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By: Meghan Schrader

A Campus Book Club will be coming soon to 快播.

Sophomore mechanical engineering major, Stephanie Stagemann, is in the process of beginning a book club for students of any major and reading skill. The club will meet twice a month, during the second and forth week of the month. Meetings will take place in either in the LINK, or the student lounge on the second floor of Shambaugh Hall.

鈥淚 was inspired to start the book club because I love reading, but I feel that becoming an engineer hasn鈥檛 allowed me to read like I did in the past,鈥� Stagemann said, 鈥淭his made me want to start the book club so that other students who enjoy reading, but who feel like they don鈥檛 always have time to read for fun, have an excuse to do so.鈥�

The Book Club is open to fiction and non-fiction books. Each month, a poll will be taken in the club鈥檚 GroupMe for fiction or non-fiction, then a poll for the genre. A third vote will take place during the second group meeting to decide the specific book that will be read that month.

Currently, purchasing the books will fall onto the individual students, but other options are being explored to reduce any financial strain.

鈥淚f you absolutely cannot afford to buy a book, but want to be in the club, contact me. We can work something out,鈥� Stagemann said. 鈥淵ou shouldn鈥檛 be excluded just because you can鈥檛 afford something.鈥�

To students on the fence about joining, Stagemann states, 鈥淐ome to one meeting. If you like it, then keep coming. If you don鈥檛 like it, then don鈥檛 come back. You won鈥檛 know if you don鈥檛 try.鈥�

The club is currently planning a meeting to write their mission statement and vote on their execu-tive board, but they are open to anyone joining at any time. Upon joining, students will receive an introductory email about the club and the first meeting date and time. Stagemann is hoping to begin reading the first book in April.

鈥淲e are open to every person in every major, you don鈥檛 have to be able to read quickly or even hold discussion about the books,鈥� Stagemann said, 鈥淭he point of this club is to make friends across majors by coming together to do something we all enjoy and do on our own, only now we can do it with other people.鈥�

To get involved or learn more, students can contact Stephanie Stagemann, or speak with the club鈥檚 faculty advisor, Dr. Sarah Franzen.