Behind the Scenes: More Pics from the Dances!

February 6th: The Black n' White Dance:

Olivia, our historian, plays shy and hides from the camera

Nick and I, getting picture happy

Laetitiah stands tall

Ben Wu, from the Intercultural Center, who helped made our night a success!

Me, in vertigo

January 23rd:

Yonas and Tumi discuss the playlist for the dance

Olivia, Allan, Tumi, and our advisor Nadine Knight flash their bright smiles

BSU Dance Pt 2: Black n' White

People, people!

After much request, BSU put on an unheard of second dance this semester!

As you may all recall, the speakers blew out at the last dance and while the night was saved, BSU members overheard, were texted, facebooked, and received many requests for another one. We appreciated the love and after careful planning, we made it happen! Again.

Yeah, we're cool!

As Black History Month was fast approaching, we came up with the genius idea to open our event-packed month with the dance! The theme this year for BHM is "The History of Black Economic Empowerment" and Tumi, one of our co-presidents, tossed some ideas around for a dance theme that would blend with our month theme.

Allan listening to Tumi toss some ideas around

At last, we decided on the theme of Black n' White, which not only fits our theme, but looks cool and is classic--literally.

As was to be expected, the dance was another great success, and this time when party-goers walked out of the Ballroom's double doors, they did so feeling satisfied.

Yeah, wassup!

We also raised another thirty-five dollars towards Haiti and Partners in Health for a grand total of nearly 600 dollars! Way to go Whitman, and BSU!

BSU Dance Pt 1: Lil Jon and Dance for a Difference

"To the windowwwww, to the walls!"

Remember that?

Those were the infamous last sung lyrics at our BSU Dance on January 23rd. But let's start from the beginning.

The Men's Basketball game was that night and it was pretty exciting. Many of our members ( I saw Sarah, Yonas, Laetitiah...others) were there supporting our team.

So understandably, the night was off to a slow start considering when the dance started, the game wasn't even over yet.

Whitman's Justin Artis and Brandon Shaw puttin' it on at the game

But the night got better. By eleven, people started trickling in and by 11:20, the party was in full swing.

Partay!!!

Then around 11:40 pm while the crowd-pleasing hit "Get Low" was playing, the music cut leaving the crowd at a loss.

Our fantastic DJs Chris Barton and Graham of The Indestructible Space Hamsters didn't know what to do.

Graham and Chris, at a loss

Turns out we had some "technical difficulties", namely, there was too much current going through the same circuit and the speakers blew out.Thankfully, we were able to fix the problem and get the music back thumping.

view from the top

The night came to a slow but definitely memorable end as the Indestructible Space Hamsters closed with their trademark Journey's "Don't Stop Believing".

On a more accomplished note, BSU marketed our "Dance for a Difference" to encourage donations for Haiti, inspired by the devastating earthquake that left Haiti in rubbles just a mere week and some days before.


Whitman Students enthusiastically donated towards BSU's stand with Partners in Health, a non-profit organization that has been established in Haiti for more than twenty-five years!

BSU members Olivia Ware, Bao-Tram Vo and Laetitiah Magara accept donations for Haiti

Their eager donations came as a surprise and throughout the night, donations came flowing in!

BSU members Nick Chow, Allan Okello and Adam Delgado of Haiti Relief Initative accept donations for Haiti

By the night's end, we had raised a whopping 525.14 dollars for Haiti!

Yaaayyyy! Sarah Deming, our Secretary, counts the money we've raised

All in all, the night was a smashing success. We can't wait to do it again!