Hey Everyone,So a quick follow up on day two of the intercultural retreat; we had a breakfast meeting with the leaders of the other student organizations to discuss a multicultural event that we could possibly plan in the next academic year. On my table was the president of the Newman Christian society at Clark, a member of the Asian Cultural society, a member of the Latin American student society, A member of the Caribbean African Student society, A member of the South Asian Student society, a member of the Student Organization against Racism and of course myself, representing the International Students Association. Together we came up with an event called Women of the World were we proposed a panel discussion from women around the clark and worcester community and men as well discussing their lives as 21 century women. Afterwards we had a lovely closing ceremony lunch in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. We had a speaker from Brandeis University come and give a talk about diversity and our role as young men and women of Clark. He emphasized our leadership roles at Clark and how we should remember to treat others not as we would like to be treated but as THEY would like to be treated. So this week was a rather memorable week in US. history. At Noon on the 20th of January 2009 the first African-American President was sworn into office. We watched it live from CNN but any news channel would have sufficed considering that they all were airing it. The website Facebook had a internet live feed where people could watch the inaugaration live while changing their facebook status everytime they have a comment on the on-goings of the event. My roommate Meagan Covino travelled to D.C actually, stood in line at 3am and waited 7 and a half hours to hear Obama speak. There were over 2 million people present at the event (that is a lot of people; more than the total population of my country Namibia) and they stood in in cold just to get a glimpse of the President if the United States on the big Jumbo-tron screens. Several Goverment professors showed the event during their classes, as my Goverment minor roommate noted, and the all the student lounges with cable access were filled with students anxious to hear Obama speak. Overall the inaugaration was successful, although the oath was kind of messed up a little, only th e future will tell what President Obama will do for the U.S.A. Good luck Mr. President! The process of Gala has finally kicked off with our general meeting on thursday for all performers, hosts, volunteers and ushers. We had a packed meeting with excited people from all backgrounds, clubs and organizations. Every week I plan to give an update of the Gala preprations before the big day. I am planning on performing in the Gala as well, dancing in Southern Africa, Germany and Pakistan, but time will tell. For those who do not know about Gala please e-mail me and i’ll be more than happy to send you links to watch it on Youtube.See you next week
posts by Tuku
- So long, Farewell, Aufwiedersehen, Adieu - April 26th, 2009
- Open House, Carmen Sandiego, Soul Food and Vesak - April 20th, 2009
- Spree Day, Asian Glow Party and Easter Sunday - April 12th, 2009
- If All you want is everything, All you need is Gala! - April 6th, 2009
- Research and Gala Hell Week! - March 30th, 2009
- Hip hop, Casa Party, Ladies Night..... AND GALA '09 COMMERCIAL - March 23rd, 2009
- Spring Break, Euphoria IV and the Multicultural Dinner - March 16th, 2009
- German Films, V-Day and Sushi Party - February 22nd, 2009
- Date Auction, Hip Hoppers and Host Selections - February 15th, 2009
- Academic Commons and Murder Mystery - February 2nd, 2009
- Welcome back and Intercultural Retreat - January 19th, 2009
- Hip Hop Collabo 'Rock this Party' 2008 Show!! - December 8th, 2008
- Journey, Arabic and Thanksgiving - November 23rd, 2008
- American Dinner and Take me out Play - November 17th, 2008
- Elections!!! - November 10th, 2008
- Halloween, Caroline's 20th birthday and Election-eve - November 3rd, 2008
- Flavorful week - October 27th, 2008
- Eid dinner!! - October 19th, 2008
- Very Active Week!! - October 11th, 2008
- Some Bio on me... - October 5th, 2008
