Monday, March 15, 2010
Perfect world
Uh the reason why I am late on this blog is because I really cant figure out what a perfect world would be. I think that there will always be someone that has a problem or a situation that someone would have. I would think that people that are God feared, loving, and helpful, would make the world great. But class is over so I have to get out of here and study. I had a great time on Friday, and lets still HANG OUT...Until then See you at GREEK WEEK!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
NPHC STROLL COMPETITION THANKYOU!!!!
Hey Guys.....
On behave of NPHC I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to support the NPHC stroll competition. I hope you guys all enjoyed it and hopefully it brought a new look on what strolling is. ( Get ready guys you'll be next! LOL ) jk ...or not.
But just to let you all know that we collected $1008.00 Last Friday which will be donated to Haiti through the red cross I believe. So I just wanted to share that with you guys.
Thanks,
Terry Williams
Stroll Champs!!! ha
On behave of NPHC I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to support the NPHC stroll competition. I hope you guys all enjoyed it and hopefully it brought a new look on what strolling is. ( Get ready guys you'll be next! LOL ) jk ...or not.
But just to let you all know that we collected $1008.00 Last Friday which will be donated to Haiti through the red cross I believe. So I just wanted to share that with you guys.
Thanks,
Terry Williams
Stroll Champs!!! ha
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Strengths
What are the strengths of your chapter and in what ways does your chapter need to improve?
The strengths that my chapter posses is good characters within the frat, a great brotherhood, and great services for the community. Every fraternity posses certain qualities, but some chapters do not represent their organizations as well as others. Kappa Alpha Psi has had programs,events, service, etc. We are all about helping the community change. NOW just like every chapter has Ups, they also have downs. I first off do not want to down any brother in my fraternity so I will speak in general from past years in my fraternity, most of these downs are a lot of other organizations falls as well.
Some of the things that we need to improve on is the lack of participation with some of the members. That is a big problem I have with members in organizations. Why would you go through a "intake process" whether it is a weekend retreat with your members, learning history about the organization, or paying for membership. That all takes money and time, so why not use it to the best of your ability? I hate to see "T-Shirt wearer" or a "skater" on campus. What is a "T-shirt wearer" and a Skater you ask? A T-shirt wear is a person that just comes to the social events to wear your letters. Haven't put no time in working within the frat or sorority, but would be the first one at a party,or in a picture. A Skater is basically the same thing, but always finds a way to get out of WORK!!! If some one needs a member to do something for a program or an upcoming event, the "Skater" will always be busy and unable to help with the program or event. That is something that EVERYONE needs to improve on, doesn't matter what council your in, we all have them. If we care more about our selection process of these members and focus on their work ethic in books, as well as the community it might be able to weed most but NOT all of the skaters out. Another thing that I feel like my organization has a problem with for years is protocol. Men have a certain pride and at times and do not want to listen to people that are in the higher positions because they feel that they are on the same level as their brothers. It is very hard to penalize members in a fraternity.
What are the strengths of your council and in what ways does your council need to change?
The strengths for my council has grown ALOT since I have been a part of NPHC. Me and Leo are the oldest (initiation date) on the council, I have seen 4 different council exec boards so far and I would have to say that we have improved greatly and this is probably the most efficient exec board so far from my knowledge. We are starting to get a lot of things in order such as the by-laws, and Constitution. A good thing about our NPHC exec board, we all know what is missing and what needs to be changed in our council and we are willing to put time (which we have so far) in to help change it. I feel one of our challenges in our council is outsiders. A lot people including administrators, peers, and other frats sororities do not understand us at all. People just look at us as dangerous black "groups" that can entertain people with step shows and strolls. THAT IS NOT THE CASE! as everyone in this class knows ; NPHC is definitely not that at all. I feel like at times OSU is going to take our Greek culture and our organizations away from us. Hopefully that's not the case, but this I would say would be the hardest fall that we need to improve.
What are the strengths of our community and in what ways does our community need to change?
This is probly the hardest question our of the three. I feel like we can only change our community so much. When one person is helping to fix the world, there is always 2 different people trying to destroy it; and that's the problem. Maybe we can help our Campus community better, but as far as the outside commuinty who doesn't understand greek life or college life at that, it would be a greater challege to change them. The only strength I feel our community has is school pride. Everyone loves being a Buckeye, but when it comes a time to support certain events or programs, it seems to be lost. So sorry I do not have a good answer to this question but maybe someone can comment on this and give me some ideas of the strength and weaknesses of our community.
The strengths that my chapter posses is good characters within the frat, a great brotherhood, and great services for the community. Every fraternity posses certain qualities, but some chapters do not represent their organizations as well as others. Kappa Alpha Psi has had programs,events, service, etc. We are all about helping the community change. NOW just like every chapter has Ups, they also have downs. I first off do not want to down any brother in my fraternity so I will speak in general from past years in my fraternity, most of these downs are a lot of other organizations falls as well.
