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We like to mark the occasion when the Illini Film & Video<\/strong> (IFV) student club<\/span><\/a> at the University of Illinois<\/strong> gets underway each academic year in the hopes that young people will feel compelled to join in. It is a resource for budding media-makers whose tastes lean towards the comedy and drama of storytelling \u2013 that does not<\/em> mean documentary, diary, nonlinear, or industrial are off limits \u2013 at a flagship university that, once again and always, has no film production track. UIUC undergraduates are the target audience for this organization, which met for the first time during the 2018-2019 frame last night, Monday, September 10<\/strong>, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> in Room 1022<\/strong> of Lincoln Hall<\/strong>, and their organizing peers will give members room to practice with the process and express their ideas and problem-solving. It is usually not the only RSO of its kind on campus but it is<\/em> the long-standing one; IFV will begin its third decade of activity in the near future.<\/p>\n Students with little to no filmmaking under their belts are just as welcome to attend the weekly meetings as are graduate students with thesis projects in the works and campus employees with professional gigs on their plate. This year\u2019s officers, Saloni Nahar<\/strong> (president), Prashanth Vemuri<\/strong> (vice president), Kevin Konrath<\/strong> (secretary), Yanyi Xie<\/strong> (marketing director), Zhi Luo<\/strong> (outreach), Alex Gong<\/strong> (treasurer), John Carlson<\/strong> (equipment manager), and Deborah Agoye<\/strong> (web manager) can help in pointing out opportunities within and outside of IFV. That said, the club always attempts to provide a mix of events to encourage participation that may include hands-on workshops, guest speakers, challenges like the annual 48 hour contest, club fundraisers such as on-site taping at Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong>, student film showcases like the new Golden Corn Movie Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and C-U excursions to see movies and such.<\/p>\n