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According to HSBSE President Charrise M. Barron '98, the organization's goal is to increase awareness in the Harvard community of the achievements black people have made in the fields of science and engineering throughout history...
HSBSE printed up more than 1,000 table tents for the eight undergraduate houses that would accept them. Barron said Eliot, Kirkland, Quincy, Lowell and Annenberg did not accept bulletins of any sort on their dining hall tables...
...month of February is a perfect time to illustrate some of the successes of black people in the sciences," Barron said. "We wanted to set up table tents in order to educate the Harvard community concerning themajor accomplishments that black people have madein the sciences, as well as [to educate] otherblack people who might not realize that we havemade such positive impacts on modern society...
...Barron says HSBSE serves as an organization inwhich black science and engineering concentratorscan be visible and active. "The purpose of HSBSEis to help black students in the sciences atHarvard to succeed academically andprofessionally," she says. "The organizationallows students with similar interests to meeteach other, lend advice about classes and jobs andto serve as an influence to younger blackstudents...
...Barron also says she feels pressure to be moresuccessful in her studies because of such societalmisconceptions. "I have to be more responsible andwork harder because as a black student, I feellike people who have not had much exposure toblack students think I represent the blackcommunity," she says. "So I make sure that I set ahigh standard...