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VI.D. THE PUBLICATION BOARD
The Student Government Association plays an active role in the program of student publications
on campus. The budgets of the several official publications are a part of the total Student
Government Association budget, and the business managers of the separate publications are
responsible directly to the treasurer of the Student Government Association. The College's policy
on student publications is one of guaranteeing freedom from prior censorship and delegation of
responsibility, under sponsorship, and within a code for responsible journalism, to student
editors. This sponsorship rests with a Publications Board composed of the officers of the Student
Government Association, the several editors and the business managers, and both Faculty and
Administrative officers.
Four publications are sponsored by the College and edited and managed by students:
Bagheera
,
the student newspaper;
Southern Accent
, the annual;
Southern Academic Review
, a journal of
scholarly and academic essays; and
Quad
, a literary magazine of student writing. All of these
publications fall under the aegis of the Publications Board.
Compass
, the journal of the Hess
Center for Leadership and Service, is also published annually.
VI.E. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
The College currently hosts a number of student-led organizations on campus. Several national
fraternities and sororities have local chapters on campus. The fraternities are organized under an
Interfraternity Council and the sororities under a Panhellenic Council. In addition, each
organization has a faculty or staff
advisor. A complete list of student organizations with their
leaders and advisors can be found here:
http://www.bsc.edu/campus/orgs/index.cfm .VI.F. MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
The Office of Multicultural Affairs provides intentional learning experiences that educate and
support students in their own identity development. Through panel discussions, speakers,
trainings and special events, their office strives to make cultural awareness an integral part of the
student learning process, as it helps create citizens who can work, live, function and thoughtfully
participate in the global age. We work to affirm the diversity of the campus community in its
many forms by embracing a broad definition of culture to include world views formed by race,
ethnicity, gender, national origin, abilities, religion, and sexual orientation.
VI.G. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
The College supports a variety of extracurricular activities that are administered either by the
Office of Student Development, Student Government Association, or other campus
organizations.