New clubs promote different interests and awareness

"Action,” a whisper sounds, and all goes silent except the actors’ voices and the low, steady hum of a video camera. Later, members of the sitcom team run through the lines, edit the video and sit back and watch their work in action.

The Film Club, created last year by junior Ehrland Hollingsworth, has filmed two episodes so far. According to Hollingsworth, the sitcom is about about three kids left alone at home while their parents are on an extended vacation.

Hollingsworth explained that though the club was initially founded last school year, they created only two episodes and it was more like a project than an actual club.

“This year, we wanted to make it official,” Hollingsworth said. “The club has around 20 members, but we haven’t had our first meeting yet.”
Hollingsworth added that his plans for the future of the club are to create a full-length sitcom and post the episodes online. Film Club is just one of the more specific clubs added to the school this year.

“Even after Club Day, people are still forming clubs,” Clubs Commissioner senior Tiffany Yung said. “There seems to be a new interest in medical-related clubs this year.”

One such medical club is Psychology Club. Senior Samika Kumar began this club this year, along with seniors Jennifer Jin and Aneesa Mazumdar.

Kumar has long had an interest in psychology. She was able to develop and interest in psychology as a freshman, when she had teacher Laressa Ridge, who teaches both math and psychology.

“I talked to Ms. Ridge a lot, and we discussed psychology often,” said Kumar.

As part of the club, Kumar and other students plan to mirror certain experiments related to psychology, as well as conduct surveys.

“We’d like to publish our discussions on WordPress sometime,” said Kumar.

Like Psychology Club, there are many other medical awareness clubs that have gained interest this year.  One that garnered much attention over its intriguing name is Baby Advocacy Club.

In the next year, this club hopes to raise awareness and availability for prenatal care around the San Jose area. Member activities include interviewing clinics, and asking about prevalent issues.
In addition, the club plans to find out why health care is inaccessible for certain people in the area.

“Right now we are in the beginning stages of the club, but hopefully at some point we would want to fully understand the issues at hand and find solutions for them,” member Krishna Unadkat said.
Other new medical awareness clubs include Health Awareness Club, whose president is junior Jay Mulye.