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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 50
Students demand administrative action at Friday forum
Sanjeev Dasgupta and Gautam Hathi | The Chronicle Prior to the forum Friday, students requested administrators reconvene a week later at 5 p.m.—a more convenient time for many students and faculty.
Claire Ballentine, Neelesh Moorthy, Samantha Neal and Adam Beyer The Chronicle Tensions were high Friday afternoon at a community conversation convened by administrators in response to recent racist and homophobic incidents on campus. President Richard Brodhead hosted an open forum in Page Auditorium at noon for students to express their concerns and ask administrators questions about their responses to these events. Brodhead— along with Provost Sally Kornbluth and Valerie Ashby, dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences—outlined several actions that they have taken or plan to take, including expanding implicit bias training, developing a website that answers questions about punishments for perpetrators of hateful acts and creating a task force to tackle issues of bias and hate on campus. He explained that addressing these issues must include efforts from the
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entire Duke community. “No single administrative thing is the solution to the whole problem,” he said. Before the a event, a large group of students took the stage to demand another meeting at a more convenient time with more advance notice—next Friday at 5 p.m. The group began a call-and-response chant directed at the administration, saying, “You have created a space for us to fear for our lives, and you continue to maintain that space.” They also repeated “Whose university? Our university,” and continued to chant “Duke, you are guilty” as they exited Page Auditorium. Kornbluth later said she would be in attendance at the conversation next Friday. A main focus of the approximately 90-minute forum—which filled Page Auditorium and was broadcasted on the Bryan Center plaza using a speaker—was whether students or the administration were more responsible for implementing change on campus. Several students called
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for more action from the administration and questioned what specific actions they are taking to prevent further incidents. “It is not my responsibility,” said senior Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie. “It is your responsibility, because I paid for my education and I paid for this experience.” Brodhead noted that action by the entire campus is needed and that students should speak up to educate each other about becoming more tolerant. Ashby, however, said the responsibility to address these issues should not rest on students’ shoulders, explaining that change must begin through the actions of faculty and administration. “We’re going to have conversations that lead to action,” she said. “Anything we say we’re going to do, we’re going to do. It’s just that simple.” Ashby noted that this change will not happen “overnight,” adding that she is visiting different departments of the University to discuss Duke’s values and will hold department chairs accountable. She
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also said new faculty will be held to high standards during their annual review. In addition, she noted that all faculty serving on search committees are required to undergo implicit bias training through the Office of Institutional Equity. “We will evaluate the entirety of the person—you can’t be a great scholar and intolerant. You have to go,” she said. Ashby’s comments on holding faculty accountable were relevant to several students’ concerns that research professor Jerry Hough—criticized for racially charged comments he made on a New York Times editorial last year—will teach classes next semester without having undergone any bias training. Another topic discussed was the noose incident last Spring, which a University investigation found was the result of a lack of cultural awareness and was not a racially motivated statement. “Can you honestly tell me that you
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