“Activism is not only you working toward something alone, but also inspiring the people around you to join you for this cause because the more people you have on board, the more effective in the end you will be.”
Fresh out of the Big Apple, the University chapter of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has reached a successful point – it was appointed the 2013 Rising Star Club of the Year award at the UNICEF Campus Initiative Summit.
The Black Student Union was granted a budget of $60,000 for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, of which they have so far spent $8,264.49, according to an audit report presented by Senator Carlos Rodriguez at the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus’ Jan. 23 meeting.
The Panthers were engaged in another down to the wire finish against Bowling Green on Dec. 22.
Apart from granting $164 to the Theater Department, a portion of the necessary funding for production rights to “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” the Nov. 28 Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus meeting, the last of the Fall 2011 semester, yielded little more than the same meandering contention of its inglorious past.
Thus, credit is due to the Student Government Association for a well-conducted meeting on Oct. 10, where elections were held, voices were heard and progress was announced in almost every college. Although most senators reported only their imminent student surveying, at least they spoke up and stayed focused. Senators stayed off of Facebook, and there was little texting to be seen, which is a considerable improvement from the prior meetings.
