Monday, February 14, 2005
Black Student Union Week theme is Speak to Me
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BSU President NaCole Ball is helping organize the "Speak to Me" campaign on campus this week. Because of the lack of face-to-face interpersonal communication on campus, BSU members are holding a “Speak to Me” campaign, as part of BSU Week events, which ends Friday, February 25. Throughout the week, BSU members will distribute buttons that say “Speak to Me.” Ball compared the effort to the film, “Pay it Forward.” BSU members will give two buttons to five people each member meets. “We’ll have to verbally tell them why they’re getting a button, and it will force us to speak to them,” Ball said. “Then, the next time we see each other, it will be easier to say ‘hi,’ wave, or just look up rather than put our heads down in the hallways.” Other BSU Week events include: • A display showcasing the history of Hip Hop, to be unveiled on Tuesday, February 22, in the University Center. • A Black Student Union awareness table from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, February 23, in front of the Multicultural Center in the University Center. A BSU meeting will follow, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in Room 206 in the University Center. Refreshments will be served. • “Black Contemporary Issues in Higher Education,” a panel of Indiana University students, including the president of IU’s Black Student Union, Crystal Brown, at 8 p.m. Thursday, February 24, in Room 1015 in the Liberal Arts Center. For more information, contact Pamela F. Hopson, director of the USI Multicultural Center, at 812/465-7188. |
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