UHURU Event: Where's the Unity Forum

Video by Teiairra Brewer
Story by Kelly Petryszyn
Solutions were the topic of discussion at the UHURU-sponsored “Where is the unity forum?” on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Oscar Ritchie multipurpose room. The forum addressed the problem of racism and how to overcome this issue. Attendees spoke out about experiences with racism they had. One student had a cup of soda thrown at her because she was black. Another was out on Halloween in Kent and continuously called nigger. Professors George Garrison and Idris Kabir Syed were in attendance. The Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Alfreda Brown was also in attendance and reminded the audience of the Gandhi quote, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Education was a key point of discussion. Some brought up how Pan African Studies classes have helped them learn identity and truth. Many agreed that Pan African Studies classes should be a requirement for all KSU students. The discussion also turned to the youth. Some feel the change needs to start with the youth because it is important to educate the youth about these issues so they know the truth growing up. UHURU co-editors Dwayne Yates and Kyle Roerink also spoke. John Byerly closed the program by challenging the crowd to let the change happen within our own thoughts.
The forum was successful in starting dialogue, but now UHURU wants to start taking action. John Byerly passed around a sign up sheet at the event for a group he is starting that will meet and discuss Pan-African history. Other service ideas and community outreach will be considered in the future. Tell us if you have some suggestions for how UHURU can proceed past racism and towards unity!

Sex Column: Let’s Get Undressed and Watch TV

As we get closer to the holidays it always gets busier. Some people forget to say “I love you” to the people they care about. Some people may skip a few credit card payments. And others, like me, may be so busy they forget to masturbate.

If you don’t know me by now, once I notice a problem I will fix it, especially if it is a sexual problem.

One night while watching television, I found my answer.

Lately MTV has been airing retro shows. One you might recall is Remote Control, a popular game show where contestants must correctly answer trivia questions based on television, music and movies. Another is “Beavis and Butthead," a cartoon by creator Mike Judge about two outcast teenagers living in Texas.

But what I really wish they would re-air is Undressed, a provocative late-night drama offering a mix of soap-opera dialogue and soft-core porn. It followed college (and some high school) students and their fetishes, sex-escapades and relationships. Episodes were titled with the most erogenous of insinuations: "Bi-Gones," "Twice a Virgin," and "Three in the Van." Savy, older, night owls who watched undressed during the earlier part of the decade would be sure to catch the sexual inneundo. But when I first saw the show I was only in elementary school.

Nonetheless, I loved Undressed because it was the closest thing to porn I had besides the blurred and fuzzy HBO channel. When I look back at that time period, I now know the true meaning of the phrase "ignorance is bliss." I laughed at a pink vibrating thing that looked like a lipstick contanier. But not becuase I knew it was for pleasure. I just wondered why the hell it was vibrating. But when a man and a woman cuddled in a bed, I knew I figured out the truth behind the whole stork story. I loved Undressed beacuse it gave me something that I had never seen before on TV: promiscuity.

So the nostalgia and intimate connotations on Undressed got me thinking: When was the last time I watched porn? To me, the only reasons porn is unnecessary are a) When you are getting the real thing, and b)When you become so addicted you forget what the real thing is.

For me, it has been two months of no porn! And now that I am an adult, reruns of Undressed don't count. But luckily for all you readers out there, after I made the porn-celibacy discovery through my childhood recollections, it ended. And it felt great. Thank you, Undressed, for helping me get back to my sexual roots.

For those who excel in masturbation or for those who would like to learn a few things, you are in luck. As an early Christmas present, I decided to compile a list of my favorite (and mostly free!) porn sites. Enjoy.

If you are into…

Porn stars like Jenna Haze, Lexington Steele and Lacey Duvalle…

http://www.SpankWire.com

Porn with a plot…

http://www.brazzers.com

Something random…

http://www.KeezMovies.com

A certain category…

http://www.Xnxx.com


Erotic literature…

http://www.literotica.com

Lesbians…

http://www.lesbian-sapphic-erotica.com

Gay porn…

http://www.skeezy.com

Group sex or Orgies…

http://www.madsexparty.com

Weird Porn…

http://www.strangeweirdporn.com

Amateurs or a Quick Fix…

http://www.youporn.com

A mixture of Amateurs, Porn Stars, video and pictures.

http://www.xxxpornorgy.com



You can watch Undressed episodes here: http://www.undressedtv.com

Questions for the readers: How often do you watch porn? What's your favorite porn site?

