Are Finals stressing you out?

FINALS WEEK CRAM SESSIONS!

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in Oscar Ritchie Hall

6-10pm - Multi-Purpose Room

Study Break Room with music and food in the Green Room
Computer Lab with printer located on the first floor.

"We party hard, we stay up late; but before all, we graduate!" 

Lower stress levels and prevent a bad finals experience by reading testimonies of current KSU students!

“Don’t cram! The majority of people who don’t sleep black-out on the test.”
-Danéa Rhodes, 20, Junior

“Utilize the study tables offered by
student organizations. You never know who has already taken the class.”
-JaRel Clay, 20, Junior

“It’s always a good idea to start studying NOW. Don’t wait until December 11th!”
-Payton Curtis, 20, Junior

“Ask your professors if you do not understand a concept in class.”
-Ryan Robinson, 23, Senior

“Study over the whole week. If your test is on Friday, don’t wait until Thursday.”
-Brendan Desetti, 20, Junior

“Arrive to your final on time.”
-Gina Sparks, 20, Sophomore

“Everyone can use a study break every once in a while.”
-Corey Talley, 19, Sophomore

“Sleep! Get some rest! There’s nothing worse
than falling asleep during a final!”
-Stacey Young, 21, Junior

“Don’t worry about others finishing earlier than you. Slow and steady wins the race!”
-Jasmine Lattaker, 19, Sophomore

Good luck on your finals, and have a safe holiday!

Campaign to END Campus Racism

Photo and campaign information courtesy of the NAACP Youth & College Division Website

Campaign Overview

Over the past few years, students of color have reported a dramatic increase in acts of racial discrimination, intolerance, hate crimes and insensitivity amongst different cultures at institutions of higher education. Hateful and racially insensitive incidents have occurred on some of the most prestigious campuses in the country - Clemson University, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Connecticut and Johns Hopkins University just to name a few. Often, these acts can be attributed to many factors; including a lack of knowledge of what constitutes acts of racial intolerance and hate and a lack of appropriate consequences brought forth from university officials.

In an effort to address this escalating problem, the NAACP Youth & College Division has created a Campaign to End Campus Racism; a multi-level campaign that seeks to achieve significant changes at various levels of the educational hierarchy -- from policy making bodies to student populations. The campaign will work to end campus racism through mobilization on state board of regents, private institutions and state/federal legislators with a comprehensive policy that demands intolerance of racist acts and behavior within institutions of higher education.

Campaign Goals

The goals of the Campaign to End Campus Racism are the following:

• Establish a campaign email address that will allow students, faculty and staff members to report incidents of hate that take place specifically on college and university campuses: stopracism@naacpnet.org.
• Create a campaign protocol for NAACP units to follow when a hate incident has taken place on the campus and outlines when national intervention in necessary.
• Work with college and university administrations to create comprehensive policies that will include: proactive training to reduce the level of insensitivity on campuses; the requirement of investigative and sensitivity training for campus police; as well as university disciplinary guidelines that create a level of accountability.
• Issue a Call to Action for University Presidents/Chancellors to create a Special Taskforce on Campus Hate to proactively address issues of diversity and campus inclusion at all levels in the university.
• Demand that colleges and universities comply with all state hate crime report requirements.
• Publish a quarterly report that outlines hate incidents that occur on campuses throughout the county and provides follow-up information on documented cases. 

Do SOMETHING! Take this Racism Incident Report Form and report any acts of racism you see!

Brief History of KSU-NAACP: as told by Robin Wright, KSU-NAACP President

The Kent State University chapter of NAACP was founded in 1997 by Richard Montgomery and other students who felt that there needed to be change at an institutionalized level in order to ensure equal treatment of African American and minority students on Kent State’s campus. Though there were already various student

organizations on campus in 1997 fighting for the social and educational equality of African American students, Mr. Montgomery and his constituents understood the potential impact that could be made by a National organization as prominent as the NAACP—an organization that has the experience and resources needed to fight

against the injustices that are continuing to occur on Kent State’s campus and in the surrounding communities.

The first attempt to create a chapter of NAACP here at Kent State University was in 1954 with the help of Dr. Oscar Ritchie, the first African American to hold at faculty position at a state institution in Ohio, also the man which Oscar Ritchie Hall, the black cultural center here on campus is named after. The chapter at the time was denied by the then President, George Bowman, who stated that, “NAACP was a radical organization” and therefore was not allowed to exist on Kent State’s campus. 1954 was a time period in Kent State’s history in which there still existed segregated housing on campus for African Americans and a period in which a force such as NAACP was needed more than ever.

Since its official founding on this campus, KSU-NAACP have worked side by side with other black and civil rights organizations on and off campus to ensure equal educational opportunity for minority students on this campus and in the surrounding communities. From protesting along side of Black United Students and other black organizations to force the university to acknowledge the need to renovate Oscar Ritchie Hall, to informing students of national issues that effect our communities, partaking in community service, the KSU-NAACP continues to fight to eradicate discrimination and better the living and educational situation for students of color at Kent State University.

I invite all of you to join our fight for social, economic, political, and educational equality for all students here at Kent State University. Help us as we strive to eliminate discrimination and develop within ourselves and those we serve effective leadership as we are tomorrow’s leaders! In order to accomplish these goals, we need you on our side. Join KSU-NAACP today, and start a period of personal growth that will carry on for a lifetime.

