FACES will sponsor a hall talk today at 6 p.m. in the Edmond's lounge to address the issues raised on campus in response to a series of fliers posted as an April Fools' Day joke. The fliers were designed to be satirical, the group that posted them said, and were not intended to target a racial group or have any malicious effect. However, many have expressed opinions that the posters are of an offensive nature and that they are insensitive to issues of cultural dialogue. The hall talk is designed to be an opportunity to discuss the fliers and the issues surrounding them with other students.
ON CAMPUS Earth Day to be celebrated with town hall meeting, rally On April 22, Earth Day, a town hall meeting feauring a variety of representatives from the administration and student body, including UGBC president-elect Chris Denice, CSOM '09, and Katherine Walsh, Ecopledge co-president and A&S '08, will gather to discuss issues of sustainability on campus. The event, titled "Embracing Sustainability at BC: What's happening? What can we do?," will take place at 6:30 p.m in Cushing 001. Earlier in the day there will be a rally in the Dustbowl from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed by a march through campus in support of Climate Action. A concert in the Dustbowl featuring The Project will follow the rally at 4 p.m.
UGBC Senate passes bylaw that will set standards for funding At a budget meeting last night, the UGBC Senate passed a bylaw intended to standardize the requirements that a service trip must meet to obtain funding from the Senate. "The point of this bylaw was to set a standard," said Sean Scanlon, A&S '08. "We want to level the playing field for everyone." The bylaw requires a trip to have raised 70 percent of its total funding before approaching the UGBC for support. It also sets a time period of about three weeks each semester in which trips can request financial assistance. "A lot of service trips come into the Senate looking for funds, but funds are limited," Scanlon said.
UNIVERSITIES Catholic universities show mixed reactions to papal visit The pope will speak with the presidents of more than 200 Catholic colleges and universities at the Catholic University of America. Exactly what the pope is planning to speak with the educators about has caused much speculation among Catholic academics. "He'd like universities to help address the root cause of problems in today's world," Rev. Paul Locatelli, president of Santa Clara University, told reporters. "He has high expectations of universities - sometimes higher than we can deliver." Many have pointed out that the Catholic population in America is different in some ways from the Catholic communities the Pope usually addresses in Europe.
Universities address injustices to Japanese-American students The University of Oregon, as well as some other universities on the West Coast, have made efforts to address the injustices their schools inflicted on Japanese-American students during World War II. Measures championed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt required that all Americans of Japanese descent along the western coast of the continental United States be interned for the duration of the war due to unfounded fears that they would aid Japanese military forces. The students who were forced to abandon their studies at the University of Oregon were awarded honorary degrees this month. Dave Frohnmayer referred to the legacy of injustice as "the tragic legacy of 1942" when speaking with reporters.
UNDER REPORTED Please consult your doctor, local museum curator, before use A pair of rhino horns dating from the 19th century were stolen from a South African museum. Rhino horns are ground into a powder and sold as a folk aphrodisiac in some parts of the world. Unfortunately for the thieves, not to mention the consumer, the horns may be poisonous. "Before the mid-20th century, taxidermy mounts were prepared by being soaked in arsenic and preserved from insect infestation through regular applications of DDT, both highly toxic poisons that retain their toxicity over time," said Jatti Bredekamp, chief executive of Iziko museums in South Africa.
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