Greeks give fun back to the community

Story and video by Martina Nwoga
Richard Brantley, Programming Director of the King Kennedy Center, brought some of the children to Kent State to eat, play games, play games, win prizes and enjoy spending time with college students.
They attended Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.'s Turkey Jam in Oscar Ritchie.
The Turkey Jam is an annual event that Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. has hosted for the past three years. The King Kennedy Center has been participating in bringing its kids every year.
Ryan Brown, Jr. nursing major, said that his fraternity continues to host the event because they enjoy giving back to the community.
The Turkey Jam meant a lot to senior general technology major Tramaine Jackson.
“I never had anyone give back to me when I was a little kid,” Jackson said.
The event was full of laughter and enjoyment.
Nine-year-old Sidny White said she really liked playing the games and winning prizes.
15-year-old Naomi Bush also said she enjoyed herself and plans on coming back again next year.
The event was open to the public so other college students could participate in community service.

Question to our readers:
Do you think it is important to give back to the community? Why?

Movie Review: The Twilight Saga:New Moon

Photo from Telepisodes.com

Reviewed by Britany Ruby

Release Date: November 20, 2009

Date Viewed: November 26, 2009

Directed By: Chris Weitz

Writing Credits: Melissa Rosenberg(screenplay), Stephanie Meyer(Novel)

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5

On November 20, 2009 Twilight fans everywhere filled movie theatres for the sequel, New Moon. I wanted to hear what the crowd thought before viewing it myself. After hearing mixed reviews, I set out to end my Thanksgiving with a double dose of Twilight, only to be disappointed.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the second installment of the series and it fails in comparison to the first. While, the movie does introduce many new aspects (spoiler alert) such as Jacob’s transformation into a wolf and provides more history on the vampire race, it did not provide the same emotional draw as the first movie. Most women, loved the forbidden love aspect in the first movie, but in the second movie you come to find out that Bella is a love struck puppy and loves anyone dangerous. While the movie does offer more action for the guys, it simply is not the vampire love story I was hoping for.

However, I did give the movie a three out of five rating because of the excellent acting, and dramatic effects in the movie. Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson have chemistry on screen, as Bella and Edward, while Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob, makes you sympathize over his unrequited love towards Bella. Also, the special effects were phenomenal. The transformations from human to wolf seemed effortless, and the fight scenes make viewers believe the people are actually getting hurt.

Even though I was not extremely happy with this movie, I do believe it is worth seeing for all Twilight fans out there. After all, how else would one be prepared for the next movie?

Video: Dre Marches For Peace in E. Cleveland

Video By Joey Pompignano
Photo by Kyle Roerink
Story by Joey Pompignano

More than 300 people participated in a march for peace led by AM 1490 radio host Basheer Jones on Cleveland's East Side. Afterwards, community members organized a town hall meeting at Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center where committees were formed to help improve the well-being of the city.
Kent State sophomore aeronautics major Andre Moss attended the event in remembrance of his older brother Kevin, who was shot and killed during a robbery gone bad in 2004.
Moss and his brother grew up together in Cleveland Heights, but Moss said Kevin moved to St. Clair Avenue and got involved with what he described as the "wrong crowd."
Moss said he felt compelled to get involved in the rally and hear local activists speak about ways in making the streets safer.
"I always wondered what it'd be like to be in a march," Moss said. "It just makes you inspired to do positive things."

UHURU Fashion: Couture Chic

Photography by Rachel Kilroy
Styling by Ashley Morgan & Rashonna Duett
Hair by Ashley Morgan
Make-up by Ryan Robinson

Rally Against Violence

Written By Dwayne Yates
Photos by Kyle Roerink
UHURU Magazine

Naijee Patterson is a 15-year-old Cleveland native who lost his friend “Big Baby” to gun violence a week before he marched in Basheer Jones’ rally against violence November 21.
“He and his two other friends were walking, and a dude named Marco came behind him and shot him because he didn’t like where he was from,” Patterson said.
This is the first time Patterson has marched in anything except a parade, but this is Jones’ second rally against violence in East Cleveland this year. People lined up at the corner of 79th and St. Clair and marched to 82nd and Hough. Almost 300 people marched and yelled down the grey pavement in unison for less violence and more peace.
Even some spectators were so moved by the what they were seeing, they joined in the march.
“People just need to get the message that violence is nonsense,” Patterson said. “It’s no need for it. It’s bad for the community. I get tired of all these mothers and fathers crying. It’s hurting our neighborhood.”
Stephanie Pope also participated in the march. She is a parole officer, and she has never marched before. She said she was excited to be marching for a good cause.
“Six of my clients have died in the last two years--30 and under--and most of them to gun violence,” Pope said. “It’s important to get as many people as you can out to stand up against violence because our young people are dying everyday.”
She said she feels that the march could be a start to a change in the attitudes of the people of Cleveland.
“People can stand up and march all day, but until people become active it’s not going to change anything,” she said. “Maybe it’ll bring awareness and make people think about it more and then maybe they will want to be a part of the process.”
Pope said she would like to see a mentoring program start in the community to mentor the youth and provide guidance. She said a lot of them are lost and do not have family and parents like others do, which makes them believe that a life of crime is all right to lead.

