{"id":2766,"date":"2019-11-21T11:21:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoodcomstudies.com\/theblueandgrey\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2019-11-21T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:21:31","slug":"first-year-seminar-meeting-addresses-racial-events-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblueandgrey.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/first-year-seminar-meeting-addresses-racial-events-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Seminar meeting addresses racial events on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Despite FYS meeting, graffiti continues to appear in the Smith Hall elevator. This photo was taken by a Smith Hall resident after facilities workers had already painted over other graffiti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A meeting was held with\nthe entire freshmen class regarding the recent racist events that have taken\nplace on campus. This meeting established an understanding and acknowledgement of\nthe recent events that occurred. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Racial\nslurs and hate crimes were discovered throughout campus but primarily in the\nSmith Hall dorm. Some students were subjected to racist comments about their appearance.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The meeting was held with faculty, students,\nand staff members speaking their minds.  Dr. Heather Mitchell-Buck, who heads the\nfirst-year programs and organized the meeting said, \u201cThe meeting itself was excellent,\nit was not what I expected to happen.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple\nfirst-year students got up and spoke their truths and opinions about the topic\nof events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\nbehavior has no place on a college campus, it has no place in Frederick, it has\nno place anywhere within my range of understanding,\u201d Mitchell-Buck said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Julia Aldred, a freshman QSU representative, went\non stage and expressed her opinion. In an interview following the meeting, Aldred\nsaid, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\njust wanted to convey how angry I was just because I pointed that I\u2019m an\nempathetic person, but I just don\u2019t understand why people would do that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During\nthe meeting, many students went onto stage in the auditorium and spoke their mind\nand experiences about bullying and anti-discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After\nthe meeting, multiple freshmen had to comprehend what occurred and listened to\nthe overall message. Many freshmen said they walked out of the meeting with a\nbetter understanding of recent events, racism, equality, and anti-discrimination.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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