Student VoiceLions’ Roar

Student Involvement Issue

Letter From the Editor

Whatever the palate of your interests, Normandale Community College (NCC) has a plethora of student clubs and organizations on its palette to satisfy and stimulate your extracurricular interests. Chess Club? Yes. Photography Club? You got it. Dungeons and Dragons club? Heck yeah! The Lions’ Roar Student Voice is excited to bring you some exciting updates and exclusive profiles of some of the many clubs that NCC has to offer. We had the privilege to sit down with officers and members of the Student Senate for an ex-clusive interview and update. We stretched our legs and strolled down to the NCC fitness center to discuss some of the options for all of you who hunger for the competitive nature of organized sports. We took a literary emotional leap with the Creative Writing Club as we enjoyed their work in the Paper Lantern and disappeared with them into a world of fiction. Our journalists had a chance to meet with an art student and aspiring local artist who graciously allowed us to showcase their work within this issue. Do you have an interest or skill you want to sharpen but cannot find a venue to do so? Have no fear. We will tell you the necessary steps you need to take to start a club of your very own. What ever your interest was, is, or will be, we hope to heighten your senses and enlighten your mind about the possibilities and opportunities that NCC has to offer.

-Trent Williams, Lions Roar Student Voice

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Student Senateaffecting the students at NCC. The meetings are held in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order, a set of guidelines groups follow in order to have an open yet structured delib-eration, and that helps to ensure every voice in the senate has an equal opportunity to speak and share ideas. The student senate also oversees all clubs and student groups at Normandale. They are the ones that approve new clubs for active status and help to assist them in getting funds and other support throughout the year for their activities. They have even set up a new committee to help stream line the process for groups that need extra funds and support throughout the semester in an effort to encourage their growth and success. On top of all of this, they also work to put on many events for students throughout the year to get them in-volved in the world outside Normandale. Every two years, they work with “Get Out the Vote” in order to help students get registered and stay informed on upcoming elections. This semester, on Wednesday, Febuary13th, they held a Rally day in which they bussed students from Normandale up to the capitol in order join with other students from the Uni-versity of Minnesota and other schools to show law makers how important they feel it is to support higher education. If you are looking to get involved here at Normandale but are just not sure where to start, head over to the Student Senate offices in the Kopp Student Center and talk to one of the members there about how to get involved. According to senate treasurer AAA, “It is a great place to network with other students and a great opportunity. Even if your shy and don’t like to speak out much, you will be surprised by how even just one sentence can go far and make a differ-ence. Get involved and raise a voice. ”

Tucked away in the back of The Zone in the Kopp Student Center are the offices of the Student Senate, one of the most influential student groups on the entire campus. This one organization is involved in almost every aspect of student life here at Normandale Com-munity College (NCC). From Parking set ups to student groups, volunteer projects to the lunch room, grounds keeping to the school budget; the members of the stu-dent senate are involved in it all. They are the student’s voice within the school, a position they take a great deal of pride in. The members of the senate are a diverse group of individuals from many different walks of life all working towards various college degrees. The one common point they all share is a want to get involved and help to make NCC a better place for its students. In order to join the group you have to fill out an application, attend two meetings and an interview to state why you want to get involved and then the senate will vote once a month whether or not to take on a new member. According to AAA Awed (pronounced, “Triple A”), the senate treasur-er, if a student has a genuine want to get involved and can maintain the 2.0 GPA minimum they require, they are a shoe in. For students who want to get involved but can’t make the required time commitments, there is also the opportunity to become a student advocate and work alongside the members of the senate on various projects throughout the school. Senators are involved in many aspects of life at NCC. Most major committees that the administrations have at NCC have at least one member of the student senate on them.

They also have an opportunity to meet with our school’s president and vice president a couple times each semester to discuss the upcoming year’s school budget as well as tuition costs for students. The current student senate is made up of seven executive positions and fifteen senators with eleven newly elected ones on the way, as well as several stu-dent advocates. Every Tuesday at 2:00 in room K1450 of the Kopp Student Center, the members of the student senate meet to discuss and work on a variety of issues affecting the students at NCC. The meetings are held in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order, a set of guide-lines groups follow in order to have an open yet struc-tured deliberation, and that helps to ensure every voice

-Mark Daniels, Lions’ Roar Student Voice

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Interview With Student Senate

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On February 6th, I had the opportunity to sit down with Student Senate advisor Amanda Lilgreen, Senate Presi-dent Nick Schneider and Senate Vice President John Otte. Here are some of the questions they answered for us.

