Archives - Corey Miller-Williams
grave robbing
Help! I can’t get rid of my quarantine body
People keep telling me to “get rid of my quarantine body,” and there’s only one explanation: I’ve been found out.
fdi
FDI and SBAI participate in national Scholar Strike
The strike — to be held Sept. 8 and 9 — invites students, professors, and administrators to refrain from their duties for the duration of the strike, and instead dedicate their time to educating themselves and others on racism and systematically racist violence.
AAUP
Dissatisfied by administration’s reopening process, UR faculty launch AAUP chapter
72 UR faculty members frustrated with administrations’ actions surrounding reopening have launched a chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
CSA
Former president of CSA removed from club entirely after comment on Chinese government
Hao stressed that he respected CSA’s decision, and held no ill will towards the group. "CSA has the right to do whatever they want to do," he wrote. "I do not want to judge anyone here."
Chi Omega
Chi Omega undergoes mass disaffiliation
73% of the sorority Chi Omega has decided disaffiliation is the best method to fix their organization.
Campus
Sorority members call for mass disaffiliation in open letter
The letter, written by three Alpha Phi women of color and signed in solidarity by nine white sorority members, calls for an end to Greek life at UR.
Campus
Discriminatory recruitment practices stir up uncertainty for Alpha Phi, Greek life
The applicants considered the prettiest, the letter says, would likely be the only ones to make it through recruitment.
News
United States announces restrictions for international students for Fall 2020
Students who do not comply “may face immigration consequences including, but not limited to, the initiation of removal proceedings.”
City
Frederick Douglass statue torn down on the anniversary of famous speech
The speech, given in Rochester in 1852 to a predominantly white audience, asked white Americans how they could celebrate freedom from oppression while simultaneously owning slaves.
COVID-19
Fall 2020 plans finalized pending governor’s approval
The University’s plan is subject to change pending its accordance with a set of yet-to-be-released guidelines from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
