Til next year.

With the school year at end, there will be no mmore updates on minority clubs at Adelphi. Come back in September of 2010, to hear more on these fabulous clubs!

Men of Color Alliance

Here is a video done by Amina Cisse and Justine Vaughns on the Men of Color Alliance, the newest minority club on campus.

First News Video from amina cisse on Vimeo.

Interview with Monique Walker

An Interview with Monique Walker a sophomore at Adelphi University who is anticipating this years long awaited fashion show presented by African People's Organization. She is not a member of the club, but just a student who is looking forward to a good show.



African People's Organization hopes everyone enjoyed the show.

Black Students United

Since there were so few members this year, Carribean Cultural Awareness Club and African People's Organization have decided to join together and become Black Students United.

"We're hoping to get more members this way, since the two clubs can join together. That means that this one club will have twice the amount of members as the sperate two clubs." Said Christina Roberts, president of Carribean Cultural Awareness Club.

Black Students United voted on their new Executive Board last night and are very excited for a new year.

"We have a lot of new ideas for you guys!" Said Melita Dillard, the new president of Black Students United. "We're going to have a lot of fun."

Already the new club is designing their new t-shirts, entitled B.S.U. in black, red, and white. They are also making a strong effort to advertise their new club. Monday afternoon they had their first B.B.Q which consisted of free food, fun games, free snow cones, free t-shirt designs, and a free photo booth.

With all these fun activities already started before the year is even over, you can only expect for from B.S.U.

The Long Awaited Show

Picture by: Scherise Garcia

Both parties came out on top after a long awaited battle.

After African People's Organization's fashion show, students first attended Men of Color Alliance's party and then when that one ended at 2am, them all headed over to Club Mink in Queens to finish the celebration at 4am.

According to Executive Board member Rachel Clarke, the fashion show was a success.

"Everything went smoothly and everyone seems to have enjoyed the show thats all that really matters to us in the end. The fact that we presented a fashion show that everyone loved and really enjoyed themselves at. The only think I would comment on is we wish guests wouldnt show up hours late." Said Clarke.

Flyers for the battling parties

Flyer by: Iam Northgate

Flyer by: Leopold Auguste

Battle of the Parties

Confessions of a Model, is this years name of African People's Organization's annual Fashion Show.

This Fashion show is the most anticipated event of the entire year and its what A.P.O. spends almost their entire budget on each year.

So of course with such an anticipated event every club on campus is going to fight to try and hold the after-party and gain recognition. But only one party will prevail. Which will it be?

The top two parties are being throwned by Men of Color Alliance and by a group off campus who call themselves "Imperial Entertainment."

M.O.C.A. will be throwing their party on-campus and plan to call it DUB-A-THON, Imperial Entertainment will hold their party off campus at Club Mink in Jamaica, Queens and will call their event OH SO SCANDALOUS.

"I plan on going to both." said Nicole Lucas.

No one knows yet which party will prevail.

Spanish Spelling Bee

Picture by Jovan Capote

If you thought spelling in English was hard, then you should try spelling in another language. This week Latin-American Student Organization (L.A.S.O.) held a Spelling Bee in Spanish to make their meeting a little more interesting.

"Tiempo. T-i-e-m-p-o." Said Bianca Morales, a member of L.A.S.O.

As if the loss of members in African People's Organization wasn't enough, the latinos are losing members in their clubs as well, which is why they decided to spice things up at this weeks meeting.

"We want to spread the word about our club," said Jovan Capote, Vice-President, "our club isnt just for latinos, all races are welcome and we dont discriminate against anyone."

L.A.S.O meets every tuesday at 6pm on the third floor of the University Center, the room in which it takes place is constantly changing but you can easily spot the room, when you hear accents and spanish being shouted from across the room.

Tickets!

Remember, this Saturday is C.C.A.C's Comedy Show.
A.U= $5.00
Non A.U= $10.00
Tickets are being sold in the Panthertainment Booth.

Vagina Monologues

The club called UMOJA, will be holding auditions for the "Vagina Monologues" this week.
Their not giving out much details on the play, but they would like both men and women to come out and audition for one of the funniest plays this year will offer.

For more information contact Gladys Amartey

Meet A Member:

Name: Rachel Clarke
Age: 19
Year: Sophomore
Nationality: Jamaican
Clubs in: African Peoples Organization, Caribbean Culture Awareness Club
Positions: Public Relations in A.P.O., Treasurer C.C.A.C.
Years Involved in Clubs: 2

Comedy Show :)

Loud laughter will be heard coming for the University Center's Ballroom Saturday, April 12th, when comedians from Saturday Night Live, Chappelle's Show, Def Comedy Jam, and Bad Boys of Comedy will all be coming to Adelphi and putting on a show.

Caribbean Culture Awareness Club is hosting the event and is very happy and proud to do so.

"We havn't had an event all year," said Christina Roberts, president of C.C.A.C., "hopefully this event is popular and brings our club some well-deserved recognition."

C.C.A.C. hasn't done well in previous years because of their notorious parties. In previous years, C.C.A.C.'s parties held on campus, brought unwanted guests who started fights and riots at the parties. The Center of Student Involvement decided to suspend C.C.A.C and ever since the club hasn't been able to get back on its feet.

"Our number in members has faced a dramatic decline." Said Rachel Clarke, Treasurer of C.C.A.C.

Tickets for the comedy show will go on sale next week and can be bought for only $10.00 in the Panthertainment Booth.

Watch the video clip below to get an idea of what to look forward to during April 12th's comedy show.

Alpha Kappa Alpha

A few of the A.K.A.'s left at Adelphi, Photo Credit: Landrina Theus

Pink and Green is everywhere as this week is Alpha Kappa Alpha week. All over campus you will be spotting different events related to the A.K.A.'s.

Since Adelphi's chapter is so small they're always looking for members, so do your research and decide which sorority you would like to join!

MOCA & AKA Event Tonight!

M.O.C.A. (Men of Color Alliance), Adelphi's newest club, will be teaming up with the Alpha Kappa Alphas (A.K.A.) tonight to bring you a dinner in celebration of men!

This event will be held in U.C's ballroom at 8pm. Tickets will be $3.00 for women and of course only $1.00 for men.

Tickets will be sold at the door, first come, first serve so be sure to get there early.

M.O.C.A. was established this semester, in order to provide an outlet for male students of color who seek direction, expression, academic excellence, and unity, If you would like more information on the new group you can email their president, Aundree Booker at AundreeBooker@mail.adelphi.edu.

Black History Month Dinner

Malika Grayson, Treasurer of A.P.O

The ballroom was empty last night as the executive board of Adelphi's African People's Organization (A.P.O) and Carribean Culture Awareness Club (C.C.A.C) went on stage to talk about black history from the 1800's to the present. Each one of the speakers took the time to find and wear an outfit from the era they were speaking about and put on a little show or dance, while presenting 25-40 slides on their time period in black history.

"We organize these events and nobody shows up," said Raisa Turner Vice-President of A.PO, "All our money and hard work goes down the drain."

A.P.O and C.C.A.C had been organizing this event since the semester had started, and they spent a lot of money on food, which no one was there to eat.

"Take extra plates!" Melita Dillard, president of A.P.O shouted as the program ended and people started leaving the ballroom.

The two organizations hope that more people will turn out for their future events especially for their main event, A.P.O's Fashion Show coming in April, and C.C.A.C's comedy show coming in early March.