As a start, so everyone knows what has happened recently, 11 members of IFC and NPC orgs ran for the ASUCR senate (student gov't) and they all won, according to all rules and regulations. Recently, there has been quite a fiasco with the elections results.
http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=2057
The editors of the Highlander newspaper wrote this in response to the May 1 Senate meeting. Read further down if you want to see some of the "wonderful" things that were said of the Greek community and of a particular race.
http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=2063
At that May 1 meeting, there were some demands made by two campus organizations who have consistently been outright hateful to the Greek organizations on campus (not just IFC and Panhellenic, but to all multi-cultural and honors society Greek-letter orgs as well). Although I do not have with me the minutes from the meeting (they're at home- I'll edit later), some of these words are stuck in my head. Amongst these demands, statements were made that directly denounced all members of the Greek community, referring to Greeks as "Crackers" for the white members and "Cracker sympathizers" for the non-white members. Statements were also made that members of the Greek community that serve on the Senate shall not ever hold an office because they are "unable to meet the needs of colored people."
I am so hurt and offended by these words, especially the use of a racially derogative term that, if I used something similar against a person of another race or ethnicity, would get kicked out of school for. Why can't people realize that not everything is a color/background/race/ethnicity issue> It's just a bunch of students who are trying to help out other students on campus that voted to get those individuals elected! I'm so bothered right now... I hate feeling like I'm a bad person and being generalized against just because of my skin color or my organization affiliation.
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