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In a sure sign of the good fortune that awaits it, the Brown Club-Making Club completed one of its major goals this past week-to form the Brown Club-Making Club.
At the club's first meeting/press conference, club President and founder Jeff Peterson '10 was demure about his own role. "Sure I got us registered with the Student Activities Office," Peterson said, "but I couldn't have done it without the help of these fine ladies and gentlemen right here." He gestured to the four fellow Club-Making Club members in the room. "But this isn't about getting attention," Peterson said to a room full of reporters nibbling on catered cocktail wieners, "this is about where we're going to go from here."
After Peterson's comments, this reporter asked club member Ben White '13 what concrete plans the club has for the future. "Oh, well I'm glad you asked," said White. "We have. um.... Gee, I guess I didn't really think about it."
Peterson jumped in, saying, "Sure, a lot of clubs peter out after their first few months, but not ours! Peter out? Hell no! Peterson forward!" White agreed strongly, declaring, "I mean, sure," before asking Peterson, "So, uh, can we go now?"
Club making has not always come easy for Peterson. An effort to form the Brown Club-Destroying Club last spring failed, but not before many long discussions pondering its own existential fate. "I don't know," Peterson said. "For some reason that one just didn't click with a lot of people."
Yet Peterson lauds his father for giving him the strength to continue. "I don't mean to boast," Peterson said, "but my father is the prominent and wealthy chief executive offi cer of CEOs Without Borders." Upon being asked what the organization he runs actually does, Jay Peterson '82 P'10 declined to comment, saying, "Listen, kid, I'm already late for a meeting-planning-session planning session."
Peterson, who will graduate this May with a degree in Education, is overjoyed with what he accomplished. He hopes his club can be a haven for other students like him. "I was just bouncing from one club to another," Peterson said. "I tried to join the Hapa Club, but they said I'm too Asian. I tried joining the South Asian Students Association, but they said I'm not Asian enough. Does a three quarter Asian not have a place on this earth?!"
Cooling down, Peterson continued, "But we are far from done. Hoo boy. Far from it. Anyway, sorry, I have to go- I'm organizing a 'Honk for Noise Pollution' rally on
Thayer Street."