Sex Column: Seven Minutes in Heaven

Photo from Voice of Words
Written by: The Jaguar
When most people wake up, the first thing they look at is their alarm clock or their phone for some sign of the time. But when I wake up, I don’t always want to know what time it is. If it where up to me, there would be no clocks. So people could make love all day long and not worry about being late for anything. If clocks ceased to exist, maybe guys would last longer. And guys, if there were no longer clocks, women could no longer utter: “Not tonight, I have an early class.” To me, clocks are a key component in what makes sex so rushed and not fulfilling. Don’t get me wrong, quickies are always wonderful. (Once before my piano recital, I did a quickie and I swear my crescendos went higher than ever.) If I look at the time anyway, chances are it’s after 11:30 a.m.
Instead of the clock, the first thing I see is two opened Trojan Magnums and one flavored condom wrapper on the floor in my room, the guy who put on the condoms downstairs on the couch and my black Victoria’s Secret bra downstairs in my roommates purse. I try to assess the night. Why in the world would a gorgeous, perfectly fit boy be sleeping downstairs? Why does my roommate have my bra in her purse? I shrug it off. Who knows. I walk past the kitchen and trip over glasses of malt beverages, clear a section of the counter from shot glasses and pour a cup of 7UP. Hungover. I then wake up the beautiful man, ask him when he’s leaving. Grab my bra from my roommates’ purse and head back upstairs to clean my room full of condom wrappers, misplaced clothing and spilled drinks.
According to my trusty threaded iPhone text, me and my roommate ending up playing a drinking game that resulted in maximum stripping. After the strip show me and they boy went upstairs for the main attraction that lasted a grand total of seven minutes. Turns out, I booted the man downstairs, due to lack of longevity. I then wrote myself an excuse list for the first time, including the classic line of “I have to wake up early tomorrow, sorry. “
On a scale of one to ten, this night was a three. After all, it did happen on tame Tuesday.
I did, however, throw the excuse list away (I’m not the type of girl to turn down sex) and gave the guy another chance. Like wine, it gets better with time. So what is the moral of this story? (And yes, sex can have morals!)
The next time you have sex, please don’t think about the time, think about the moment. Think about the passionate feelings, the inimitable connection.
I am your new Uhuru columnist specializing in men (and yes, women) sex , relationships, sexual education and sex humor. And if you don’t agree with me, minute man, perhaps you should wake up!

Kent State University's Best Dressed

Name: Myrna Elizabeth Daher

Major: Public Relations

What she’s wearing: BCBG sweater wrap(as a dress), Green Scarf, Gianni Bini belt, Urban Outfitter leggings, Coach Shoes

Why did you pair these pieces together? “I chose the green scarf because of the way it coordinates with my plum colored, Coach shoes.

Favorite Designer: BCBG & French Connection

How many pairs of leggings do you own? Around 20, including about 10 black pairs.

Photo and Interview By: Britany Ruby

Futuristic Movement gives students at MLK High School a motto to pass OGT

Members of Fresh Vibe Dance.


Video and story by Dwayne Yates
Photos by Kyle Roerink (Click to enlarge)
UHURU Magazine

Music with a message is not always taken seriously by younger generations, but Futuristic Movement has figured something out.

Rapper and co-founder of Futuristic Movement Oatz changed the lyrics to his song "Aint I Doe" to go "I'm gon' pass my OGT 'doe. Aint I 'doe?" Students repeated it back to him in their school's gymnasium during a pep rally.

Futuristic Movement is a group comprised of promoters, dancers and musicians. Its members come from different areas in northeast Ohio like Aurora, Akron, Canton and Cleveland.

Oatz said if someone wants to become a member he or she needs to have a talent they are willing to work on.

Vernon Jeffery, the other co-founder of Futuristic Movement, said this is something young promoters can join to learn how to get paid for the work that they do instead of accepting free admission into the events they promote. He also said the members receive financial education like learning how to do percentages and read contracts.

“You got a lot of kids who want to do music and promote, but they don’t know how to get into it,” Jeffery said. “We giveProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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hem that step forward to get them into everything.”

Members are expected to keep their grades up. Jeffery said there is a probation system, and if a member’s grades slip he or she is not allowed to attend Futuristic Movement events until they have shown improvement.

There is also a $10 fee each member pays per month. This money goes toward group outings and its events.

Right now, Futuristic Movement has 75 members. The group was just formed in this past June.

“Kids follow suit,” Jeffery said. “They see something they’re interested in that their friend is doing and they follow.”

