DJs Milk N’ Cookies have nothing on this guy.
Sean Robinson, junior in Engineering, is a milk lover first and a college student second. He sports milk mustaches proudly, bakes chocolate chip cookies on the weekends and started a registered student organization dedicated to one of his favorite after-school snacks, plainly known as Milk Club.
The President of the RSO, Robinson founded the organization due to a personal attachment to milk spanning back to his high school years. Unable to quite let go of his fascination with a milk machine installed at his high school which was responsible for Robinson and a few friends cutting class regularly in favor of drinking milk, Robinson decided to carry the concept to college. And thus, the milk phenomenon began.
With over 120 fans on Facebook and approximately 30 regularly attending members of the group, Milk Club is a predominantly social RSO whose appreciation covers all things dairy related—specifically, the incomparable vitamin-D and calcium-sufficient drink: milk.
The reason is simple.
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“Everyone loves milk,” Robinson said. “The club is a great way to make friends.”
Doug Wood, junior in Engineering and consequent friend of Robinson’s due to sharing a good slice of Gouda, claims Milk Club is a “labor of love.” Yet, more accurately, he said it is also a great excuse for friends coming together for a glass of cold milk, warm cookies and a nice break from the adult-world.
“You get to be a kid here,” Wood said.
The childhood association is perhaps a prime reason Robinson has been able to create such a positive response among his club members.
“When anyone hears about the club, it garners an instant smile. It’s just silly enough to get people to jump on board,” Robinson said.
Imploring that the club is completely inclusive, Robinson is sure to add that lactose intolerant students need not feel discriminated against or intimidated.
“Anyone is welcome,” said Matt Entler, sophomore in Engineering and member of the club.
The club also prides itself on its diversity, Robinson said. While he is a strong supporter of strawberry milk, Entler a staunch advocate for skim, and Wood a firm believer in chocolate, all are able to put aside their differences in order to organize bake sale fund-raisers and bar crawls. The next thing Robinson would like to put on the agenda and get out of the kitchen is the idea of using his love for milk as a means to help others.
“I’d really like to start getting involved with charity and have the club grow to be more than purely social,” Robinson said.
Specifically, Robinson would like to create a charity that will give to those who can’t afford dairy products.
As Robinson coined the phrase on the club’s outgoing Facebook page, it would be an “udderly terrific” idea.
Now there’s a pun that will never go sour among this group.