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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 126 | ISSUE 30 OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894 DIVERSITY 3 VIEWS 4-5 BASEBALL 10 The CW’s news editor sat Two writers express With another season on down with an SGA member diff erent views on how the horizon, Alabama’s to have a candid conversation religious organizations reinvigorated and restocked about diversity, equity and are approaching LGBTQ team hopes to inclusion on campus. inclusion. show improvement. A DAY IN THE LIFE A Beatles tribute band paid homage to the iconic rock band with a spirited performance at the Bama Theatre. SEE PAGE 8 CW / Madelyn Verbrugge Sports world mourns death of Kobe Bryant SPORTS | KOBE BY JAMES OGLETREE shot clock violations, to open the and the families of others involved SPORTS EDITOR game, in an homage to Bryant’s in the accident. Life is short. Take @JAMESLOGLETREE former jersey number. time to tell your loved ones how As details of the crash were much you love them today.” he international sporting report the news. confi rmed, NBA players and Alabama football coach Nick Tcommunity was dealt a ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski coaches and other sports fi gures Saban invited Bryant to speak to devastating blow on Sunday reported that Bryant’s 13-year-old expressed their admiration for the football team in the summer of afternoon when the news broke daughter, Gianna, also died in the Bryant and sent condolences to 2018 about leadership, work ethic that Kobe Bryant, a former 18-time crash. 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EDITOR Rebecca Griesbach [email protected] NEWS January 27, 2019 3 A Q&A with Demarcus Joiner: SGA representative discusses DEI programming, cabinet structure certificate program launched didn’t like. And, the majority of it was to say, someone who will advocate BY REBECCA GRIESBACH last September, one day after a all positive, but for me, I guess how for students when we’re not in the NEWS EDITOR majority-Greek SGA Senate struck I measure it is to talk to someone room. Also, someone who is present, @REBACH97 down amendments to a resolution who attended and ask them what who shows up to these events that that specifically mentioned the they learned – if there was something we’re having, who will ask if we need ast spring, Demarcus Joiner, the resignation of the former dean of there that they didn’t know before, anything – not just somebody there Lfirst full-time vice president of students. The decision sparked or something that they hadn’t ever to say, ‘Oh, yeah, we have this, just a newly formed student government national criticism about what, and heard of, and asked them, ‘Was give me a call and I’ll supply this for cabinet for Diversity, Equity and whom, the student government it beneficial?’ you,’ but not necessarily show up to Inclusion (DEI), ran on a platform values, and student and faculty the events. largely based on programming, members made clear that more needed Q: How often do you promising to bring events like speaker to be done in terms of fostering an interact with administration? Q: After DEI week, sessions and a new certification inclusive campus environment. There’s obviously been a lot of what’s next? program to the University. In a statement, SGA press secretary turnover recently, so what are you In preparation for an upcoming DEI Jackson Fuentes alluded to the looking for from someone in that A: After DEI week, we’re week, The Crimson White caught up certification program – and other [student life] position? finishing our listening tours, and with Joiner to see where the cabinet events put on by the SGA DEI cabinet then we are planning a week for stands in its first full year – a year that – as a potential step forward. A: I guess a strong advocate is Black History Month. And we’ll have has been marked by administrative “The Student Government what I’m looking for, someone who information out about that within the turnover and heightened concerns Association agrees that the right is there to listen to what we have next week or so. about creating a welcoming campus of all people to freely express for all. themselves is of utmost importance,” Fuentes told The Crimson White last LEARN MORE ABOUT DEI WEEK: Q: I know this is a fairly new September.