Washington University is on track to roll out its Bias Response and Support System by the start of spring semester, students confirmed at a Student Union Senate meeting Wednesday. The system, as described by senior Gaby Dinkin, one of the students initially involved in the project, will allow submissions reporting bias to be made either online or in person.
Students and administrators are continuing to spotlight issues of diversity and inclusion on campus six months after February’s Bear’s Den incident, though many of the efforts are still months or years from implementation.
“Wash U Confessions,” the viral Facebook page which had close to 1,500 likes and highlighted real and mock issues within the Washington University community, was taken offline by its moderator after a racial slur was posted by accident.
“Dear Chancellor Wrighton, what is going on on our campus? That’s a question I think a lot of people are asking right now, but it’s not the question I’m asking. […]
Everyone on this campus has heard of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon racial slur incident in Bear’s Den Tuesday night by now. The scandal has dominated student conversations and Student Life headlines for the past week, and everyone on campus seems to have an opinion on what really happened and what should be done.
By this point everyone who doesn’t live under a rock without any WUFI—which, admittedly, may be several people—has heard of the racial episode involving Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges last Tuesday night that rapidly exploded into the biggest campus-wide controversy that I, as a senior, have ever seen. It outweighs outrage at attempts to bring Bristol Palin to Wash. U.
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