http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/upimage/RG9-5-1366_1_4_020.pdf

Media

Part of This is what A.C.T. wants to do for the BSU, circa 1988

Text

I

This

.

to do

IS

BSU
NEEDS:
• Proper
Management
• Leadership
• Accountability
• Student Involvement
• Faculty /Staff Advisement
• More Activities

The BSU will grow
students- need to come
together .... GET INVOLVED

President
Terry Lindsay
Vice President Kurt YoungTreasurerRoscoe Henderson
Activities Coordinator Scott Norman
Secretary Rhonda Raison .

BSU (STABILIZING THE ORGANIZATION)
time for
the Black Student Union of the State
University
of
New
I
York
at
Buffalo
to
realize
its
full
potential.
ACT
suggests
that
we
reorder
our
priorities.
First, ACT proposes
that we begin with the infrastructure of
the organization.
We as officers of this organization must
create a more open network of communication.
Communication is
an indispensable part of any
organization.
To successfully
accomplish
this, ACT proposes that we establish a weekly forum
wherein
a 11 o f f i c er s :nus t a t t e 11 d .
Th i s f o r um wo u 1 d ~ 1 so be
accessible to ;i n yo n e gen •1 inely int e rested in RSO.
This weekly
forun may appei.lr to be too de :ncrnding for a full-time student,
b u t ,✓ e be 1 i eve :) e i n g a n o f f i c e r o f BS IJ mus t be a cc o r de d t he
sa:nc a::wunt of \J e ight as any oth e r coll ege iate activity.
9SU
is a s tu d ent org an i za tio11 not a social club, and as such we as
officers
hav e
jobs
to do that
re1ui~e a
high
l e vel
of
co1:1 ;n itm e nt. If an officer is not ready to conmit his/herself
th em ir,::i ybe he /she is not ready to 1 ead '3 SU.
Another characteristic necessary of an officer of 13S0 is
r e sponsibility.
The officers of an orqanization 1 nust he held
a ccountabl e f or the actions o f the orga~ization on a whole.
As
officers we must lead the orgnnization and be responsible for
a ny actions taken by the organization.

It's

'Jl'HTY

Se condly, ACT stresses the neea for unity among all
Afro-Auerican stu,1ents on campus.
This can be r1cco 1:1plished by
ir1 o b ilizing all Afro- lVnerican students on ca:npus unner the
g uidance and lea de r s hip of BSU.
To d o this we must start from
the bottom and gradually climb our way to the ton.
He nust
begin h y playing a lar ge r role in the orientaion of Preshman to
univ e r s ity life, acade~ic as well as social.
This will aid in
ea sing th e transition from highschool to a large university
a nd 3.ll that it has to offer.
.7\lso we shonlrl try to get
s tud e nts to be more s upportiv e of each other.
0n e way this ci'ln
be done is ~y cre~tinq a tutorial proqr3n wherein students help
s tud e nt:3 on a. fT\O r e ;:,erson':11 basis.
It works at tlie qr ;cv 1uate
lev e l
so
there
is
no
reason
why it can't work
at
an
un de rJr i1d uate lev ~Jl.
qe i,houl -1 also establish a phone bank of
all 13SJ mem:::>ers.
This would aid in knocking dcwn the harriers
that
constantly
hamper
com1:1trnication
\•1 ithin
the
hl-1ck
collegei a te co;nmunity as well as serve to increase attenriance
t o i3S '.J functions and 11eetings.
·,·Je should a lso ;nake students
!'.lo r e a . ,ar e o f student governraent and hm,1 to become involved.
Th e r c i s no r ea s on v, h y 3 SU sh o u 1 an I t have a t i ck et i n eve r y
e l e cti o n on ca mp us.

EVENTS
Thirdly, ACT believes BSU should sponsor at least one
e vent pe r month.
It appe a rs that BSU only concentrates on
sponsoring ev e nts around Black History 111onth.
As one of the
largest student organizations on campus with one of the largest
budqets, we f ee l 3SU should sponsor events accordingly.
These
events may in c lude speakers, cultural shows, rallies, picnics,
awa r d presentations, etc.
We should make an earnest attempt to
ge t
professionals to attend BSU sposored se1ninars
in all
dif fer en t fiel cJs of study.
BSU should also have fundraisers
for different charitable or9anizations in the community, anrl
take an active part in conmunity workshops.
OPPOSING APARTHEID
t he 8 1 a c k; s tu ,:fo n ts i n a f re e , den o c rat i c s o c i et y a r e
obligated to help our brothers and sisters in South Africa.
The system of aparthied that exists today in South Africa is
slavery in disguise.
Despite the recent lack of press coverage
on the i s sue, the '3lack majority in South Africa are still
be ing o pp r essed hy the b latantly racist white minority reqime.
Our r ep r e s en t ati ves in Congress h,1ve passed a hill that wo11lll
i~pos e mini ma l econoraic sanctions against the South Afric a n
gove rn n e nt,
but president Reagan ref ~ses
to enforce these
sa nctions.
Jn the contrary, the Rea~an arlministratio~ has
helped to foster
this syst -2m of
racial nehunanization Ry
suo pl y ing t he South African hacked Unita forces with weapons to
invade th e n e igh~aring countries.
We, the sturlents of America,
must
do
everything within
our
power
to
p ut
an
end
to
aparthied.
If t h i s requires taking oart in rallies, ~ a rches or
sit-ins, we must be willing to conm it ourselves to this cause.
\'J(':! must ACT
to nut an enrl to aparthied.
It is our outy as
stuaents in a democratic society to defend human rights abroad.
';J e

INTERAC'rIO N
Fourtn.ly, A::T enph3.sizes the need for BSU to interact with
t he other e thnic and li ~) eral-minde d organizations on campus.
It is v e ry i mp ortant for all ethnic and liberal organizations
on car:1r:Yu s to unify.
Thi s helps us to overcome the barriers of
race ,-:1nd culture t o worl< together.
If we can create a better
r e l a tionshi p
and un de rstanding among different ethnic g roups
at a coll ege iate level, i magine what can be done when we ;ire
to morrow's l e ader s .
This serves several other purposes as
well: e v e nts snonsored by one organiiation wouln be attenderl h y
·n en b er s o f th e o t he r o r g a n i z a t i on s a s we 11.
Th i s wo u 1 d a 1 so
a i d in decreasing th e num':1er of time conflict s ::i.mong schenulen
eve nt .s .
La stl y , this liheral coalition would serve to combat
the c o nservativ e b ias es of the Spectrun, the apparent raci