I am merely worried that if the university chooses to further pursue these issues on campus, it will do so at the expense of other students. Differences in terms of race, sexual orientation, creed, origin or socioeconomic status should not even be an issue; the campus is focusing on the wrong aspects of people by putting them into these classifications that further alienate them from the university.
I say this only because I have been classified as coming from a “low-income household” by the university. I may have come from a disadvantaged position, but that shouldn’t matter. I’m not here to be poor (oh wait, I’m in college). I’m here, first and foremost, to continue my education and better myself.
If the university is truly concerned with physical differences, then it should stop classifying people physically and classify them mentally.
How determined are you to graduate? What is your work ethic like? What do you want to get out of your education? They should not focus on questions like: What race are you? How much money did your parents make? What is your sexual orientation? It is this kind of system that makes me shudder when the campus speaks out, especially on a campus where, from this point of view, isn’t even a problem. We have tons of different ideas represented here. Walk outside in between classes in the morning and you will see a throng of people of most all possible races, sexual orientations, economic status and origins. If the university is truly concerned about preserving a varied campus, it should classify people in terms mental and personality qualities, not in terms of physical descriptions or orientations.
Andrew Gierczak
Junior, microbiology
