Coffeehouse Social invites students to chill

As midterms and finals approach, the library is filled with students studying hard with their eyes glued to their textbooks, drinking a grande coffee from Starbucks. This past month, it was midterms. They wreak havoc on our lives, since they come right in the middle of the semester and, all at once. At times, Baruch students who are driven to succeed do not set aside time to relax and take a breather from the stress and anxiety of the exam season. For this reason, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship hosted a coffee social as a way to improve our quality of life during this stressful period.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship serves more than 35,000 students in over 560 colleges and universities nationwide with the purpose of creating communities who follow Jesus and want to impact their schools through the teachings of Christ. Baruch's InterVarsity chapter has been in existence since 1977.

Held on Thursday Oct. 26, the purpose of the coffeehouse social was for Baruch students to connect with one another between studying for midterms. With live acoustic guitar music and candlelit tables, students got to enjoy conversations and listen to speaker Tom Richter, a senior pastor at New Hope Christian Church in Queens, who has become a nationally-known speaker. Richter had people laughing as he spoke about life experiences and properly dealing with stress. All this took place while the InterVarsity students served free Starbucks coffee and Entenmann's desserts. It was a great opportunity for students to relax for an hour and a half instead of thinking about their midterms.

Club members felt that the event was a huge success. Shobi Varghese, InterVarsity's president said, "It was good to see a great turn out. People wanted to hang out even after the event was over." Varghese, a senior, said that, "Baruch students are hungry to be in a community with people. And InterVarsity is here to serve [them]." For this event, Varghese partnered with Starbucks, who agreed to donate beverages for the event.

The response from students was equally enthusiastic. Travis Ramkissoon, a sophomore, said, "The ambience of the coffeehouse was sophisticated and organized. Everyone was very welcoming and time flew by with everything that went on from interacting with each other to listening to Tom Richter. It was, altogether, a very good event."

This coffeehouse social allowed Baruch students to connect in a new way. It is a real privilege to get to know people of different backgrounds, ethnicities and faiths. Those who missed this event can still take advantage of another coffeehouse social, which will be held on Dec. 7.

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