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Gurfein Evicts Moz Students Complain

The Joseph Gurfein, director of planning at GMU, received massive waves of student backlash after creating a plan to replace the Campus Ministry…

Ujamma Budget Cut $1,000

The black student club lost over half of its budget ($1,000 out of $1,245), leaving them struggling to plan a festival celebrating black culture.

Minority Policy Criticized

Despite Mason’s efforts to increase campus diversity, black students feel alienated and lacking representation. A 100-page study was conducted to…

Faculty Approves Minority Motions

Four plans to increase minority enrollment at Mason were passed. All four plans are listed and described with accompanying concerns, notably where…

Evans and Lowe Recruit Minorities and Women

Both Evans and Lowe make way to hire minorities and women, noting that they believe more work is to be done hiring minorities than women. There are no…

Minority and Women Profs Receive Lower Salaries

Andrew Evans discusses proposed programs to support minority and female students who would attend GMU and states that in order to initiate effective…

Lowe To Organize Affirmative Action

Reporting on Louis Lowe’s goals to expand faculty diversity and provide suggestions to departments to increase their women and minority student…

Evans: Actively Recruiting More Minority Enrollment

Andrew Evans was hired to recruit minority students for GMU. Evans is described as “not just meeting a quota” and wanting to sincerely determine why…

Black Studies

The black studies program celebrates its second year of existence. Only eight students are enrolled in the course, all of whom are white.

Civil Rights Group Organizes to Study Problems for Action

A civil rights organization formed on Mason’s campus with the goal of researching the issues surrounding the civil rights movement, conducting…