“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”–Alice Walker

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IU Soul Revue 2

BSU’s Black History Month Events

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Native American Musician

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Designed by Grace

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Latinos Unidos 4

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Cheikh Anta Diop Discussion

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Power Hour in the MCC

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Tutoring in the MCC

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Equity and Inclusion Fund

Phenomenal Women of USI and the Community

IU Soul Revue

BSU’s Black History Month Events

Cheikh Diop

Upcoming Events

Actress Christy Hall and Pianist Byron Sean will be at USI on March 1 for a Black History Month/Women’s Heritage Month effort. The dual will perform a musical theater piece at 7pm.

Earlier that day, they will conduct a theater and piano workshop in the Tech Center. The target audience is USI’s theater students or those interested in the arts. This workshop will take place at 1pm in Room 116.

The effort is lead by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. The Multicul-tural Center is a co-sponsor for this event.

March is Women’s Heritage Month. Each year the Multicultural Center holds a recognition ceremony in March to honor women from all walks of life for their contributions to diversity both in the USI and in the Evansville communities. On March 6, nine women will be recognized for being phenomenal and doing great things here at the University and throughout in the city.

This event is spearheaded by the Multicultural Center and co-sponsored by Old National Bankcorp and the American Association of University Women.

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Recognition Ceremony

March 6, 2014

6:00 p.m.

University Center Carter Hall

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IU Soul Revue

Back by popular demand, the IU Soul Revue delivered on their reputation of giving an amaz-ing performance. On February 27, Carter Hall was filled with people dancing to the Soul Revue singing, “Outstanding…Girl you knock me out!..” and “Picket Lines, (sista) and picket signs (sista)/don’t punish me (sista) with brutality (sista) / talk to me (sista), so you can see (sista)/ oh what’s going on…” Those who attended the concert have many different stories to share about their experience; however, there is one consistent theme with everyone—everyone had a great time. This concert was sponsored by the Black Student Union with funding from the Equity and Inclusion Fund

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swer this question, but as the discus-sion developed the crowd became more engaged. The presentation included various topics relevant vide-os. Following the discussion the au-dience completed feedback cards, which will be used to help shape future BSU’s discussions.

This event took place on February 2 in UC 206.

BSU Secretary, Ayanna Campbell, and BSU Treasurer, Shevaughn Whitehead pictured to the left, served as hostesses for this event. The evening began with the host-esses greeting guests as they en-tered the room and took their seats. Then, the hostesses began the dis-cussion with the question, “Why are African Americans judgmental of other peoples’ hair?” At first, the crowd was a little reluctant to an-

The top winner of the night was Sydney Wat-son who went home with a $200 cash prize.

Pictured in the photo L to R are: Sydney Watson, Ariel Crenshaw, Breonna Jones, and Elijiah Tiggs.

This event took place on February 24 in Mitchell Auditorium.

Jeopardy Night was a night for students to test their knowledge on African American History. African American historic trivia proved to be a fun way to revisit some of the stories taught in grade school and almost never came up again in History classes. Stu-dents that answered the most questions cor-rectly received prizes.

Jeopardy: African American History

you were in the UC East around this when this event took place and witnessed a crowd of people laughing uncontrollably and wondered what was “so cool,” it was definitely TABOO.

The night ended well with everyone feeling nostalgic to play games from their child-hood.

Pictured to the Left L to R are: Nick L. NAME, NAME, and NAME.

Game Night was an event sponsored by Black Student Union and APB held Febru-ary 19, 2014 in the UC East’s Student Life Lounge from 6:30pm-9pm. There were over 15 games showcased and refresh-ments provided by APB for the event. The event started off with several games of Uno and Taboo and later transitioned into other games. The most popular game of the night was Taboo with the majority of the attendance playing for over an hour. If

BSU Game Night

A Discussion About African American Hair

USI Cinema Presents “The Butler”

greeted and thanked everyone for attending and supporting their event. The movie start-ed promptly at 9pm and was emotionally moving. From laughing to crying, students expressed a wide range of emotions. It was a successful event. If you haven’t seen “The Butler” yet, you are missing out on a treat.

