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Students disappointed in Eastern’s inaction

Emilie Bowman, Staff Reporter January 30, 2020

The Diversity Action Council expressed its disappointment in Eastern for its lack of support of minority students during controversial situations.  A rotating panel of students and faculty sat together...

During the Diversity Action Council tabling event, Samari Abdoulaye-Pedila, senior psychology major, gives a student a stress ball and pamphlet on Wednesday afternoon. The event was called “The Words We Use,” and its purpose was to create dialogues about the importance of word choice and how it can affect others.

DAC tabling event talks word choice

Kate Figlewski, Staff Reporter January 29, 2020

The Diversity in Action Council hosted an informational booth called “The Words We Use” in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to start conversations about the power of words. The DAC was...

Brinker talks future of Diversity Action Council

Logan Raschke, News Editor March 1, 2019

Student life director Ceci Brinker said she would meet with student affairs president Alicia Matusiak to discuss action the student life office will take to establish the new Diversity Action Council during...

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