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NewsBlack Student Enrollment Rises in 2002 September 30, 2002 -- Black student enrollment is on the rise at Ole Miss, reaching roughly 12.8 percent this semester. While this percentage almost mirrors the percentage of the United States population that is black, Mississippi, itself, is 37 percent black. Should more be done to increase minority enrollment? Finding Your Place August 20, 2002 -- There are a variety of clubs and organizations at Ole Miss. Maybe SEED is right for you. Group attends Unity Summit April 29, 2002 -- "Members of Students Envisioning Equality through Diversity, Associated Student Body President Drew Snyder and other ASB Cabinet members attended discussions at the 2002 Unity Summit at Jackson State University with students from Mississippi State, and Tougaloo College. The summit was sponsored by JSU and Ole Miss." Anti-Hate Month begins March 28, 2002 -- Sponsored by the Ole Miss chapter of Amnesty International and Students Envisioning Equality through Diversity, Anti-Hate Month will consist of various dialogues and panel discussions, and will focus on political prisoners, religious groups, gays and lesbian issues, and women's rights. NOW finds place at Ole Miss: March 07, 2002 -- Local residents have reactivated the Lafayette County-Oxford-University chapter of the National Organization for Women. LOU-NOW will work with SEED, Amnesty International and other campus and local groups to improve the status of women. S.E.E.D. sponsors discussion on race: March 06, 2002 -- Students Envisioning Equality through Diversity will sponsor a panel discussion called "What is Race?" in the Tupelo of Barnard Observatory. There will be six panelists from various fields of study, who will discuss race as seen from their professions. Finalists announced to design monument: February 04, 2002 -- Five finalists have been selected to create the monument that will depict the struggle for equal educational opportunities in Mississippi. A national panel reviewed slides from more than 120 artists before narrowing the group down. Dialogue addresses 'Dixie,' other topics: January 30, 2002 -- Students discussed topics such as playing "Dixie" at sporting events, the Confederate flag, and the Alpha Tau Omega and Garland-Hedleston-Mayes incidents at Monday night's Dorm Dialogue. Dorm Dialogue focuses on affirmative action in college: November 13, 2001 -- Affirmative action in colleges gives rise to passionate feelings, and Students Envisioning Equality through Diversity tried to tackle the issue in a dialogue meeting Monday night. Ole Miss to construct civil rights memorial: October 02, 2001 -- Ole Miss will construct a civil rights memorial in the spring of 2003 to commemorate the struggle for equality in education. S.E.E.D. sponsoring terrorist discussion: September 25, 2001 -- The university will hold a panel discussion Tuesday regarding the events that have occurred since Sept. 11. Equality's Foe - Jim Crow: January 03, 2001 -- Imagine a world where the dominant and minority races have separate restaurants, hotels, train cars, waiting rooms, bathrooms, swimming pools, drinking fountains, prisons and churches. Where people of different backgrounds must be born in separate hospitals, educated in separate schools and buried in separate cemeteries. Where anyone caught printing, publishing or circulating material promoting social equality is fined up to $500 and imprisoned for as long as six months. Groups to hold town meeting on living wage: December 07, 2000 -- Several local organizations are sponsoring a town meeting to examine the lack of a living wage among university and Oxford workers at 6 tonight. Catholic Campaign for Human Development Honors ‘Ole Miss' Graduate for Easing Hurts of Racial Division: November 07, 2000 -- WASHINGTON--John Joseph IV of Decatur, Ala., has been selected as the third recipient of the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award honoring young Catholic adults who show leadership in and commitment to social justice. Joseph, who graduated last spring from The University of Mississippi, is honored for his work there to ease racial tensions on campus and work for understanding among people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Summit on Race at Ole Miss: December, 1999 -- In Oxford, Mississippi once again, racial stereotypes hurtled through the October air, and people were talking about James Meredith, the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962. He arrived at Ole Miss only after President Kennedy ordered Federal Marshals to escort him to campus. Angry segregationist whites rioted and two people were killed. © 1999-2003 -- SEED (Students Envisioning Equality through Diversity) |
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