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Actress Laverne Cox visits N.C. State

“Let us come together”HARAMBEE 2015, p.6

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The Sentinel of the African -American Community at N.C. State Since 1992.

Editor-In-ChiefChris Hart-Williams

Managing EditorNia Doaks

Design EditorLica Mishelle

WHAT’S INSIDE

Only with the permission of our elders do we proudly produce each edition of the Nubian Message. Dr. Yosef ben-Yochannan: Dr. John

Henrik Clark: Dr. Leonard Jeffries: The Black Panther Party: Mumia A. Jamal: Geronimo Pratt: Tony Williamson: Dr. Lawrence Clark: Dr. Augustus McIver Witherspoon: Dr. Wandra P. Hill: Mr. Kyran Ander-son: Dr. Lathan Turner: Dr. M. Iyailu Moses: Dokta Toni Thorpe and all those who accompany us as we are STILL on the journey to true

consciousness.

4I am Because We Are: Cultural festival celebrates black heritageRaleigh’s annual African American Cultural Festival took place downtown on September 5th and 6th.

5The Fall of TroyAfter an offseason full of excitement and high expecta-tions, the North Carolina State Wolfpack finally took the field against the Troy Trojans in their first game of the college football season.

6Let Us Come TogetherRecap: Harambee is an opportunity to welcome new members and celebrate old members of our commu-nity.

9Is The Pack a Pack?Although our mascot upholds an idea of welcoming in new members to the pack, how friendly are students to each other on campus?

10Netflix and Chill- Or Nah?One aspect of the college experience students have differ-ent views on are the stages of a relationship.

11Black Lives Matter ExplainedStudents discuss their opinions on the Black Lives Matter movement. What is #Blacklivesmatter?

OPINION: BLACK LIVES MATTER, p. 11: Former student Seth Reavis holds a sign in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement during the student led demonstration at D..H. Hill Library on December 5, 2015. Hundreds acted in protest to raise awareness and voice disappointment in the justice system regarding the deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner and countless others at the hands of police. | NUBIAN MESSAGE ARCHIVES

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

COVER PHOTO: Attendees of the African American Cultural Center’s annual Harambee event join hands to form a circle in

celebration of community at NC State on Tuesday, September 1.

The Sentinel of the African -American Community at N.C. State Since 1992.

Editor-In-ChiefChris Hart-Williams

Managing EditorNia Doaks

Design EditorLica Mishelle

FROM THE EDITORWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Hello, I hope each of you are enjoying the se-

mester so far and are well on your way to having a productive and successful academic year! One of my goals this year is to in-

crease student engagement while shar-ing an array of student’s perspectives and ideas with readers. I’m excited to announce that we will be bringing back the Your Voice section of the paper to our September 23 issue. In the past we’ve hit campus and interviewed students to get their thoughts about particular topics we’ve covered, and published the quotes along with head shots of students. It’s going to be a little different this year. In addition to using Twitter this year, we’ll be filming our interviews too. There will be opportunities for read-

ers to share their answers to our ques-tions on Twitter and I will select tweets

to share on the Your Voice page. Our YouTube channel will host the videos.The Nubian Message staff is looking forward to engaging and making this section both informative and enter-taining. Some questions may throw you for a loop and others might be controversial and dicey. The questions we pose each issue will present a cur-rent topic or subject. We want our re-spondents to keep it real and have fun with us. There’s much to talk about, and I look forward to seeing what our conversations will bring to campus. If you have any suggestions in regards to topics for us to consider please feel free to email me or tweet your ideas; I’d love to hear from you. Peace,

Chris Hart-WilliamsEditor-in-Chief

The annual African American Cultural Festival took place last weekend on Sept. 5th and 6th in downtown Raleigh. It sprawled across two blocks and featured a family village, an art gallery walk and numerous street vendors.

This was the sixth year of the festival, giving the Afri-can-American community of Raleigh an opportunity to celebrate their heritage through various art forms including dance, music and spoken word.

“Events like this are very valuable,” said Joyce Stamps, a vendor at the festival who brought her personal collection of African American dolls to showcase.

Stamps views events such as these especially important for young people to attend. “Some of them don’t even know about themselves,” she said.

The festival featured a wide variety of stands and activities ensuring that there was some-thing for everyone of every age to enjoy.

There were a variety of prod-ucts available for purchase, including handmade soaps and oils, clothing, jewelry, artwork and of course, food. There were also many stands, such as Stamps’, that were there to display art collections and historical items.

