Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Above: Wai thing Ling and Edward Chin conduc I a meeting. Above: Club member listen intently at a meeting. Above; Theresa and Lucia Lu practice a Chinese dance routine. Kight: Danton Male, Cecelia Lee and K.K. Wong rehearse a Chinese folksong for International Night. Aegis '73 29

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Chinese Club A new organization this year, the Chinese Student Association, sought to unite the Chinese students at SU and to introduce Chinese culture to the University community. Initially the CSA had problems obtaining a charter from the student senate because of what the senators termed discrimination. CSA members, however, felt the organization would only benefit the Chinese student if membership were reserved for Chinese or those students who could speak the language. In its first year of existence, the CSA published the first Chinese periodical on campus, WEN-YU. February 2,jhe group ushered in the Chinese New Year, Ab71, the year of the ox, with a dinner party in the Bellarmine Chez Moi. May 5, club members helped stage the International Night Get Together, a cultural exchange which included representatives from 12 foreign countries and six American subcultures. CSA officers were Laris Chan, president; Wai Ching Ling, vice president; and Edward Chin, secretary-treasurer. Advisers were Chu Chiu Chang and Fr. John Clifford, S|. Above: K.K. Wong heads toward class. Left: Laris Chan and Raymond Chan enjoy themselves at the Chinese New Year party. Below Left: Grace Chan, Beltv Lee, Theresa Lu and Wai Ching Ling prepare the food for the New Year party. Below: Association members head for their homes after a day of canoeing at the University of Washington. 28 Aegis 73

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Minority Affairs In its fourth year of operation under the directorship of Charles Mitchell, the Office of Minority Student Affairs and the Special Services Program served a total minority student population of about 420 students. It offered services in counseling, tutorial assistance, day care and job placements, career and graduate studies information, as well as establishing a variety of ethnic courses and special classes. In addition to providing such services in the areas of financial, academic and personal need, the office also sought to bring about a spirit of brotherhood among the third world students with a Colorbration Night November 18, and a Midnight Picnic-in May. It sponsored the O.C. Smith Concert for the Hungry Child benefit November 14, and the motion picture Sounder January 31, along with the Black Alumni and Alumni Association, with proceeds going to a minority scholarship fund. Through participation in the 1972 summer Community Youth Cultural Program its work was broadened to the community. It took an active role in the recruitment of students, furnishing them with admissions and financial information. 30, Aegis 73