Why Denison students shouldn’t self segregate
ALINA PANEK — Since my first-year at Denison, I’ve always wondered… where are all the students? Aside from a few popular events each year like D-Day, it’s often standard to...
Tag: diversity
Feb
10
2015
Let’s get motivated
by The Denisonian
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By Jewell Porter Editor-in-Chief Over the years, diversity has become increasingly important to administrators at Denison. Officials boasted last semester that our most recent incoming class of first year students...
“We Too Are Denison”
by The Denisonian
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Shakia Asamoah & Ruby Montes De Oca Staff Writer & Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Jane Elliott, who created the Blue Eyed/Brown Eyed experiment, once said that the two greatest rights that privilege...
Closeted no more: LGBT students speak on their experiences
by Curtis Edmonds
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Curtis Edmonds Editor-in-Chief Amanda Peiffer ‘16 remembers the day at her Richfield, Ohio high school when a teacher ripped down paper cut outs displaying both heterosexual and homosexual couples and...
What I learned about diversity at the GLCA conference
by Abbe Kaplan
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Last weekend, I attended the Great Lakes College Association Conference, which joins students from thirteen Midwest liberal arts colleges to address how we can empower both students of color and...
Celebrating religious diversity
by The Denisonian
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By Haley Jones Special to The Denisonian My parents raised my brothers and I as non-denominational Christians, giving us the freedom to explore a specific aspect of Christianity or another...
Oct
29
2013
Diversity at Denison: What we can do and what we can’t
by Curtis Edmonds
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I don’t know how this started or how it expanded, but I am happy that the ongoing dialogue around diversity has resurged on our campus. There are some people who...
33% of students for incoming class of 2017 identify as multicultural
by Curtis Edmonds
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Denison, which typically has an enrollment of 75-80% white students will see that number decrease with the entrance of the class of 2017. The new freshmen hold the most diverse...
Apr
09
2013
“You f*cking Jew!”: Why Denison needs mandatory diversity classes
by Curtis Edmonds
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By Curtis Edmonds Forum Editor Saturday night was supposed to be a good night for me. I forgot about my obligations, guzzled down wine with a couple of good friends,...
Posse Scholars strive to promote multiculturalism, humanize campus through organizations
by The Denisonian
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The idea of having a posse to lean on to affect great change is the backbone to education leader Deborah Bial’s Posse Foundation. Bial, who earned her master’s and doctoral...