PULSE Fundraises

By Anna Esquibel

With another warm weekend just around the corner, one of Santa Clara's pre-health clubs wants to provide the student body with an event that will allow them to enjoy the sunshine and support a good cause.

The American Medical Students Association will host the PULSE 2012 Benefit Concert, Santa Clara's first outdoor day concert, this Sunday.

According to Josh Ronan, AMSA's events coordinator, the concert aims to raise funds for the American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter Disaster Relief Fund, which helps Silicon Valley citizens after a disaster has occurred, such as a family displaced by a fire.

"The Red Cross was excited to see a student organization putting in the effort to build funds in this manner," said Ronan. "We were happy to learn more about who we are giving the money to."

AMSA typically hosts pre-med-centered events throughout the year, such as labs, workshops, medical panels and pre-health career fairs. However, this event is focused more on entertainment than instruction.

Ronan, along with his team of event managers John Cabri, Ajay Fernandez and Jason Howard, wanted to bring something new and exciting to campus, as well as raise money.
"This is fun because it's outside, during the day and - from my knowledge of Activities Programming Board - nothing has been done like this in the past," said Ronan.

Co-sponsored by the Associated Student Government's Community Development Branch, the concert will feature three different DJ acts, who are all Santa Clara alumni. Juan Blanco, or DJ Check-O, who deejayed at Santa Clara when he was a student, Jerel Dutton, or Mario Champagne, who opened for Diplo last year and is a current grad student, and DJ and musical producer duo Chordella, comprised of alumni Nik Allen and Conrad Sasinkski, will return to campus to play for the fundraising benefit.

All three featured DJs perform in clubs throughout the Bay Area and have agreed to play this event for no compensation.

AMSA and ASG will also provide free Rockstar Energy and Pepsi drinks and have giveaways throughout the day. Food trucks will be available to purchase food.
"I love entertaining, so my motto is to plan events that improve the Santa Clara experience for students and trying to make the experience of a Bronco that much better with every event," said Ronan.

The event, which takes place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Locatelli Activity Center, is open to all Santa Clara students, and students can bring one off-campus guest.

Tickets are on sale in Benson this week for $3 and can be purchased at the door on Sunday.
All of the revenue from ticket sales will go directly to the American Red Cross.

Contact Anna Esquibel at aesquibel@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.