University of Missouri Football Strike

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Did you read the article? Never mind. Racism is made up and those black people should just suck it up and accept their status as an invisible nuisance except when making the university millions of dollars.

And don't put words in my mouth. I'll happily extend you the same courtesy.

[33girl]

Is there an article someplace that says what all these incidents were? It looks to me like the football team is striking because of the Greek system??

[mizdove]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Is there an article someplace that says what all these incidents were? It looks to me like the football team is striking because of the Greek system??

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2...toric-fall-mu/
Here's a little timeline of the things this fall that led up to it

[33girl]

Now I'm even more confused. Is there evidence that the people yelling the racial slurs are students or affiliated with the university? And why would the university have anything to do with Planned Parenthood one way or the other? If you need to go there you go - it's for everyone, not just for students.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Now I'm even more confused. Is there evidence that the people yelling the racial slurs are students or affiliated with the university? And why would the university have anything to do with Planned Parenthood one way or the other? If you need to go there you go - it's for everyone, not just for students.

My understanding was that the system president, under pressure from Republican legislators, revoked the hospital access of the one doctor at the university hospital who could perform abortions.

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2...ing-abortions/

ETA mizdove added more of a helpful explanation

[mizdove]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Now I'm even more confused. Is there evidence that the people yelling the racial slurs are students or affiliated with the university? And why would the university have anything to do with Planned Parenthood one way or the other? If you need to go there you go - it's for everyone, not just for students.

It's not about utilizing planned parenthood - previously, Mizzou nursing and medical students could complete clinicals and rotations at planned parenthood and since the university cut ties with them, they can no longer do so.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by mizdove

It's not about utilizing planned parenthood - previously, Mizzou nursing and medical students could complete clinicals and rotations at planned parenthood and since the university cut ties with them, they can no longer do so.

Um wow. I can understand a religious school doing that (Duquesne I'm looking at you) but for a public university, that's way too much interference.

[lake]

I just read an article on USA Today's website about university employees - one of them a mass communications professor (!) - actively trying to interfere with student journalists, one of them named Tim Tai, trying to cover the protests on university (thus public) space. Unfortunately, this quote caught my eye:

"Another woman seen berating Tai in the video has been identified as the university’s director of Greek Life, Janna Basler."

And unfortunately (I think), the three Greek councils on campus are standing behind her. As someone with a background in communication, I disagree with that.

The article is here:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...atus/75536062/