Conceived in 1967, the Black Student Union at UC San Diego is charged with four fundamental responsibilities: 1. Access, retention, and yield programming to inspire, enlighten, to build unity, to challenge, and to perpetuate the ideologies of the Black Student Union at UCSD 2. To support the efforts of those organizations which perpetuate the ideologies of the Black Student Union 3. To assist in providing an environment that is conducive to academic excellence amongst the Black student population 4. To be accountable through representation.