In August, UA athletes joined the millions who marched in protest of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's deaths, capturing national media attention. But if nothing much has changed since then, what exactly were they marching for?
Vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion is a fairly new position in the Student Government Association. Its current occupant, Caitlyn McTier, knows SGA is far from perfect. But she won't let that stop her from giving the job her best shot.
Graduate students are sprinkled all around campus, across departments and jobs and classes. That spread makes for variety and diversity of interests among grad students—but it also makes it difficult for them to organize. These Graduate Student Union leaders are doing what they can to bridge the gaps among them.
Autumn Taylor, Contributing Writer
• December 3, 2020
The Intercultural Diversity Center (IDC) was a big win for student activists in 2016. But in the four years since its inception, the IDC has been tucked away in Riverside, far from the foot traffic of most possible visitors. But now, as the IDC makes a new home at the Ferguson Center, students and officials alike are optimistic about what's on the horizon.
Students in predominantly Black sororities and fraternities are tired of being an afterthought. Whether they're being left out of the student newspaper or dealing with microaggressions from their neighbors, students in Alpha Kappa Alpha and Alpha Phi Alpha say being Black and Greek at the University brings on a whole new world of frustrations.
Rachel Parker, Contributing Writer
• December 3, 2020
As only the second Black editor-in-chief of The Crimson White, Victor Luckerson learned right away how difficult it could be to work in a predominately white newsroom. Now Luckerson and other student media alums are working to alleviate that pressure for current students.
In 2013, The Crimson White published a story about segregation within the UA Panhellenic system. Greek organizations at the University have since been forced to integrate, but demographics among those organizations remain homogeneously white.
