Word: bsa
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...minority and a member of the Executive Board of the Black Students Association (BSA), I took great offense to the article by Albert Hsia on what he perceived to be the self-segregation of minority groups...
...issue that organizations such as the BSA focus primarily on social activites, I beg to differ. I am on the BSA's Executive Board and I know that we only have one committee specially designated for social activities. If people like Mr. Hsia would bother to look at the total organization, they would realize that social activities comprise only one of the various activities of the BSA...
...example, did Mr. Hsia notice that, during the first weekend of February, the BSA sponsored the Inter-Collegiate Conference (ICC), in which Black students from Ivy League and Boston area schools came together at Harvard to discuss the future of Blacks in America. In addition, during the month of February, the BSA sponsored a multitude of events, only one of which was a dance, to celebrate Black History Month...
Moreover, the BSA sponsors a Big Brother/Sister program in which incoming Black freshmen are paired with an upperclassman to help them make the transition to college life. Finally, the BSA sponsors the Freshman Black Table (FBT) to discuss issues pertaining to the Black community. In addition, the FBT is in the process of producing a magazine entitled Outlook...
...issue that organizations such as the BSA focus primarily on social activities, I beg to differ. I am on the BSA's Executive Board and I know that we only have one committee specially designated for social activities. If people like Mr. Hsia would bother to look at the total organization, they would realize that social activities comprise only one of the various activities of the BSA. For example, did Mr. Hsia notice that, during the first weekend of February, the BSA sponsored the Inter Collegiate Conference (ICC), in which Black students from Ivy League and Boston area schools came...