Center for Intercultural Understanding plans finalized
Office, Martin won't move; renovations to continue
Katie Urbaszewski
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
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Based on two meetings, one held June 25 and another held the day of the protest, the terms of the CIU renovations which have been contested since September are set. The CIU office will remain in its original location by the bookstore. Lisa Martin, the interim director of the CIU, will continue to keep her office connected to the Center; the glass walls will be replaced with solid walls with open doorways, and six television monitors will hang on the wall facing the Peace Quad.
Marketing junior Jasmine Bailey and criminal justice junior Jerina Phillips met with Marcia "Cissy" Petty, vice president for Student Affairs and associate provost, Roger White, vice provost and associate professor of academic affairs, Ted Quant, director of the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice, and Al Alcazar, founder of Loyola University Community Action Program, to voice their concerns and discuss the situation.
Quant - who runs the social justice center on the Broadway campus - and Alacazar were there to support the students and mediate the discussion, said Bailey.
Still, "it didn't sound like they were even listening to us," said Bailey. So she organized the protest "to make sure that they knew that we were willing to set up something to fix the problem."
"I heard them," said Petty. "It doesn't mean that I think things ought to stay exactly as they are, but I understand and I appreciate their passion. I think it's a good thing, and I'm proud of students for being passionate. ... The CIU is not going away, so it's not like saving it. The program, the Center and Lisa (Martin) are very well-established and are not going away. They now have the chance to be expanded so that more people can be included."
"We sat down and said, 'OK, we're going to have a sit-in,'" said Bailey, one of the students who arranged the protest, held last Thursday, June 26. "We tried to organize something as quickly as possible, spread the word, and a lot of people have come out and have been supportive. It's funny, because the people that want to change it so much make it seem like we're alone in it."
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Vedran
posted 7/06/08 @ 4:25 PM CST
"'Loyola isn't just a white student body,' said Bailey. 'And a lot of the big players in the administration would like it to seem that way.'"
That quote from the article is really a ridiculous statement. (Continued…)
Mike Barnett
posted 7/06/08 @ 5:06 PM CST
What in the world is the Center for Intercultural Understanding and how can it possibly be a useful expenditure for a university still struggling to get back on its feet post Hurricane Katrina? I can just picture a high school senior's conversation with his parents. (Continued…)
concerned student
concerned student
posted 7/06/08 @ 5:22 PM CST
Mike,
Did you attend Loyola?
I think the CIU is a vital part of the type of university Loyola should be (though it has been poorly run the past few years). (Continued…)
Janna Saslaw
posted 7/06/08 @ 5:41 PM CST
This story omits one key item of background information about the protest. The renovation plans for the Danna Center originally had the CIU moving to the second floor. (Continued…)
concerned student
posted 7/06/08 @ 6:27 PM CST
"The renovation plans for the Danna Center originally had the CIU moving to the second floor."
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That is incorrect. (Continued…)
Lt. Coolio
Lt. Coolio
posted 7/06/08 @ 6:39 PM CST
This is ridiculous. The CIU is getting a facelift and just because the students who hang out there(who are predominately African American) weren't consulted somehow means racism on the part of the administration is to blame. (Continued…)
Concerned Alum
posted 7/07/08 @ 9:11 AM CST
As a Black Alum of Loyola University I do not support the students on this issue. They are fighting for a particular space and that is not what needs to be happening here. (Continued…)
Concerned Alum?!?!
posted 7/07/08 @ 6:32 PM CST
How is a black concerned alum NOT concerned about the feelings and thoughts of the current black student body at Loyola? I find it ridiculous that a black alum of Loyola would not support the current black population. (Continued…)
LoynoStudent
posted 7/07/08 @ 6:50 PM CST
There seems to be a huge misunderstanding on this issue. The CIU was to be dismantled and moved so that there could be a "Culture Room" put in its place. (Continued…)
jasmine
Jasmine Bailey
posted 7/07/08 @ 7:15 PM CST
I am not here to defend my comments to anyone, because the majority of comments made were a)personal attacks, b) wrong (in regards to the facts used to counter the article). (Continued…)
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