The Founding Of The Hcec

[TheyCallMeDave]

So as I have my booth with banner set up advertising for hookahpaloozah, a short portly man in a red 'student life" shirt comes up, and regretts to tell me that hookahpaloozah booth is not only being forced to close down, but hookahpaloozah will be disbanded. This is due to hookahpaloozah not being associated with any student group.

Dave fought the law, and Dave won.

This disturbing incident was the beginning fo the formation of HCEC, the Hookah Culture Enthusiasts on Campus.

"The purpose of HCEC is to recognize, amplify, and deter any misconstrued views on the art of Hookah, its culture and of the Middle Eastern Culture from which it originated. This is a group centered to outsource and reach to not only those who believe in the same goals as HCEC, but to reach to those who are uninformed or misinformed of all said above".

Artical one of the HCEC's newly founded constitution (Why, Yes, it WAS a bitch to write).

As of right now it's simply a loop hole, but if we can get a following of 50+ people by next year, we can apply for a grant from the Student Government Association, and get a funding of an average of 400-500 dollars. We could buy hookahs for the group, ande many other things!


[size="4"][b][i][size="2"]THE POINTTTTT OF THIS POST...[/size][/i][/b] [/size]Was that I was wondering if you have seen anything like this in or outside of any other campus? Anyone ever had thoughts on starting one? Why not? Try it out! It's working so far for me!

[rhineholt]

I wish I could do this on my campus but the head of security is a dick.

[IainUM]

awesome idea!! way to stick it to the man

[Click]

Impressive!  Good luck with the 50+ members.

[agunn1231]

today i was thinking about what it would be like to start a group like this, but i just don't know how that would work out at the moment

[kmccoy90]

Can we make this a national chain? I'm down to try this at my school.

[TheyCallMeDave]

I did have a similar thought, such as a professional fraternity deal. With chapters, and things of the nature. Then I reminded myself, baby steps. Let things work here, and well before you develop any more ideas.

[IainUM]

a hookah fraternity? i dunno about that, but maybe a group spanning multiple schools. that'd be a cool idea. if i wasn't so freaking busy, i'd look into starting one here

[TheyCallMeDave]

[quote name='IainUM' timestamp='1285130919' post='482777']
a hookah fraternity? i dunno about that, but maybe a group spanning multiple schools. that'd be a cool idea. if i wasn't so freaking busy, i'd look into starting one here
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NOOOOO. Bad word choice, my fault. What I meant to say was, do how the national frats do, and have a organization in each school in the surrounding area. We could keep in contact, have local area meetings, etc.

Definantly NO hookah frats. Lol.

[Tyler]

Might want to note that hookah origonated in the punjab region of India, not the middle east. Other than that thumbs up.

[TheyCallMeDave]

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Might want to note that hookah origonated in the punjab region of India, not the middle east. Other than that thumbs up.
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Very true. Probably should explain that it was the West Northern Provinces of india. M.E wasn't until much later. Duely noted, tyler.

That's another thing. I'd like to give alot of history on the hookah, everything to where it began, how it grew, how shisha actually generated from, things that your average college kid doesnt think about when he's at the hookah bar puffin away on some starbuzz.

[Tyler]

Well you could always start by the different branches. Hookah as we know it, origonated in punjab; however, the egyptians were the first to use the sheesha that was use now (sheesha literally meaning glass, so the glass base). In India, they used a coconut. Keep in mind there are also many types of tobacco, from the broadleaf bariety that most people are familiar with via virginia, to the sleek leaves of the basama plant origonally from Greece (probably the plant used in the origonal palestinian/syrian hookahs due to the trade routes through the Saudi penninsula).

[r1v3th3ad]

awesome awesome awesome

if you want to expand, I can help out at Indiana University of Pennsylvania...I've got a hookah crowd here...I set up at Phi Boota roota and get a lot of people interested. One of the people I talked with there actually just messaged me asking for advice on hookah products for his...

but ya, I'd love to see this grow, I wish the best of luck to you

[agunn1231]

I was talking to one of my friends who is a non hookah smoker about this, and he said that if i were to start one up a my school he'd help out, and he showed me where to get information and he guidelines for things like this.

[Sariél]

Don't get to into the origins of hookah, or administration might do the math and figure out that hookahs were not originally used for tobacco, but for NHT for centuries!

[kmccoy90]

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r1v3th3ad, pBr? Are you in the drumline up there? I'm thinking some SRU-IUP intercollegiate hookah meet-ups.[/size][/color]

[r1v3th3ad]

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r1v3th3ad, pBr? Are you in the drumline up there? I'm thinking some SRU-IUP intercollegiate hookah meet-ups.[/size][/color]
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My three roommates are in PBr, I live in their first frat house, I am a good friend to the drumline frat. SRU-IUP meetup sounds nice...let me know, I'm in Slippery Rock once in a while(my cabin is up there, co-owner of 75acres)...but if you can make it to IUP thats great because I can organize the squad...shoot me a PM