Politics In My Pocket
This is the lowest hourly wage an employer is generally allowed to pay covered workers under applicable law.
What is "Minimum Wage"
Bonus Points: $11 is Ohio's minimum wage.
There’s a giant pothole outside your house. Who should you contact before calling the President?
What is your city/local government?
Before becoming Marauders during the Candlelight Ceremony, new Central State students are known by this name.
What are Pirates?
What does NAACP stand for?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
You get your first paycheck and discover your gross pay and take-home pay aren't the same. Name one thing that may have been withheld.
What are taxes?
Central State receives money through a state budget. Which level of government decides how much Ohio appropriates to its public colleges and universities?
State government/ Ohio General Assembly.
Your off-campus apartment has no heat, your landlord won't fix it, and you think the unit violates housing codes. Who could you contact besides your landlord?
Your local housing/code-enforcement agency.
CSU's marching band appeared in this comedian's 2005 Block Party documentary alongside artists including Erykah Badu, The Roots and Kanye West.
Who is Dave Chappelle?
This landmark 1965 federal law prohibited racial discrimination in voting and created major federal protections for voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
You go out to eat without personally inspecting the restaurant's kitchen first. Government does this to help enforce food-safety standards.
What are restaurant/health inspections?
You attend a public university and complain that tuition is too high. Which level of government makes major decisions about funding Ohio's public colleges and universities?
What is state government?
You want Ohio law changed statewide. Which elected officials should you contact about introducing or changing state legislation?
Who is Ohio House of Representative and/or Ohio State Senator
Central State officially achieved university status in this year.
What is 1965?
This Supreme Court decision declared state laws requiring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
You complain, “Why can't they build affordable apartments over there?” Local rules governing what can be built and where are called what?
What is zoning?
You don't get a raise, but groceries, rent, gas, and everything else seem more expensive. What economic term describes a general rise in prices over time?
What is inflation?
Amazon is trying to build a massive data center in your community and you are against it. Who should you call first to stop that?
What are your local elected officials and local zoning/planning authorities?
Central State University welcomes students from across the United States and how many foreign countries.
What is 15 countries.
Before becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress, this political trailblazer famously said she was “unbought and unbossed.”
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
You're 26 and can no longer remain on a parent's health plan based solely on the Affordable Care Act's under-26 dependent-coverage rule. What major adult expense may suddenly become your responsibility?
What is health insurance?
Name five ways government policy could affect your personal finances.
Taxes, wages, tuition, student loans, utilities, transportation, healthcare, childcare, housing, insurance, etc.
PHONE CHALLENGE: You have 60 seconds. Find the names of your Ohio State Representative and State Senator.
Depends on player's address.
The lyrics to Central State University's Alma Mater were written by this historian and former CSU leader, who also led the institution during its transition to independence.
Who is Dr. Charles H. Wesley?
In 1967, this Ohio city elected Carl Stokes, making him the first Black elected mayor of a major U.S. city.
What is Cleveland?
State regulators can oversee rates and practices of certain companies providing electricity (AES), natural gas and other essential services. These companies are called what?
What are public utilities and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)?