Word: bsa
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Speaking on behalf of the Black Students Association (BSA), I would like to make it clear that our organization is not technically, theoretically, or even philosophically exclusive! The BSA serves to support, strengthen, and display the beauty of Afro-American people and culture. Our concerns are global, stretching from the Harvard student body, across to the Roxbury community, and on out over the seas to Africa. The BSA does not believe that these interests are or should be the sole concern of Black students. Our organization already has two white students in its membership, and we encourage other students...
...series of events sponsored by the Black Students Association (BSA) during February. Black History Month--may have raised a greater consciousness regarding minority concerns than any of the recent confrontations with the University...
...addition to traditional parties and dinners usually held to encourage greater Black student unity, the BSA sponsored seminars on important minority isues--affirmative action. Blacks, in science and medicine and informative films on Black history. Two talent displays--one put on by the recently revived Association of Black Radcliffe Women--showed the result of long term planning, and an organized effort to coordinate Radcliffe and Harvard efforts...
Hopefully these efforts will continue throughout the rest of the year, with the BSA taking the forefront in issues at Harvard and throughout the community. The group will gain prestige and a reputation for unity and coherence rather than an image focused on dissent...
...given BSA meeting, for example, if you were to ask how many students had fallen prey to harassment, you could probably count the unraised arms on one hand. "A lot of people who feel they've been harassed write it off as an isolated incident that's not going to happen again and then they're surprised at the number of other hands that go up," says Heather S. Johnston '86, a BSA member...