单词 | nusas |
释义 | Nusasn. Now historical. In South Africa: (the name of) a non-racial, but predominantly white and liberal, association of university students.Established in 1924, Nusas merged with SANSCO in 1991 to form SASCO. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies fraternity1777 Phi Beta Kappa1799 union1817 law society1821 Skull and Bones1845 Bones1869 corps1874 frat1895 sorority1900 union1911 Nusas1925 1925 Rhodian (Rhodes Univ.) Nov. 32 We trust that the organisation of such tours will continue to be an annual feature of N.U.S.A.S. activity. 1934 C. P. Swart Suppl. C. Pettman's Gloss. S. Afr. Colloq. Words 126 Nusas, the popular name of the National Union of South African Students. 1952 L. Marquard Peoples & Policies S. Afr. viii. 201 While Nusas admits nonEuropean students, A.S.B. refuses to do so. 1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VIII. 91 During the decades following the Second World War the leaders of NUSAS increasingly felt it their duty to give voice to the student bodies they represented, concerning controversial State actions and legislation. 1987 New Nation 10 Sept. 5 The Info Scandal of 1978 confirmed that the government had pumped thousands of rands into the anti-Nusas campaign. 1991 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) Apr. 9 The merger of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) is particularly symbolic at Rhodes, because it was here that Steve Biko led the walk-out by black students from NUSAS in 1969. 2017 T. Peake North Facing iii. 41 The dean has written to all parents to say he doesn't approve of NUSAS and its campaigns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925 |
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