Vol. 127, No. 38 Thursday, October 5, 2017
OPINION
SPORTS
CSU ISN’T ACTUALLY THAT DIVERSE
NICK STEVENS LEADS CSU OFFENSE
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A&C
DON’T PANIC. IT’S ORGANIC. PAGE 17
Racial, cultural tensions surface A student faces a busy corridor of campus. Three bias-motivated incidents have occurred on campus this semester, leading some students to question if the University is doing enough to prevent and respond to them. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NATALIE DYER COLLEGIAN
Students say University response lacking after bias-motivated incidents By Nate Day @NateMDay
A fake noose was found in Newsom. A wireless network in Durward Hall was renamed “Fuck Jews.” The words, “Hail Hitler” were written on a Jewish student’s door. The incidents may sound like events in a Jim Crow deep south or a pre-World War II Europe, but they’re not. The events happened at Colorado State University, this semester.
In recent weeks, CSU was home to discriminatory events that left students of color and Jewish students feeling vulnerable and unsafe. Only a few days before the beginning of the semester, a makeshift noose was found in Newsom, hung just outside the hall of the only Black resident assistant in the building. Then, in Laurel Village and in Durward, two anti-Semitic incidents were reported by residence life staff. In response to the noose
incident, CSU put on an event titled “The History and Symbolism of Lynching in America,” in which several CSU professors spoke about historical contexts of lynching, and four Black/African American students were asked to speak about racism. After the event, several students voiced their concerns about feeling unsafe and unheard by the CSU faculty, administration and other students. Additionally, two separate anti-Semitic incidents occurred
in on-campus residence halls: one in Durward where a wireless network was renamed “Fuck Jews,” and another in Laurel Village where a Jewish student’s whiteboard was vandalized with the term “Hail Hitler” next to their Star of David decoration. These events inspired CSU’s chapter of Hillel, an office that strives to create a “home away from home for Jewish students,” according to the director, to organize a march on Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. beginning
at the Hillel Sukkah. The event is designed to show unity as well as “to let the haters know that we are not afraid…” Director of Hillel Alex Amchislavskiy wrote in an email about the event. However, a direct response or messaging from the University has yet to manifest. Laura Giles, the director of Residence Life, notes that some proactive actions are being taken to ensure that these events are see RACIAL TENSION on page 4 >>