The Krannert Wine Club and the Krannert Recreational
Sports Club entered the 2003-2004 school year as KGSA’s newest
clubs.
The Krannert Wine Club,
founded by Fermin Uribetxebarria, MBA ’04, promotes social
events among its members and other master’s students, while
improving the knowledge and understanding of wine through seminars,
tastings, and lectures.
The Krannert Recreational Sports Club, founded by Andrew Altschul,
MSHRM ’04, provides a forum for students to organize and
participate in athletic events. By doing this, the club hopes
to meet the social and recreational needs of Krannert students.
Ultimately, KRSC would like to host weekly athletic events that
cater to the desires of its members.
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The club
visited the CBOE as part of a one-day trip that also included stops
at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank. At
the CBOE, they got a tour and learned how transactions took place on
the trading floor, including the functions of the various traders holding
seats. The CME tour offered further details on how commodity trading
has changed over time, and at the FRB, the club members enjoyed a presentation
on the function of the Federal Reserve with regard to monetary policy
as well as how money is distributed throughout the banks, checked for
forgeries, and removed from circulation.