Council of Olin Representatives
Olin College's Student Government

Other Student Orgs

Neighboring Clubs

Clubs at Olin

AntiGravity Club

Mission: AntiGravity physically sends its members to new heights, while serving as a refuge to the non-conformist stilt-walker. We promote the development and refinement of the cirque nouveau art of bouncing around in a giant-rabbit-like manner on spring-loaded stilts (commonly known as "Powerizers" or "Anti-Gravity Boots").

ASME

Mission: To be the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering section of ASME Internation and provide support and inspiration for the practice and expression of mechanical engineering and related disciplines.

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Babson-Olin Catholic Association (BOCA)

Mission: The Babson-Olin Catholic Association will represent and foster the Roman Catholic faith on the campi of Babson and Olin Colleges. Specifically, it will provide a welcoming community for Catholic students from both colleges to come together to strengthen and live their faith.

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Butterfingers Club (Juggling)

Mission: The Butterfingers work to promote the aquisition and development of juggling skill in all its many forms throughout the Olin Community.

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Cheese Club

Mission: To promote an appreciation for the enjoyment and intellectual study of cheese.

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Chinese Club

Mission: Provide a broad range of Chinese cultural activities to the community by organizing meetings, outings to restaurants, and by planning sessions where members can learn about Chinese culture (food, language, Mah Jong, ect...).

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Christian Club

Mission: To fulfill God's two greatest commandments to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" and to "Love your neighbor as your self" through Bible study, worship, fellowship, and prayer.

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Comic Book Club

Mission: To explore comic books as a form of expression and entertainment.

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Cooking Club

Mission: To facilitate the cooking and consumption of scrumptious comestibles. The cooking club will provide the Olin Community with the basic raw materials and equipment necessary to cook and eat the food they would like to eat, providing access to these materials at all times. The club will strive to maintain the condition and cleanliness of the kitchens through the establishment of organizational systems, cleaning schedules and kitchen-use guidelines. Also, the Cooking Club aims to schedule, plan, and facilitate community events centered on cooking of food.

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Disc Club

Mission: The Olin Ultimate Club bring Ultimate Frisbee onto the Olin Campus in a more formalized matter and provide opportunites for both recreational and competetive play.

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DISCO

Mission: DISCO has no mission. DISCO is Olin's DDR Club. Join if you like Dance Dance Revolution or want to hang out and watch people try to hit arrows rhythmically to music.

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Farmers United

Mission: To provide an opportunity for students to pursue interests in growing plants by providing land, tools, and necessary resources.

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F.I.L.M. Club

Mission: The F.I.L.M. Club hopes to continue the F.I.L.M. Co-Curricular where Maruta Vitols left off. We plan to continue the weekly showing of movies and consumption of non-nutritional food products followed by analytical discussion of the film. We also hope to be able to provide a way for students to be able to attend intellectual film showings off campus with a group of their peers, but will not subsidize the tickets of non-Olin members. F.I.L.M. Club offers all of its benefits to members and non-members alike for the sake of the enjoyment of quality cinema.

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Fire Hazard

Mission: To foster and promote the learning and performing of fire activities at Olin as well as the safety practices they entail. This includes but is not limited to poi, staff, fire-breathing, and all variations thereof.

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Franklin Olin Transit Authority (FOTA)

Mission: To make available to the Olin Community regular rides to local and popular destinations at minimal cost.

Franklin W. Olin Players (FWOP)

Mission: The Franklin W. Olin Players (FWOP) will strive to enhance the culture of the Olin College community through the medium of the performing arts. FWOP-sponsored activities will be student-driven, emphasize the Olin ideal of balanced student interests, and serve to reach and involve the entire Olin community. It will be fun.

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Friendly Fire (Video Game Club)

Mission: To facilitate the playing of electronic games.

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Game Club

Mission: To facilitate the learning and playing of classic and new non-electronic games (such as board and card games). The Game Club will provide the Olin Community with the materials necessary to pursue the games they would like to play, provide access to these materials at any time, and strive to protect and maintain the condition of the games themselves. Also, the Game Club aims to schedule common times for community members to play games, and organize special events and tournaments.

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Greening Olin

Mission: Greening Olin aspires to bring environmental awareness and sustainable practices to Olin College and the surrounding community. Through discussion, events, research, projects, and other information-sharing activities, Greening Olin members will expand their knowledge of environmental issues. Thus, as informed leaders, club members will encourage and support a more sustainable future for themselves, Olin College, and the world at large.

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Japanese Club

Mission: The Japanese Club aims to bring the engaging aspects of the Japanese culture -- its food, language, and history -- to the members of the Olin community so that they can experience it for themselves.

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Kite Club

Mission: To provide enjoyment for Olin students through the flying and building of kites.

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KNITS Club

Mission: To provide a community for those who knit, crochet, embroider, cross stitch, etc. (or want to learn). Also to promote service projects through needlework as wells as provide basic supplies and written materials for beginners and adepts alike.

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Materials Advantage

Mission: Our mission is to engage in professional materials science engineering activities, take a leadership role in disseminating information on materials science and technology to the broader public, provide outreach, mentorship, and service activities to K-12 students, generate student interest in materials science, and foster discussion among students and faculty across a broad range of materials-related disciplines.

Midnight Riders (Unicycle Club)

Mission: To foster a fun and safe environment in which any student on Olin's campus can enjoy the challenge of riding a unicycle, and to encourage growth in individuals struggling to master this performance art.

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Olin Aquatics Club

Mission: To promote, enjoy, and provide equipment for swimming pool based water sports, such as, but not limited to, swimming and water polo within the Olin Community.

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Olin Bowlin'

Mission: To take a break and have some fun with the Olin Bowlin' Club because "There's an OLIN in BOWLIN."

