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Mariyllyn Chavez, president of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization on compus and senior from Manhattan, shows emotion as she speaks at the group's open meeting Thursday. March 12, Jameelah Jones, Student Senate's director of diversity and inclusion, moderated the meeting that was in response to the #ImNotPaco event.
ImNotPaco sparks diversity discussions
MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59
As campus fell quiet in the days preceding spring break, students' and faculty members' voices echoed through the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center with an overarching message: Diversity is a problem at the University
The Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) opened its weekly meeting to the public Thursday, March 12. The following day, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) hosted an open forum, "Community Conversations: Addressing Racism on Campuses."
"I used to think that invisibility was a superpower, and then things like this happen, and then I realize it is not." Gomez Montoya said.
At the meetings, students and faculty members shared their opinions about diversity on campus, individual experiences with respect to their identities and potential ideas to move toward a more inclusive and sensitive campus environment.
The purpose of the open HALO meeting was for group members to share their feelings about "Paco" a character in a Rock Chalk Revue skit the previous weekend.
Gomez Montoya, a retention specialist for the OMA, said approximately one-fourth of the students in the room had come to his office during the week.
Marilyn Chavez, president of HALO and senior from Manhattan, described Paco as a "stereotypical Hispanic man" who wore a rainbow poncho, sombrero and drawn-on mustache. Following the show, members of HALO began tweeting about the character using the hashtag "#ImNotPaco."
Nearly a dozen HALO students and the group's former adviser Mauricio Gomez Montoya addressed the crowd of approximately 150 attendees.
"They've been breaking
down, and it hurts," he said. "It hurts to see them, and it hurts to be them, and it hurts to be invisible"
Jameelah Jones, Student Senate's director of diversity and inclusion, served as moderator for the meeting.
"This forum is about how [HALO members] felt in the situation and how they felt because of this," Jones said. "Those feelings are not invalid whether or not they saw the performance."
Carla Rivas-D'Amico,
a sophomore and HALO
member from Lee's Summit.
Mao, said she was encouraged
by the "overflowing" room. She
said she hopes in the future,
attendees will apply what they
learned that evening.
"If you think something might be offensive, if you think it's kind of racist, then it probably is." Rivas-D'Amico said to the group. "If you have that feeling, that feeling is probably correct, and you should probably re-evaluate and readjust."
“This event has consumed my life,” she said. “I try to go to class and I look around at the people around me and I wonder, 'Were they a part of this event? Is this
Chavez, who opened the meeting, was also the last HALO member to speak.
how they represent me and my family? Is this what they think of me?"
Chavez said she is "tired of this happening again and again."
"It's a really big deal to me, and that matters. I matter," she said.
The OMA forum the following day was intended to address the incident at Rock Chalk Revue, a viral video of a racist chant by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma and the impact of these events on the campus community and climate. About 100 people attended.
Blane Harding, director of the OMA, said one of the issues is people don't understand how the language they use is offensive to others.
"We've got to educate the entire campus because it cannot be the sole responsibility of the Office of Multicultural Affairs to hold these forums every single time something happens," Harding said. "We've got to be able to proactive from this point on."
Students discussed issues of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, cultural misappropriation, mental illness and more.
campus locations that are labeled as safe places, he feels he cannot let his guard down. Another student said she feels unsupported, tokenized and unsafe.
One student said even in
"We've got to educate the entire campus because it cannot be the sole responsibility of the Office of Multicultural Affairs to hold these forums every single time something happens."
BLANE HARDING Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs
“[Diversity] has not been institutionalized at all — it comes in fragments” from certain offices and individuals, Harding said.
Patrick Baki, the sophomore who played Paco in the Rock Chalk Revue skit, attended the meeting with his father, mother and sister. He said he "felt sick to [his] stomach" when he heard about "#ImNotPaco" trending on Twitter.
Baki said it "breaks his heart" to hear how others have struggled and feels he is lucky for his experience so far at the University.
"It was so unintentional, but I don't think that matters," he said.
"That's not fair - I think this should be a place where all people should feel welcome and truly have the best experience possible," he said.
Ramiro Sarmiento, president of the Multicultural Greek Council, said a part of the problem is that students have to ask the administration and campus organizations for a statement when diversity issues do arise.
"If you're on my side, why do I have to convince you to say something?" Sarmiento said.
Toward the end of the OMA discussion, Harding asked students to propose solutions. One student suggested freshman orientation could include more extensive measures. In addition to the mandatory online sexual harassment and alcohol training all students complete, the University could require sensitivity training.
If we haven't introduced that topic to the freshmen and talked about how important it is, and critical to their education, how are they going to think it's important?" Harding said.
Harding also said it should be the responsibility of all the individual schools and colleges of the University to educate their own students.
Nate Thomas, vice provost for diversity and equity, said students should continue to push for a change.
"Pushing gives us power and that power allows us to move with swiftness." Thomas said at the meeting. "It's now time for KU to step up and be great and especially be great around diversity."
Harding said the OMA plans to hold regular meetings to continue the conversation.
"We're here to serve students personally, culturally, socially -- that's our job." Harding said.
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
Students' KU email accounts represent University
RYAN MILLER
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At the University there are several utilities that are often underrated or overlooked, and one common thing students take for granted is their KU email accounts.
David Day, director of IT External Affairs, said KU email is a huge help in communication on campus.
"In 2014, we delivered more than 576 million email messages — about 19,200 emails for each student, faculty member and staff member at KU." Day said.
That adds up to more than 1,000 emails delivered per minute. Day said IT also backs up about 25TB of email annually.
"That information would fit on approximately 33,000 CD-ROMs," Day said. "That's a stack (inside plastic cases) 866 feet high — or about every player Bill Self has coached over the past 10 years standing on each other's shoulders, assuming the average player height is 6-foot-6."
According to him, it would take more than 3,200 DVDs to hold 25TB of information, a stack (inside cases) 25 feet high. Day said laid end to, end, 3200 DVDs in
One thing students don't see a lot of in their inboxes is spam. Day said Information Technology blocks more than 1 billion email spam messages per year that never make it to student, faculty or staff
cases would stretch 1,466 feet longer than 4 football fields.
or example, if you search "john" in the online KU directory, you'll get the following message: "Too many entries for Name or Email like: *John*. Try narrowing your search, or using the advanced search."
Day said aside from blocking spam, there is rarely any problems with KU email.
"While emails are available and can be matched to names, it cannot be done in large batches, making it inefficient for spammers," Day said.
mailboxes. The University has a number of controls in place to help limit spam.
"Of course, unexpected issues always arise when dealing with technology. While it can be frustrating when email — or any IT service — is not available, KU email has an average uptime of about 99.9 percent," Day said. Day said the primary purpose of KU email is to advance the mission of the University and support the academic and research goals of students, faculty and staff.
"KU email is the official address for sending important
"In all cases, students, faculty and staff should remember that when using a KU email address, they are representing the University of Kansas and identifying themselves as members of the University community. So we obviously hope they will be positive ambassadors of KU and reflect the values and integrity of the University," Day said.
Day said students are encouraged to use their KU email as a personal email address if they choose. He said KU email for faculty and staff is intended for work purposes, though incidental use is permitted with some caveats
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Day said University emails aren't ordinarily screened but faculty and staff should be aware their email may be subject to open records requests.
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The policy also says KU email shouldn't be used for political purposes or to participate in any bullying, threatening, harassing, illegal activities or any other deliberately destructive manner. Day said a full list of email rules and policies can be found online on KU's website for electronic mail and the acceptable use of electronic information resources.
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