CAMPUS 5
And the Candidates Were:
By Teresa Williams
Ink Staff Writer
Who is the president of the
Black Student Movement for the
1994-1995 school year?
Well, current BSM members
cast their votes Feb. 28 and
chose juniorLatricia Henry over
junior Jasme Kelly and senior
Tim Smith for the presidency.
Chimi Boyd ran unopposed
for the position of vice president,
while LaTarsha Chambers and
Nikki Stringer ran unopposed for
the offices of treasurer and par
liamentarian, respectively. There
was no one on the ballot for BSM
secretary.
The following is a brief pro
file of the candidates and their
platforms.
President
Latricia Henry: Henry is a
junior advertising major and Af-
rican-American studies minor
fi’om Reidsville. Her campaign
slogan was, “Innovation through
Enhancement” and her platform
focused on restructuring the B SM
to increase its effectiveness and
build its credibility.
Henry, who served as BSM
vice president for teh 1993-94
school year, said she believes that
it’s imfX)rtant to have a sturdy
foundation upon which to imple
ment new ideas.
“The Central Committee and
executive officers must be lead
ers with visions and goals who
are able to work to meet these
visions and goals,” she said.
As president Henry said, “I
will make sure that these people
are appointed to committee
chairs.”
Henry said she also feels that
the job descriptions of the BSM
officers must be reevaluated.
She wants to see if the initial
descriptions still apply today.
Henry’s platform included
more minority Homecoming ac
tivities; establishing a student
government liaison, a
multicultural workshop and a
monthly lecture series; represen
tation on the BCC Search Com
mittee; better BSM publicity,
minority admissions recruitment
investigations and minority/fe
male faculty recruitment; and
more BSM social events.
Henry ’ s leadership experience
includes being an active BSM
member since her freshman year
as the program coordinator (92-
93); a member of the Miss BSM
selection committee, the Coali
tion for a free-standing SHSBCC
and Coronation Ball committee;
BSM Vice President (93-94); at
tendee of BCC Advisory Board
meetings; Collegiate Black Cau
cus president (92-93); and secre
tary (92-93)/president (93-94) of
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
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Jasme Kelly: Kelly is a jun
ior Speech Communications
major from Durham.
“It’s your organization,” says
Kelly, who believes that the BSM
should be given back to its mem
bers. Kelly said that as B SM presi
dent, she would not ask more of
the members than she would of
herself.
As a step to increasing the
efficiency and competency of the
Central Committee, Kelly said
she would let the committee
members know that they have
her trust and that the organiza
tion is depending on them to do
good jobs.
“If they know that someone is
depending on them, then they will
come through,” Kelly said.
Kelly’s platform included en
suring that the BSM is recog
nized as a major student organi
zation; representing the needs
and desires of BSM members
throughout the University; cre
ating more interaction among
black students, faculty and staff;
and ensuring student participa
tion in the search for a new chan
cellor and vice chancellor for
student affairs, BCC director and
associate dean of the Office for
Student Counseling.
Kelly has the following lead
ership experience: BSM parlia
mentarian (92-94); Black Parents
Alliance (91-92); Gospel Choir
(91-92); StudentGovemment co-
Coordinator of Academic Af
fairs (93-94); Students for Edu
cational Access (92-94); NC
STAR (93); Carolina Union
Board of Directors (93-94); and
College of the Arts and Sciences
Advisory Board (93-94).
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Tim Smith: Smith is a senior
Speech Communications and
African-American Studies
double major from Kinston. His
campaign focused on “Black to
the Future: Putting the Move Back
into the Movement.”
Smith said he wanted to change
the image of the BSM by creat
ing an organization with a “foun
dation enabling the members to
fight back” when given blows by
university administrators.
Smith said he believes that
there must be a blueprint for
struggle and activism through
which the membership will be
come more active and work as a
“family.”
“The BSM must become a
part of (the members)”, said
Smith. “Right now, the BSM is
known for spontaneity.”
Smith said he would like to
implement anew, less rigid struc
ture for which to run the BSM.
His platform included re-vamp
ing the BSM’s identity; re-estab-
hshing a blueprint for activism
on campus; increasing BSM ac
tive membership; black unity
through educational and social
events; and creating an effective
network with organizations on
and off campus.
Smith’s leadership experience
entails being the co-founder of
the Black Awareness Council;
member of the BCC Advisory
Board, the BSM, the Coalition
for a free-standing SI ISBCC and
the UNC football team. He has
also presented a workshop on
Civil Disobedience at Vasser
College and served as an Upward
Bound volunteer.
Vice President
Chimi Boyd is a sophomore
biology major from Durham.
As BSM vice president, one
of Boyd’s major responsibilities
will be to work with the Fresh
man Class Committee. Boyd said
she plans, through the commit
tee, to begin question and answer
information sessions.
“Freshmen are tomorrow’s
leaders,” said Boyd. “It is impor
tant to begin working with them
during their fre.shmen year to get
involved with campus activities.”
Boyd said” she is concerned
with raising freshmen awareness
of leadership programs and
.scholarship opportunities. Work
ing closer with the Freshman
Class Committee will enable
Boyd to implement programs to
spark this awareness.
Boyd said she also wants to
establish a Freshman Award/
Scholarship for BSM involve
ment and academic excellence.
The money for the award can be
raised by the Freshmen Class
Committee.
Other ideas that Boyd has for
the conmiittee is for motiva
tional speakers to attend the
weekly meetings, forums and
sessions for freshmen to express
themselves as well as support
and tutoring groups.
Boyd was a member of the
Gospel Choir for two years, and
served as chairwoman of the
BSM’s Coronation Ball commit
tee as chairwoman. Boyd spear
headed the annual fashion show
for the BSM after starting the
fa,shion show two years ago. She
currently serves as the show co
ordinator.
Treasurer
LaTarsha Chambers is a
sophomore anthropology major
from Ganier.
Chambers is a .second-year
member of the BSM. Chambers
plans, if elected, to require that
all committees submit itemized
reports detailing exact figures
concerning their expenses.
Parlimentarian
Nikki Stringer is a fre,shman
from Raleigh.
Stringer is a write-in candi
date for the parliamentarian. She
will, if elected, keep order and
monitor the length of the BSM
meetings. Stringer .said she feels
that what worked in previous
years may not work in 1994.
Su-inger said she would like to
increase activism among mem
bers and create connections with
the various black student organi
zations of various surrounding
universities.
wMPM
Students at the recent BSM forum