Stamps travels the country giving people an opportunity to observe some of the developments and fashions throughout African-American history and culture reflected in her dolls.

“There is an African proverb that says ‘I am because we are.’ This proverb cele-brates coming together,” said AACF Board Member Grady Bussey.

Bussey said that in a time when we have fewer opportunities to gather and celebrate, this festival gives members of the Raleigh and Wake County communities a chance to fraternize and make new friends.

Along with the social good events such as these can encourage, there are also economic benefits for the community as historically African American

businesses are featured and local companies get to show off their products.

In addition to booths, activities and food, the festival featured live music both days begin-ning at 1p.m. and going until the festival closed down at 10p.m.

Saturday night’s headliner was Arrested Development, a hip hop group that has a focus on awareness of social issues. The group received the NAACP Image Award in 1993 and the Soul Train mu-sic award. On Sunday night, Pennsylvania soulful gospel and R&B artist Avery Sunshine performed.

“Raleigh has a rich African American his-tory,” Bussey said. This

is a family oriented event that gives everyone a chance to learn something about their community as well as actively participate in it.

If you haven’t been before, consider attending next year’s festival. You might discover something about yourself that you never knew before.

AFRICAN AMERICAN FESTIVALJILLIAN SMITH | Staff Writer

NEWS PAGE 4 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

After an offseason full of excitement and high expectations, the NC State Wolfpack finally took the field against the Troy Trojans in their first game of the college football season.Since ending last season with three

consecutive wins and making their first bowl game appearance under head coach Dave Doeren, projections for this season’s team have been sky high. In Coach Doeren’s first two seasons

with the Wolfpack, the team improved from 3-9 to 8-5 from year one to year two. In addition, after the Wolfpack failed to win a single ACC Conference game two years ago, they are now being picked by some analysts as a dark horse candidate to win the ACC, potentially dethroning the Florida State Seminoles, who have held the crown the past few years.Jacoby Brissett, David Grinnage, Mike

Rose, Jerod Fernandez are among the 14 starters returning to lead the team this season. Six on offense and eight on

defense. Although NC State lost one of their

most productive players, in receiver, Bo Hines, to Yale University, the Wolf-pack will still wield a plethora of talent in running backs Shadrach Thornton and Matt Dayes as well as in receivers Jumichael Ramos, Johnathan Alston and freshman Nyheim Hines.On defense, Mike Rose returns to

anchor the defensive line along with B.J. Hill, Bradley Chubb and Kentavius Street. Jerod Fernandez leads the linebacking

corps and the Wolfpack return with the most experienced secondary in the ACC that includes safeties Hakim and Josh Jones along with cornerbacks Juston Burris and Jack Tocho.On Saturday, September 5, the Wolf-

pack kicked off their season with a 49-21 win against the Troy Trojans in a game that fully displayed their high-powered offense. NC State’s ground game lead the way, highlight-

ed by Matt Dayes, Jaylen Samuels and freshman Reggie Gallaspy II, the Wolf-pack finished with an impressive 251 rushing yards and five rushing touch-downs. According to ESPN, quarterback Jacoby Brissett also looked spectacular in his season debut, completing 21 out of 23 pass attempts for 196 yards and two touchdowns to give the Wolfpack and impressive first victory.Defensively, the Wolfpack gave up

a few big plays to the Troy Offense, including a 37-yard touchdown pass from Troy quarterback Brandon Silvers to receiver Bryan Holmes in the closing seconds of the first half . Still, the de-fense looks to be an improvement over last season’s, building on the success it had against opponents towards the end of the year.Furthermore, the Wolfpack faithful

showed up in droves, as usual despite pregame showers and were delighted with the team’s first win of the season. NC State Sophomore Ashleigh Fells

called the win “impressive” and declared the offense “exciting to watch.” Senior Marcus Zeigler also added “my last, first home game of the season was great and we got the win. Go Wolfpack! A great start to what should be a great season.”In all, the Wolfpack proved to be too

much for the Trojans to handle this past weekend, but still need to improve in some key areas, specifically on defense. However, the Wolfpack have plenty of time to work out the kinks before conference play begins. With upcom-ing games against Eastern Kentucky, Old Dominion and South Alabama, the Wolfpack hopes to be undefeated and healthy going into their first ACC game against the Louisville Cardinals on October 3rd. The sky is the limit for the Wolfpack this season as they look to continue their success under third year coach Dave Doeren, hopefully improv-ing last season’s record and competing for an ACC Championship.

