Highline offers numerous avenues to get involved on campus, but there may be no better way to make new friends and bond with others over shared interests than by joining a club. Whether you like sports, reading, games, or anime, the college’s vast number of clubs definitely has something you might enjoy.

Do you find yourself wandering around campus after class with a lot of free time, looking to make more friends? Then all you have to do is head right into Building 8 and find out what club might be the best fit for you. 

Feeling creative and need an outlet? “[Art club] is about being a warm and inclusive place for students to come and try out a variety of art projects,” said Krista Eckland, vice president of the Art Club.“Our goal is to provide a place where students can come in and do some neat art projects or just hang out.” 

The Art Club offers you a place to not only hone your skills with a pen and paper, but also offers drawing games, technique workshops, and small projects to help not only build a community of artists, but to help you improve your craftsmanship. 

“We have a couple drawing games that frequently make the rounds,” adds Art Club President Samuel McCune, when asked about club activities. “Exquisite corpse is a drawing game where a person begins the drawing at the top. Then it’s passed to the next person who needs to continue the drawing, except the original drawing is folded over so they don’t know what it is. The result is a stitched together creature of different ideas and styles!”

 Art Club meets every Tuesday from 1-3 p.m. in Building 8, room 302. 

“All abilities are welcome, and we look forward to seeing you there,” said Eckland. “What we offer new and returning students or community members is stability, art club has been here and will continue to be; and flexibility, students are welcome to drop in within the club run time and can choose to do that week’s activity, their own project, or just hang out.”

Are you looking to save the world and roll some dice? Students Who Occasionally Roll Dice (S.W.O.R.D.) are too – playing Tabletop Roleplay Games like Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), Pathfinder, and other board games as well! 

“We play mostly Dungeons And Dragons, but also all sorts of Tabletop Roleplaying games,” said Isaac Radak, one of the leaders of S.W.O.R.D. “We’re trying to build a community around the playing and enjoying of those [D&D and Tabletop] games.”

Radak continues to elaborate on the storytelling possibilities of games like these: “Tabletop Roleplaying Games give people a chance to experience and live out a fantastical story of heroes, monsters, fighting for good and for a happy ending… It can help people learn how to do that in their own lives. If you think about it, we’re actually saving the world.” 

“Our goal is to connect people with each other, and give them the opportunity to tell stories together,” said Radak, wanting people to know their mission statement and what S.W.O.R.D. club is all about. “D&D is easy to play, but it can be intimidating to see all of the numbers and rules. But ultimately it’s a game about storytelling.”

S.W.O.R.D Club usually meets on Fridays at 1 p.m. in Building 8, room 301/302. Campaign times for D&D games will be decided later. 

“[S.W.O.R.D. Club] holds mixers every Friday where we play board games with each other, simple things like Monopoly, Munchkin, and Risk. Occasionally we’ll hold events. We’re looking to do more in the future,” added Radak.

Are you looking to get your Educational Credential Evaluation (ECE) done? The Educadoras Study Club can help you with just that. If you have any educational credit from outside of the US, you can get your education reviewed and converted to the US system! The club meets on Mondays from 5 – 6:45 p.m. in Building 8, room 302.

Are you interested in meeting others in the LGBTQ+ community or be there as an ally? “The goal of our club is to provide a casual place to find and interact with other members of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially since it is very difficult to find similar people from our experience,” said Duncan Dao, President of the Q&A (Queers and Allies) club.

“Community and friendship, and just a place to hang out and be yourself,” siad Doa, when asked what the club was about. “The club is about offering a safe and social casual space for LGBTQIA+ people and allies. We offer supplies such as pride flags, pride pins, and pronoun pins and stickers;

When asked a little more about the club and what it offers, Dao said, “We also wish to provide resources and care for our members, especially in terms of helping seek out medical and social assistance.” 

“We’re open to everybody,” Dao adds. “Whether they’re a supporter or associated in the LGBTQ+ community, and we’re always looking to meet new people, and are open to suggestions, ideas, and collaboration.”

This is just a fraction of the clubs that are open to students and community members in Highline College. More information about more clubs is just around the corner, so check in next week for even more information about Highline clubs.