MU Diversity News
Nancy McMullen, Columbia Missourian
Science departments are known for being male-dominated , but a three-year grant program aims to level the playing field at MU.
Announcement
Join MU Chancellor Brady J. Deaton, Monday December 3, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Ellis Auditorium on the MU Campus as he moderates an interactive forum on immigration
issues.
Campbell Massie, The Maneater
Colleagues, family, fraternity members, students and family gathered at the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center on Friday to celebrate the life and work of Julius Thompson, professor of black history and black studies director at MU.
Brad Fischer, The Maneater
Stop Traffic, MU's anti-human trafficking student organization, held a fundraising fashion show on Saturday in Memorial Union's Mark Twain Ballroom.
Jewels Phraner, The Maneater
The Hate Report is now caught in a red-tape tangle with university administration. It has been more than a year after the Missouri Students Association Senate passed a resolution to re-implement the system, a statistical log of anonymously reported hate crimes, after an eight-year absence.
Join the Gaines Oldham Black Culture Center celebrate the 15th Annual Black Culture Awareness Week: "A Race Divided" November 11-15.
Sara Semelka, Columbia Tribune
When Jennifer Kimball began to research human trafficking for a school project, the more she learned, the more she was horrified.
Jewels Phraner, The Maneater
University officials said lengthy, formal processes are obstacles blocking Four Front from accomplishing some of its goals.
Gwen Daniels and Erica Zucco, The Maneater
From the slates' opening statements, it was clear that the third and final Missouri Students Association election debate would concentrate on holding candidates accountable for their campaign promises.
Kaitlin Motley, The Maneater
The Women’s and Gender Studies Undergraduate Group and the Stop Traffic organization will play host to a fashion show Saturday night to benefit efforts to stop the sale and transport of human beings for the purpose of labor or sex.
Bryan Richardson, The Maneater
Friends, students and colleagues of Julius Thompson will be able to pay their respects Friday on the MU campus. Thompson was the director of the black studies program for MU.
Allie Blood, The Maneater
The Association for Black Culture Centers Conference ended Sunday, but organizers and presenters said they hope the conference will have lasting effects on college and university campuses.
Announcement
It is with great sadness that the MU campus announces the death of Julius Thompson, Professor of History and Director of Black Studies.
Brent Rosenblad knew what earthquakes looked like: the cracks in walls and in the ground, the leveled buildings, the weakened soil. But it took a trip to Peru to demonstrate what an earthquake feels like.
Kolleen Kawa, Columbia Missourian
Discrimination against Muslim students prompted Farah Naz to organize an event to bring together student groups and raise awareness about hate crime incidents on campus.
Nancy Mcmullen, Columbia Missourian
A group of diversity officers for the University of Missouri System met Friday to discuss the challenges of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities on the system’s campuses.
Announcement
1992 Nobel Peace Laureate and 2007 Guatemalan Presidential Candidate Rigoberta Menchú Tum will present a public lecture for the central Missouri area Friday, November 9 at 7:30 pm in Memorial Union
Allie Blood, The Maneater
In an effort to improve diversity on campuses across the nation through improved black culture centers, MU played host to the 17th Annual Association of Black Culture Centers Conference.
Announcement
November Auditions scheduled for Vagina Monologues performance February 16 in Jesse Auditorium
MU News Bureau
The Association for Black Culture Centers (ABCC) will host its 17th Annual Conference this week at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Off Campus Diversity News
Vanessa N. Petty, Columbia Missourian
Male circumcision is the same surgery no matter your creed, but what the removal of the foreskin from male genitalia means is different for each of the world’s three largest religions.
Rebekah Sasse, Columbia Missourian
Champa Lhunpo was afforded an intimate look into the life of the Dalai Lama. As a part of his monastery and personal entourage, Lhunpo traveled with the Dalai Lama for more than three months and said he vividly recalls being surprised by his humanity and his ability to relate to people.
Columbia Tribune
Tibetan Monk Champa Lhunpo, a member of the Dalai Lama’s monastery, talks to students in George Frissell’s Classical Ideas and World Religions class today at Hickman High School.
Kristin Noe, Columbia Missourian
The mortality rate of black women with breast cancer is much higher than that for white women with the disease, and research is linking the reason to tumor biology.
Gretchen Pressley, Columbia Missourian
A woman in a bright blue Indian dress places an offering of food in front of the elaborate shrine after putting the finishing touches on decorations. At the center is a framed portrait of the Goddess Lakshmi, adorned with flowers. In front of the wooden platform holding the shrine, a group of decorated worshippers is gathering, exchanging greetings and holiday wishes.
Annie Nelson, Columbia Tribune
That members of local Wicca and pagan groups made a point to introduce themselves as regular people during a discussion panel Sunday - "Which Witch is This?" - was noted and quickly brought up by the audience.
Sean Sposito, Columbia Tribune
Justin Herman, pastor of Keytesville Christian Church, sits patiently, his back arched in a cushioned massage chair as he prepares mentally for the procedure ahead.
