Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Multi-Cultural Center Multi-Cultural Center . . . 97 if K P The long range goal of the Multi Cultural Center is unusual in some re- spects because it is to become extinct. The MCC wants to create an atmosphere where there would be, no need for an MCC at Marquette because the minority students would receive all they need without a separate facility, said Sarah Ann Ford, director of the MCC. The MCC is a university department located in a renovated building behind Schroeder Hall. It is making cultural ripples for the minority students and hopefully for the whole university. The MCC has gone through a change in the past year from a black student union type of facility to a housing for minority students relations. It provides cultural, social and edu- cational advising for 12 black student groups. These groups range from fra- ternities to the newly formed Black Student Union. This has been an extremely good year for growth, said Ford. The growth can be measured by sheer num- bers of people. The MCC is a viable organization getting involved in all realms of university activities. Since the recent changeover, the so- cial functions are moving over to the Union, and they are still drawing large crowds. The MCC is probably the second most ? at-, . . .agwgn i V. 5 productive organization in the univer- sity running right behind ASMU. Their productivity is visible all over campus and probably the best example is the Minority Arts Festival held in February. The Festival sponsored top entertain- - an . - -.. ' ,,.-V' as 14 ment and speakers available to the Marquette community. Some of the most successful func- tions for the MCC are those that focus on interaction. Every Halloween, local grade school children are brought in

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96 . . . Campus Ministry For the past six years, CM has of- fered many ways for Marquette stu- dents to make a fuller life for them- selves. It isn't all prayer, there are good times at the General Store and the Coffeehouse, get togethers after the Mass on Sundays in the library, and always friendly people at Merrity Hall ready to talk with anyone. But the emphasis is on the ministry that the students and faculty must cul- tivate within themselves so that all their lives might be fuller and richer. The dream of making a better world through love is a concrete dream for Campus Ministry.

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98 . . . Multi-Cultural Center ,QF and a carnival is sponsored by the MCC with the other university student or- ganizations sponsoring booths. The other high ranking event is the Power Lab . Here students are invited out for a weekend retreat to live in a strange mock environment. Many of the white students spend the days in the ghetto or on reservations, while many minority students are placed in the upper middle class suburban roles. All these activities are beginning to put the minority student in a different light or at least the MCC hopes so. They hope to bring a clearer view of the Black experience to Marquette. All told, Ms. Ford sees her job as not that different from any of her peers in the Office of Student Affairs. I don't have any more hassles than the rest and I still have the daily work and the night appearances to make. The main goal for the MCC is to help the minority student adjust to this at- mosphere and to stimulate leadership abilities among them. ..,n- The play, A Day of Absence was performed at the Multi-Cultural Center in the fall.