Southeastern Massachusetts University - Scrimshaw Yearbook (North Dartmouth, MA)

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Black Student Union Kevin I. Rice, President The B.S.U. during the past year has dedicated its efforts toward cultivating a new crop of students to assume the leadership responsibilities of the organization. We also felt it necessary to expand our services in the New Bedford area in an effort to raise the consciousness, and to sustain collaborative communications within the community. We have taken an active step in the greater community by participating in various community organizations, and sitting on local boards and commissions. During the struggle of the last nine months we have experienced many problems within the BSU administration, and a lack of participation within the committee system. We faced further difficulties when the great blizzard of 78 struck, we had to cancel many of our Black Emphasis Programs. Cn a more positive note, we produced many programs that were successful CRonald lngraham Concert Choir, Fashion Show, Cultural Seminars, Lectures, etc.l. The goals that we accomplished were the training and educating of potential leaders and workers of the B.S.U. Also, we expanded our media services to include a B.S.U. newspaper named the is ...ci Word, whose Editor is freshman Allen Lopes. In addition we have a newly established radio program named the Black Side, whose host is sophomore Richard lfill. We have extended ourselves more toward the external communities with services such as research on housing, participation in local agencies Uvt.C.A.D., RTP, NAACP, Aide Center, etc.J, and contracting students out to two major areas of concern. Within the organization we have made an attempt to educate the new blood as to the political clout the B.S.U. has as an agency. Further, we have concentrated our efforts toward the retention of minority faculty, trustees, administrators, and students. We are also trying to make sure the University recruits new minority faculty, administrators, and students. Secondly, we have taken interest in the external political arena, we have actively participated in the re-election of local school committee members, councilors etc. We also have made contact with local minority agencies in an effort to upgrade the total S.M.U. area. Finally, we feel that the political consciousness of the minority community over the past months has been increased. In the future, with the new seeds that have been cultivated and with the expansion of services, we will continue to raise the consciousness and level of education within the minority community and, as the issues arise, we can march on to victory as a collective entity. We as a group express optimism toward a brighter day.

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The SMU Gallery Committee Robert Barry, Coordinator Much of the energy of the Gallery Committee this year was directed toward the relocation of the art gallery from the lobby area of the library to the spaces in the new Arts and Humanities Building. With this new, flexible exhibition space-actually two adjoining galleries that can be opened to make one large space -the committee installed ten student shows and six outside exhibitions during the course of the year. The installation and opening of an exhibit involves lots of background work, usually done during the quiet of a Saturday morning. The committee will remove a current exhibition, re-arrange display panels, paint display stands, hang the new show and adjust it until each wall looks right, type and attach labels, fill out insurance forms, set up tables for the opening, design and distribute posters and invitations, and help out during the hours of the opening. Two hold-overs from last year's committee were the nucleus of this year's group - Kathy Curtis and David Bryan. lanice Sousa and Peter Carlin pitched in frequently to help with l installation of exhibits. Cindy Burlingame volunteered much of her free time as a gallery attendant, and there was invaluable help from many other students. Posters for this year's exhibits were designed by Lloyd Mendes and Glenn Cook. Some of the posters, however, proved to be too successful and disappeared from the university walls shortly after they were pinned up. The Gallery Committee was coordinated this year by Professor Robert Barry of the Design Department and Professor Tony Miraglia of the Painting Department. ,445

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WUSM WUSM is a student-owned and operated ten watt educational stereo PM radio broadcasting facility. The signal is transmitted on a frequency of 9O.5lvll-lz. During the academic year, the station operates at least eighteen hours daily. The broadcast day is usually reduced to evening and weekend broadcasting during vacation periods. Established in September of 1973 by a grant of the Federal Communications Commission, the station, in a relatively short period of time, has risen from total obscurity to a level of competence usually not found in such a college broadcasting outlet. Forty percent of all broadcast time is devoted to educational material. The remaining sixty percent of air time is devoted to musical entertainment. Though the format is primarily rock music, virtually all types of music are aired on a regularly scheduled weekly basis. 24 ., 1-qqiri-avian' ' . U' WUSM maintains a qualified and dedicated news and sports department. The news room has the services of United Press International and several alternative news services and aroadcasts hourly throughout the day. The sports department broadcasts daily out also airs all major varsity home and away games. The play by play is done ive in all instances. All members of the student body may oarticipate in the club activities, but to oroadcast station members must meet specified station criteria and F.C.C. icense requirements. SMU Ski Club This past year the SMU Ski Club was responsible for sending many students skiing. Among the areas visited were North Conway lAttitash, Bretton Woods, Tyrol, Cranmore, Cannon, and Wildcat lvlountainsl, lay Peak tSutton, Owl's Head, Orford, and Bromont lvlountainst, and Mount Stowe. ln the planning stages is a trip to Tuckerman's Ravine, the ultimate in New England skiing. The Ski Club also held a raffle-in which a car stereo system was given away as the grand prize. A party was sponsored by the club during the first semester that turned out to be a big success. H A We plan to have even better times in the future.