THE FALL OF TROYALFRED ANDERSON | Staff Writer

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The NC State Wolfpack football team prepares to run out of the tunnel before playing the Troy Trojans on Saturday, September 5th, 2015. Photo by Ben Salama.

On Tuesday, Septem-ber 1, the African American Cultural Center and AYA Ambassadors hosted their annual commu-

nity-welcoming event, “Harambee!”Harambee is Swahili for “Let us come

together” and is meant to be an op-portunity to welcome new members and celebrate existing members of our community. The event began with a “Call of the

Drums”, done by three members of the African Student Union. Following this were the greetings and permission from

the elders to start the ceremony, and the pouring of Libation by Dr. Craig Brookins, associate professor of psychol-ogy and Africana Studies and director of the College of Humanities interdisci-plinary studies program.The ritual pouring of libation is meant

to be a way of showing thanks- it in-volves water, earth, and the community. Each time Brookins poured water into

the earth, members of the community speak a word of thanks. This begins the event with an element of positivity and thankfulness.Kinesha Harris, Programming Intern

for the Cultural Center and president of AYA Ambassadors, said that the pour-ing of Libation was her favorite part of the event. “In terms of planning, we have to figure

RECAP: HARAMBEEFEATURES PAGE 6 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Drummers Kevin Ohuoba, a sophomore studying accounting, Carlos McClaney, a senior studying technology design and engineering education, and Ade Adesina, a sophomore in Exploratory Studies, perform the ceremonial welcome, Call of the Drums, during the an-nual Harambee celebration held in Witherspoon’s Sancofa Room on Tuesday, September 1st. “The drums, or djembes, derive from the Gambia says McClaney. “They are used to pass down tradition and oral history.” The rhythm performed, fanga, is a combination of the Gambian and Nigerian culture and is a tool utilized to welcome new brothers and sisters into a united community. Photo by Kristin Bradford.

out who is going to do the Call of the Drums, pour Libation, and speak,” said Harris. “Harambee is an excellent opportunity for new students, new faculty and the people of the community to get together and learn more about each other and the community.”Following the pouring of libation was the perfor-

mance of Lift Every Voice and Sing by Matthew Wright, a sophomore majoring in graphic design. Immediately after was the public welcoming of new interim director of the AACC, Dr. Frances Graham into the community.One important part about Harambee is the op-

portunity for networking and meeting the campus leaders. A portion of the program is dedicated to the introduction of the African American student lead-ers as well as new faculty, staff and students.Harambee is an event that is rooted in tradition in

the N.C. State Community.“We always do the introduction of the student lead-

ers in AASAC and the new members of the com-munity- that’s something that’s always set in stone,” said Harris. “It’s important for students to become acquainted with each other and learn about other organizations and what they stand for.”This is a valuable event for new students as they

become adjusted to college life.

“Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from the event- I heard about it from Mama Thorpe at the Multicultural Symposium,” remarked Kristin Weathersby, a freshman in textile engineering. “I learned a lot about how the organizations work and how respectful the community is to their elders and ancestors.”The most exciting tradition during the event is towards the closing, when students,

faculty and staff join hands in a large circle around the Sankofa room. In unison, all members of the community repeatedly yell “Harambee!”, holding out the last word to represent the commitment to unity and improving the community.“There’s always a good turnout for Harambee, because it’s one of the best programs

of the year,” said Harris. “Hopefully, students take away from this event that we are a community, and as a community we should help, uplift, and acknowledge each other. We are all here, and should be resources to one another.”

“Let us come together”PAGE 7 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Dr. Craig Brookins speaking at the beginning of Harambee. The event took place Tuesday, September 1st, in the Sankofa room of Witherspoon. Photo by Logan LaBo.

it is easy to see how a vicious cycle of depression could spiral out of control. For outsiders, it can be hard to familiarize themselves to a completely new campus that has academic, social and cultural barriers. Although NC State takes pride in being a di-verse campus, students do not frequently interact with those they do not perceive to have

much in common. Communication major Julie Kemp transferred from a small college last spring as a sopho-more, and found it intimidat-ing to make friends at first and said it was difficult especially because “I lived off campus and although there are more options to make friends at a big school, I think its easier to do at a small school.” Although she found herself constantly surrounded by peers on campus, she said even though there’s so many

are students to each other on campus? Anxiety and depression rates for college students are rising on a nationwide scale. Could this be caused from challeng-ing environments in or outside of the classroom? Usually hav-ing a friend to vent to about problems to can help decrease anxiety levels, but if there is no one trustworthy to confide in

