Club Day has come and gone with—due to the abundance of creative minds at this school—a great variety of new and different clubs. New clubs, such as the Linguae Mundi, Warhammer 40,000 and the Comix Club were dispersed among veteran clubs. As usual, the quad at lunch on Sept. 7 was filled with hustle and bustle as clubs displayed colorful posters and even juggling tricks to attract members. The Oracle takes a look at some of the most intriguing new clubs.

The Equestrian Club

The Equestrian Club attracted new members with a huge poster displaying pictures of horses and ribbons won.

The club has big plans, which include making the Equestrian Club a regular team at Gunn. “We plan to ride once a week to work on techniques,” club president freshman Daniela Reichelstein said. “Once the team has settled into a weekly routine, we will then think about competition and the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA).” Riding practices begin the second week of October at the Stanford Barn.

The club meets on Thursdays after school on the Quad.

Card Design Club

Another colorful banner attracted potential members to the Card Design Club, headed by senior Hye-Sung An.

The club plans to get designs out for holiday and birthday cards. “Around December, we could sell the cards,” vice president senior Hyun-Jin Kim said. “We’re going to donate the money we get to the poor, like through the WorldVision organization for education in third world countries.”

The Card Design Club meets on Tuesdays after school from 2:30 to 4:00 in room S5.

The Harry Potter Club

For all you Harry Potter fans out there, this club is perfect. Hardcore freshmen fans Danielle Edelman and Beth Holtzman dressed up in preppy Hogwarts’ school wear, complete with lightning scars on their foreheads. A huge poster on the roof announced the new club.

The club presidents have huge plans for this year. “We’re going to get together and play Quidditch,” Edelman said. “We’re also going to make wands and discuss books.”

The club also plans to give back to the community. “We’re going to do community service by reading Harry Potter books to elementary school kids,” Holtzman said.

The Harry Potter club meets Fridays at lunch in V2.

Gunn Outdoorsmen Club

The Gunn Outdoorsmen Club is all about the outdoors—from fishing to camping to backpacking. “We started this club because Michael Riley, Johnny Stefanski, Zach Rubin and I went fishing and backpacking a lot last year,” junior club president David Riley said. “We thought it would be fun to go with a lot of people.”

Events include shark fishing, salmon fishing and backpacking to some natural hot springs in Big Sur. “We’re going to Baja [California] either during spring break or the summer,” Riley said. “That’s our main trip.”

Meetings depend on when the club presidents want to have an event, varying from places like Yosemite to the John Muir trail.