The term ‘minority’ needs to be used in context any more. In California Asians (not my term - the term used by people who compile these demographics) are a minority but on the UCSD campus they’re a majority, whites are a majority in California but a minority at UCSD, while blacks are a minority in California and a very small minority at UCSD. I don’t see that it makes any difference what race the individual was who did this since it was done by an individual firstly, and secondly, apparently wasn’t associated with anything racial.</p>
<p>I sure hope the BSU has finally gotten someone in admin to listen to their demands. Um, what’s that? Oh, nevermind. </p>
<p>It’s a wonder why some things never get better. Keep looking out for the worst and you will find it. Let’s keep spinning our wheels and never ever ever getting anything different.</p>
<p>Sorry to be the predictable liberal here…if the perp’s apology is for real, I’m happy, but it smells fishy to me. Three questions:</p>
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<li><p>If this really was an inadvertent act, would that not have come out in the initial conversation between administration and the perpetrator–and would not the administration have been at considerable pains to get that side of the story out ASAP? Read once more, if you will, the language in the chancellor’s initial statement (I’m not sure if it’s linkable here, so google transcript Chancellor Fox and it’ll be the first link that comes up). Is it really at all compatible with the story in the perp’s apology?</p></li>
<li><p>Similarly, if it really was inadvertent, then why was the girl suspended? You don’t suspend people for leaving random personal effects in the library. The suspension surely signals that whoever heard and responded to the case believed there was some degree of malicious intent on the part of the perp.</p></li>
<li><p>Why did it take three days for this side of the story to come out?</p></li>
</ol>
That might explain the suspension, but it doesn’t explain the total absence from the chancellor’s statement of any reference to the possibility that the noose was left in the library inadvertently. Why in the world would you leave that out? Granted, a lot of people might have disbelieved it, but it might have made the situation better, and I don’t see how it could have made it worse. I have a very hard time believing that the author of that statement knew that the perpetrator had made a plausible “I didn’t mean to do it” defense. It’s possible, I suppose, but it seems much more likely that one of the following is true:</p>
<p>1) the apology is a belated effort at spin control by someone who’s only now realizing the depth of the doo-doo she stepped in;
2) she told the administration the same story and they didn’t believe a word of it;
3) the student newspaper is being played and the author of the apology had no role whatever in the incident.</p>
<p>We can only rely on the final investigations and conclusions from those who’re actually involved but I hope this turns out to be not as negative as it might have looked early on. I would hope that’s what the BSU and other students would prefer - that none of this was hate based.</p>
<p>Based on all of the details coming to light, and since I prefer to be optimistic rather than pessimistic, I’ll assume the best case unless details come out proving otherwise.</p>
<p>Based on the BSU demands, I’m guessing they would prefer it to be as negative as possible. Looks like they have an agenda to make sure everybody thinks its such a horrible place. </p>
<p>I’ve noticed a few posters on here who also are hoping for the worst so they can be proven to be right.</p>
<p>Nobody knows much about this but a lot of people sure have strong opinions. Why not wait and see what happens?</p>
<p>She could easily still be suspended even if the administration tends to believe her. They probably want to investigate further, and then figure out an appropriate course of action and punishment. Especially with all this publicity. I don’t know and neither does anybody else.</p>
<p>It could be that the UCSD Chancellor is intimidated by the BSU. After all, 150 of them already took over her office once as a result of finding the noose in the library. Better be safe than sorry, and suspend the student in question.</p>
<p>I don’t know how the BSU is surviving these trying times. How are they doing it without Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? </p>
<p>“Real pain, real action!” This is now my personal quote. I hope they don’t mind me borrowing it. Afterall, the guys at work aren’t buying the coffee I like and someone said they don’t like the way I get my hair cut. Maybe I can go take over my bosses office until he gets this straightened out. I wonder if they will feed me sandwiches and pizza while I take over the office.</p>
<p>I was wondering how long it would take before those two names were invoked in this thread. I must admit, it took a little longer than I thought, but alas, here it is.</p>