The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) President, Derrick Johnson, came and spoke to the College community on Feb. 16 about topics including the connection between racism and capitalism, activism during the Black Lives Matter movement and the potential future of the NAACP.
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Travers and Wolfe freshman residence halls are set to permanently close by 2024 alongside the opening of new facilities that will replace the previous residence halls President Foster said in an email Monday.
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A Tennessee school board banned the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” on January 10. This graphic novel details the horrific treatment of Jewish people during the Holocaust, with mice representing the Jewish people and the Nazis drawn out as cats. It is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest graphic novels of all time for its haunting storytelling, artwork and the use of cats and mice as instantly recognizable allegories.
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In spite of the cold, rainy weather, students lined up in the Education Building on Feb. 3 to voluntarily receive their booster shots as part of an ongoing series of Moderna booster clinics.
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March 2020 doesn’t feel that long ago, really. I remember watching the news and hearing the spikes of cases in New York City, the then epicenter of the pandemic. Over 30,000 cases. Wow. Of course I’ll quarantine for two weeks, anything to help slow the spread of this pandemic that has already infected so many people in such a small span of time!
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Delta Phi Epsilon held its annual Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) week event from Oct. 8 to 12 that focused on body positivity and eating disorder education. They set up a table on campus every day and hosted different activities that focused on self-worth and raised money to support the ANAD organization.
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Pre-health student clubs held a blood drive from Oct. 27 to 30 at the Miller-Keystone Blood Center in Campus Town. Seven total organizations organized the blood drive, which registered 30 donors and collected 26 units, or pints, of blood in total. Those 26 units have the potential to save 78 people.
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Texas recently passed a law that bans women from getting an abortion after a heartbeat has been detected in a fetus, which normally occurs around six weeks into a pregnancy — before most women even know they are pregnant. This new law does not provide exceptions to pregnancies from rape or incest. A man could rape a minor and that minor would have no legal way to abort the resulting fetus.
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The Intercultural Center hosted its first-ever spoken word competition entitled “My Voice, My Power” on Oct. 5. Seven student performers wrote poetry about their personal experiences.
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The Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk took place on Saturday, Oct. 23. Participants walked a roughly two-mile lap around the College campus to raise awareness for breast cancer. They walked over uneven terrain and dealt with rainy, cold weather to raise awareness for their cause.
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