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A guy invited me to his fraternity house at Indiana University. It would be my chance to impress those members during rush week in September 1988. This particular house was coveted for its distinguished image and reputation. Many guys on campus eagerly wanted to get in there. I was one of them.
After Kelley School of Business professor Charles Trzcinka’s tweets came to the public’s attention, we asked Kelley students to share their opinions about his tweets specifically and the business school’s handling of racism and bigotry in general. The following are excerpts from some of the responses we received, which were edited for length and style.
In 1983, the novelist, playwright and pioneering AIDS activist Larry Kramer who died in March wrote an essay for the New York Native entitled “1,112 and Counting.” Referring to the HIV death toll at the time, Kramer was sounding the alarm and practically screaming through the page that “If this article doesn’t scare the shit out of you, we’re in real trouble.”
Dear returning IU students,
“IU is fucking gutless,” said my friend Huixin, an international Ph.D. student at IU. Or, quoting another friend’s more gentle comment, “We are disappointed at IU’s lack of reaction towards the new ICE guidelines.” She is referring to statements from IU which did not include condemnations of the policy and is expressing that it expects international students to conform to it.
This year’s centennials of the 19th Amendment and the League of Women Voters have been eye-opening for our members and supporters. Our past is not stellar regarding people of color. As early 20th-century suffrage activists sought to appease southern states, Black women were relegated to the background. Despite our mission regarding voting rights and civic engagement, the League was also not a major force during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Recent racially motivated incidents in Bloomington make these facts even more difficult to acknowledge.
Customers are leaving the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market and telling vendors who continue to sell there that they will no longer buy from them.
We are the only country to have been founded on the radical idea that “all men are created equal.” It is painfully clear that we as a nation have failed to actualize on this promise some two and a half centuries later. We are not perfect, and yet our creed is.
Indiana University is the only school in the entire country that allows students to work as police officers. Through the IUPD cadet program, students become the armed police that patrol our dorms, campus and neighborhoods. By arming a select group of students, we create an unjust learning environment that is ripe for disaster.
This week the world lost George Floyd. He had a lifetime ahead of him. Four Minneapolis police officers stole it when they murdered him.
Much media coverage surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic focuses on impacts to American society and economy. However, little to no attention has been given to the world population most at risk of suffering the greatest from the disease and its secondary impact — the global poor.
The COVID-19 crisis gives all of us a compelling reason to invest in our democracy. When could it be more important to do so than in times of national emergency? Here’s what you can do to make sure your voice is heard:
I’m bisexual. I am about to go home to be with my family for the rest of the summer. I am sitting here right now feeling lucky that I can go home to a family that supports me. I know that isn’t the case for so many in the LGBTQ community, and I am scared for those who are unsafe.
Professors and instructors do not understand the amount of stress that online school has put on students. Not only have students’ entire lives been turned upside down by being moved to online classes, some students have had to move back home and try to find jobs in this unfortunate time to help support their families while also completing all of their course work.
Activism can take place in many different forms and spaces. As the Director of Sustainability for IU Student Government this year, my goal for my term was to address the culture of sustainability on campus, ensure students had the opportunity to make sustainable choices and to be a catalyst for long-term sustainability initiatives that would affect every single person within the IU community.
As a former Indiana Daily Student staff member who worked during the tumult of May 4, 1970, I was outraged at the recent decision made by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to cancel all commemorative events honoring the memory of the Kent State University students who were killed fifty years ago.
Behind the scenes of the COVID-19 pandemic, two campaigns are vying for control of the IU Student Government. Both groups, Defy and Inspire, propagate progressive plans to mobilize IUSG. However, I fear that a structurally dysfunctional IUSG will maintain the status quo.
As our political system becomes more polarized and abandons values that Hoosiers have long held close and dear, it is increasingly critical that we select a candidate for state Senate who can inspire the change we so desperately need.
It started with two weeks of online classes. Next, the Intramural Center and Wells Library closed. The semester was moved online and Little 500 was canceled. Soon, commencement was postponed and campus buildings were closed.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students around the country are mobilizing to fight for a solution to the other major crisis facing our nation and world: climate change.
