty soon, they found that being and official club has a lot of benefits. They had a booth at the Activities Fair (which helped them gain even more members), free materials for posters, the opportunity for funding, and they get space in the field house to practice (which is especially great in the cold winter months).  The guys convinced me to go to Tricking Club one time, and it was actually a ton of fun! I have absolutely no experience in gymnastics, so I was terrified to try anything. But Mike and Griffin spotted me and helped me do a backflip - it was SO cool! Watching them do crazy stunts was awesome, too. So, if you&amp;#039;re looking to start a new club at your school, here&amp;#039;s what you do:  Start your club informally. Get some friends together and hold casual meetings, so you know if people will actually want to join! Find out the school&amp;#039;s policy for becoming a club. Make sure you meet all their guidelines on members, meeting places, advisors, etc. Do what you have to do. Paper work, meetings, and forms aren&amp;#039;t necessarily fun, but it&amp;#039;s something you&amp;#039;ll just have to get out of the way. Advertise! Once you&amp;#039;re officially a club, get posters and Facebook events going so people know about your meetings.  Have fun with it! If you want a club for something, there are probably other students who would want it, too. Don&amp;#039;t be afraid to start something new! Much love, Kristin Have you ever started your own club, either in high school or at college? Tell me about it in the comments section below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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