On Wednesday, September 5, Carnegie Mellon students attended the yearly Fall Activities Fair. The fair, which took place on the CFA lawn, featured 175 recruiting student organizations and attracted hundreds of students that were interested in finding ways to get involved on campus.

For many students, extracurricular involvement is a large part of student life at Carnegie Mellon. At the Activities Fair there was an organization for just about any interest. There were groups dedicated to sports, music, performance clubs, and even law and business. CMU Lacrosse, The Kiltie Band, CMU Fusion, and the Pre-Law Society were at the fair, just to name a few organizations.

The Activities Fair offered an exciting atmosphere in addition to providing information about student organizations. Students were entertained by Big Straw's dancing dragon and Scotch n' Soda Theatre's parade of men in women's costumes. The Fencing Club even hosted a fencing match during the event.

"I was surprised to see how many organizations and groups were there," Said first-year John O'Hallaron. John, a Business Administration major, was glad to find out that CMU has a Filmmakers Club and plans to get involved in both Filmmakers Club and cmuTV.

The Activities Fairs occurs each semester at Carnegie Mellon. They are a great way for students to reconnect with campus organizations and find a community of people that share some of their interests. If you missed the fair last week, there will be another Activities Fair early in the spring semester, or you could go to: http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/studentactivities/activitiesfair/

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Shawn Swanson and Elliot Smith dress in drag to promote Scotch 'n' Soda Theater at the Fall 2007 Activities Fair	H&SS junior Tom Pike hands out the weekly Readme at the activity fair
CMU Robotics Club's Red Robot makes an appearance at the Fall 2007 Activities Fair	CIT senior John Bistline and MCS senior Monica Pheifer promote AUO at the activities fair

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