MD: How long have each of you been involved with Student Senate?

JO: I’m a little over two year’s right now, so I have been around for a while.

NS: And I have been involved for about a year and a half, so I joined back in the fall of 2011.

AL: I have been advising them for a year probably. Very close to a year, or just over it. It was about this time last year that I took over.

MD: Is this your first year as officers?

JO: This is my second year as an officer.

NS: Before I was president, I was a committee chair. Student senate has their own group of committees, I’ll kind of explain. So, we have advisory committees, which are administration and school committees and then we have our own student senate committees that due particular things involving our student senate. So we have a leg-islative committee that deal policy issues just inside our senate, or we have our service committee that engages the student body and the student senate in volunteer projects. Before I was president, I was chair of the service committee, so I worked with our previous senate president to set up the committee and was chair of it until I ran for this position.

MD: What are some of the activities, policies or functions that student senate presides over?

JO: Well, in this semester especially since it’s the end of the year, we are really involved with the budgeting. The president and the vice president of the school with come in and give tuition consultations, kind of explaining the projections for next year’s tuition. We work with them on what they are doing and they come in and say (exam-ple) “we kept tuition at a 4% increase for next year, do you guys approve of this?” and they will bring it to us for approval before they send it to MnSCU, I believe is the process.

NS: Right, so what they will do is tuition consultation, which all the MnSCU schools are required to do, which basically requires us to have open discussion about the budget and what’s going on, and we as a senate can vote on whether or not we actually think this is going to be beneficial to students. We also have a process where I can write a letter to the chancellor of MnSCU and he will look over all the letters and take these student thoughts into consideration when he is signing off on things for the budget.

MD: Do you do other committees as well with the administration or is it more just for the budget?

NS: Yeah, so the administration will come to us with particular topics of interest that involves the students and the administration will come to the student senate and say “what does the senate thing of this” or maybe they will ask us to take a stance on something. There are also advisory committees through the campus administra-tion and right now we should have one student representative on each committee. That ensures that we have representation and a voice, and we can communicate what is going on between the different levels to students.

MD: What is one project or activity in the last year with student senate that you were involved with that really stood out the most to you, kind of had the most impact on you that you really got involved with?

NS: Definitely get out the vote.

JO: Yeah, the big campaign for get out the vote. Every two years we get really involved with it. We registered about 800 voters on campus this year.

MD: Wow, that’s a pretty respectable number.

JO: Yeah, it was a pretty good campaign, we did a really good job with it.

NS: The campaign was part of our student association MSCSA, the Minnesota State College Student Association; it’s the larger group that we work under. They had a big campaign where each campus was in charge of setting up the Get Out the Vote campaign on their own campus. Part of it, we set some goals. We were registering voters and also getting them to make a pledge to go vote, saying “Ok, I’m going to go vote.” We also held three on cam-pus activities or events before the election. We had an open candidate forum where seven candidates came and spoke with the students back in September. We also had a debate watching party up in The Lookout Café and we also had a closing event as well.

MD: Student Senate seems like a pretty diverse group. You wouldn’t say it’s just for people going into law or something of that nature?

JO: Definitely not and I want to touch on that. It’s diverse in the fact that everyone is going into different fields and the people in general. One thing that has been really great about getting involved here is just working back in The Zone. I have meant people from all over the globe and it’s been a really cool experience to see that kind of diversity. And I really appreciate my time here at Normandale discovering that instead of going to a four year university where the demographics are different.

NS: I would definitely say that, yeah, if you’re interested in politics, that’s a plus, but if you’re not, by all means. We deal with issues that students can all rally behind, like tuition costs or different aspects of the school like fees and text books. It’s something we can all talk about. Its more than just politics, it’s about becoming a leader and learning what it means to make an impact and have your voice heard. You would be surprised by who you can meat. Given that we are a community college, we get people from all different walks of life. That’s why I love stu-dent senate so much. You have people coming in and out from different areas of the world, and its great.

MD: What is something you would like to say to students looking to get involved with student senate?

JO: I would just say that it’s a really great opportunity to take up a leadership role. You can make it into whatever you want by how involved you want to get with it. We have advocates and senators and the higher up positions, so each one comes with a different set of responsibilities. It opens a lot of doors and you can really learn a lot about how higher education and the school itself operates. I have meant a lot of friends from it and it’s a really good group I think. It’s a fun group with a lot of interesting people.