Students were lined up outside of FA1 wait-ing for the Activities Programming Board (APB) representative to open the doors on February 2. Once the guests were allowed in, they rushed toward the snacks and then took their desired seats excited to view “The Butler” movie. Co-sponsors from the Black Student Union and Delta Sigma Theta,

Ayana and Shavaughn

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Designed by Grace Gospel Choir Doing Big Things

please contact the club president, Mallory Willits, at: mcwillits@eagles.usi.edu.

College Mentors for Kids (CMFK) is a men-toring program that connects USI students to elementary aged students in the Evans-ville area.

CMFK is in the process of recruiting men-tors for the 2014-2015 school year. The program meets Tuesdays from 3:15pm—5pm and would like to join the CMFK team,

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became successful, the facilita-tors were able to encourage attendees to strive for excel-lence regardless of their circum-stances.

The picture to the left was taken of the LU Members on March 1 at the conference.

The members of Latinos Unidos attended the Indiana Latino Leadership Conference on March 1 at Indiana University. Several members facilitated a workshop with an encouraging theme: your circumstance doesn’t de-termine your future. Sharing stories of resiliency of those who overcame adversity and

Latinos Unidos—USI’s Hispanic Student Union

and Classical Languages. The Multicultural Center co-sponsored this event.

On February 24, Michael Jacobs gave a live concert in the Eagles' Nest close to Burger King. Michael is a Native Ameri-can musician that grew the cultural lens of those who attended the concert. The concert took place during traditional lunch hours. This event was spear-headed by the Department of Modern

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Movement in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.” The Choir also had a performance engage-ment on February 16 at the YMCA’s Pan-cake Day. In addition, the Choir’s ensemble, Quiet Spirit, performed at New Hope Missionary Church.

USI’s Designed by Grace Gospel Choir had a busy schedule in February. They began the month with a performance in Forum Room 1 on February 10 for the “Abe Lincoln: A Pioneer” program sponsored by the Lincoln Amphitheater. During the pro-gram, the Evansville African American Mu-seum showcased two panel exhibits that highlighted the “Indiana Blacks during the American Civil War” and “The Abolitionist

Designed by Grace

Michael Jacobs

Jarise Ross and her little buddy, Dazunique

Latinos Unidos

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Cheikh Anta Diop Discussion

Equity and Inclusion Fund

tions and students working with a faculty or staff member on a program are eligible and encouraged to apply.

For consideration, submit a proposal to the MCC (located in UC East) or as an attachment to: Equity.Inclusion@usi.edu

Applications are available online at: usi.edu/mcc

Need funding for your event? If it pro-motes the equity and inclusion of USI students, there is now a new source of funding!

The Equity and Inclusion Fund provides grants (up to $5,000) to develop and present programs, projects, or activities that promote the value of equity and in-clusion on campus. Student organiza-

to study and even get a little help in Math, Science, Study Skills, and English to mention a few. If this sounds like an environment you would like to be a part of, come and see what we are all about.

If you are ready to get those grades you are striving for this semester, take ad-vantage of our tutoring ser-vice in the MCC. The Multi-cultural Center and Academic Skills have partnered to pro-vide a space for USI students

Tutoring takes place from 3-5pm on Mondays, in the Multicultural Center. If you have questions, stop by the office.

Tutoring in the MCC

History, continued the discussion by adding the narratives of key people in Black history to the conversation. Dr. Michael Ndemanu, Professor of Education and Diversity, added more to the conversation by speaking about the contributions of others (some black, some not) to the move-ment. This was the ACU’s Black History Month Event.

The African Culture Union spon-sored a discussion on February 27 to raise awareness about Cheikh Anta Diop. Dr. Amanuel Beyin , Assistant Professor of Anthropolo-gy began the discussion with a historical account on the origin of African people and their migra-tions. Following this, Dr. Sakina Hughes, Assistant Professor of

of others, and remember that sometime things are revealed during Power Hour that are personal in nature so keep the information you hear confiden-tial.

Mark your calendar. This month, Power Hour will take place on March 19 from 12pm-1pm in the Multicultural Center.

Have you heard about Power Hour in the MCC? If you haven’t been attending, then you are missing it. Power Hour is a collaboration be-tween the Multicultural Center and Counseling Center. The two offices come together monthly to provide time and space for students to dis-cuss issues that impact our commu-nities. There are very few rules: be honest with your input, be respectful

P wer Hour in the MCC

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