-Robin Wright
2009-2010 President

"Get It Together B.U.S." - What do you think?

The following information was found reading the comment wall of Black United Students' Facebook.com Event, "40th Renaissance Ball and Pageant" on November 5, 2009. Do you think this young man had some validity in his comment, or do you think he was completely out of line? Form your own opinion.

From John Byerly, Pan-African Studies major at Kent State University:

---Quote---
ON THIS NIGHT I WILL BE REPRESENTING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DPAS MAJOR'S AND MINORS AT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCES OF THE YEAR, THE ABCC (ASSOCIATION FOR BLACK CULTURAL CENTERS) AT CLEVELAND STATE, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. NOW...

IF WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING OPERATE AS STUDENTS AND SOLIDIERS FOR BLACK IMPROVEMENT WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE RITCHIE AND THE DEPT. A LOT MORE...THIS MEANS GOING TO CONFERENCES, CLASSES, LECTURES, AND EVENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE CLAIM ALL BITCH ABOUT, BUT DON'T ACT ON.

1. IT IS SAD THAT EVEN THOUGH DR. DORSEY TOLD ALL OF US ABOUT HELPING TO REPRESENT THIS DEPT AT OUR MAJOR/MINOR MEETINGS, NOBODY SEEMED TO LISTEN OR TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY BUT ME. WHY THE FUCK IS THIS?

2. BLACK UNITED STUDENTS NEED TO REALIZE THAT THIS SHIT IS SERIOUS...YOU CANNOT SAY THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE IF YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO UNIFY ON AN EDUCATIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND METAPHYSICAL LEVEL.

3. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE EVEN CARING ABOUT SEEING ONE OF OUR ELDERS, DR. NA'IM AKBAR AT THIS CONFERENCE. IT IS AS IF WE HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH OUR PAST AND HISTORY AND PURPOSE AND MAJORS AND MINORS OF THIS DEPT.

DONT GET ME WRONG, THIS EVENT IS GREAT...I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 200 PEOPLE WILL GO TO THIS BUT NONE OF Y'ALL SHOW UP IN CLASS, COME TO SEE GUEST SPEAKERS, OR READ ANY FUCKIN' BOOKS ON THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLES THAT WE CLAIM TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT.

DYLAN [Sellers], THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK AT ALL BUT I NEED YOU TO SERIOUSLY GET BACK TO THE EDUCATIONAL REALM AND GET SOME SELF-KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT IT IS YOU ARE FUCKING PREACHING. I WILL GIVE MY LIFE FOR THE CAUSE OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS, AND I WILL FIGHT MY RACIST WHITE COUNTERPARTS UNTIL MY DEATH...BUT YOU NEED TO HELP AND MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THAT DR. CROSBY, DR. BEN, DR. CLARKE, DR. VAN SERTIMA, DR. HILLIARD, AND DR. WOODSON ALL FOUGHT SO HARD FOR. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO RETURNING THE STOLEN LEGACY TO AFRICA.

I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU, I HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR OUR ELDERS AND TEACHERS, AND BECAUSE WE CANT JUST SIT BACK AND PARTY AND BE FUCKING CLUELESS WHILE THE WHITE SUPREMACIST IS PUTTING BLACK FATHERS IN JAIL, AND DESTROYING THE CHILDREN. SLAVERY STILL EXISTS AND I CANT STOP THIS SHIT BY MYSELF YOU GUYS...YALL NEED TO REALLY SEE THE SITUATION HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THIS DEPT AND OSCAR RITCHIE, AND WHEN THEY DO, HOW CAN WE BITCH ABOUT IT BEING GONE WHEN WE AINT DO SHIT TO SAVE IT. SHEM-HOTEP MARAFIKI YANGU...IT'S ON US NOW. YOU FEEL ME?

my bad i had to flip out...but seriously where the fuck is our unity? Do we have any Umoja or do we just pretend we cool? ase"

---End Quote---

Why was inSIGHT! created?

inSIGHT is an online student-run newsletter. It started as an idea that the 2009-2010 KSU-NAACP thought would be a one-page double-sided publication that would serve as a form a advertisement for Center for Pan-African Culture (CPAC) organizations—just another way of keeping minority students at Kent State up-to-date on programs, meetings, social events, and opportunities to advance academically, economically, and through our new health initiatives.

Two of the six principles of the KSU-NAACP are to advocate and educate. We firmly believe in standing up for your rights and educating our community on issues on campus as well as locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The information you find in this publication will not be mainstream-focused—you can find that on KentNewsNet.com or in the USA Today or New York Times newspapers.

This newsletter is designed to give you that piece of information you will not necessarily read in other publications on Kent State’s campus. We intend to inform, entertain, and educate with inSIGHT. As planned, you will find a calendar of CPAC events near the end of every issue. Each issue will also come with a word from our national chapter and a main story.

KSU-NAACP is a direct reflection of the NAACP. We continue fight for equality and justice just as our national chapter. One of the most important aspects of maintaining equality is making sure students have access to information about what student organizations are doing for us students at Kent State University!