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Lenhart stated that he had investigated the incident and imposed sanctions on the offending professorFor more information, whose identity was announced to the community in an email from Lenhart on the 23rdclick [https://williamsrecord. He announced then as well that a discrimination grievance had been filed. On November 1st, the public portion of the proceedings were officially concluded in two emails from Laleian, one to Ali and one to the community at largecom/2019/05/cc-rejects-williams-initiative-for-israel/ here].

=== The event generated Green Love Controversy ===In the days leading up to the start of spring semester, two professors (Kai Green '07 and Kimberly Love) canceled their courses and spent a semester on medical leave in order to protest the college's institutional "violent practices," "transphobia," and "anti-blackness." For more information, click [https://williamsrecord.com/2019/02/professors-cancel-courses-cite-colleges-violent-practices-anti-blackness-and-transphobia/ here]. === Affinity Housing === Recently, students have been advocating for living spaces of affinity around a common identity as a high volume response to increasing feelings of public discussion "tokenization and isolation" that Williams' current housing options fail to address. CARE Now (Coalition Against Racist Education Now) published a demand calling for the establishment of "affinity housing for Black students and all other marginalized groups" to create safe spaces, with tremendous support and backing from the Black Student Union. Arguments against this demand included the fear that affinity housing may promote further isolation and work against the incident idea of an integrated community. In response to this series of events, Williams College has been a subject of conversation on many news networks and websites. For more generally of information, click [https://williamsrecord.com/2019/04/push-for-affinity-housing-builds/ here]. === The Chicago Free Speech Statement Controversy ===The Williams College administration has been grappling with how to adjudicate issues of tolerance free speech and expression, and there has been discussion and diversity at Williamsdebate about adopting the principles of the free speech policy statement initially originating from the University of Chicago. The Committee  In response to a faculty petition on Community the Chicago Principles, a student and Diversityopposing faculty run counter-petition began to circulate around as well, leading President Maud Mandel to announce the Multicultural Centerformation of an ad hoc committee on inquiry and inclusion. For more information on this subject, please reference the following articles: [https://williamsrecord.com/2018/12/on-the-chicago-statement-recognizing-nuance-and -encouraging-collaborative-conversations-around-expression-2/ "On the office of Human Resources were formally asked Chicago Statement: Recognizing nuance and encouraging collaborative conversations around expression" by Schapiro the Williams Record Editorial Board] [https://williamsrecord.com/2019/04/students-faculty-spar-over-free-speech-speaker-invitations/ "Students, faculty spar over free speech, speaker invitations"] [https://thefeministwire.com/2018/11/a-collective-student-response-to contribute guidance -the-chicago-statement/ "A Collective Student Response to wise development from the matter"Chicago Statement"] ==2006== === [[Talk:Campus_controversies|Willipedia Campus Controversies Controversy]]===  After the debut of the Williams Students Online Wiki, 'Willipedia', students and alumni debate the merits of publicly displaying emails and other information relating to past campus controversies. === Impact of athletics === How [[:Category:Athletics|athletics]] affect [[:Category:Academics|academic]] and social life at Williams has been an issue of perennial public debate. InformallyAt the second to last [[College Council]] meeting of the year, 5/3/2006, discussion was widespread among students at the eventtopic of what next year's outset, most publicly [[CUL]] should discuss was raised. The impact of athletics on Williams was a possibility which was hotly debated in ''council. The [[Record|The Record]]'', on learned of the debate and published an editorial in their last issue which inflamed a large portion of the campus. ([http://wsowww.williamswilliamsrecord.educom/wr/blogs WSO blogs?view=article&section=opinion&id=7987])The article drew a strong correlation between athletes, destructive behavior, and the suffocation of academics and non-athletic social activities. In particular the editorial cited [[athletic tip|tipped]] athletes as particularly problematic, and perhaps undeserving of admission to the college. The editorial sparked a heated debate, much of which focused on the journalistic integrity of the editorial and the fact that it had been inserted into the last issue of the year, thus offering no opportunity for rebuttal. There are no current plans for [[CUL]] or any other body to discuss the effect of athletics, especially in light of the thorough examination the topic recieved in 2004. For that repot, click [http://www.ephblog.com Ephblog/archives/images/athletic_report.htm here]. ==2005== === [[Anchor housing|Anchor Housing]] === Debate over new system of residential life devised by the [[CUL]] to replace [[free agency]] 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 [[Anchor housing#History|History]] and [[Anchor housing#Student Opinion|Student Opinion]]sections of the main article. ==2004== === [[Kechley Krazy Kookout]] === A flyer for the [[music]] department's annual spring cook-out at Professor David Kechley's house used the title "Kechley Krazy Kookout" and highlighted the initials KKK. Many found the initials (identical to those of the Ku Klux Klan) offensive and insensitive. === [[Private:Art Department Racial Slur Incident|Art Department Racial Slur Incident]] === A [[studio art]] professor using the n word at a department meeting in Spring 2004 was the spark for a number of events of campus-wide publicity that together can rightly be called a scandal. ==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. When the text became public it was a spark for campus-wide discussions on homophobia and how insensitive speech should be handled at Williams. ==1962== === [[Elimination of fraternities]] === Responding to growing concerns about the role of fraternities at Williams, the college chose to eliminate the fraternity system, over the protests of many students and alumni. ==1958== === [[Coffin House Shooting]] === One night in April 1958, a shotgun blast destroyed the window on the family home of William Sloane Coffin, the College Chaplain. Because Coffin was an outspoken opponent of fraternities, the police investigation focused on student members. Eventually, two students in Delta Kappa Epsilon came forward and confessed. They were fined by the town and expelled by the College.