Slippery Rock University is a predominantly white campus. Minority students only make up about 5 percent of the population. Because the minority students are at such a low percentage different organizations were implemented on campus to make them feel more comfortable as well as be able to open up better to other students.
Black Action Society (BAS) mission statement is, “to promote the African American experience at a predominantly white institution, while serving as a support system for African American students.”
BAS hosted a Black Arts Festival Friday, in the University quad. The event was for, but not limited to the black students on campus. A lot of the black students showed their support for the event, but students of all ethnicities and backgrounds were enjoying the festival. It included making waxed hands, caricatures, henna tattoos, bouncy obstacle course, decorating flip flops, and photo booth for activities. The food included cotton candy, funnel cakes, hotdogs, snow cones, and caramel apples.
The fun didn’t stop there. BAS also had a rapper, a live band, and a port to finish off the festivities.
Shatona Hollingsworth, 20, put off an online quiz just so she could stay out and support and enjoy the festival. She took photos in the photo booth with each of her roommates and a few other friends. Her only disappointment was the caramel apple station ran out of apples before she could get one.
“The lines were very long for the activities,” she said. “But it was worth the wait and being out in the cold.”
Hollingsworth didn’t like the way her wax hand turned out, but she did like the process of making it. She said the iced cold water was good for sticking her hand in the wax, but even after a few dips in the wax she could feel the heat.
“The overall event was nice and a lot of people turned out,” Hollingsworth said. “I would say BAS did a good job for getting the black students involved beyond partying.”
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