UCSD Students Demand Swift Actions
A campus teach-in at UC San Diego turned into a walkout yesterday. Several hundreds of minority students defiantly marched away from the campus event which was designed to quell racial tensions.
A campus teach-in at UC San Diego turned into a walkout yesterday. Several hundreds of minority students defiantly marched away from the campus event which was designed to quell racial tensions.
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UCSD administrators held a teach-in on February 24, 2010 to address student concerns following a racially-themed party.
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Associate Professor Nadine George-Graves speaks at the UCSD teach-in on February 24, 2010 in response to the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus.
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Students listen at the UCSD teach-in on February 24, 2010 as speakers address the controversy following the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus.
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Two UCSD students, Jasmine Philips (L) and Fnann Keflezighi (R), spoke at the teach-in on February 24, 2010. After speaking briefly about the 'Compton Cookout' racially-themed party and the administration's response, the students urged all students in attendance to walk out of the administration's teach-in.
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Students walk out of the UCSD administration's teach-in on February 24, 2010. A majority of the students in attendance left the official teach-in, and gathered together outside of Price Center to have their own teach-in.
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Students gathered outside of UCSD's Price Center on February 24, 2010 to stage a student-led teach-in in response to the 'Compton Cookout' racially-themed party and the administration's response.
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Students gathered outside of the UCSD Price Center on February 24, 2010 to protest the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus. The students staged their own teach-in as a response to the administration's official teach-in.
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Students gathered outside of the Price Center at UCSD to protest the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus.
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Professor Jorge Mariscal speaks to a crowd of students outside of the Price Center at UCSD. The students walked out of the official teach-in and held their own teach-in outside as a response to recent racially-themed events on campus.
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UCSD students gathered outside of the Price Center on campus on February 24, 2010 to protest recent racially-charged events on campus.
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UCSD student Fnann Keflezighi speaks to the crowd attending the student-led teach-in on February 24, 2010. The teach-in was a response to recent racially-charged events on and around campus.
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SDSU, BSU and ASU students joined the student-led UCSD teach-in on February 24, 2010. The teach-in was a response to recent racially-charged events on and around campus.
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UCSD officials were hoping the teach-in would begin to heal the pain caused by a series of racially charged incidents on campus.
Instead, student leaders used the event to further criticize the university. They say officials have ignored longtime calls to fix racial inequities on campus.
Black Student Union leader Jasmine Philips says a teach-in won't solve the problem.
“The university and this administration has refused to take action for too long,” Phillips said. “The UCSD administration is at fault for the fear, discomfort, alienation, and anger being experienced by students on this campus. And the chancellor and vice chancellors must hold themselves accountable.”
Seconds later Phillips left the podium and led the several hundred students out of the auditorium. Black student groups want officials to adopt a list of 32 demands immediately. The demands include more funding for recruitment and retention.
Student leaders say they won't be satisfied until they see a detailed report on their implementation.
Penny Rue is UCSD's vice chancellor of student affairs. She says the university is analyzing the costs connected to some of the demands. But she says UCSD is taking action.
“While no one relishes this type of scrutiny, we do appreciate the chance to be really clear about what our institutional priorities are and to move forward from here with members from the community.”
Meanwhile, black student leaders are working with members of other minority student groups to put added pressure on the university.
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