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Good...But Great?Dean of the College Jim Larimore awarded the Milton Sims Kramer Group Award to MOSAIC, "the student organization for biracial, bicultural, multiracial, and multicultural individuals." The award is given annually to the student group that has made the greatest contribution to the College and includes a $750 prize. Yet, the group’s events have been lightly publicized and attended but for a discussion last year on multicultural dating that was well received. The group’s other activities have included movie nights ("Jungle Fever" and "The Joy Luck Club") and a "Minority Coalition Building BBQ." MOSAIC meetings attract "30 or more students" according to the College’s announcement of the award. While not insignificant and certainly valued by their attendees, MOSAIC’s activities pale in comparison to those of the Dartmouth Outing Club and the Campus Crusade for Christ, just to name two, both of which involve more students, sponsor more events and meetings, and thus likely contribute more to the College as a whole, by means of freshman trips, trail maintenance, and outdoor sports education by the DOC and religious and moral education by the CCC. Per usual, then, "greatest contribution" is to the College’s image. The Office of Public Affairs announced the award in a press release titled "MULTIRACIAL STUDENT GROUP WINS KRAMER PRIZE FOR BEST CONTRIBUTION TO COLLEGE." Congratulations, MOSAIC, on becoming one more tool of the College’s PR campaign to overcome its racial insecurities.
— Andrew Grossman |
