This week Missouri Western will be having Black Student Union Week and there are several events and activities in store.
There will be a number of recreational activities like a Bowling Night at the Belt Bowl on Wednesday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
There will also be more serious events like the Habitat for Humanity project from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and giving back to the senior citizens at Saxons Community Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The cafeteria menu will also be altered everyday of the week in celebration of BSU week and will include many different types of meals such as seasoned Fried chicken, BBQ brisket, Jambalaya, Apple Crisp, and several other entrees.
BSU president, Moses Fields, is hoping to have big turnouts and a good number of students at all the events with a few important ones in mind.
“We will be having a presidential candidate informational on the morals and values of the candidates so people can make an intelligent decision when they vote,” Fields said.
The informational will be on Tuesday in the Blum Student Union Lobby from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Kandace Robinson, treasurer of the BSU, is hoping to be able to get more people involved and aware of the things that are going on in the BSU as well as on campus.
“We want to inform people about the BSU and get them to be active around the campus,” Robinson said.
Another event that will be benefiting the community is the Halloween Social in Leah Spratt Hall rooms 214-216 on Friday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Students attending this will need to bring canned goods and non-perishable food items. Students wearing costumes should bring two food items and those without a costume will need to bring three items.
Fields would like to gather as many food items as possible in order to give to a greater cause.
“The food items we get there will be donated to the Homeless Awareness Week which is the following week,” Fields said.
After the Habitat for Humanity Project on Thursday, the Mr. and Miss BSU informational will be held in the Blum Union Lobby at 6 p.m. Fields believes this pageant will help to shape the future of the BSU.
“This will be a pageant that will select the voice and the face of the Black Student Union within the next semester,” Fields said.
The following week on Thursday, Nov. 8, there will be an alumni panel of former Missouri Western students to talk to current students about life after college.
“This will be a chance for students to ask questions to alumni about why they picked Western and things that prepared them for life after college,” Fields said.
There will also be several other activities over the course of this week including After School Recess on Monday, Spirit Day at the football game on Saturday, Movie Night on Sunday and a Collar and Heels Party the following week on Friday Nov. 9th.
Black Student Union Week Activities
Wednesday
• Bowling Night at the Belt Bowl
10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday
• Habitat for Humanity Project
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday
• Giving back to senior citizens:
Saxons Community Center
1 to 3 p.m.
The cafeteria menu will also be altered every day for
the week celebration. The menu will include.
• Fried chicken
• BBQ Brisket
• Jambalaya
• Apple Crisp