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

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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

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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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Mardi Gras Night The Cultural Events sub-com- mittee sponsored a Mardi Gras Night on Thursday, February 24th in the O40 cafeteria. Run by Cheryl Bowen, the event fea- tured Las Vegas style gambling tables, including games like Acey-Deucey and Blackjack. Several students played the role of dealer that night, donning pin- striped vests, armbands and vi- sors. Music was provided by a deejay, and the bar was kept well stocked with beer and wine. At the end of the evening the fifteen gamblers who had ac- crued the largest amounts of chips were awarded various prizes: some of these included a black and white television set. digital clock-radios, Sony walk- men and calculatorsf Other play- ers were given UMass Cultural Events polo shirts, and all who participated received buttons proclaiming l'l lost my ass gam- bling at UMass . For the first gam- bling event held on this campus, Mardi Gras Night proved a great success, and we hope to have other such events in the future. .. .W ...mvmmwf ,-,wwe 1 4 , ,, fs' Ru! 22 Harbor Campus ' ww' 'W 5