Campus Life:
Student societies typically have open membership, thus differing from honor societies, secret societies, and certain fraternities that admit members by invitation only. Students typically join societies at the beginning of the school year when many societies present themselves in a society fair and campaign to attract new members. The students may pay a membership fee to the society. Since the societies are non-profit organizations this fee is often nominal and purely exists to cover insurance or to fund social events.
Student societies may or may not be affiliated with a university's students' union. Student societies often aim to facilitate a particular activity or promote a belief system, although some explicitly require nothing more than that a member is a present or former student. Additionally, some are not affiliated with a specific university or accept non-university students. Moreover, most student-run organizations tend to depend heavily on collaborations with externals.
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