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www.elonnewsiietwork.com f facebook.com/elonnewsnetwork ^ Cl 00 @elonnewsnetwork ► Elon News Network I \\ lDNH.SDAV, 28, 20 16 \ l)l 6.MH 42 liOITION 2 1 I'.i.dN, North Carolina ePFNDUL LL OUR SILENCE WAS LOUD, OUR BLACK WAS SOLID AND OUR UNITY WAS STRONG. U NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING. NO ONE WAS DOING ANYTHING THAT TWO BLACK MEN ARE NO LONGER LIVING... irS NOT OK TO LEAVE THAT UNSPOKEN ABOUT. Tommy Hamzik Executive Director @T Ham2ik W ith anger, frustration and sadness ringing through junior Kaelyn Green’s mind, she knew she had to do something more. Social media wasn’t enough. Not after African- American men were shot dead by police ofticers in Charlotte and Tulsa, Oklahoma, this week. “I had to give more that just a hashtag,” Green said. That she did, organizing a Black Lives Matter March on Elon University’s campus last week that more than 300 students, faculty and community members attended. Green and other organizers said the march was far more successful than they had envisioned, made clear by the tears and warm hugs shared by Green and faculty members at the conclusion of the event. Those marching wore black, and many held signs. Provost Steven House, Vice President for Student Life Smith Jackson, University Police Chief Dennis Franks and Burlington Mayor Ian Baltutis all attended. According to the latest Elon Factbook, just 5.6 percent of undergraduates are African-American. Last year, 65 percent of black students who respond ed to the Presidential Task Force on Black Student, Faculty and Staff Experience reported incidents of disparaging, race-related comments directed at them. While 41.1 percent of non-black respondents to the task force viewed Elon’s campus as positive and inclusive, only 16.3 percent of black respondents said the same. See MARCH Pg.4 Kathleen Parker, after summer controversy, to speak Oct. 4 Emmanuel Morgan News Editor @EMorgan704 The fall semester at Elon University has just start ed, but this summer, Kathleen Parker was the catalyst for many Elon students grumbling about certain aspects of the upcoming school year — complaints that were more serious and ethically challenging than Kathleen Parker NEWS « SGA focuses energy f’J on minorities, honoring former student £ homework and exams. A planned Baird Pulitzer Prize lecture in October from the syndicated Washington Post columnist was met with hostility among the Elon community, as more than 300 students, alumni and others signed a petition asking the school to cancel the event. The petition, which was spearheaded in July by senior Becca Nipper and called Parker “dangerous,” was ultimately brought to the attention of the Elon admin- Monks create, deconstruct sand mandala istration after being forwarded to faculty and staff. The petition took aim at Parker’s work, particularly her 2008 book, “Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care.” News outlets around the country publish Parker’s columns, and she is known for her candidness and See PARKER Pg.5 Phoenix reflects on historic upset at William &Mary
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