William Morgan
EN100-27
December 11th, 2015
Dr. Bloom
Ever since the recent events involving some reoccurring racial issues at Missouri University (Mizzou), students across the country have be discussing whether or not a similar situation can happen at their school. Are there or have there been similar situations at other schools or more specifically this school, Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO). If there have not been similar situations here at SEMO, could they, and is such an event likely to happen? To understand the issue at hand we must first understand what happened at Mizzou first.
The student protests that led to Missouri University System President Tim Wolfe's resignation are nothing new. These issues have been going on for …show more content…
Looking through web searches for Southeast Missouri State University and racism I didn’t come up with much on the issue of racial tensions here at SEMO. I did find a 2005 article, at insidehighered.com, entitled about the use of Native American tribes' names and their people’s likenesses as sports mascots, but the only mention of SEMO is how the school changed its nickname from The Indians to the Redhawks that year. This change of name was favored by the author as a step in the right direction in regards to racism within the use of names and mascots in sports. During the name changing ceremony at which she spoke, the author of said 2005 article, Carol Spindel, a professor who teaches writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said “There's a lot of talk in college sports about respect. I felt it that …show more content…
Shortly after the events at MIZZOU took place, President Carlos Vargas noted that Southeast hired Sonia Rucker as the coordinator of Institutional Equity and Diversity last April. While an equity officer has been on campus for many years, the responsibilities of the position have increased to include serving as the institution’s Title IX coordinator. Rucker recently announced the launching of a new Institutional Equity and Diversity website at http://www.semo.edu/diversity which includes resources and what is happening within the diversity task force. In addition, the website contains a new bias incident reporting system which University community members can use if they witness or experience any bias-related incidents or activities within the Southeast community. As stated in a recent article on semo.edu, “A bias incident is an action directed at a person or group because of an actual or perceived aspect of diversity, such as age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The report can be submitted anonymously. While racial issues have been the main premise behind the efforts to bringing more understanding about diversity, there have been additional measures in regards to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
EN100-27
December 11th, 2015
Dr. Bloom
Ever since the recent events involving some reoccurring racial issues at Missouri University (Mizzou), students across the country have be discussing whether or not a similar situation can happen at their school. Are there or have there been similar situations at other schools or more specifically this school, Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO). If there have not been similar situations here at SEMO, could they, and is such an event likely to happen? To understand the issue at hand we must first understand what happened at Mizzou first.
The student protests that led to Missouri University System President Tim Wolfe's resignation are nothing new. These issues have been going on for …show more content…
Looking through web searches for Southeast Missouri State University and racism I didn’t come up with much on the issue of racial tensions here at SEMO. I did find a 2005 article, at insidehighered.com, entitled about the use of Native American tribes' names and their people’s likenesses as sports mascots, but the only mention of SEMO is how the school changed its nickname from The Indians to the Redhawks that year. This change of name was favored by the author as a step in the right direction in regards to racism within the use of names and mascots in sports. During the name changing ceremony at which she spoke, the author of said 2005 article, Carol Spindel, a professor who teaches writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said “There's a lot of talk in college sports about respect. I felt it that …show more content…
Shortly after the events at MIZZOU took place, President Carlos Vargas noted that Southeast hired Sonia Rucker as the coordinator of Institutional Equity and Diversity last April. While an equity officer has been on campus for many years, the responsibilities of the position have increased to include serving as the institution’s Title IX coordinator. Rucker recently announced the launching of a new Institutional Equity and Diversity website at http://www.semo.edu/diversity which includes resources and what is happening within the diversity task force. In addition, the website contains a new bias incident reporting system which University community members can use if they witness or experience any bias-related incidents or activities within the Southeast community. As stated in a recent article on semo.edu, “A bias incident is an action directed at a person or group because of an actual or perceived aspect of diversity, such as age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The report can be submitted anonymously. While racial issues have been the main premise behind the efforts to bringing more understanding about diversity, there have been additional measures in regards to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual