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Connect 4 roundtable addresses student response to Mothers bar

Friday, November 13, 2009 || Adam Weiss

Following the town hall forum on the Mothers bar incident held two weeks ago, student group Connect 4 hosted a roundtable on Monday to create task forces for addressing racial discrimination and profiling on campus and to bring greater awareness of diversity issues to the student body. The student group hoped to focus the current energy sparked by the Mothers bar incident on creating long-term action plans for making positive change on campus and in the surrounding community.

ADL a significant player in response to Mothers bar

Monday, November 02, 2009 || Michelle Stein

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has been an integral player in the response to the Original Mothers bar incident. The ADL contacted the group of six black students three days after the original incident to offer them access to the organization’s infrastructure and advocacy from the group.

Students announce agreement with Mothers Bar

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 || Chloe Rosenberg

Senior class president Fernando Cutz and the six black students who allege they were racially discriminated against by the Original Mothers bar in Chicago said at a news conference Wednesday that they will not be pressing charges against the establishment.

Students discuss racism, penalizing Mothers Original in town hall talks

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 || Dan Woznica and Michelle Stein

Students expressed anger at the Original Mothers bar and demanded that the establishment issue an apology during a town hall forum Monday night. “I’m flabbergasted that an apology hasn’t been given because the first step is admitting that you have a problem,” senior Jessica Strong said at the forum.

Students discuss penalty for Mothers, issues of racism at town hall forum

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 || Dan Woznica and Michelle Stein

Students expressed anger at the Original Mothers bar and demanded that the establishment issue an apology and return students’ money at a town hall forum Monday night.

New allegations surface against Mother’s Original

Monday, October 26, 2009 || Michelle Stein

According to Alan Griffin, a 27-year-old Chicago native, discrimination is nothing new to Mother’s Bar. Griffin said that he experienced the same treatment as six Washington University students on two different occasions.

Live blogging the Mother’s Bar incident town hall

Monday, October 26, 2009 || Sam Guzik and Michelle Stein

The Association of Black Students, Connect4 and the Senior Class Council are hosting a town hall-style forum tonight to address students’ reactions to the alleged discrimination that took place at the Original Mothers Bar during the senior class trip to Chicago two weeks ago.

Mothers Men’s complaints prompt government investigations, lawsuit

Monday, October 26, 2009 || Dan Woznica

Complaints about alleged race discrimination by a Chicago bar against six black Washington University students have prompted state and federal investigations and a likely lawsuit to be filed by the students against the bar.

Flyers protesting Mothers’ bar

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 || David Seigle

Washington University seniors on their class trip accused a Chicago nightclub of racial discrimination over the weekend, protesting nearby after the club allegedly denied entry to six black male students because of their race.

Mother’s Bar incident should compel boycott, activism

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 || Staff Editorial

The recent instance of racism directed at six seniors during the class trip to Chicago last weekend is a stunning reminder of the racism that still exists in our world. Two hundred members of the senior class experienced racism firsthand, when six black students were denied entry to Mother’s Nightclub Original bar due to their “baggy jeans,” even as several white students with baggier jeans were allowed in.

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