Search Engine Club Creates Network of Students

The idea behind the Search Engine Club is to make connections.

When using a web browser, the goal is to type in your search and the search engine branches out and connects you to many possible sources of information.

Similarly, the goal of this club is to reach out to the students, faculty, and the community to come together and share their individual experiences and knowledge for the benefit of each other.

Cassandra Capuli, the club president, explained that she started the club in hopes to help improve the school experience before she leaves in the Spring.

“I really want to do something  that would be impacting, that would add something that we don’t have in school.”  She said  that her inspiration is derived from the people surrounding her , that there are so many it is impossible for her not to make connections.

“Because I don’t get how people can go through class and get a grade  and then just leave and then think that they didn’t get an experience at school because there is a whole wealth of opportunities just around you.”

The club meetings consist of activities and icebreakers that promote student networking and a flow of ideas to improve the college, the community, or the world.

The environment is open and casual where participants are able to share their ideas freely.

“Our mission is to lead one bright mind and one amazing person to another,” said Capuli.  

Herve Dimandja, a club member and international student from Africa says: “This idea [about the club] is really better because you can  take the time to talk with all of the students and sharing the ideas because nobody knows everything. Only God knows everything and we learn from other people. When we are in a group, that’s when we learn from and improve our knowledge. Knowledge is the wealth,”

The group brings a large amount of diversity to the table. People from different countries and backgrounds all meet to share their differing opinions.  

“I like our team because it is different nationalities,” said Annad Alrowili, a club member and Saudi Arabian international student studying energy engineering.

“[There are] a lot of people in this world,” said club member Malcolm McCann. “As a matter of fact there’s a lot of people in this school. We’re over 3,500, so sitting in a room with 50 of them, talking about ideas, you never know what the next person might know.”

He says that, “This class could take Pierce to another level.”

And while the goal would be to get 50 or more people involved as regular members, this group has been able to come up with potentially life changing ideas with just eight people.

The group comes up with new ideas that could improve the lives or lifestyles of everyday people. These ideas range from creating new connective apps, to starting new businesses, to community service and outreach.

“I feel like that’s the best way that we can reach people with this group Is the one-on-one end talking to people individually. It’s that interpersonal communication,” stated Capuli.

What club members hope to get out of the club and what they hope to spread to the rest of the college is the expansion of knowledge and friendship.

“I would like to learn about friendship and communication, and just like bond manship and agape love basically,” said McCann. “Agape love is [unconditional]. That’s a weird love. It’s just a love that is unseen, unheard of, but it’s there. You can feel it. I just think that is humankind just in general. That’s the love we have for each other.”

Capuli said: “When you get to know someone personally, you get to hear their story, you get to know more about something that you might not have previously known, and you make that connection.”

“And then once that narrative changes and people are talking about the same thing, then those reports and the news- it changes because now people are more unified,” said Capuli.

The club meets every friday 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Cascade 533.

For more information on the Search Engine Club and to see a full interview, visit The Pioneer’s website at pcdpinnacle.com.