BSU activities aim to inform
By LAURY MASHER
Of the Emerald
The Black Student Union
(BSU) will present ‘ Last Grave
at Dimbaza" at its meeting on
South African Awareness
tonight at 7 in the EMU, room to
be posted.
BSU has many other ac
tivities planned, including Na
tional Black History week,
scheduled for Feb. 13-17.
Members of the BSU are
looking for people with “know
ledge, energy and time to help
make this a memorable week.”
According to BSU president
Robert Scarbrough, National
Black History Week is an event
that aims to keep people in
formed about the many con
tributions blacks have made in
the recent and “not so recent"
past.
“Every time a black person
graduates from this University,
that’s history,” says Scar
brough.
In addition, Scarbrough says
he would also like to include
interested non-black students
in National Black History week.
"When something is good, it
doesn’t matter if it’s black or
red or yellow. We are just using
this particular week to expose
some of the black," he says.
Scarbrough says BSU,
which is budgeted $6,757 by
the IFC for the 1977-78 school
year, maintains 189 black stu
dents. "That’s all the 189 that
are on campus,” says Scar
brough, “plus some white stu
dents. There are some that fall
into the categories of African
and foreign students.”
Scarbrough says BSU plans
some new events this quarter.
Everything we do is
different,” he says. ‘ We have
different people to start with.
We reflect a new year, new
month and new day.”
BSU has sponsored a
disco-dance that was held at
Robert Scarbrough, Black Student Union President
Photo by Steven Scher
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the EMU Friday. A film titled
“Montgomery to Memphis,”
Monday depicts the life of Mar
tin Luther King, as a commem
oration to King's birth.
The BSU plans to participate
in a 'Multi-Cultural Historical
Symposium" scheduled for
Feb. 20-24. The event will also
include the Native American
Student Union, Asian Ameri
can Student Union and
MEChA.
Scarbrough says the main
purpose of the symposium is
to "get all the ethnic student
unions together to display cer
tain aspects of all the cultural
values that each of the student
unions have together.”
The Black Arts Festival, the
largest annual event spon
sored by the BSU will be held
from May 8-12. The Arts Festi
val has previously been cited
as "the most enterprising effort
of the school year by the Black
Student Union.” Interested
determined energetic, and re
sponsible persons "are invited
to participate. The festival will
also be coordinated by faculty
adviser Dr. Grace Hampton.
“One of our goals is to tear
down a lot of racial barriers,”
Scarbrough says. "We feel that
a lot of our job is to educate the
non-black that this isn’t a mili
tary operation. If you really
want to know what the Black
Student Union is all about, you
have to come here and work.
Come down here, put your foot
in, and you’ll find out what it’s
about."
Health hotline
for Chicanos
opens in NW
- Chicanos interested in finding
out more about health career op
portunities now have a number to
call for help and information. The
Chicano Health Career Hotline is
a new service of the Health
Careers Program of Northwest
Chicano Health.
By calling the ' Hotline” collect
at (206) 633-1101, students or
parents can find out about health
career training opportunities in
most colleges and universities in
the Northwest. Information on
counseling, financial aid and tutor
ing is also available.
Right now there are many job
opportunities for Chicano health
professionals in the Northwest,
Bob Marvel of the Health Careers
Program says, but he adds there
are not enough Chicanos with the
training to serve the growing
community.
Students who think they may be
interested in training for a health
career, or who need help to con
tinue their health career educa
tions, are urged to call the
Chicano Hotline.
Grant receipts
top last year
Through the first half of the
1977-78 academic year, the Uni
versity is ahead of its 1976-77
total for receipt of grants and con
tracts.
According to a report issued by
the University, the University of
Oregon already has received 163
grants and contracts totaling
$8,293,005 during the 1977-78
academic vear
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Faires
A Children's Health Faire in 110
EMU from 10 a. m. to 2 pm, will
present a children's movie, “Oc
tapuff" from the lung association
on smoking. A puppet show will
follow explaining the movie.
Thursday, the Career Faire will
feature panels in biology,
psychology, English, history, polit
ical science and sociology.
Neil Murray, director of career
planning and placement, says this
will give students majoring in those
Westmoreland
offers activities
Drop-in activities at Westmore
land Community Center, 1545 W.
22nd Ave., are scheduled from 9
am. - 10 p.m., Monday through
Thursday and from 9 am. - 5 pm.,
Fridays.
Activities available include
games of ping-pong, billiards and
an air hockey table.
For more information call,
687-5316.
areas an opportunity to talk to
University graduates in the field.
In this way, students can find out
how their studies relate to jobs in
the field and what career oppor
tunities are available.
Psychology, English and his
tory representatives will be avail
able from noon to 1:30 p.m. Biol
ogy, political science and sociol
ogy representatives will talk to
students from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
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