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Show THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL-FOCUS DIVERSITY CLUBS !PAGE 12 I Promoting self-awareness Focusing on culture BSA has designed to get students involved in self awareness. Students can come and share poetry they have written or that has been written by somebody else. Promoting self awareness, along with Getting involved in the community is also a educating SUU students about African . goal that BSA has set out to accomplish. In American culture, is an objective that the Black October, it hosted Trunk or Treat. an activity Student Alllance plans to accomplish. designed to let children from the Cedar City Kassandra Harrell, BSA club president, said community enjoy the Halloween spirit in a safe the goat Qf BSA is "to promote awareness and atmosphere. Harrell said this event is an that doesn" just mean the Black culture, but to activity the club plans find out more about on promoting yourself and your annually. · likes and dislikes." Lynne Brown, The BSA also director of the wants to bring Multicultural Center. attention to the said BSA started in Multicultural Center 1979 and noted that as not just a place "some years have for the club to hang been more active out, but a place that than others." Brown everyone can enjoy. also said that giving The BSA tries to back to the achieve their goals community is through conducting important to the BSA. activities that not Black Student Alliance is a club that is available to Harrell invites only the club everyone who wants to learn more of the African anyone interested in members will enjoy, the BSA to attend the but the student body American culture. meetings , regardless at SUU will enjoy as of race and ethnic background . Planning well. upcoming activities and detailing ways to On Valentine's Day, the club promoted a accomplish the particular goals of the group Night of Hip Hop. Students listened and are often discussed at these meetings. danced to hip hop music throughout the night · we are like any other club on campus and and exhibited their own version of Soul Train . want all the support that we can get, so if you The BSA hopes to organize another Night of are interested, come and find out what we are Hip Hop before the year is over. about: Harrell said . · Beatnik Poetry Night is also an activity that BY ANGIE MANZANARES JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Culture through friendship "We are willing to get to open and embracing of other people and other cultures. know everybody,· said Brown when talking about working Lynne Brown , said that the The Polynesian Club at SUU with other multi-cultural clubs jovial, tight-knit family that club is an organization built on and learning about other · members feel for each other friends, culture and the cultures and traditions. extends to their friends, family opportunity to share that Lynne Brown., director of and community members. culture. student support and adviser of The Polynesian Club, as well As a club, members work to the Polynesian Club, describes as Cedar City's Polynesian accomplish four goals: citizens, will have the 1) Unite as friends opportunity to fulfill and as support their four-fold mission systems for the of unity, strength, success of all education and service Polynesian students, with the Polynesian 2) Strengthen and Luau on April 6. preserve their The Luau offers heritage and culture, students and 3) Create a learning community members environment by a look into the various sharing their heritage cultures of the Pacific and culture with SUU Islands. Through students and the food . song, dance, Cedar City community flowers and and 4) Participate costumes, audience actively in the larger members can learn community through about each nation's · service. history, traditions, Through various The Polynesian Club leams cultural dances that rituals and stories. perfom,ances at senior represent the Polynesian people. The Luau will also centers, schools and be an opportunity to religious functions, the this as a common attitude prove the club's open door Polynesian Club works to among Polynesian Club policy. serve the community and members. The Polynesian Club educate others. "The club is open to all currently has several nonSilver Brown, Polynesian students,· Lynne Brown said. Polynesian students rehearsing for the Luau. Club president, said that not all ·we welcome them with open club activities are based on arms." "Anyone is welcome who is teaching others about the Lynne Brown also described willing to learn the songs and Polynesian culture, however. members as being gregarious, dances." said Lynr.ie arown. BY VALERI BUMAN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER ..._ ._.__.. ..__ . . .... - . . .... . ..- . .... ....... . .,.. . .. ... . ................... ............ ........... . ..- ..- "- .... Club President, Mariam Shabana, a sophomore computer science major from Cairo, Egypt, hosted the Egypt Cultural Studies The International Club is night. dedicated to educating students ·1 taught the club to belly dance about different cultures and and the adviser danced for traditions. everyone," Shabana said. The club consists of 160 The club sponsors a "buddy members of many different buddy" program which pairs nationalities. All students are students together and helps invited to be a part of the club. create friendships. This program There are no fees or dues also helps students understand required to gain membership; the cultures of others. students are just asked to The International Club is raising participate in alub activities. money for a scholarship to be A committee of eight to 10 given to an students is international responsible for student on planning campus, who activities, fundhas given the raisers, and club continual service projects. support. Club activities A soccer fundwith the best raising turnout. of more tournament and than 100 a food fair, students , are ~ 0:: "dinner around the Cultural the world" will be Studies, which 5 ;!, R: scheduled for are given by later in the students from semester to raise different money for the countries about The International Club joins the scholarship. their country. A group with the campus by having Shabana said brief socials that everyone is invited to. international presentation, a students come to full traditional this school without their friends or meal, and demonstration of family and leave their familiar traditions are given to help culture , "that is why we have the educate students~about the club. to make students feel more culture in other countries and of comfortable.· other club members. BY KIMBERLY SWENSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER ! i Pow Wow in _place New Mexico and Utah. ·we want to get many people to come and hope that this year we will be able The Native American Student to make more people awar.e of it Association (NASA) invites SUU and want to attend," said Fowler students to the Southern Utah Tina Calamity, assistant director of the Multicultural Center said, University 24th Annual Pow Wow, being held in the Sharwan Smith "We are anxious to share our Center culture." Ballroom on The main March 30 and ~ purposes of 31 as part of NASA are to ~ maintain and Native i preserve American cultural values Week March ~ 23-31. ~ and to promote It is a two- x ~ Native week long event which ~ American :r . cultural includes speakers, Tina Calamity, assistant director of awareness by workshops, the Multicuffural Center (left), and providing SUU Miss Indian President of Native American Student and the SUU pageant, Association Tommy Seaton, senior surrounding and the Pow sociology major from Kayenta, Ariz. community with Wow. information concerning events and "The pow wow is the mairi thing activities. we focus on,• said Valerie Fowler, , ·come help celebrate the a senior computer information unique differences and qualities of systems major from Page, Ariz. Native American tribes, for the She is also the Miss Indian SUU Native American week is an second attendant, and vice opportunity to seek the insight of !'resident of the Native American unique differences of the Club. indigenous people of America," In order to get more people to said Tommy Seaton, pres/dent of attend the Pow Wow, fliers are NASA and a senior sociology major from Kayenta, Ariz. _ sent to many ,places in Arizona, BY HIROHISA HIGASHIONNA JOURNAL STAFF WRITER 8 1 |