NS: Definitely, I would say the best thing about senate is the opportunity because you’re doing a couple things; you’re working with your fellow students and making friends and having that opportunity to network as well as to push yourself and have your voice heard. You would be surprised, student senate is involved with so many different aspects of the school, and it’s really an opportunity for you’re to represent your fellow students and find our more of what your capable of. Before I joined student senate, I never thought I would be in this position. I wanted to help people volunteer and then I got more involved and more involved and I just took it to the next level and before you know it, you find yourself in this position and you just want to do more. So I would just say, give it a shot. Let it be whatever you want it to be and you never know what can happen.

Mark Daniels, Lions’ Roar Student Voice

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Members are encouraged to work on pursuing their own passions such as trying new photography techniques for fun, or producing a short movie on a fun topic. Not only are these students pursuing their passions, but they are also applying them in practical ways, which give back to the school.

In the end, Mr. Kam hopes that each student leaves the club with new friends, but also having learned new techniques to enhance their talents. It is easy for students to just come to classes and go home at NCC, but he hopes that, because of the club, they are more involved with the school all while using their talents to give back to the school.

Do you love photography? Or are you a student with a passion for cinema photography? Outside of class assignments you may be thinking “I wish there was somewhere that I could just do it for fun.” Students may find just that opportunity with the Photography & Cinema Photography Club.

When I met Jay Kam, Normandale Community College’s (NCC) Fitness Center/Wellness Coordinator, I learned he also was the advisor to a total of six different clubs on campus. As a man wearing many hats, he advises for the Hip-Hop Club, Badminton Club, Table Tennis Club, Outdoor Club, and most importantly, the Photography/Cinema Photography Club. His involvement with the clubs started with his work at the Fitness Center and blossomed as he met more students that needed advisors for new clubs. Because of his commitment, many students now have more options for after-class opportunities.

So, just how did this club get started? A group of students wanted a time in which they could get together to have fun with their passions, but also learn more about their craft. SJ Diong, a student with a passion for photography, already knew Mr. Kam and pitched an idea for the club to him, which later won his advisory support and that of NCC. Mr. Kam’s goal is for the club to educate, but also to be a voice for other clubs on campus.

The club takes ideas from the students about what they want to learn and uses that information to design the meetings around learning new techniques and sharing

their own work. For instance, the club will bring in special guests to learn new tricks of the trade or simply new ideas to enhance their learning.

Clubs can also apply for Lead Funds from NCC, which are often used for workshops and equipment. After sitting in on one of their first meetings of the semester, I learned they are planning to work with new photography and cinema photography techniques that will include themes such as colors, paint, and bubbles.

The second part of Mr. Kam’s goal involves using the students’ talents to promote other clubs and events on campus such as the Hip-Hop Club or a sports team. The students photograph or video other events to produce advertisement to raise student awareness.

He urges students to get involved with clubs because it is a large part of molding a young person and quite often they make friends that last for years after.

So, are you a student with an interest in photography, cinema photography, or maybe both? Check out NCC’s club, which meets on Tuesdays in K0432 from 3-5pm. You may find just the place to let your talents run crazy, make new friends, and learn something new.

-Lydia Wiff, Lions’ Roar Student Voice

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Interview With the ArtistKS: A favorite artist of mine would be Yoshitaka Amano. He creates concept art and characters for the Kingdom of Hearts and Final Fantasy video games.

ES: What types of classes are you taking this year?

KS: Sculpture, figure drawing, art history classes, video art, glass fussing. All of variety!

ES: What technique do you use?

KS: Mainly color pencil, pen’s, sometimes India ink. I first sketch and then ink it over once, twice or even three times to create more varied weight and thickness of the lines. Also I use color pencil on top of black ink to create a dull look, and then repeat pen lines and eventually add in highlights and whites. It’s really a process.

ES: Where do you see yourself in one year? Where do you feel your art is going?

KS: Hopefully an apprenticeship. I have friends ask me to design things all the time for them, which they later get tattooed. I am really interested in moving into tattoo art eventually.

ES: Which is more important to you, the subject of your painting, or the way it is executed?

KS: Execution, but I always kept a good balance between the two. I don’t want one to out way the other. A dull idea executed, beautifully would still come out good.

