race – CU Independent https://cuindependent.com University of Colorado Boulder Student News Sat, 22 Dec 2018 19:13:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9 https://cuindependent.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-CUILOGO-white-mini-32x32.png race – CU Independent https://cuindependent.com 32 32 Drug Symposium highlights current issues, encourages need for involvement https://cuindependent.com/2018/04/21/various-experts-discussed-the-current-issues-of-criminalization-as-well-as-encouraged-youth-to-engage-in-the-debates-and-policies-on-drugs/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 03:59:10 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=93017 CU's first Symposium on Drugs featured local speakers advocating for a change in U.S. drug policy. By Robert Tann

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]]> Nearly a century later, Lucile B. Buchanan is officially honored https://cuindependent.com/2018/04/06/nearly-a-century-later-lucile-b-buchanan-is-officially-honored/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:40:20 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=92468 Buchanan was formally honored as the first African American to graduate from CU Boulder in 1918 at an event on Wednesday. By Robert Tann

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]]> Logic defies logic with his new mixtape Bobby Tarantino II https://cuindependent.com/2018/03/16/logic-defies-logic-with-his-new-mixtape-bobby-tarantino-ii/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:23:59 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=91734 Rapper Logic surprises listeners and surpasses expectations with his newest mixtape, "Bobby Tarantino II." By Charlotte Spaeth

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]]> Black Girl in a Blizzard: Black Panther is one of the most important movies https://cuindependent.com/2018/02/28/black-girl-blizzard-black-panther-most-important-movie/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 05:34:04 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=91165 Black Panther exemplifies what a movie should be. It is political, feminist, poignant and blacker than ever. By Lauren Arnold

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]]> Opinion: The future of affirmative action https://cuindependent.com/2018/02/06/opinion-future-affirmative-action/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:59:04 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=90190 Affirmative action is on its last legs, but this doesn't spell the end of efforts toward campus diversity. By Henry Bowditch

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]]> CU updates campus on diversity efforts, but Diversity Plan remains elusive https://cuindependent.com/2018/01/26/cu-updates-campus-diversity-efforts-still-no-plan/ Sat, 27 Jan 2018 04:57:24 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=89756 CU released the most detailed update to its efforts to make a more welcoming campus, but no diversity plan yet. By Jackson Barnett

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]]> Opinion: Open space, closed minds https://cuindependent.com/2018/01/19/opinion-open-space-closed-minds/ Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:48:19 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=89469 Boulder's conservation and housing policies may answer the question, "why is Boulder so white?" By Kim Habicht, Lauren Arnold and Hayla Wong

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]]> CU ‘on the side of the oppressor’ says former students, faculty of popular diversity program shut down in 2017 https://cuindependent.com/2018/01/18/cu-on-side-oppressor/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:25:06 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=89355 The abrupt closing of the ELLC last year leaves questions about the school’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. By Jackson Barnett

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]]> CU observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day with dialogues, celebration https://cuindependent.com/2018/01/16/mlk-dialogue/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:16:28 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=89349 The action-focused event was a collaboration between the university and St. Aidan's Episcopal Church. By Carina Julig and Sarah Olick

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]]> Opinion: An open letter to colorblind CU https://cuindependent.com/2017/11/17/opinion-open-letter-to-colorblind-cu/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 23:53:49 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=88637 The University needs to actively address racial diversity and conversations about color-blindness is not the best way to help. By Hayla Wong

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