GFU Update

Four students at George Fox University confessed to hanging the cardboard cutout of Obama from a in the last couple of days. Their punishment is that they will not be able to go to Fox for along time and will have to do community service (probable at the university). You can read the story here.

In the "University Response to Campus Incident", the university states it is trying to be more diverse and has created a '..."Blueprint for Diversity,” which includes not only enrolling a racially and ethnically diverse student body, but also cultivating staff and faculty who are persons of color." So now the staff will be anglo-american and of color. No Asians? No Latinos? etc. I know I am reading into this too much, but who wrote this stuff? Who says "of color" anymore?

At least one thing has not changed since I have gone to Fox: multicultural week. Here is the line-up of events:

10/27 – Chapel: Multicultural Worship
10/28 – Cultural Fair, 3 p.m. – EHS Atrium
10/29 – Chapel: University Players presentation & Pete Menjares
10/30 – Multicultural Luncheon, 5:30 – 7 p.m., Cap & Gown A,B, & C

After all that has happened, you think there would be more than just a week dedicated to our differences. Why can't there be events throughout the year? This is not a new concept; hundreds of universities do this all the time.

Oy vey.