I had the pleasure to meet one of Normandale Com-munity College artists, Kate Swazee. Kate is 20 years old, and came to Normandale from Eagan High School in 2011 to start her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Illustra-tion and Art History. She says the art program is rela-tively new but a learning experience. She strives for her passion and her work has reached the walls of Norman-dale’s Fine Arts Gallery. Kate Swazee also received $500 last year for winning the Bryant Art Scholarship, which is awarded by Normandale every year. I sat down with Kate and got to learn about the artist behind the art. ES: What is your medium?

KS: My favorite medium is color pencil.

ES: I can really see your skill and strengths in your art-work, but what do you believe are your strengths?

KS: Defiantly color. It’s the most fun doing and is defiant-ly my favorite.

ES: What moves you most in life, either to inspire or influence you?

KS: I strive to have many influents through out different times in my life. That is why I love studying art history and the many influences that arose and inspired other artists. Currently, I am inspired by my friends back light art. He creates facemasks and the vibrant colors from the UV paint inspire a lot of my colorful patterns and shading. Some other things I am inspired by are sugar skulls, weird realities, and dreams.

ES: Your work is really unique. I have seen art like it but nothing that has come together and is as well bal-anced as yours. Do you work from life, photographs, or from your imagination?

KS: I strive for a unique style. I work mainly from my imagination, but I do work from a combination of all three.

ES: Where do you do your work?

KS: Other than my bedroom, I am most artistically inclined when I should be paying attention in class

ES: Who is your favorite artist and why? Does his/her art reflect in your work?

ES: What is the role of the artist in society? KS: To make society more interesting. We could definitely make progress with out art, but it wouldn’t be as beautiful.

-Elisabeth Spry, Lions’ Roar Student Voice

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Art Piece submitted by Kate Swazee, Artist, Normandale Community College

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Sports Clubs

The hockey is an extramural team in which Jay Kam is also the advisor. They play other community colleges, either at the Bloomington Ice Garden or at an ice arena near the other school. The team practiced before the season began and they now have games every Tuesday and Thursday. Some colleges they play are Anoka-Ram-sey, Inver Hills, North Hennepin, and Century College. Doug Claycomb, a Geography professor at Norman-dale, advises the soccer club. The clubs representative is Ana Escobar, a Normandale student. They have

Normandale Community College has not had sports teams in over 20 years. Normandale Com-munity College (NCC) students, with the help of faculty, have created sports clubs of their own, however, they are still able to compete against other organized teams. Some of the sports clubs NCC has are soccer, basketball, and hockey I was able to talk to Jay Kam, an advisor for some of the sports clubs at NCC and the Rec Sports Coordinator, about the importance of having sports clubs at Normandale and here is what he said: “For me the importance isn’t to have a sports club or team. The importance is to have recreational sports in general. There are many benefits that come with participating in regular physical exercise. Some health benefits would include heart disease, dia-betes, and obesity. Other benefits that have been recorded are reduction of stress, improvement of happiness, building of character, and improving interaction with diverse sets of people. There is also a correlation in overall college satisfaction and success with students that participate in rec sports. The goal for me as the Intramural Coordinator is to provide a variety of activities that students can participate in that will help make their time here at Normandale a successful one.” The basketball league has games on Wednes-days from three to six in the evening. The advisor is Jay Kam. There are enough students to make

six teams this semester, so they play each other in the Normandale gym. “We are working on sched-uling a few friendly games against the Inver Hills Community College team and the North Hennepin Community College later on in the semester” Jay Kam told me. “On occasion, we will send an all-star team to the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) regional tournament.” All the basketball teams are co-ed. Jay Kam is hoping for more women to sign up to have a few just women games. All of the equipment is provided and there is no cost to join the intramural basketball team.

have games every Wednesday night at nine. They play at Holy Angeles Academy’s Super Dome. For this se-mester they are playing indoors. They have practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from five to seven in the gym at Normandale located in A1500. The team is co-ed. They play other intramural teams. Even though the registration deadline has passed to join the clubs, come and support the Normandale teams!

