Club Rush in full swing on The Mall Prosperity through creativity Young artist finds success despite financial hardship

Huddled loosely together with friends in the Associated Student Organization building, George Alexander Saggeth, 20, juggles a lively conversation with studying for his next class.

At a young age, the French native began to create artwork and through his creative outlet aids him on his journey through adulthood.

When Saggeth turned 6 years old his family left France to move to Southern California. He lived in Downey with his mother before moving to the San Fernando Valley with his dad.

“Things in my life came up where I needed money and I needed to figure it out so I just started to do it,” Saggeth said.

With his options limited, Saggeth decided to sell select sculptures he had made over the weekends when he spent with his father and grandmother.

“My grandma would have yard sales so I would sell them there,” Saggeth said. “People started to notice it and they asked me to do things for them and it went from there.”

The money Saggeth made from selling his artwork helped the young artist finance his studies and projects. Saggeth was able to purchase a house.

Apart from creating art Saggeth is passionate about computer sciences which he showcases by making programs for others.

Each piece he sells varies and continues to fund him for future projects. The cost of his supplies can vary from $40 to $1,000.

Through his artwork he has made a great deal of people happy although Saggeth modestly believes otherwise.

“In my own opinion my artwork kinda sucks but people like it so who cares,” Saggeth said.

Saggeth gets his inspiration from events and artist that he attends. He’s attended Monsterpalooza, The Child of Monsterpalooza and other art galleries in Pasadena.

“For two years now. I’ll ask him and he does talk to me about some of his work,” Josh Castro said. “It’s an interesting take on what he thinks about different things. Just a different thing that a lot of people in college normally don’t do.”

While art will always be an important part of his day-to-day life, Saggeth has made school his top priority. His main goal is to complete his general education plan with Pierce. From there the possibilities are endless.

Of the possible. He hopes to one day join Blizzard the company

Pierce College’s semesterly Club Rush event has begun and will continue until March 10 on The Mall.

Club Rush is a semesterly event where Pierce students are given the opportunity to discover clubs on campus in which they might be interested in.

Many Different Clubs will have booths set up on the Brahma Mall with various activities and goodies.

The Child Development club has several different activities to attract more students to their booth this semester. They will be allowing students to play with “slime” similar to the 1990s Nickelodeon slime, according to the club’s faculty advisor Lila Snow.

“We’re lucky because our field is working with young children and playing,” Snow said. “We have slime and we have lots of events that are child-oriented, so I think that’s how we attract people.”

Not only will clubs offer activities, students will get to see how joining a club could benefit their college experience.

Jonathan Saltzman , Vice President of the Phi Theta Kappa Society, says students joining a club could be very beneficial for them. “Were just hear to promote the PTK and show students that getting involved on campus is important and it also looks great on you resume.”

An older student Michelle Lefort, psychology major, returns to college and is participating in club rush for the first time.

“It’s exciting, getting to participate. As an older student coming back to school, I never got to do this before. It makes me feel young and that I’m getting to connect more with my peers. Also, different kinds of clubs I didn’t know about until today.” said Lefort.