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"Students who want to live in a gender inclusive area, this is taking them out of harm's way," Wantling said. "It's also not putting them in any position where they're not being marginalized but actually being treated with respect towards them and their needs."
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According to Robertson, there are no set plans to expand larger than the Lewis Hall wing. However, regardless of size, Wantling said, the fact that the University created a safe community for "individuals that don't fit a norm" is a step in the right direction.
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"[The agreement] is basically saying, 'I understand the concept here and I'm willing to abide by that and I'm willing to be respectful of others identities and not share that and in return will receive that
same respect,'" Robertson said.
relocation, and it informs them that they have the choice of whether or not to reveal they are a part of GIH to others.
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community, anyone can live in the space if they abide by the agreement."
The seven-point GIH agreement requires residents to, among other things, promise not to discuss the identity of others in the wing and show respect to those living there. It also requires individuals to behave in the spirit of the agreement or face
such as Wantling.
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"When you go into our housing system, your gender is pulled in from admissions so then when you go to select rooms you see the ones that are available to your selected gender and that's a problem for some of our students," Robertson said. "With this
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What a number of faculty members are scaling back are some of those aspects that may be seen as terribly controversial," Barrett Gonzalez said. "The chill that we are in seeing in an active, open and honest discourse is a continuous slide that, in my opinion, is an affront to our First Amendment and academic freedom."
This is especially true for classes that cover controversial topics. Professor Cécile Accilien, who teaches classes in the African and African-American Studies department, said she is concerned that this chilling effect will impact the quality of her classes.
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"At a conscious and subconscious level, I think it will be very hard for me to be the same passionate teacher that I was this past semester," she said. "It's not just about my safety, but the safety of the other students in the class. (...) My students may become less critical thinkers. I will push them less and, in terms of my teaching, it will change."
According to a 2015 Docking Institute survey on campus carry, 82 percent of faculty members don't support campus carry and 61 percent said it
would affect their decision to work at the University.
CHANGING CLASSROOM PRACTICES
Barrett Gonzalez said campus carry has driven some professors to rethink the way they teach.
One option is using online classes or hybrid classes for faculty and students who may not feel comfortable in a classroom with potentially armed peers, Barrett Gonzalez said. For example, he plans to offer virtual versions of his classroom lectures.
"I understand that a nontrivial number of students are uneasy being in a classroom where their classmates may be armed," he said. "To accommodate to the students, I'm working to offer a virtual Dr. Barrett."
Other faculty members are taking more drastic steps. English professor Maryemma Graham said she won't be teaching classes this semester, but instead will focus on the other aspects of her job, like research and mentoring.
In addition, she said that she has begun looking for a new job outside the University.
"What we are doing at colleges and universities is helping people change
and transform into the best people they can be," Graham said. "Our job is to create a space where that's done as safely, openly and honestly as possible. So when you start using the word concealed it's the opposite of that."
Accilien said she is considering adjusting or not offering her office hours. According to the University's concealed carry website, professors are only allowed to keep guns out of their offices if they have adequate security measures, which would include metal detectors and armed personnel at the entrance.
"I wouldn't be comfortable having a student who's drunk come to my office and bring their alcohol," she said. "To me, it's the same thing."
The Board of Regents policy does allow faculty members in a single office to lock their doors, as long as it doesn't interfere with office hours.
GUIDANCE FROM ADMINISTRATION
Aside from the information provided on the concealed carry website and in the information sessions hosted by the University, the only guidance faculty have received is
information on suggested syllabus language, University spokesperson Erinn Barcomb-Peterson said in an email.
She said the suggested syllabus language "included detailed wording for courses that have labs and field trips." It also had information for professors who require students to store their backpacks and belongings away from them during tests or lab.
Maryemma Graham English professor
Graham said the University has failed to show its opposition to the change during this transition and that has put faculty in difficult positions.
what we are doing at colleges and universities is helping people change and transform into the best people they can be. Our job is to create a space where that's done as safely, openly and honestly as possible."
not stand up against this as a whole, only faculty and students did, so we didn't have the leadership to make it really clear that they were trying their best for the students," Graham said. "All along the assumption has been that there's nothing you can do about it, and that's the problem I have."
"A lot of people aren't thinking about their position and privilege. Unfortunately I don't have that luxury to not think about my position as a women, as a person of color, I'm an immigrant," she said. "Too many people aren't thinking about all of the different aspects of this."
"The University did
Some departments have taken it upon themselves to provide training or information, including Accilien's, which had the department meet with the Public Safety Office.
Accilien said it's disappointing that some people don't think campus carry is a big deal. To her, it means they aren't thinking about the vulnerable people who are either marginalized or aren't legally allowed to carry guns, like international students, faculty and students under 21.
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