Noose Scare Inspires Black Lives Matter Gathering
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oo © © u d review The University of Delaware's independent student newspaper since 1882 | udreview.com T he R eview --------------------------------- T U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 1 4 2 , IS S U E 4 ------------------------------------ Noose scare inspires Black Lives Matter gathering MATT BUTLER down the road at all. It’s now.” hard to be self-aware to that level, Editor in Chief Senior Eli Webster said he particularly when the general public has experienced years of racism does not want to hear about white Students from the Black Lives directed at him around campus privilege, but that understanding Matter movement on campus and has vivid memories of places the challenges faced by minorities organized a large forum last he has seen or things he has heard is crucial to moving forward as a Wednesday afternoon, in direct that are overtly racist. He called for university community. response to what appeared to be more diversity training and said “I don’t have to worry about nooses found in a tree outside of he is “running out of patience” that. There's all sorts of heartache Mitchell Hall the previous night. with the university’s struggles to and hassle that I don't have to put The event was held on The Green properly deal with racism. up with, that’s my white privilege, outside of Memorial Hall, with the “This incident, or that’s something I haven’t earned," tree visible to the whole crowd. misunderstanding, is just the Mortenson said. “The white people The gathering was announced cherry on top,” Webster said. “I at this university need to become late Tuesday night in the wake fear, as students of the University more aware of their white privilege, of images of what appeared to of Delaware, that we live in a they need to become more aware of be nooses spreading throughout climate that has now reached a their implicit thought processes.” social media. Though the nooses boiling point. It is time for us to After the event, senior Jeremy were investigated by the University look at how we can change our Mathis, who organized last of Delaware Police Department university and make it a more Monday’s Katie Pavlich protest, (UDPD) and found to be leftover comfortable environment for said he was encouraged by the parts of a paper lantern, organizers minority populations [...] Some attendance at the gathering. He said felt the protest was still necessary. could say this has been insanity. it helped him recover somewhat One by one, students, We’re doing the same things over from the emotional whirlwind of professors and alumni walked to and over again and hoping for a Tuesday night. the podium outside of Memorial different response." “Those comments on social Hall. They shared their personal Some students at the event media are not representative experiences with the crowd, were not certain they accepted of the hearts and souls of our speaking of discrimination, use of the lantern explanation. Isaiah students and faculty,” Mathis the N-word, unsatisfactory racial Thompson, one of the speakers, said. “Sometimes you get bogged curriculum and the general racist said he is still unsure what to think down in so much dark sadness tone around campus as they had about last night’s events, but that and hatred that the world pumps seen it. Prior to these testimonials, the thought of a noose came so out, so just to see that there was the crowd heard from Acting quickly speaks to a larger problem so much community here (...] It was President Nancy Targett who on the campus. He also read some beautiful.” pledged further action to fight of the posts on anonymous app Yik Ultimately, alumnus James campus racism regardless of the Yak that degraded or complained Church provided perhaps the most results of the noose investigation. about the Black Lives Matter powerful quote from a ceremony UDPD Chief Patrick Ogden also movement and had appeared since full of them: reiterated his prior statements that the initial images first hit social “For four years, I walked these he is now certain the items were media. campus sidewalks. And for all four from a previous event and had no “I’m just going to address the years, I never felt like 1 was a part racial intent. elephant in the room: We’re still of UD.” “Instead of spewing hate, skeptical about what last night Carol Henderson, vice provost what they spewed was reason was,” Thompson said. “Regardless for diversity, also announced and a request for civil discourse of what we have heard, we are still a diversity action plan that is and request for change, and they questioning it." currently in the final stages of used their experiences to help us Communications professor approval. She said once that understand the change that we Steve Mortenson also took the plan has passed through senior need make,” Targett said after the stage and said the white population leadership, it will be presented to event. “The conversation starts on campus has to acknowledge the student body. MORGAN BROWNELL/ THE REVIEW now, change starts now, we have to and recognize the privilege they Graduate student Kenny Daughtry spoke to the crowd about the misinterpretation start today. We can’t kick this can inherently have. He said it can be of affirmative action and his experiences with racism on campus. Students flock to see pope, join estimated 860.000 in Phiily MARGARET MCNAMARA & the crowd that attended Pope Senior Daniel Santangelo said MEGHAN JUSCZAK Francis’s historic Mass on the the group of students secured a Associate News Editor and Executive Benjamin Franklin Parkway. spot on the parade route and was Editor Approximately 860,000 people only a few feet away from the pope flooded the closed-down center of when he stopped to kiss a nearby Before the sun rose on Sunday, the city on Sunday, as estimated baby. students gathered in a parking by The Philadelphia Inquirer. “As soon as he came into lot and boarded six school buses Junior Dan Hutton said the group view for us, the crowd erupted in bound for Philadelphia. The buses, passed through security at 7 a.m., screams, shouts and cheers, myself provided by the Catholic Campus circumventing the hours-long lines included,” Santangelo said. 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Rullo Stadium - Women's soccer vs. JMU, 7 p.m., Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium PENCIL - Perkins Live: A Night of Treble featur TL;DR ing Dueling Pianos, 10 p.m. -1 a.m„ Perkins Student Center Wednesday’s Black Lives World Scholars program IT IN Matter gathering The university introduced ’ a new highly selective program Last week students in for this academic year which Black Lives Matter mobilized Targett's update on state of gives students the opportunity a community gathering on the university to study abroad multiple times during their undergraduate SATURDAY, OCT. 3 campus in response to the social TUESDAY, SEPT. 29 media explosion regarding what Yesterday, acting president career. Incoming high-achieving appeared to be nooses hanging Nancy Targett addressed a room freshmen who show an interest - Scooter racing, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., in - Main Street Mile, 8 a.m., begins at line hockey court behind Sypherd Hall McDonald’s traffic circle outside of Mitchell Hall. full of faculty, staff and students in international issues and - Special Interest Greek Organization - Football vs. William & Mary, 7:30 p.m., Students, administrators to speak on the recent Black Lives take on non-STEM majors expo, 12 - 4 p.m., Mentor's Circle Delaware Stadium and others came together on Matter protest and other issues in the College of Arts and - Professional communication - Haven Drag Show, 8:30 - 11:30 p.m., The Green to speak about their like enrollment, student debt, Sciences, the Lerner College of workshop, 2 - 3 p.m., Career Services Trabant Multipurpose Rooms experiences with racism at development and administrative Business & Economics, Human Center, workshop room the university. Nancy Targett growth. Services majors in the College - Meet and Greet with LGBT Program affirmed that while the items Targett said she is proud of Education and Human Coordinator Rebekah Harless-Balmer, hanging in the trees were not of the strides the university has Development or University 4 p.m., Perkins Student Center room nooses, but remnants of lanterns, been making in recent years, Studies are eligible. 015R The university anticipates - UDance Flag Football Tournament, the university will address especially in terms of revising 4 - 7 p.m., Harrington Turf the racism issue that became the sexual misconduct policy and the program growing 150-250 - USC Quizzo: LGBTO, 7 - 8 p.m., apparent with this scare through addine more student resources in students each year and hopes to Perkins West Lounge the Diversity Action Plan, which the Title IX office. expand the program to all majors will be released in the coming She spoke about the issue of in the future.