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Olin College LEGO Engineers

Mission: The Olin College LEGO Engineers will work to encourage the use of LEGO bricks as a tool for realizing one's imagination through design and engineering at Olin College and around the community.

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Olin Dance Project (ODP)

Mission: To expose the Olin community to, and create an opportunity for, social dancing on campus, by offering a venue and dance instruction to Olin students so that they can learn and enjoy practicing such styles of dance.

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Olin Entrepreneurial Group (OEG)

Mission: To promote the spirit of entrepreneurship, facilitate entrepreneurial education, provide a network of entrepreneurially minded individuals, and encourage entrepreneurship as a viable career option for all.

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Olin Fire Fighting Robotics

Mission: The Olin Fire Fighting Robotics Club competes annually in the Trinity Fire Fighting Competition.

Olin Pool Sharks

Mission: Olin Pool Sharks offers a welcoming playing atmosphere by providing resources and opportunities for competitive and recreational pool players alike.

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Olin Society for Creative Anachronism (Olin SCA)

Mission: We, the undersigned hereby establish the Olin students for the Society for Creative Anachronism for the purpose of having fun in the medieval manner by cooperating with the Society for Creative Anachronism Inc. in presenting medievial festivities, and informing the Olin community on aspects of the middle ages and renaissance.

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Olin Students for Awesome

Mission: Olin Students for Awesome will organize, inform, and empower those at Olin who want to leave a positive legacy in the world. It will combine education and advocacy to encourage interest in corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, and sustainability throughout the Olin Community and beyond. OSA will develop resources and locate opportunities for interested individuals in their quest to save the world.

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Olin Taiwanese American Student Association (OTASA)

Mission: To maintain and strengthen networks of interpersonal relationships among students interested in Taiwanese history, language, culture, and current affairs within the Olin community, as well as other intercollegiate Taiwanese-affiliated organizations. The Olin Taiwanese American Students Association also will act as a forum for education and discussion of political, economical, and societal issues, and current affairs relevant to Taiwanese and Taiwanese-Americans.

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Olin Vocal Ensemble

Mission: To provide a community based in the Olin College campus for the practice, generation, and performance of vocal music. All pieces will be member-led and directed.

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Olin Weekend Warriors

Mission: To facilitate Nerf sports at Olin.

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Open

Mission: To promote awareness of, openness toward, and understanding of all sexual and gender identities and lifestyles, and to foster a safe and supportive environment for all members of the Olin community.

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Open Content Project

Mission: OCP has no mission.

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Origami Club

Mission: To teach and share the joys of folding by providing paper and references to folders of all skill levels.

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Outing Club

Mission: Outing Club makes a broad range of outdoor and adventure experiences accessible to members of the Olin Community.

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People for Progressive Reform (PPR)

Mission: To promote and provide a venue for partisan, progressive actions, causes, thought, and values on the Olin campus and beyond.

Ping Pong Club

Mission: The Ping Pong Club allows enthusiasts of all levels to play competitively or recreationally by providing the equipment and organizing tournaments.

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Republicans of Olin College

Mission: To promote Republican ideals, educate the Olin community on political issues, and unite those students who share conservative political beliefs.

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Rock Climbing Club

Mission: To encourage rock climbing for both new and experienced members of the Olin community.

Sawhorse (Carpentry Club)

Mission: Sawhorse has no mission.

Sci-Fi Club

Mission: To explore strange new horizons of imagination, to seek out new tales and new members, to dream the impossible dreams, and to promote science-fiction and fantasy at Olin College.

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Student Martial Arts Club (SMAC)

Mission: SMAC promotes the mental, physical, and artistic aspects of Eastern martial arts throughout the community.

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Students for Commercial and Social Rights (SCSR)

Mission: SCSR has no mission.

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Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Mission: Our mission as a SWE campus chapter is to help women realize and overcome the social paradigms which limit their opportunities in the engineering environment through education, activism, and networking. We will provide an environment conducive to discussing discrimination both in the academic world as well as in the workplace. We will also empower women to recognize their skills and assets, encouraging them to become leaders and peers, educating everyone about equality.

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Submersible Unmanned Vehicles Club

Mission: To promote the research and development of underwater vehicles.

The Meat Club

Mission: To encourage and enable the consumption of meat in a positive environment. The meat club will provide the Olin community with the raw materials and equipment necessary to prepare meat, namely in an outdoor setting. The club will strive to maintain the condition and cleanliness of grilling equipment through the establishment of organizational systems, cleaning schedules and guidelines. Also, the Meat Club aims to schedule, plan, and facilitate community events centered around the preparation and consumption of meat.

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Tea Enthusiasts Association (TEA)

Mission: To provide a venue where students can enjoy tea in a social setting, to expand our knowledge and experience in the world of tea, to introduce other students to said acquired knowledge, and to spread the love of tea.

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Taboo

Mission: To explore and celebrate the beautiful complexity of human sexuality.

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Tennis Club

Mission: The Tennis Club will bring Olin tennis players together and provide means for them to play each other through tournaments and other informal matches.

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Trivial

Mission: To provide Olin students fun through challenging trivial questions via olin-based friendly meetings and regional tournaments and competitions.

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Weapons Handling And Combat Kakistocracy (WHACK)

Mission: To learn and practice the handling of weapons traditionally associated with Western martial arts, ranging from modern fencing to archery to padded replicas of medieval arms.

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Yearbook Club

Mission: Olin College Yearbook is a club dedicated to annually designing, producing, printing, and selling a unique publication that chronicles the year. This non-traditional yearbook is centered around student-generated content to display the personality of the student body on both an individual and a community level. As such, the intended audience for the yearbook is Olin College students, with a small secondary audience of staff, faculty, and parents.

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