Get To Know Your Organizations: Desi Heritage of South Asians (DHOSA)
MICHAEL OLEAGA
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Feature
MICHAEL OLEAGA
Feature Editor
Students of South Asian heritage have a campus organization they can be proud of: DHOSA, or Desi Heritage of South Asians.
"DHOSA is a multicultural organization in Pace University," said DHOSA President Zanib Naveed.
"Our motives are to hold events that bring awareness of our cultural background within the Pace community." Although the club name states its purpose for representing South Asians, Naveed makes it clear that they welcome people from all different ethnicities and backgrounds.
"Our organization is open to anyone and everyone. In fact I believe we are the most diverse organization in Pace," continued Naveed.
She went on to add that their executive board consists of people from various ethnicities.
"My Treasurer is Italian, the Secretary is Peruvian, Vice President is Pakistani, and Public Relations is Jordanian. Like I always say 'you name it we got it.' We all have something different to offer from our background."
When it comes to events, this organization tries its best to guarantee to bring variety for Pace students.
"When we try to put an event together, we make sure that we all can relate to the event. This is the reason that we all have so much to offer the Pace community," Naveed elaborated. "Some (events) that I think were great successes were Prom Night and a Night of Spiritual Development. Prom Night was as exactly as it sounds. Since many of us had our prom dresses still hung in our closest, we thought that it would be a great idea to have prom all over in Pace. We had about 70 people show up. We had DHOSA dance team perform and had a DJ with an open dance floor. It turned out to be a relaxing night for students."
DHOSA also expressed their enlightening side.
"Night of Spiritual Development was an event to educate students about different religions. We had 4 different guest speakers come and speak about religions, from Muslim, Christianity, Catholicism and Judaism. Every speaker spoke on what they knew about their religion and then had an open discussion to what we all thought," Naveed said.
Feature Editor
Students of South Asian heritage have a campus organization they can be proud of: DHOSA, or Desi Heritage of South Asians.
"DHOSA is a multicultural organization in Pace University," said DHOSA President Zanib Naveed.
"Our motives are to hold events that bring awareness of our cultural background within the Pace community." Although the club name states its purpose for representing South Asians, Naveed makes it clear that they welcome people from all different ethnicities and backgrounds.
"Our organization is open to anyone and everyone. In fact I believe we are the most diverse organization in Pace," continued Naveed.
She went on to add that their executive board consists of people from various ethnicities.
"My Treasurer is Italian, the Secretary is Peruvian, Vice President is Pakistani, and Public Relations is Jordanian. Like I always say 'you name it we got it.' We all have something different to offer from our background."
When it comes to events, this organization tries its best to guarantee to bring variety for Pace students.
"When we try to put an event together, we make sure that we all can relate to the event. This is the reason that we all have so much to offer the Pace community," Naveed elaborated. "Some (events) that I think were great successes were Prom Night and a Night of Spiritual Development. Prom Night was as exactly as it sounds. Since many of us had our prom dresses still hung in our closest, we thought that it would be a great idea to have prom all over in Pace. We had about 70 people show up. We had DHOSA dance team perform and had a DJ with an open dance floor. It turned out to be a relaxing night for students."
DHOSA also expressed their enlightening side.
"Night of Spiritual Development was an event to educate students about different religions. We had 4 different guest speakers come and speak about religions, from Muslim, Christianity, Catholicism and Judaism. Every speaker spoke on what they knew about their religion and then had an open discussion to what we all thought," Naveed said.
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