The wolfpack is a strate-gic choice for a mascot because it represents a group. Wolves can be fierce against a predator, but they are social by nature and flourish when surrounded by company. Although our mascot upholds an idea of wel-coming in new members to the pack, how friendly

people, it is hard to surpass the acquaintance level into becoming actual friends, and it’s hard to connect with people on that level especially when they already have their group of friends.” Associate Director at the counseling center, Michael Bachman, often hears many students disclosing they feel lonely whether by themselves

or when with a larger group. “I have found that many don’t feel connected to others in a more personal or meaningful way. They may not feel that they have enough in common [interests and values] with those around them or that others don’t really know, un-derstand, or care enough about them,” said Bachman. In an initial interaction with a classmate or peer it is usu-ally impossible to know what kind of positive or negative situations the person is go-

ing through. It takes time to build trust in strangers, and for some people their past social experiences can trigger a more cautious or hesitant insensitive to share themselves with someone new. Mr. Bachman said, “Some students may be going through a period

of intense questioning of their identity which can lead to feeling disconnected to both themselves and oth-ers they have known, giving rise to a greater sense of loneliness.” While it may seem easy to dismiss the quiet kid in the back of the room, making an effort to welcome every unfa-miliar face will spread a feeling of unity in our wolfpack.

“How friendly are students to each other on campus?”

IS THE PACK A PACK?ZOE WILSON | Correspondent

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Wolf Plaza at NC State | NUBIAN MESSAGE ARCHIVES

If you caught the 2015 VMA’s, you would know that famous line means much more than the simple, “Hey, how have you been?”

Famous female rapper Onika Maraj known to the world as Nicki Minaj, called out the award show’s host, singer Miley Cyrus.

“And now, back to this b***h that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what’s good?,” said Minaj on stage to after accepting the award for best hip hop video of the year.

Sreferring to a past interview where Cyrus spoke strongly against the rapper’s view of the music industry’s weak support when it comes to black musicians, and how they seem to favor others such as America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift, the perfect representation of a “blue eyed, blonde haired, skinny white girl.”

Speaking of blonde, Miley also decided to sport blonde dreads at the award show, getting a lot of love from magazines like Hollywood Life, who claimed that the “host rocks amazing blonde dreads!” while many others like the Huffington Post feel it stirred a serious and complex controversy around cultural appropriation.

For those who aren’t familiar, “appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated, but is deemed as high fash-ion, cool, or funny when the privileged take it for themselves,” explianed actress Amandla Stenberg who played “Rue” in the movie “The Hunger Games”, when she shocked the country with her culturaly aware blog post in April.

It’s true that when African-American actress Zendaya Coleman wore the same hair style as Miley at the Oscars on the television series Fashion Police she was in-famously described as smelling like “patchouli oil and weed” on the red carpet. This was not so true for other famous celebrities such as Cyrus and Kendall Jenner in the past, both having been revered as “amazing” and “edgy” for their new looks.

The comments from both sides of the VMA controversy received a lot of negative backlash and positive attention alike from fans on social media, under the hashtag, #VMAS2015. Some wrote in support of Minaj, posting, “Taylor Swift wins every-

thing.” with a snooze emoji beside it, while others were with Cyrus, commenting that “Miley Cyrus killed it as the host!”

This eventful night clearly had an undertone of spoken truth beneath all the dra-ma. The broader issue of black artist’s lack of recognition, and the ongoing growth of cultural appropriation within those red carpet events.

Australian rapper Iggy Azalea is one of many who appropriate themselves into the black culture. Known as the “drag queen” of hip hop, her performances mimic that of a southern black girl. The only difference is she can’t trace her roots back to that specific culture.

The reason people are outraged by her is because she gets profit from selling black sound while having white appeal. Azalea refers to herself as a “White girl with a ghetto ass” in her song “We Go Hard.” White supremacy just oozes out of that single lyric alone.

This type of unfair artist recognition has happened many times before. Like when Ben William Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, retrieved the 2013 Grammy against Kendrick Lamar. But, at least Haggerty sticks with his culture’s sound of a northeastern white guy. It’s still hard to ignore the obvious charm his skin color has on certain audiences which can very possibly contribute to this monetary success. Inspiration can easily become appropriation, and it’s difficult to control without upsetting or being seen as an offensive thief. And this hasn’t just been happening in recent years. Chuck Berry’s rock and roll career was outshined by Elvis Presley, “a white man who sounds, feels, and performs black.”

