The University Of Oklahoma And Their Racial Chant

A common myth is that hazing is a “reality” in Frats and sororities. We've all seen it in movies and we've all heard stories from our friends. Hazing can be defined as people or individuals who are forced to do something that is psychologically, physically, or emotionally harmful or damaging (Merriam Webster). Greek organizations all over the world have taken steps in developing human rights policies and strict “anti-hazing” policies to get rid of hazing in all forms from all campuses and fraternities. In the 1980s the movie “Animal House”, became a hit. The movie’s “mocking” of the wild side of fraternity life: binge drinking, hazing, sexual harassment, wild parties, drug use, and poor living conditions, became the American public’s view of Greek life. Many television movies and shows depict the ‘crazy side,’ of Greek life and choose to show its negative side. In doing so, many movies and shows do forget to showcase the beneficial side of joining a Sorority or fraternity and show its positive

Viral videos of fraternity and sorority members partying and getting drunk off of beer might be the first images of Greek Life that pop into your mind, but that’s only a stereotype. There are nine historically black Greek letter organizations across the country that present an entirely different image of Greek life. Focusing on their multiple involvement on campus, National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) members are proactive in the community and on USCA’s campus.

Day in and day out we hear about high school and college students wanting to pursue a sorority and/or a fraternity based on the stereotypes these organizations uphold, well I chose to differ. I told myself if I ever decided to become a member of a sorority it would be based solely on their ethical standards, history, and values they are founded upon. Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated consists of ladies of distinction and exemplary character who excel in scholarship, leadership, and service, which are qualities I have chosen to uphold. From my perspective, I encourage myself to maintain a respectable appearance and reputation which doing so inspires me to embrace my self-concept; which helps me confidently excel academically and

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Incorporated purpose is to be of service to all mankind dealing with critical issues in communities domestically and internationally. What I have grown to understand an envision a woman of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated to be, I accredit largely to the ladies of the Gamma Theta chapter. This has the result of attending many of the chapter’s events during my time at Hampton thus far. One of my favorite events was a screening of a documentary Girls Rising. I learned to appreciate every opportunity to learn and gain knowledge because in some parts of the world girls are restricted from receiving an education. A

When one first thinks of Greek life or a sorority the only thing that comes to mind is the social aspect. Most people don’t think of sororities as social institutions that envelop their own culture, with mannerisms, languages and customs that are unique to each individual organization. However, these institutions promote a common set of values that enable members to become connected in a way that has a more profound meaning than just social interaction. Greek organizations are good examples of how institutions can affect and be affected by social status and roles within the collegiate community. They are also a prime example of how race, class and gender can affect a social setting in both positive and negative manners.

The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity provided a voice and a dream for African Americans around the world. For people who were colored at the time this fraternity was created, had to struggle in their everyday life because racism was such a huge focus. Alpha Phi Alpha was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven outstanding African American men who attended college there. They created a strong bond and brotherhood in the organization and were an inspiration to colored people all over the nation. The seven founders were known as “Jewels” at the fraternity. These seven men were Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. They were all very intelligent and brave men, a lot of people looked up to them. The fraternity was created and based on colored people who were racially prejudiced socially and educationally. There was one man who caught my eye and found very

On November 20, 2015, 18-year-old Milan Jackson died as a result of a 30-foot fall off the clock tower located on top of the Student Center of Columbus University. Her death occurred while she was trying to join a (co-ed) fraternity, Phi Gamma. Milan was a freshman who had only one friend who followed her to college, with no friends and family Milan chose to join a fraternity in attempts to make friends. Before her death, Milan Jackson was constantly harassed and abused by the fraternity, the fraternity leader even went as far as to offer positions to Milan in exchange for sexual acts. After truly thinking about the situation Milan was in one must ask themselves should a person in charge of an organization be able to make such statements and

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 was the culmination of racial tensions both endemic in American society as a whole in the period, and certain tensions peculiar to Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1921, Greenwood and its African American population became the outlet for these often violent tensions seething among Tulsa’s white population. The following paper seeks to shed some further understanding on what motivated and pushed the whites of Tulsa, Oklahoma to such a violent, extreme reaction during the riot.

When becoming an Alum of the best university, Oklahoma State University, I want to continue to support the university that helped to further my future. Spreading the word of the opportunities that Oklahoma State offers has a large impact on the number of students that attend this university. I plan to let many potential students know what this college has done and continues to do for me. I would love to see that Alpha Zeta has a large role in campus activities, and continues to grow membership each year. With a large student involvement, and respect among campus this organization has only a bright

Racism is a controversial point that has been taking place in the United States since early times. This same point was affecting students in the University of Missouri since several months ago. The Missouri University’s president Timothy Wolfe has been accused of not taking action against the persistent racial epithets and actions in the university. After the biased demise of Michael Brown, by a white police officer, an abundant number of students and faculty members were inspired by this incident and held demonstrations and protests against segregation. However, the crucial impact that cause Wolfe’s retirement of his responsibilities as a President of the University was the Football boycott. The country’s most dominant college football league

At this time in the late 1950s, early 1960s, there were non-historically black institutions accepting African American students into their programs, yet the University of Mississippi remain firm in the proclamation of their resistance. As previous mentioned, the publication of the newspaper, Southern Digest, aided in this recruitment. In the examined periodical, the first page refers to the NAACP organization and the abbreviation of its name as glaring “forth in the same light as did the swastika symbolize Nazism; or as the hammer & sickle represents Communism” (Southern Digest, 1955). Students and faculty staff at the university are reading and interpret this anti-black mentality as purposeful and correct. Following the admittance of James Meredith, it is difficult not to associate this periodical and its proceeding publications with the riots and push back of the Oxford-University community. The periodical instructs its readers that the 5 letter of NAACP, which Till and Meredith were both members or affiliated with, “must be imprinted in the mind and remain ever present until the Constitution of the United States is no longer assaulted and ravished by political purpose, and until all question of enforced integration is dispelled” (Southern Digest, 1955). It continues in another article within the publication to

My freshman year at University of Mississippi began nearly 40 years after the school was integrated. I tailgated in the Grove with the seas of people on football Saturdays and I walked among the antebellum-style architecture and magnolia trees without a care. Long gone were the days of the segregation where the color of my skin mattered. I was proud to be there then and I am proud to be an alumnus now, however sometimes when I tell people where I went to college it catches them off guard and some look at me puzzled as if to say “Why there?” For many people the reputation and symbols of the University of Mississippi and history as a battleground during the civil rights era are hard to forget. As great of a school as it is these negative

The hierarchical diffusion of racial injustice on college campuses has spread quickly within the past few weeks as more and more people decide to protest their similar sentiments in the hopes of immediate change. Popular culture is defined as the rapidly changing tastes, customs, and attitudes of a group, and this student-wide movement against universities is a

As a black person, an agender person, and an asexual person, one can assume that with the research that I have done into the diversity and acceptance of minorities at college campuses would be met with smiling brown faces lying down in Ivy League quads and LGBTQA+ students organizing themselves under a rainbow flag as school administration looked on. This is exactly what I have found in college viewbooks and within the little pamphlets that urge students to pay a $75 application fee in order to seize their future at a progressive campus, because “success is a choice”. But with deeper research into college life, I was met with different reports of racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia in many aspect of the same college life I was being

Bananas in nooses, confederate flags hung with cotton, swastikas drawn on classroom walls - all these racist incidents have taken place on American University’s campus within the past year, and I can’t say a thing against them.