Some of the things that we need to improve on is the lack of participation with some of the members. That is a big problem I have with members in organizations. Why would you go through a "intake process" whether it is a weekend retreat with your members, learning history about the organization, or paying for membership. That all takes money and time, so why not use it to the best of your ability? I hate to see "T-Shirt wearer" or a "skater" on campus. What is a "T-shirt wearer" and a Skater you ask? A T-shirt wear is a person that just comes to the social events to wear your letters. Haven't put no time in working within the frat or sorority, but would be the first one at a party,or in a picture. A Skater is basically the same thing, but always finds a way to get out of WORK!!! If some one needs a member to do something for a program or an upcoming event, the "Skater" will always be busy and unable to help with the program or event. That is something that EVERYONE needs to improve on, doesn't matter what council your in, we all have them. If we care more about our selection process of these members and focus on their work ethic in books, as well as the community it might be able to weed most but NOT all of the skaters out. Another thing that I feel like my organization has a problem with for years is protocol. Men have a certain pride and at times and do not want to listen to people that are in the higher positions because they feel that they are on the same level as their brothers. It is very hard to penalize members in a fraternity.
What are the strengths of your council and in what ways does your council need to change?
The strengths for my council has grown ALOT since I have been a part of NPHC. Me and Leo are the oldest (initiation date) on the council, I have seen 4 different council exec boards so far and I would have to say that we have improved greatly and this is probably the most efficient exec board so far from my knowledge. We are starting to get a lot of things in order such as the by-laws, and Constitution. A good thing about our NPHC exec board, we all know what is missing and what needs to be changed in our council and we are willing to put time (which we have so far) in to help change it. I feel one of our challenges in our council is outsiders. A lot people including administrators, peers, and other frats sororities do not understand us at all. People just look at us as dangerous black "groups" that can entertain people with step shows and strolls. THAT IS NOT THE CASE! as everyone in this class knows ; NPHC is definitely not that at all. I feel like at times OSU is going to take our Greek culture and our organizations away from us. Hopefully that's not the case, but this I would say would be the hardest fall that we need to improve.
What are the strengths of our community and in what ways does our community need to change?
This is probly the hardest question our of the three. I feel like we can only change our community so much. When one person is helping to fix the world, there is always 2 different people trying to destroy it; and that's the problem. Maybe we can help our Campus community better, but as far as the outside commuinty who doesn't understand greek life or college life at that, it would be a greater challege to change them. The only strength I feel our community has is school pride. Everyone loves being a Buckeye, but when it comes a time to support certain events or programs, it seems to be lost. So sorry I do not have a good answer to this question but maybe someone can comment on this and give me some ideas of the strength and weaknesses of our community.
All most over
Hey Im just at my internship just chilling reading over some stuff, and I just realized WI qrt is almost over. For the most part I am excited because I HATE the cold and I tend to be real lazy around this time (Like a Bear), but on another note I have grown to like this class in a way. I think after the conference, I was able to really have conversations with people in other councils that I never got the chance to do in or outside of class. After the conference I was more comfortable talking and participating in class with the other organizations. YYYYEEEAAAA!!!! LOL
But I just wanted to say that I like this class. It's pretty interesting, even though some stuff is still lame and I still do not got the hang of this blog crap. I'm glad I had the oppertunity to be apart of my Exec Board on my council and to show the other councils that we are not all about Stepping and Strolling but business as well. I feel like I will take more out of this class because of the activities more than the literature and paper work. So I hope we all get good Grades in this class, because it would suck to do all this and still get a bad grade, since it's hard to grade everything :( LOL
But I just wanted to say that I like this class. It's pretty interesting, even though some stuff is still lame and I still do not got the hang of this blog crap. I'm glad I had the oppertunity to be apart of my Exec Board on my council and to show the other councils that we are not all about Stepping and Strolling but business as well. I feel like I will take more out of this class because of the activities more than the literature and paper work. So I hope we all get good Grades in this class, because it would suck to do all this and still get a bad grade, since it's hard to grade everything :( LOL
Friday, February 19, 2010
OATH
(Merriam-Websters Online Dictionary) an oath is:
: a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says (2) : a solemn attestation of the truth or inviolability of one's words b : something (as a promise) corroborated by an oath.
Everyone takes some kind of oath. Marriages, Pledges, certain job positions,membership of organizations (gangs), and government courts. While being a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, I have taken oaths that I stand by highly. I promise to work hard for my fraternity for the rest of my life. I knew that I was making a life long commitment during my initiation process and that is why my fraternity is so special to me. Many are very dishonest about the oaths they make. Witnesses in court has to pledge a oath before confession, and at times people lie all the time.
I'm not sure what we are suppose to talk about in this blog besides the word "Oath", But I believe a oath should be very important to an individual. An Oath is your word, and most of the time that's all you have. At God's witness.
: a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says (2) : a solemn attestation of the truth or inviolability of one's words b : something (as a promise) corroborated by an oath.