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a place to get published. It can provide the students a community in which to write. Patti Lindaberry, the clubs president said, “The clubs greatest asset is the group of people, and the talent and opinions they bring.” A budding writer need look no further to find a group of likeminded individuals to gain experience with. -Kevin Miller, Lions’ Roar Student Voice

For many people, the phrase “Creative Writ-ing Club” will conjure up images of a group of tie-dye clad bongo-drum-tapping finger-snapping fair-trade-coffee-pedaling troubadours like those that pop culture has often portrayed this societal de-mographic to be. However, none of these terms can be applied to Normandale Community College’s (NCC) Creative Writing Club. Rather, they are a group of passionate writers who are serious about their craft. The club meets bi-weekly on Fridays, from 11am to 12pm in C 2018. The only requirement to join is that you be a student at NCC, and be interested in writing. There are two ways to participate in the club: either attend club meetings, or submit writ-ing to the club. Submissions are handed out at club meetings with the authors personal information removed, are discussed, and are rated on a one to ten scale. The scores are averaged, and the pieces with the highest average score are published once a semester in the club’s literary magazine, The Pa-per Lantern. Prose, poetry, illustrations, plays, and photography are all published in the Paper Lan-tern. Physical copies of the magazine can be found around campus, or a digital copy can be accessed at <thepaperlantern.org>. Typical poetry submissions have 3 to 5 poems, and fiction pieces should be no longer than 10 pages. Last semester’s Paper Lantern had some

interesting submissions, including 4 prose pieces and 8 poems. Topics run the gamut from tigers let loose on the English countryside, to children play-ing dusty pianos. Paul O’Halloran’s poem “The Old Man in Winter” personifies a tree in winter who once “[wept] auburn tears” but is now “too proud to shiver”. The club periodically holds events, like the open mic they had on February 14th. The club can provide you with dates for upcoming events. The staff advisor of the Creative Writing Club, Lynette Reini-Grandell said “The club provides a place where students can get published and improve their writing.” However, the club is more than just

Submissions to the Paper Lantern can be e-mailed to <Lynette.Reini-Grandell@normandale.edu>. Make sure you keep a copy of your work for yourself, as the club does not return submitted work. Other guidelines for submissions can be found at <thepaperlantern.org>.

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Alliance of Normandale STEM: Provide Normandale students will opportunities to learn more about STEM pro-grams and gain leadership experience.Advisor: Thomas Sundquist, 952-358-8861 [Call: 952-358-8844]

Anthropology/Archaeology Club: Explores culture collectively through campus activities such as films, speakers, and through off-campus outings such as ethnic dinners and exhibitions. Provides students the opportunity to learn more about Archaeology and Prehistory though events, scholarly presentations, and tours of Archaeologi-cal sites.Advisor: Susan Krook, 952-358-8178 [Call: 952-358-8750]

Badminton Club: Advisor: Jay Kam, 952-358-8712 [Call: 952-358-8712]

Black Student Alliance: Provides student and educational support for students of African and African-American heritage.Advisor: Geoff Jones, 952-358-8191 [Call: 952-358-8191]

Chess Club:Teaching any and all how to play chess and improving the level of chess played.Advisor: Lois Schadewald, 952-358-8355 [Call: 952-358-8355]

Christian Student Fellowship: Advisor: Sharon Harvey, 952-358-8434 [Call: 952-358-8434]

Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ): An interdenominational Christian organization seeking to provide a spriritual environment for students.Advisor: Sharon Harvey, 952-358-8434 [Call: 952-358-8434]

Creative Writing Club: Provides an opportunity for students to solicit creative writing from the Normandale stu-dent body, read student submissions, and evaluate them for inclusion in a literary journal of student writing. See the Paper Lantern at: www.thepaperlantern.orgAdvisor: Lynette Reini-Grandell 952-358-8877 [Call: 952-358-8877]

Dance Club - A group of Normandale students dedicated to teaching and learning about the different styles of dance.Advisor: Torrion Amie, 952-358-8505 [Call: 952-358-8483]

Diversity Student Club: Exists to provide and environment conducive for discussion and to enlighten students about different cultures.Advisor: Gloria Robinson, 952-358- 8650

Entrepreneur’s Club: Promotes entrepreneurship and gives students a place to explore entrepreneurial ideas.Advisor: Eric Olson, 952-358-8385 [Call: 952-358-8385]

French Club: Promotes French Language and Culture.Advisor: Cathering Pulling, 952-358-8493 [Call: 952-358-8493]

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Future Educators Association: Fosters recruitment and development of prospective educators and expands the experience of Normandale education students to include learning about the K-12 classroom beyond the college classroom.Advisor: Linette Manier, 952-358-8437 [Call: 952-358-8437]

