http://www.jackcentral.com/2008/03/06/project-date-emerges-from-hate-crimes-in-reilly-hall/ The Lumberjack online! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.jackcentral.com/2008/03/06/project-date-emerges-from-hate-crimes-in-reilly-hall/#comment-1251 aa345 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:57:03 +0000 http://www.jackcentral.com/2008/03/06/project-date-emerges-from-hate-crimes-in-reilly-hall/#comment-1251 President Haeger's comment that we need to "step outside the policy, the university simply will not tolerate that kind of action against any group on campus" is completely false. If every student on campus is safe, then how come people are having to be scared to walk out of their room? How come people are getting death threats? How come people are afraid to go into their classes because students and professors are not tolerant of those who are "different"? If President Haeger's statement was true, none of the previous statements would be true. If his statement was true, you could choose a tux or a dress in choir, you could walk around in without any fear of who you are, or who you are not, and sadly, that is not true. I wish President Haeger's statement was true, I wish it was something that was possible on our campus today, but it takes learning to do that, it takes people who are willing to stand up for who they are, and it also takes people who are willing to stand up for others. That is what it takes, and hopefully one day in the near future, we can see this, and this university will be a more inclusive and happy place. President Haeger’s comment that we need to “step outside the policy, the university simply will not tolerate that kind of action against any group on campus” is completely false. If every student on campus is safe, then how come people are having to be scared to walk out of their room? How come people are getting death threats? How come people are afraid to go into their classes because students and professors are not tolerant of those who are “different”? If President Haeger’s statement was true, none of the previous statements would be true. If his statement was true, you could choose a tux or a dress in choir, you could walk around in without any fear of who you are, or who you are not, and sadly, that is not true. I wish President Haeger’s statement was true, I wish it was something that was possible on our campus today, but it takes learning to do that, it takes people who are willing to stand up for who they are, and it also takes people who are willing to stand up for others. That is what it takes, and hopefully one day in the near future, we can see this, and this university will be a more inclusive and happy place.

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