 It's fresh as fortnight here on campus and thousands of students have accumulated in the gym to browse the many stalls and sign up to some of the 140 clubs and stocks we have here at DCU. The DCU Clubs and Societies Fair takes place every year in an effort to get students involved in extracurricular activities. The fair which last two days gives clubs and societies the opportunity to showcase all they have to offer to prospective members and to entice students previously involved to continue their membership. Students pay four euro per sign up which acts as the main source of funding for the groups. So basically the DCU actually has a clubs officer and a societies officer and their main job is to promote clubs and societies to all students and make them join them and have a good extracurricular experience while at college because when you're at college now going to college is actually nearly the norm so if an employer to see that you're involved with clubs and societies is actually better you have more things on your CV and it separates you from your classmates. We offer big events a great membership card and we also got on a lot of first years on our Marcus and team it's a great way to start off with clubs and stocks. I was involved in Marcus and team when I came to college and it has been absolutely amazing. The variety displayed at the fair is vast and encompasses the many interests of DCU's diverse student body. These range from sport, photography and engineering to Dungeons and Dragons, Harry Potter and circus arts. Students even have the opportunity to set up new groups. For example the V-Game Society who promote the vegan lifestyle. So yeah it's been quite an easy process actually because DCU has helped so much we're trying to get funding at the moment so it's really important that like we can get like the support from like sponsors to like do all the events but we're doing like a ton of collaborations with breaking borders, photosoc, I think it's really important for like small societies to like do collaborations with bigger societies. Other students are in it for the long run or just for the free goodies. The fair has been a success once again. Mihalo Escanal, DCU TV News.