On August 30th from 5:00pm to 7:00 pm, I attended the Black Student Association annual cookout for new members. I expected for there just to be a few people, like maybe twenty students, since blacks only make up 2-3% of the student population. Also I thought there would be just black people there, and nasty central food. I wanted there to be games, ice breakers and ways for people to get know each other. I assumed there would be many administration overseeing us. I was thinking it would be like a regular backyard cookout, with the music and the dancing. Basically I thought I was going to be attending stereotypical black cookout. I was scared about going to the cookout, because I have been at Appalachian for only two weeks, so I don’t really