Friday, February 12, 2010

Active International Associations

After looking up information about the active fifteen International Student associations for Winter Semester 2010 on campus from the school's Associations page at www.byui.edu/Associations, I have come to the conclusion that very few of these active associations are in fact very active. The majority of the association's individual websites have not been updated in several semesters and some in several years, and others have no information to show at all. I found that the French Association's page lists that they meet every Thursday at 6 pm in Hinckley 245. They are one of the very few associations who supposedly meet on a weekly basis. I go to the meeting promptly at 6 pm with no french cuisine or francophone people to be found. It is sad to see that there appears to be a lack of involvement or excitement about the different International associations available on campus to become apart of. It seems like it is a wonderful opportunity not found elsewhere where we as students can become enlightened by learning to appreciate the cultures of those across the globe. I assume people are too busy with the day to day duties of being students, or are just ill informed because there seems to be a lack of leadership or organization over some of the International Associations available at our school.

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