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A comment using the term "nigger" made by [[studio art]] professor Aida Laleian to studio art professor Laylah Ali '90 at a department meeting in Spring 2004 was the spark for a number of events of campus-wide publicity and importance that, together, are probably rightly called a scandal. Read more about the [[Art Department Racial Slur Incident]]. | A comment using the term "nigger" made by [[studio art]] professor Aida Laleian to studio art professor Laylah Ali '90 at a department meeting in Spring 2004 was the spark for a number of events of campus-wide publicity and importance that, together, are probably rightly called a scandal. Read more about the [[Art Department Racial Slur Incident]]. | ||
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| + | === [[Queer Bash Email Incident]] === | ||
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| + | An email sent by Nate Winstanley '04 on behalf of the [[Queer Student Union]] (QSU) to all-campus to publicize the fall 2003 [[Queer Bash]] drew vehemently disapproving emails from two first-year students, Jon Pritchard '07 and Brandon Lucien '07. When the text became public it was a spark for campus-wide discussions on homophobia and how insensitive speech should be handled at Williams. | ||
Revision as of 01:09, March 16, 2006
This page lists titles and brief descriptions of the controversies that have torn this campus. If an event will be discussed in a dedicated page, please make the heading here a link to that page.
Contents
2005
Anchor Housing
Debate over new system of residential life devised by the CUL reaches a crucial point, and all sectors of Williams from the administration, to the students, to the trustees enter the debate over the future of residential life at Williams. Student opponents of the system organize themselves as Anchors Away. See the History and Student Opinion sections of the main article.
2004
Art Department Racial Slur Incident
A comment using the term "nigger" made by studio art professor Aida Laleian to studio art professor Laylah Ali '90 at a department meeting in Spring 2004 was the spark for a number of events of campus-wide publicity and importance that, together, are probably rightly called a scandal. Read more about the Art Department Racial Slur Incident.
2003
Queer Bash Email Incident
An email sent by Nate Winstanley '04 on behalf of the Queer Student Union (QSU) to all-campus to publicize the fall 2003 Queer Bash drew vehemently disapproving emails from two first-year students, Jon Pritchard '07 and Brandon Lucien '07. When the text became public it was a spark for campus-wide discussions on homophobia and how insensitive speech should be handled at Williams.