People interested in joining should send an email to joinfuturisticmovement@gmail.com with their name and talent included.





Members of the Bookbag Bandits perform.



Founders of Futuristic Movement, Oatz, Latif Hughes and Vernon Jeffery, pose.



The Futuristic Movement executive board.



Members of Bookbag Bandits pose for a picture.



The Outsiders were one of Futuristic Movement's first acts. Here, they are pictured above.



Members of Fresh Vibe.



Futuristic Movement assembled a group of backup dancers to perform behind Oatz. Here they are.



Pictured here are all the members of Futuristic Movement who performed at Martin Luther King High School.



This is a picture of some members of Futuristic Movement posing for a picture with students and staff of Martin Luther King High School, including principle William Davis.

Homecoming Comedy Show

Video and Story by: Britany Ruby

Students had high hopes for this year’s Homecoming Comedy Show hosted by Black United Students. Both students from Kent State and people in the community started lining up outside the doors as early as 7 p.m. When the doors opened at 8 p.m., the line was wrapped around the hallway and people hurried to get good seats to the free show.

The comedic line up consisted of: Queen Aishah, Benji Brown, Finesse Mitchell, and headliner Aries Spears. The audience wouldn’t stop laughing. Each comedian including host Aishah did a stand up routine that touched on topics such as: sex, race, and politics.
The joy of laughter helped patrons overlook racy subjects. Remember, as Aries Spears said “Everyone has an opinion”.

The night ended with Aries Spears's rendition of what he says would be one of his favorite hip-hop songs; an LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, DMX, and Jay-Z collaboration.
Ending with a standing ovation for the comedians and Black United Students, the show was indeed a success.

Thandie Newton Goes Back to Her Roots for Arise Magazine

Fashion Is Life Hosted By Harambee

Photo of Lucretta Watson in Jasmine William's Egyptian-inspired scene. Photos taken by Jarette Howell.

Photo of Melanie Biggin's Mexico scene. Photo taken by Gracie Marie.

Harambee hosted its second Fashion is Life show in the Ballroom October 2.
The designers were asked to make clothes inspired by different cultures and countries. They included Africa, ancient Egypt, Greece and some others.
Not only did fashions appear on the runway, models and dancers performed skits that fit their designer's theme. These included a skit mimicking Michael Jackson's 'Remember the Time' video, A Grecian warrior fight sequence and African dance.

Photo from her Web site.
Designer and Kent State student Kori Fields had models show off her Glam Collars at the beginnign of the show. Here is a link to her Facebook fan page. Become a fan.

NAACP Umoja Festival

Robin Wright-President of NAACP

Kori Fields and Rashonna Duett of Modista

Harry, Jasmine, Dierre, and Dylan of Black United Students

Camille McCraney, Kimberly Miller, and Marlena Malone of Harambee

Photos and Story By: Britany Ruby

Umoja means "unity" in KiSwahili. NAACP’s Umoja Festival, on September 3, 2008, represented unity between all of the minority organizations on campus. Orgs like BUS, SALSA, and Modista held tables at the festival. KSU's Gospel Choir did song and step and the Golden Reflections did a dance routine. NAACP also filled Oscar Ritchie’s grounds with spoken word.

The festival concluded with an introduction of the Pan African Studies staff and the leaders of the student organizations. This brought light to the underlying purpose of the festival; to encourage students to get involved in the minority organizations on campus and learn more about the Pan African Studies department.

After two hours of music and socializing they got their point across pretty well.

Pictures from Kupita!!

The craziness in Oscar Ritchie!!!!

What's happening at Kent State!

Hey, are you looking for something to do on campus!? Check out the events, for this month.....

September 3-NAACP Unity festival in Taylor field. Starts at 6:30pm with live performances.

September 11-Black Squirrel Festival 12pm-7pm, Reggae Party @ The Robin Hood 10pm

September 16-Harambee Open Mic in the Ratskellar @ 8pm

Sept 17- SALSA "Let's Talk About Sex" 7:30pm

Sept 24- SALSA Hispanic AIDS Day

Uhuru Photoshoot Ideas

For this Spring's edition of Uhuru the goal is to create a magazine that promotes African awareness in students at Kent State University. Its theme is "Black is beautiful."
The website's banner features Alex Wek because my original thought was to feature dark-skinned models looking great in the magazine and represent for dark-skinned people everywhere. We will not have only dark-skinned models anymore, but we still want to use African-inspired clothing with kente prints and patterns to ingrain a sense of African pride amongst the student body.
The pictures above and below are from the line, Boxing Kitten. The prints and colors that designer Maya Amina uses are what we are looking for to dress our models in our photo shoot this Fall. These pictures serve as inspiration for what is to come in this Spring's Uhuru.