L.A. Now
June 29, 2010 6:24 pm
Despite much-publicized racial tensions on the campus last semester, UC San Diego has managed to slightly raise its still small numbers of African American freshman for the fall, according to statistics released by the campus Tuesday.
Some students and faculty had feared that black enrollment on the campus could be negatively affected by the "Compton Cookout," an off-campus party in February that mocked African Americans and led to protests about UC San Diego's small numbers of black students. That led to extra efforts to recruit African American students without violating the state’s ban on racial affirmative action in college admissions.
Full Story: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/black-freshmen-increase-at-uc-san-diego-despite-racist-party-controversy.html
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
UC regents sorry for acts of hate on campuses
sfgate.com
Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, March 25, 2010
It's taken a series of venomous events - among them a hanging noose, a swastika etched in a Jewish student's door, and anti-gay slurs scribbled on walls - to shake University of California leaders into recognizing that the diversity problem on their campuses is serious.
But recognize it they did on Wednesday as regents, chancellors and UC President Mark Yudof spent the morning apologizing to students for allowing an atmosphere of hatred to fester on at least two campuses, San Diego and Davis. They acknowledged that racial tension undoubtedly exists on other UC campuses.
They laid out plans to make the largely white and Asian American schools more inclusive. And they decried the repeated, hateful incidents that began in February with a San Diego frat party mocking black students. A noose in the school's library followed. Then there was a student's closed-circuit TV rant using a racial slur for black people, and another student's photo that had been darkened and circulated.
At UC Davis, someone defaced the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center with derogatory words. And no fewer than six swastikas have been found on campus, the latest just days ago.
"I want to extend a personal apology to every African American kid, every Latino student and Jewish kid, and to every student that became aware of this," Eddie Island told fellow regents and dozens in the audience, from students to staff members. The regents are in San Francisco this week conducting their monthly meeting.
"We as a board failed to provide a nurturing environment," Island said. "We didn't intend to, but we have failed."
Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/24/BAH81CK9BM.DTL
Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, March 25, 2010
It's taken a series of venomous events - among them a hanging noose, a swastika etched in a Jewish student's door, and anti-gay slurs scribbled on walls - to shake University of California leaders into recognizing that the diversity problem on their campuses is serious.
But recognize it they did on Wednesday as regents, chancellors and UC President Mark Yudof spent the morning apologizing to students for allowing an atmosphere of hatred to fester on at least two campuses, San Diego and Davis. They acknowledged that racial tension undoubtedly exists on other UC campuses.
They laid out plans to make the largely white and Asian American schools more inclusive. And they decried the repeated, hateful incidents that began in February with a San Diego frat party mocking black students. A noose in the school's library followed. Then there was a student's closed-circuit TV rant using a racial slur for black people, and another student's photo that had been darkened and circulated.
At UC Davis, someone defaced the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center with derogatory words. And no fewer than six swastikas have been found on campus, the latest just days ago.
"I want to extend a personal apology to every African American kid, every Latino student and Jewish kid, and to every student that became aware of this," Eddie Island told fellow regents and dozens in the audience, from students to staff members. The regents are in San Francisco this week conducting their monthly meeting.
"We as a board failed to provide a nurturing environment," Island said. "We didn't intend to, but we have failed."
Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/24/BAH81CK9BM.DTL
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