Once again, the end of the academic year is almost upon us and there are two things usually associated with it.
I'm talking about conferences and elections for organizations. You should see how busy it gets around this time of the year. People are running all over the country to make it to their perspective conferences. Yet at the same time, people are also scrambling for executive positions of their organizations.
Because a lot of people know me, they can attest to the following sentence. I don't learn my lesson the first time and will keep doing the same thing over and over again, until I get it right. I don't mean anything as in illegal or dangerous, just stuff I know I can improve upon.
So, in a repeat effort, I'm going to run for the two positions I ran for last spring. Unfortunately, I didn't get either of them last year. That is why I'm running for those positions again.
The two positions I'm running for are the vice-presidential seat of the Asian American Student Association (AASA) and the vice-presidential/presidential seat for the Latino Student Union (LSU). Now some people will say, "Moses you're not (fill in the blanks)." If you want to see how well a person who's "not"can help run an organization, come and check it out. If you see me with a name tag, that will mean that I got a seat in one of the organizations.
It's time to face some facts, students. Every time you pay for tuition and fees, you pay for every single student organization that's on campus. In order to truly get your money's worth, the best thing for you to do is join the organizations that interest you even a little bit.
There's always a joke with my friends and I. They'll ask me, "So Moses, what organizations aren't you involved with?" I always jokingly reply, "Feminists for Action, but only because I don't know when they meet." I've always wanted to go to a meeting, but I truly don't know when they meet. If somebody can tell me, I would be grateful.
I got this newfound inspiration to run for these seats during this past weekend. Originally I was not going to run for anything, but then I went to MAASU. MAASU is the Mid-West Asian American Student Union (MAASU) Conference.
If you never had the opportunity to attend this annual conference, I highly encourage you to do so. Whether you're Asian or not, it's good to go. I know some of the people who went to MAASU aren't Asian. After all, am I or aren't I Asian? You learn so much and it can be beneficial to all who go.
To be in a conference that's designed to encourage and empower Asians, and to be a part of the minority that's there, to be an "other" at the conference is a great experience.
If you want to feel what it's like to be a minority (Caucasians) while at the same time getting empowered and adopting some brand new ideas, I say go for it. After all, look at me.
I'm running for positions many people would call for a person of that ethnicity to run for. If I believed that, I wouldn't have many of the friends or experiences I have now.
Write to Moses at moses_41@hotmail.com
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