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i mprint un i v e r s ity of waterloo student newspaper
vol 28, no 10
Friday, September 30, 2005
Diversity campaign kicks off
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UW student and brother’s deaths ruled homicide
SUV used in murder found, but police say no suspect has been identified Ashley Csanady special to imprint
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R&B singer Jully Black gets up close with student Arsany Ibrahim during her performance on Wednesday, September 27. Chris Miller special to imprint
The University of Waterloo kicked off its Diversity Awareness Campaign on Tuesday with its launch concert featuring K’Naan, Jully Black and Bedouin Soundclash. According to the campaign’s website, the goal of the campaign is to “help the UW community move from mere awareness and acceptance of differences to understanding of those differences.” The events ran from September 27 to September 30 and also featured a spoken-word performance by K-OS and an appearance by comedian Shaun Majumder, both in the Humanities Theatre. According to Diversity Campaign co-ordinator Sarah Lewis, “The people we’ve picked to perform represent the diverse background” [that the campaign seeks to display.]
The campaign is the brainchild of an array of campus organizations, initially proposed by UW administration. Clubs director Rick Theis said “The university’s view is a proactive one” and hopes that the campaign will “set the tone and ambience for students” to “create networks of mutual support.” Feds President John Andersen said that it seeks to “broach the issue in an interesting, fun, social way.” In regards to how the organizers would know whether they’ve succeeded, Andersen said, “You know when you’re successful when the level of debate goes beyond rhetoric and hatred and toward understanding.” Of particular note has been the poster campaign which features students chosen for their visibility on campus. Notables from Feds, Athletics, Imprint, MathSoc, the administration and the multitude of other clubs all appear on the posters holding signs expressing features about
themselves. A second series of posters features photographs of students and asks onlookers how they would label each person. Lewis felt that it was “a really impactful experience. It let me connect with people like myself.” Theis was also optimistic about the posters’ impact, stating that students approached them with “questions and interest and confusion.” As part of the drive to raise awareness of the campaign, free wristbands were made available. The purpose of the wristbands is to express a personal symbol of unity among the UW community. According to Andersen, the campaign will be a continuous event at Waterloo. He also notes the impact that the campaign has been having on former students: “We have alumni writing into the campus from a time when racism was more prevalent.”
A night of fun turned into a morning of tragedy for two brothers, one a student at the University of Waterloo, when they were struck and killed by an SUV on Friday, September 23. Chandrasegar Nagulasigamany, 21, a UW arts student, and his brother Soumiyan, 19, were pronounced dead at Grand River Hospital early Friday. A third victim, Nirosan Thanabalasingam, a second-year UW biology student, was released later that day with internal injuries and is currently at home in Scarborough recovering. Originally labeled a hit-and-run, the accident was declared a homicide after many questions were raised, making the deaths the sixth and seventh homicides in the region this year. Waterloo Regional Police have now determined that “at around 1:15 a.m. an altercation took place on Dearborn Place in the City of Waterloo. Investigators believe that two groups of individuals met in the area after a dispute at a local nearby nightclub, the Revolution. The altercation led to three people being struck by a vehicle.” Police have “no suspects as of now,” according to Staff Sgt. Adrian Darmon, but are “trying to identify anybody involved in the altercation preceding the incident and any parties involved in the subsequent incident on Dearborn.” Some of the parties suspected to be involved are also believed to have come from the Greater Toronto Area. The SUV involved in the accident was recovered on Wednesday, September 28 and is being investigated by the forensic unit. Chandrasegar was working towards a degree in arts and was also a very involved member of the University of Waterloo community. He was the president of the Waterloo Students Tamil Association (WASTA) for two terms and a leader on the International Information Committee for Humanitarian Relief (IICHF). He also organized a vigil for the victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia last winter. See HOMICIDE, page 7
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