It’s sad not only because white artists are rewarded for using black culture, but that years of black accomplishments and musical brilliance are being thrown into the back of the closet, eclipsed and overlooked.

White advantage has been procuring black culture’s rewards time and again. This is a problem that Minaj figured had to be spoken up about, in the most clear-as-day manner she could possibly think of was during the 2015 VMA’s.

AND THE AWARD DOESN’T GO TO . . .

THREA ALMONTASERT | Correspondent

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Feuding music artists Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus Photos by Wikimedia

VERNON HOLMAN | Staff Writer

What is the college experience? An experience of juggling professionalism, academic pursuits, and self growth while dealing with different personalities on social and intimate levels.

One aspect of this experience students have different views on are the stages of a relationship.

With students living in very close proximity to one another, having a lot of activities going on, and matur-ing themselves, relationships are often ambiguous and confusing.

Questions often come up such as, are we dating? When will we be in a relationship? Are we already in a rela-tionship? Do I even want to be in a relationship? If we haven’t said we’re together... then I’m still single, right? Maybe I’m too young and busy for a relationship, can we just watch Netflix and chill? In an attempt to understand the dating scene of NC State, I asked a handful of students about relationships.

“Few people are a hundred percent serious about the people they are ‘dating’ on campus,” said Brayndon

Stafford a senior majoring in enviormental sciences.

“I feel most people don’t want to take you on a date, rather they’re fine hanging out at home, and with this being the case dating sometimes never occurs,” said senior Gabby Murphy.

Talking defines one of the earliest stages in a relation-ship to some students, which might lead to dating.

According to, Nortee Louder a junior majoring in tex-tile enginering, “talking is when you’re getting to know someone ... it’s known that you want to be together so you’re working towards that.”

Stafford and Josh Williams a junior majoring in ac-counting, disagree. According to Williams, talking is “testing the waters before you make something seri-ous.”

Some might side with Louder and others with Wil-liams. Opinions can differ on whether going on a date is considered to be talking to someone.

“You can go on a date with someone you’re talking to, and then when it’s more exclusive and more commit-ted I consider it dating... going together is the same

thing as dating to me,” said Jaia Greene a junior majoring in nuclear. In contrast, Williams believes that dating and talking are the same thing.

Even the idea of how exclusivity is established varies.

There’s a belief that exclusivity is understood, while others say it needs to be directly asked about. Howev-er, asking can be confusing because of the conflicting ideology of dating versus taking among students.

Some feel that a verbal contract has to be established on how one can communicate with members outside the relationship.

It’s easy to become confused in relationships during college, I became confused just trying to decipher people’s interpretations when questioned.

I’ve found out that the only way to truly know where you lie is to communicate and find out where exactly you lie, because in college life relationships can be ambiguous more often than not.

NETFLIXAND CHILLOR NAH?

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Photo by Wikimeda

Student Q&A Jasmine Cannon. NCSU Student:Q: Do you know what the phrase “Black Lives Matter” refers to?A: Yes, Black Lives Matter is a contemporary social movement created to combat social injustices that occur frequently, but not exclusively in the black community. Q: Where do you think the misinterpretations for this movement stems from? A: I think the misinterpretation surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement stems from the belief that black empowerment, like white supremacy, is rooted in hate. However, black lives matter supporters know that the movement actually stems from self and community love. Q: What does Black Lives Mean to you? As an African American student, being at a PWI, in the United States, etc.? A: To me, black lives matter means exactly what it says. It means that it’s been a longer standing narrative across the globe to devalue those lives and now there’s affirmation that narrative is false.

Austin Louthan. NCSU Student. Q: What does the phrase “Black Lives Matter” mean to you? A: My best definition of BLM would be Referring to a lot of the inaction that’s coming specifically from police bru-tality and to try and reemphasize that BLM when alota the times the Judicial System isn’t taking the right steps to show that. Q: What do you think is the biggest factor in what’s caus-ing these misinterpretations?A: I’d say that the msi is coming from the the way the news or things on the television, or even a social network; It’s the media as a whole. I feel like we’ve gotten to a point where it’s almost polarizing to be on “this side” or you have to be on “that side”. Beroski Hugley. Shaw University

Q: Where does the phrase “Black Lives Matter” come from? A: That stems from all the police brutality recently. But it

goes back so much farther. Black lives around the world are looked down upon, while facing the toughest battles, wherever you go. It’s so tragic, because black lives really do matter and the world isn’t realizing it.

