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A communal area of the Bertelsmann Campus Center,
which contains confernece and meeting rooms where many student clubs meet and
hold
events.
All students are members of the Bard College Student Association, a democratic forum with three main functions: to raise
issues
and take appropriate
action
or recommend action by the College, to provide student representation on
administrative and faculty committees, and to administer allocated funds
for student-run organizations.
| Carnaval, held annually in the spring
and hosted by the Latin American Students Organization, is one
of the many events throughout the year sponsered by student clubs. |
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The Student Association
Planning Committee allocates and disburses convocation funds, a large portion
of which goes to the Entertainment Committee to support
campus events. The Planning Committee also allocates funds to more than 60
organizations.
A partial list of these organizations would include the Asian American Students
Organization,
Bard Animal Rights Collective, Bard Film Committee, Bard Debates, Bard
Free Press, Bard Journal of
Social Sciences, Bard
Observer, Black Student Organization, Christian Students
Fellowship, Creative
Music Alliance, Dance Club, International Students Organization, Jewish Students
Organization, Kung Fu Club, Latin American Students Organization, Migrant
Labor Project,
Model UN, Muslim Students Organization, Outdoor Club, Philosophy Club, Student
Action Coalition,
Student-Run Theater, and WXBC
Radio Station. Students may form new clubs
every semester.
Many social, cultural, and political activities
take place in various locations around campus. Some of these locations are spaces like Smog , which offers practice and
performance space for Bard bands and hosts appearances by touring musical groups,
and the Root
Cellar, an organic coffee shop and natural foods co-op that presents poetry
readings
and houses what is reputed to be the most extensive zine library on the East
Coast.
The Student Action Collective organizes participation in and transportation
to political
events on campus and locally.
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