Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Some folks want a National Rosa Parks Day. Maybe? If it would stop hatred, then definately !

Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks, 92, Dies (click here)




Campus bigotry continues despite efforts (click here)
Sara Amato and Chelsea Merta IDS Date: 11/26/2007
Editor's Note: This is part one in a two-part series about continuing intolerance on campus. Tuesday’s story will examine Indiana’s unusual hate crime laws.Despite recent University efforts to prevent racially and religiously charged incidents on campus, the IU Office of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment Programs received the same amount of complaints in the 2006-07 school year as in previous years, and officials claim many incidents go unreported.Within the last year, 45 complaints were reported on campus to IU Student Ethics. Although no increase in incidents is considered a step in the right direction, Pamela Freeman, director of the IU Office of Student Ethics and assistant dean of students, said incidents on campus are extremely under-reported....