BOG to sponsor service project
By COURTNEY BOYLE
News Writer
Board of Governance voted unanimously to co-sponsor an Appalachian service trip and a program to invite Bayyinah Belloa, a native of Haiti, to lecture at Saint Mary's at their Tuesday meeting.
Junior Genevieve Yavello requested co-sponsorship of the service project. Saint Mary's and Notre Dame students will travel to Clintwood, Va., to work with nuns repairing underprivileged families' houses.
"We're going to get the chance to do the kind of work that most of us don't get to do, and it will be fun to do it with and for families that need our help," Yavello said.
BOG offered the 12 students and one faculty member $600 for the trip. BOG gave $500 for a similar trip over fall break.
"I am very much looking forward to this opportunity, and I am so excited and very grateful to BOG for their generous donation," Yavello said.
BOG also allotted money to bring Belloa, a professor and grassroots leader of campaigns for literacy, to Saint Mary's on March 26 through 30. She will speak in five classes and deliver one public lecture on the role of women in Haiti.
"Bayyinah will help us here at Saint Mary's College to develop a deeper awareness of the realities of women in developing countries and to understand our responsibilities as citizens in relation to countries such as Haiti," senior Katie Cousino said.
Representatives also discussed plans for the upcoming Women's Month. Several events, including an art display in LeMans Hall Lobby, are scheduled for March.
"Women's month is right around the corner, it is very exciting," said Angie Little, Saint Mary's student body vice-president.
Other evens scheduled for March include a Notre Dame comedian at Dalloway's on March 6, a folk group performance on March 22, a March 27 spirit softball game and the last open mic night at Dalloway's on March 29.
All News Stories for Wednesday, March 1, 2000