Gay & Straight Student Alliance: Enriches the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons through providing social opportunities, educational workshops, and speakers on issues important to the GLBT commu-nity. For more information, contact: normandalegssa@gmail.comAdvisor: Robert Frame, 952-358-8889 [Call: 952-358-8781]

Health Nuts: Advisor: Jay Kam, 952-358-8712 [Call: 952-358-8712]

Hip Hop Club: Advisor: Jay Kam, 952-358-8712

Hospitality management: To educate the members about the Hospitality & Tourism Industries and gain practical experience in planning, organizing, marketing and managing events.Advisor: Barney Klecker, 952-358-8412 [Call: 952-358-8412]

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: Supports Christian students and faculty in promoting world missions of the Church.Advisor: Sharon Harvey, 952-358-8434 [Call: 952-358-8434]

Juggling Club: The Juggling Club is dedicated to the enhancement of the art of juggling among fellow jugglers, through the sharing of techniques and equipment, and to the education of beginners who wish to learn how to juggle.Advisor: Sharon Harvey, 952-358-8434 [Call: 952-358-8434]

Latin Dance Club: To provide students who are interested in aspects of the Latino community the opportunity to socialize and learn through the teaching of Salsa,bachata, and various form of Latin DanceAdvisor: Doug Claycomb, 952-358-8308 [Call: 952-358-8483]

Latino Club: Exists to promote the Latino culture and to support Latino students.Advisor: Doug Claycomb, 952-358-8308 [Call: 952-358-8308]

Normandale Book Club: Exists to provide interested students with a place to talk about books of all varietiesAdvisor: Willie Johnson, 952-358-8363 [Call: 952-358-8363]

Martial Arts and Self Defense Club: Advisor: Yoshi Satoh, 952-358-8414 [Call: 952-358-8414]

Math Club: Dedicated to the enhancement of learning mathematics at Normandale Community College, by gathering together those with a genuine interest therein.Advisor: James Carr, 952-358-8726 [Call: 952-358-8726]

Meditation Club: Advisor: Russel Smiley, 952-358-8409 [Call: 952-358-8409]

Music Business Club:The music business club is focused on assisting those who wish to be in any area of the mu-sic business including, but not limited to musicians, photographers, and videographers, singers, and promoters as well as marketing and manage seekers.Advisor: Stephen Everett, 952-358-8109 [Call: 952-358-8109]

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Muslim Student Association: Facilitates the needs of Muslims on campus so they can practice the religion of Islam as a complete way of life, portrays the true message of Islam to the non-Muslims on campus, and creates a better understanding of and appreciation for the diverse culture of Islam.Advisor: Willie Johnson, 952-358-8363 [Call: 952-358-8363]

Nursing Club: Supports the goals and ideals of freshmen and sophomore nursing students.Advisor: Michelle Natrop, 952-358-8450 [Call: 952-358-8450]

Outdoors Club: Unites and educates Normandale students who have an interest in environmental activities and issues.For more information contact: nccoutdoorsclub@gmail.comAdvisor: Jay Kam 952-358-8712 [Call: 952-358-8712]

Philosophy Club: Advisor: Linda Canzanella, 952-358-8740 [Call: 952-358-8740]

Photography and Cinematography Club: Advisor: Jay Kam, 952-358-8712 [Call: 952-358-8712]

Pottery Club: Promotes the art of hand building and creating hand-made pottery by bringing students together who are interested in pottery.Advisor: Lazare Rottach, 952-358-8490 [Call: 952-358-8490]

Pre-Professional Club: Encourages the sharing of information about health professions and careers and organiz-ing events geared toward promoting success for pre-professional students.Advisor: Deb Carlson, 952-358-8441 [Call: 952-358-8441]

Soccer Club: To promote and play the sport of soccer.Advisor: Doug Claycomb, 952-358-8308 [Call: 952-358-8308]

Somali Student Association - Provides understanding of the language, religion, and culture of Somali students.Advisor: Howard Odor, 952-358-8194 [Call: 952-358-8194]

Table Tennis Club: To learn, teach, and test table tennis abilities with one another in a safe and friendly environ-ment.Advisor: Jay Kam, 952-358-8712 [Call: 952-358-8712]

Veterans and Friends: Provides an organized congregation for veterans and students that would like to assist veterans to adapt to college, support each other, and support our troops in service.Advisor: Bob Schoeneberger, 952-358-8342

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