Saint Louis University’s Black Student Alliance chose its future on April 4-its 2002-2003 executive board was elected.
The new board consists of: President-elect David Young; Vice President-elect Ingrid Treadwell; Academic Chair-elect Phil Woodmore; Activities Chair-elect Courtney Easter; Communications Chair-elect Clinton Barney; Seageant-at-Arms-elect Natasha Cook; Historian-elect Africa Cook; Treasurer-elect Christopher Clark; and Secretary-elect Amber Kendrick.
Young, a junior, is excited about his upcoming term as BSA president. “I am very happy I won, and I am eager to get started,” Young said. He plans to provide opportunities and events for the SLU community members involved with BSA and those unfamiliar with the organization.
One of Young’s main goals is to hold joint activities with other student organizations, to encourage more participation and to broaden perspectives.
Though Young is excited about serving as president next year, he acknowledged that next year could be slightly difficult with the move of the BSA office to Notre Dame Hall for the Busch Memorial Center renovations. He is not too worried about the space the BSA office was allotted, but there are other space concerns. “The biggest hindrance is that we do not have enough room for the meetings of our General Assembly,” Young said.
“[Young] served as the BSA senator this year, so he had the opportunity to serve and learn at the same time,” said Ricki Fernandez, the current BSA president.
Fernandez said that he thinks Young has the potential to excel as president.
Young will spend the rest of the semester shadowing Fernandez to get a better grasp on the position he will be inheriting, such as the presidential duties and the contacts he will need to maintain. Fernandez said that the two will “discuss the finer points” of being the BSA president and basically get Young prepared for the fall.
Fernandez, who will graduate in December, said that under his one-year term BSA accomplished much of what it set out to achieve.
One of Fernandez’s top priorities was to increase awareness of BSA’s presence and purpose at SLU, a goal he feels was successfully reached. “Several events were incorporated for the first time this year too. There were aspirations for these to be great events, but I think they just need time,” Fernandez said.