Q: What are misinterpretations that you’ve heard about “Black Lives Matter”?A: An equivalent to White Power. It’s not. That’d be like trying to equivialte the KKK to the Black Panthers. It’s not the same.

The power of the hashtag, has never been more influential, than it has in this generation of online New Millennial’s and modern day bigots.

Following the onslaught of lives lost, by one form of systemic brutality or another, the steady rising number of deaths of African American’s was reaching a breaking point in the composure of the people taking these tragic deaths to heart.

One particular individual who felt the waves of loss, dating back to the Trayvon Martin trial, is Alicia Garza; The originator and founder of the phrase “Black Lives Matter”. In an interview with USA To-day, Garza describes her original thoughts and state of emotions, upon watching the verdict of George Zimmerman, and witnessing in horror as the system once again turns a blind eye to the clear cut murder, of a young African-American.

In a moment of sadness, and compassion, Garza heads to Facebook and makes a post that brought upon the strongest unification of the African diaspo-ra, since The Black Panther founder, Stokely Carmi-chael, coined the phrase “Black Power.”

Despite it’s poetically appropriate wording, the truth behind its mean-ing becomes distorted by those who either oppose, or simply aren’t aware of the meaning. The Republican Party, for example, quite often aim to “demonize” the Black Lives Matter agenda, as the New York Times describes in it’s article piece on the truth behind “Black Lives Matter”. Between Governors from areas such as South Caro-lina, Wisconsin, and Ken-tucky, find the movement

to represent hateful propaganda such as anti-white, hating, organizers. These outdated ideologies make the fervent passion and yearning for justice that makes the cause and movement that much more unrestrained, unrested, and unapologetically just. Unfortunately, it is difficult to separate the two and therefore cluster the naive and the ignorant, in the same manner that the contrasting connotation of the controversial phrase is often times intertwined.

“It’s so tragic, because black

lives do matter and the world

isn’t realizing it.”

BEN ASSEFA | Correspondent

BLACK LIVES MATTER EXPLAINED

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The AASAC theme of the year is OurRoots: Re-building Our Organizations to Succeed.

#TakeCare- the importance, awareness and education of mental health and caring for our neighbors and ourselves is this year’s initiative.

The AASAC annal Group photo will be taken during the next General Body Meeting, please arrive early- at 5pm

Theres a new record of students running this year and 50 first-year students scheduled to run. The Elections commission hopes that higher number of runners will perhaps increase voter turnout.

As students in the community, any concerns or ideas of legislation you want to see being discussed should be addressed with your elected senator of respective college or first year and graduate. Senate’s legislation serves as the voice of recommendation for the student body.

AASAC UPDATES

MESSAGE FROM SGA

WHAT’S HAPPENING

CARMICHAEL GYM RENOVATION

Plans were presented by gym reps to discuss their two options for gym cost and plans, if this project is to be effective. Senate will be voting on this bill at our next meeting on September 16th at 7:30pm in Student Chambers in Talley.

The renovation goal is to create “centralized hub of health and wellness for campus” that connects the gym and rec center with one entrance while addressing many ADA accessibilities.

There are two options the representatives suggested. Option 1: $51.5 million project. The new layout includes large indoor track with sprint ramps and centered rock wall. The fee increase will be $57.50. Option 2: $44.5 million, does not include a new track loop or central connection of building. Has a $47.50 increase. Both versions will address infrastructure issues and code viola-tions, plus the increase of floor space.

Carmichael is prided in being the number 1 student employer on campus with over 1.1 million visitors last year. The planning is scheduled to start fall of 2016 and actual construction in 2018.

AASAC CALLS FOR HISTORY PORTFOLIO

The portfolio will be the community project for this year

Purpose: allow guests/peers that visit MSA/AACC to learn and understand the purpose of organi-zations and leave a legacy for future students.

Each AASAC organization must provide two pages of brief, detailed information of history and purpose (be creative!)

Portfolios need to contain: purpose/mission statement, information about signature events, con-tact information for your organizationCompleted portfolios to be displayed in Multicultural Student Affairs and the African American Cultural Center

AASAC General Body meetings are the first Tuesday of every month in Witherspoon 356Tentative due date: October 20, 2015