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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
by ASHLEY BENNERS
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
Members of the Black Student Association gathered in the Attic Window Room Monday to send off Black History Month with its last special event – a living wax museum.
Among those represented were talk show host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey, abolitionist and author Frederick Douglas, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., pro-golfer Tiger Woods and poets Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.
Aleea R. McCullough, a senior psychology major, had participated in
living wax museums in both middle school and high school. As soon as
she suggested the idea to the advisory board, everyone was excited to
try it out.
McCullough brought in a list of famous black Americans and let the
interested students choose the notable figure they most wanted to
portray.
“I chose to play Oprah because I admire her so much,” McCullough said. “She does so much for others and has such a big heart.”
T. Shanel Boston, a junior secondary education major and BSA president, was thrilled to play Nikki Giovanni.
“It’s been so much fun, because we all chose someone who fit our own
personalities and someone who we look up to,” she said. “We also
thought it was important to choose people that we know their name but
don’t know that much about.”
BSA members feel that as a whole, events celebrating Black History Month have been successful.
Travis M. Kelly, a sophomore computer information systems major, was surprised by how much he learned over the past few weeks.
“For the first time, I really saw how passionate many people are about
black history,” Kelly said. “This year, we really got creative in the
way we celebrated.”
After the event, Kelly, Boston and McCullough looked back on their favorite events during Black History Month.
Boston and McCullough found “Soul Food Cinema” to be the most
inspirational, while Kelly was most affected by the Alpha Phi Alpha
Legends Celebration.
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