EVENT - The Battle of the Bands is a competition for 'best band' by a panel of judges (the winner was Getaway Drive!).

DIFFICULTY - To give students with different musical tastes the entertainment they are looking for. We try to mix it up with music, comedy, coffeehouse or open mikes.To get students to come out, we usually do our events on Thursday nights because most students don't have Friday classes.

TECHNIQUES - Meeting with the performers as we planned on a constant basis, interacting with them and letting them interact with each other, is the surest way to guarantee a great show. We learn a lot from them and we can also be sure that our regulations at Hofstra are understood. Advertising in residential and academic buildings helps us get the word out about our event.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION - We currently have 80 energetic members and we are committed to encouraging new people to participate! As always, we seek students of any standing who have a passion for music and an interest in helping change sets during live shows, finding entertainment, advertising and ticket sales, working on contracts, and giving us new ideas! Our meetings are on Mondays at 8 PM at 141 Student Center.

UPCOMING EVENTS - We're hosting "Live in the Rat" and an Arena Show at the beginning of next semester. Join us for "As Tall as Lions" on December 5, 2004, Coffeehouse in the Rathskeller at 7 PM and "Getaway Drive" on February 6, 2005, at Hofstra USA. We are also looking to bring to campus artists such as Alicia Keyes, Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Terror Squad, and Dashboard Confessional in the future.

YOUR SUCCESS - When you put a lot of effort and time into making an event happen, you have to be realistic about your expected turnout. We do not base our success on how many people show up. If you constantly notice weak turnout toward a particular kind of event, you can readjust your formula. Mutual cooperation, respect of administrators and university staff, and routine safety checks have always been the standard trademarks of success for Hofstra Concerts.

EVENT - The Wellness Fair was sponsored by two organizations, Black Women Enterprises and Winthrop Hospital, and the Hofstra University Scott Skodnek Business Development Center. We were asked to promote the event to students, which we wanted to do for the seminars, speakers and discussion about wellness, as well as the networking opportunities.

DIFFICULTY - In choosing which events to get involved in, we have to find out from our members if they have interest and will participate as well. We have to decide what we can devote our time to and how it will benefit our members. Sometimes that is a difficult task.

TECHNIQUES - We invite members from other Hofstra groups to our events, and we attend as many of their events as we can. We like to announce our events at their events. We can learn about the other groups and their members, and see what their presentations are about and how popular they are. It has allowed us all to have more and better events that don't overlap as much as they did.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION - Our meetings are open to everyone, men and women, who want to learn and meet new people. Our meetings are at 6:30 PM on Mondays in room 145 Student Center. Promoting and developing events are done as a group.

UPCOMING EVENTS - In February, we invite our founders, members, family members, and potential members to learn about the organization and to recognize the good work that has been done by many individuals. In the spring, we also have three discussions, some with professors, on different topics. We advertise our events in the Atrium several days in advance.

YOUR SUCCESS - Success for us is giving our members an opportunity to be part of a community of businesspeople and health care providers and developing ourselves professionally. It is about making connections! For more information, or to contact Sakiya Dorsett, public relations coordinator, send an e-mail to hucwc@yahoo.com.

EVENT - The Psychology Club hosted a panel discussion, as part of Career Week, with The Career Center on Thursday, November 18 at the Alumni House Great Room. Together with The Career Center staff and Professor Brown, we invited recent grads and faculty members to discuss their current careers. We want students to learn about careers and opportunities in addition to the traditional clinical and counseling roles.

DIFFICULTY - Getting the speakers that we wanted was difficult in some cases. The best time for our event was during Career Week (and during the day for our students), but some of the speakers that we wanted were not available to leave work and come to Hofstra.

TECHNIQUES - We give all of our professors fliers to distribute in their classes. I also send e-mail messages to them to ask them to participate and encourage their students. To further help our students start thinking about careers, we have had Marvin Reed, Director of The Career Center, come and talk us about the services The Career Center offers to students.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION - Students were told to pre-register with The Career Center for this event so that we could make sure that there was enough room. However, we did allow students to walk in because we didn't want to turn them away. We promote active involvement in their career development by organizing many events about many different things. Students can check our Web site, which keeps them informed about events, news and awards/fellowships that are available through our club.

UPCOMING EVENTS - On Wednesday, December 1, Dr. Lola Nouryan, an adjunct professor in Hofstra's Psychology Doctoral Program in School-Community Psychology, will discuss the field of forensic psychology. For updates and other upcoming events check out the Psychology Club Web site or e-mail Gayle at shortrocks@msn.com.

EVENT - Hofstra Drama/Dance students present a semester filled with saints, singing and political satire, as the current "Power Season" showcases students eager to show their skills on stage and behind the scenes. (For those of you who wonder what Poo-Wa-Bah is, it dates back to the 1950s and Hofstra alumnus Francis Ford Coppola, who still uses it when he starts a new film project. His daughter, Sofia, describes it as a magic word from her Dad's theater days.)

DIFFICULTY - Appreciation for drama is something that we are trying to promote. We would like to see everyone on campus -- students, faculty, administrators and staff -- experience and enjoy this type of entertainment and our talented student actors.

TECHNIQUES - Our promotional materials and our theme for each season are designed to interest and intrigue an audience. We advertise our events extensively.Bookmarks (listing all events/dates/locations) that we place in bookstores at registers and on the 10th Floor Museum area of the Axinn Library, fliers on campus, and distributed to the county libraries, special subscriber rates, subscriber newsletters for every production, a student newsletter prepared by students and for students, and free admission for the Hofstra community all help us create an audience for our student actors. We have also promoted our work via WRHU and HTV.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION - Over the course of the summer, I contact and meet with all new students in the program, and write to all returning students. Our students rehearse, on average, one hour for every minute of performance, so their time commitment is significant. Between semesters they work on preparing for auditions, or on doing preliminary work on roles for which they have been cast. All students work on productions, building sets, hanging lights, sewing costumes, making props, and stage managing in addition to acting.

UPCOMING EVENTS - Current offerings include The Memorandum, followed by the Julius Caesar for the 56th Annual Shakespeare Festival March 3-13, The Dentist and the Collegium Musicum on March 5 and 12, The Dance Program's Spring Concert April 21-24 and No Mercy April 22-May 1.Contact the Department of Drama and Dance at (516) 463-5444 for more information or visit the Web site

YOUR SUCCESS - We never cut our ties with the past! Our wonderful alumni newsletter, The Poo- Wa-Bah, keeps our students and alumni connected.Some of our former students help us updat mailing lists, which we use to get to as many of our alumni as possible. Many of our graduates stay in the field and work with each other many times on different projects through the years. Our alumni come back, participate, teach and interact with our students year after year. In this profession, we prefer generosity to competition.