Everyone takes some kind of oath. Marriages, Pledges, certain job positions,membership of organizations (gangs), and government courts. While being a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, I have taken oaths that I stand by highly. I promise to work hard for my fraternity for the rest of my life. I knew that I was making a life long commitment during my initiation process and that is why my fraternity is so special to me. Many are very dishonest about the oaths they make. Witnesses in court has to pledge a oath before confession, and at times people lie all the time.
I'm not sure what we are suppose to talk about in this blog besides the word "Oath", But I believe a oath should be very important to an individual. An Oath is your word, and most of the time that's all you have. At God's witness.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
How I feel about Secret Rituals....
I beleive a Secret Ritual is suppose to be kept a secret, or it would not be important for Organization. There are many ceremonies that my Fraternity does, but that is what makes us different from every other organization. A secret Ritual is something that has been passed down member to member ONLY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION! These cememonies or rituals are something every member should keep to them selves and cherish for the rest of their lives. A ritual to me is a something that you should be able to live by. It is something that teaches you a leasson for life in the real world.
Every Organization (Not Just Greek) has a form of rituals, some are only for their members, some are for the public. For instance, I'm sure that Presidents and anyone with higher "power" are involved in certain things that they have to keep to themselves. Athletes, Boss's of a company, Union workers, etc. all have some form of ritual that is only known by them and the ones acciosiated with that person.
People tend to get Rituals and Values mixed up. I can only speak for NPHC but each organization for the most part does things differently for certain reasons. Although we were all founded on the same principals, each organization has to stand out or we would all look the same. Some of my Fratenity values consist of God, Family, Frat, Achievement, and Brotherhood. Now I can say these things, because a lot of us Greeks have the same values. Now if it is something that I know would make us different than others, of course that would be a secret. I keep my rituals deep in my heart because that's what I was taught, which makes my Fraternity so strong. Our "secret Rituals" is what Bonds us together
Every Organization (Not Just Greek) has a form of rituals, some are only for their members, some are for the public. For instance, I'm sure that Presidents and anyone with higher "power" are involved in certain things that they have to keep to themselves. Athletes, Boss's of a company, Union workers, etc. all have some form of ritual that is only known by them and the ones acciosiated with that person.
People tend to get Rituals and Values mixed up. I can only speak for NPHC but each organization for the most part does things differently for certain reasons. Although we were all founded on the same principals, each organization has to stand out or we would all look the same. Some of my Fratenity values consist of God, Family, Frat, Achievement, and Brotherhood. Now I can say these things, because a lot of us Greeks have the same values. Now if it is something that I know would make us different than others, of course that would be a secret. I keep my rituals deep in my heart because that's what I was taught, which makes my Fraternity so strong. Our "secret Rituals" is what Bonds us together
Friday, January 29, 2010
last week
Hey Yall,
I've have been going through a lot this week and I was so confused why class was cancelled last week. I realized class is just moved! I've been out of a phone for a week last week, and didn't realize it was moved...Guess I need to start looking at my email more. I was told we did some surveys outside fraternity and sorority houses asking then their values and their organizations top 3 activities. I also understood that every council was competing against eachother to see who would receive the most points. I called some people from different councils this week to ask their main activities and values. Every council is different, I feel NPHC has a tight nitch with one another. There's a strong bond on a brotherly/sisterly level that many councils do not have. I also know we have flaws in other areas, such as grades. Not every organization has bad grades, but that is something we really need to improve on!
Some organizations said they are more about studying, some said partying, and some said service. Not every Greek organization is going to be the same and I feel that Tyler is trying to get us to understand that. I think Tyler had everyone do this competition so we can all be brought together. No matter what kind of competition, there is always team work involved, plus everyone hates to lose, so people are forced to work together to win. I'm sure I got the idea of last weeks class and once again I apologize for my absence. Maggie and Tyler are very understanding, so hopefully this blog will be decent. See you all soon..in the new class room
I've have been going through a lot this week and I was so confused why class was cancelled last week. I realized class is just moved! I've been out of a phone for a week last week, and didn't realize it was moved...Guess I need to start looking at my email more. I was told we did some surveys outside fraternity and sorority houses asking then their values and their organizations top 3 activities. I also understood that every council was competing against eachother to see who would receive the most points. I called some people from different councils this week to ask their main activities and values. Every council is different, I feel NPHC has a tight nitch with one another. There's a strong bond on a brotherly/sisterly level that many councils do not have. I also know we have flaws in other areas, such as grades. Not every organization has bad grades, but that is something we really need to improve on!
Some organizations said they are more about studying, some said partying, and some said service. Not every Greek organization is going to be the same and I feel that Tyler is trying to get us to understand that. I think Tyler had everyone do this competition so we can all be brought together. No matter what kind of competition, there is always team work involved, plus everyone hates to lose, so people are forced to work together to win. I'm sure I got the idea of last weeks class and once again I apologize for my absence. Maggie and Tyler are very understanding, so hopefully this blog will be decent. See you all soon..in the new class room
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