University of Massachusetts Boston - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Pdtricid Wyse, Secretory 4Qx.f18iin. N! Potty Wyse is this yedr's secretory for the Student Activities Committee. A 4977 grodudte of Bunker Hill Community Col- lege, Potty worked for four yedrs ds d privdte secretory be- fore deciding to return to school for d Bdchelor of Science degree in Accounting here dt U.lVlossfBoston. As the SAC secretory. Potty is second in line to ond shores the responsibil- ities of the chdirperson. She is responsible for tdking the min- utes dt edch committee meeting ond for running the meet- ings when the chdirperson is dbsent. When dsked, Potty sdid thot she's enjoyed her term in office, hos leorned d lot from her position, ond thot oil in dll, lt's been o most rewdrding exper- ience for me. 20 Hdrbor Cdmpus Cdrld llldnes, Tredsurer fdff' 'Us x if Cdrld llldnes holds the position of treosurer this yedr on the Student Activities Committee. Hoving spent her childhood in such ploces ds Germdny, Brdzil ond Bolivio, Cdrld first come to the United Stotes to study ocednogrdphy ot Stockton University. Hoving chonged her cdreer gools, she trdnsferred to U.MossfBoston to pursue d Bdchelor of Sci- ence degree in Pure Mdthemdtics. During her first semester here she storred in the University production of Rubyfruit Jungle, she spent the next two yedrs ds d member on the University's Student Assembly, where she pldyed OD octive role in the development of stdndord procedures ond poli- cies for dedling with sexudl hdrdssment. As the SAC treosur- er, Cdrld keeps tdllies on monies left in the vorious contin- gencies. i.e., Medio ond Publications, Community Action, Culturdl Events ond Recognized Student Orgdnizdtions CRSOsj. She olso porticipoted in the preporotion of the dn- nudl budget for FY'83: she feels thot the fdcility ond brevity of meetings this yedr is d good indicotion of how well the committee prepdred the budget.

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Carole Hughes, Chairperson lv N... f ... A 'af' '- A S U i .. The firsT SAC meeTing ThaT Carole Hughes aTTended as a newly-elecTed eighTeen year old sTudenT represen- TaTive was seven hours long. IT was cerTainly horrendous ThaT firsT year, she recalls. MeeTings were sTeeped in emoTion and, from Time To Time, even The SAC Chairperson would sTorm ouT of The room, reduced To Tears by The dogma and bickering. AmidsT The conflicTs ThaT year, no one really cared whaT Carole had To say: To The people in power on The commiTTee, she was anonymous. She came back for more The nexT year and was puT down Then as well. She came back for a Third year and was elecTed Chairperson. Carole Hughes, arguably The mosT Tenacious figure in UlVlassfBosTon's sTudenT governmenT, presided This year over The smooThesT running STudenT AcTiviTies CommiTTee in memory. She was perfecT, said John McDonald, a SAC represenTaTive from HunTingTon Ave., The meeTings would never run more Than an hour and a half. And she was always available before and afTer The meeTings. Carole puT in aT leasT forTy hours a week for SAC: This was on Top of a demanding managemenT curriculum. Carole goT SAC back To basics, as she saw iT. The SAC Chair, in her view, should be involved wiTh keeping Things running smooihly- and noT be involved wiTh poliTical causes or inTeresTs which precipiTaTe crisis. The Chairperson should sTick To her parameTers and The Sub-commiTTee Chairs should sTick To Theirs. ln oTher words, Carole discovered, whaT had been in SAC a long-losT arT, The skill of delegaTing auThoriTy. Carole's leadership was calm and sTeady, her manner wiTh The commiTTee members was friendly and accessible. Clearly, despiTe her consTanT jokes abouT haTing iT all, Carole Hughes is a naTural aT managing people. Thus SAC has been a successful proving ground for Carole's fuTure career in managemenT. IT will always be wiTh me, she says wiTh a smile. Harbor Campus 49

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The CulTural EvenTs Sub-CommiTTee Cheryl Bowen, Chairperson The CulTural EvenTs sub-commiTTee generally coordinaTes UMass f BosTon's large scale fesTiviTies. OfTen, sever- al clubs will pool Their resources and work wiTh CulTural EvenTs To puT on a mammoTh parTy, as was The case wiTh The WesTern Barbecue where an enTire side of beef was roasTed on a spiT for The campus communiTy. CulTural EvenTs also arranges for enTerTainmenT which is indeed culTural in naTure. Such was The case wiTh The Reggae FesTival, The UMass Mardi Gras, and an appearance by The STudebaker Mime Troupe. SomeTimes CulTural EvenTs sponsors appearances by people who represenT poliTical inTeresTs. BernadeTTe Devlin McAliskey and STokley Carmichael spoke aT The HunTingTon Avenue Campus This year. Cheryl Bowen chairs The commiTTee, and her work, boTh as a sTudenT and as chair of CulTural EvenTs, blend TogeTher neaTly. She has a double major in ManagemenT and Spanish, and she has a sincere inTeresT in LaTin culTure. Through CulTural EvenTs Cheryl geTs To do someThing she really enjoys: she has supervised a collecTion of evenTs which provide culTure, ThoughT, and pure fun To a broad cross-secTion of The UMB communiTy. l l Harbor Campus 24