Pizza. Music. Games. Caramel apples. Dancers. Cheerleaders. Walking through the Skyline quad during the club rush was a lot like walking through an amusement park.

From Oct. 26 to 27, like anxious children drawn to booths full of sweets and games, students gathered around tables that promoted Skyline’s student clubs.

“It’s recruitment day,” said Marilyn Mascarinas, senator for Associated Students of Skyline College (ASSC). “It’s more outreach for more students to get more active.”

Many of the clubs’ presidents and secretaries’ sole purpose was to welcome everyone into their clubs.

“Everyone is welcomed,” Shaniesa Williams-Webb, commissioner of Black Student Union (BSU) said. “All races, positive attitudes-all are welcomed to help make a difference, as well as keep traditions the same.”

There was a plentiful supply of free candy from chocolate bars to pineapple-flavored chews. But the candy was meant to attract students to the tables so that they would learn about what the clubs had to offer. The Drill and Dance squad, which just started this semester, sold gourmet caramel apples they made themselves for $3 apiece as the members got down. The Respiratory Therapy Program sold warm slices of pizza while discussing how high or low one’s blood pressure would be in the frigid cold weather everyone on the quad was experiencing.

Not only were there goodies to eat, but there were games to play and surveys to fill out. The Cosmetology Department had students guess how many clips and pins were in a box. The winner received a $20 certificate toward several services, from trims to manicures. The Skyline Fellowship Club had students fill out a questionnaire in exchange for a bag of candy and a Bible.

With all the food and festivities, and not to mention the cheerleaders and dancers dancing to the music booming from the speakers that surrounded the quad, it was hard for any student to stay away or at least notice the number of clubs and organizations in all their diversity.