Thursday, March 25, 2010

New Connect 4 Executive Board, Fall 2010!

Tonight we held Connect 4 leadership team elections for the Fall 2010 semester, and here are the results:

President- Grace Chao, 2013
Internal VP- Lexi Klein, 2012
External VP- Ezelle Sanford, III, 2012
Treasurer- Camille Young, 2013*
Secretary- Kyle Carpenter, 2013
Public Relations- Rori Spivey, 2012*


*Positions whereby elected members were not present upon voting are tentative until the elected leader accepts his/her position via written verification.

Congratulations to all elected members! 

Thursday, March 4, 2010

You Bring Out the Vietnamese in Me, Bao Phi

Last night, I (De) had the pleasure of attending a poetry show (hosted by Vietnamese Students Association and WUSLAM) that featured Def Poetry Slam poet, Bao Phi. It was really awesome, so I thought I'd post a video or two of his work. 

You Bring Out the Vietnamese in Me


Another Great One- I LOVE THIS ONE




Also, shout out to VSA for the awesome poster that was with the event:

Are You Taiwanese? Put It on the Census!

Nice PSA

Monday, March 1, 2010

Let's Start a Conversation



Today I was reading a blog that I follow called RaceWire, and its post, "Start a Conversation to Say No to Racial Profiling" caught my attention. With the struggle that bodies within the WU community have had with sustaining attention and concern with the racial profiling issue, it intrigued me that the organization and its partner, Night of 1000 Conversations, could do so with such ease in multiple cities.

I wanted to share this because as Missouri does not have a "Conversation" currently registered,  I think it would be great if conversations about various issues could be sparked with the toolkits and service that these organizations provide. What will we converse about as WashU students? What social causes and issues peak our interest at this current time? This is something to think about, and if you desire to spark a convo with your peers and groups, try using Night of 1000 Conversations as a resource.

Here's the video that they posted on RaceWire.*



*Please note that conversations do not have to be about race...

Peace