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A timeline of incidents in 2015 leading to the current racial climate on campus
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After the town hall meeting on Nov. 11, racism and discrimination at the University has become the dominant conversation. Throughout the year, several events have contributed to the current campus climate.
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk stands in solidarity with Concerned Student 1950 at Missouri on Nov. 12 on Wescoe Beach.
Jan. 28: In December, Student Senate approved the creation of a position that had been in the works for most of the fall semester: director of diversity and inclusion. On Jan. 28, Jameelah Jones, graduate student from Conyers, Ga., is appointed to the new position.
March: A character named Paco in one Rock Chalk Revue show the first weekend of March upsets students in the Hispanic American Leadership Organization and others on campus.
A previous bill to create the position had been introduced in the Student Senate Rights Committee and failed in October 2014.
"Paco" was a stereotypical portrayal of a Hispanic man wearing a sombrero, rainbow poncho and drawn-on mustache. Many students posted on Twitter in response to the performance, using the hashtag #ImNotPaco.
The next week, HALO opens its weekly meeting to allow the public to listen as members shared how they felt about the incident.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs also hosts an open forum to discuss race on campus, as the timing coincided with an incident at Oklahoma University's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon involving a racist chant.
April 13: University officials ban from campus a person who wrote racial slurs on a dry-erase calendar in a student's room in McCollum Hall in November 2014.
A statement Zeta Beta Tau issued on April 27 says the four members had been expelled within 24 hours of them admitting they had taken part in the 10-second video, which showed a few men laughing as one yelled "Allahu Akbar", which means "God is greatest" in Arabic.
April 27: An Islamophobic post on the social media app Yeti prompts leadership at Zeta Beta Tau fraternity to expel four of its members.
Dates on the calendar were marked with "catch [N-word]," "feed [N-word]," and "kill [N-word]." A photo of the calendar appeared in a tweet with the hashtag #RockChalkInvisible Hawk.
Before Harding leaves, he shares some concerns, which partly revolved around the direction of central leadership at
May 1: Blane Harding, former director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, officially resigns.
the University.
"I just wish that central leadership would do something concrete to support students of color," Harding said. "How long have we known the black 6-year graduation rate is at 46 percent? Two years. And we still don't have a program in place. I've been saying we need it, the students have been saying it, the Senate has been saying it, but there's still nothing concrete in place. I can't stay around and watch that anymore."
June 22: Cassandra Osei, a 2015 graduate, writes a guest column in the Kansan, posing the question: Do black lives matter at KU?
Precious Porras is appointed as interim director. She said in May that a national search was anticipated to begin that month with a permanent director taking over by Sept. 1. The OMA still does not have a new director.
"On top of asking if 'black lives matter' at KU, I also asked myself if I was crazy," she wrote. "How is it that majority are not affected by seeing black people be murdered every week? How am I expected to attend class, study and ace exams when I'm constantly reminded that I can be murdered for eating Skittles, wearing hoodies, swimming, driving, asking for help, playing in the park, breathing, shopping, minding my own business or going to church? Is it normal for me and other affected students to greet each other with weary faces, tense nerves, and cynical comments about how we're next? Where do I look for support, if my natural allies themselves are too
weary, if my administrators are too afraid of political fallout, if my professors and University employees are intimidated by potential backlash or accusations of favoritism?
Sept. 9: The Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts "Making Black Lives Matter: One Year in the Movement," facilitated by Olubukola Gbadegesin of Saint Louis University and a panel of speakers.
The next week, campus leaders said they were striving to engage all students in conversations about racial inequality.
At Missouri, an inebriated white man interrupts the rehearsal of an African-American student group's Homecoming performance. The man argues with members of the group before calling them a racial slur while on the phone with someone else.
Oct. 5: KU students join students from the University of Missouri in expressing frustration over an incident of racism on campus, using the hashtag #KUstandswithMU.
Nov. 9: After more incidents of racism, student protests at the University of Missouri result in the resignation of UM System President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin.
The protests begin to reverberate throughout the country as national news outlets pick up the story.
At KU, students show support for protesters at Missouri again with the hashtag #KUstand-swithMU.
Nov. 9: At a Black Student Union meeting, students share
Nov. 10: Kynnedi Grant, president of Black Student Union, posts a status on Facebook saying she and her friends were attacked and a gun was pulled on her friends at a party in Lawrence on Halloween. It was shared more than 500 times.
stories of experiencing racism at KU, posting on social media using #RockChalkInvisible-Hawk, a hashtag created last year by Osei.
Nov. 11: Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little moderates a town hall forum on race, respect and responsibility in response to events at MU and other universities. More than 1,000 people attend.
for the University, including hiring a director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs by December and banning concealed carry on campus.
Nov. 11: Later that evening, the Student Senate Rights Committee eventually passes a resolution in support of the 15 demands.
During the forum, a student group named Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk takes the stage to introduce a list of 15 demands
Nov. 12: On Wescoe Beach, Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk members stand in solidarity with Concerned Student 1950 at the University of Missouri. Katherine Rainey, a member of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk, says a large focus of the group is making all students feel included at the University.
"We truly are looking to bring other students into this space to make sure that they are able to have a conversation, able to feel safe at KU — to feel supported, to feel respected, to feel like
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they can succeed," Rainey said. Nov. 13: Gray-Little releases a statement, saying that KU would begin sharing "information on how we will move forward on this issue together" early next week.
Other departments, senates and student groups also begin to release statements in support of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk and student calls for change.
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Nov. 13: A graduate student, Johnny Cowan, starts a hunger strike until the University responds to the 15 demands of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
Nov. 13: Later that evening, the Student Executive Committee calls for the resignations of Student Body President Jesie Pringle, Student Body Vice
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