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Racism at Penn State
[ Updated Monday, April 29, 2002 ]
Four days after four Penn State students received threatening anti-gay and racist e-mails, Penn State Police Services found a new lead in the investigation.
[ From Sunday, April 28, 2002 ]
Four students received threatening e-mails targeting members of minority groups Thursday.
[ From Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001 ] Students, staff and supporters met last night to continue planning "Justice, Now More than Ever," a national rally to take place on campus Sept. 14 through 16.
[ Updated Thursday, Aug. 24, 2001 ]
A new course was born from last semester's racial turmoil. Entitled "Peer Education for Social Change," the class plans to live up to its name by drawing a correlation between diversity and learning.
[ From Friday, Aug. 24, 2001 ]
Last weekend's freshman orientation activities featured a new element — a mandatory diversity video.
[ From Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001 ]
The same HUB-Robeson Center floor filled with villagers' sleeping bags in April will soon be home to a national conference and rally sponsored by villagers and other campus groups from Sept. 14 to 16.
[ From Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001 ]
On May 4, the students who had camped out in the HUB-Robeson Center for 10 days dispersed. Their signs and posters came down, the sleeping bags were packed up and the student union center became a much quieter place.
[ From Tuesday, July 10, 2001 ]
Penn State has promoted two of its professors to become the acting directors of the university's newly established Africana Studies Research Center.
[ From Friday, May 4, 2001 ]
Despite ongoing concerns about security measures at graduation ceremonies, the villagers in the HUB-Robeson Center ended their sit-in last night.
[ From Thursday, May 3, 2001 ]
More than a week after the creation of "The Village" in the HUB, its occupants came to an agreement with administrators last night.
From Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Students and community members gathered for a town meeting last night to express their concern about their safety on and off campus, as well as during next weekend's graduation ceremonies.
More than 100 students and community members lit candles, held hands and prayed last night in memory of two black men recently murdered and found in Pennsylvania.
From Monday, April 30, 2001
On a Pennsylvania Cable Network show Monday night, Penn State President Graham Spanier and two state legislators participated in a panel discussion about racism at Penn State, students' safety and what repercussions recent events may have on minority enrollment.
With student protests in the HUB-Robeson Center entering a seventh day, the State College Police Department and the FBI are investigating two threatening letters delivered to a black male student in the past five days.
From Friday, April 27, 2001
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More than 48 hours after supporters began their vigil in the HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State administrators last night delivered an outline to black student leaders that sought to answer the academic diversity demands brought before the university.
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Students staying in "the village" at the HUB-Robeson Center for the past three days flooded a joint meeting of the Undergraduate Student Government last night.
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The University supports the establishment of an Africana Studies Research Center, effective with the 2001-02 academic year, at a base funding level consistent with other research centers at Penn State.
The annual "Mutual Road to Success" dinner held by the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, and National Pan-Hellenic Council took a turn toward diversity in regards to recent events.
From Thursday, April 26, 2001
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Sometimes it takes a village. As a few hundred students bedded down to spend the night in the HUB-Robeson Center late Tuesday, Black Caucus member Assata Richards (graduate-sociology) surveyed the scene and dubbed it "the village."
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The body of an unidentified black man was discovered Tuesday night near the New York state border, but police said there is no indication that the body is connected to a claim made in a death threat sent to a Penn State student last week.
Yesterday, for the second night in a row, Penn State administrators left the HUB-Robeson Center after hours of negotiation with black student leaders. This time, the officials left students with a summary proposal detailing the demands the administration can and cannot accomplish.
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The students gathering in the HUB-Robeson Cultural Center received more support yesterday as the Classroom Without Walls joined them in a show of solidarity.
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From Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Penn State students and administrators continue to meet today to negotiate black student leaders' demands to the university.
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Black student leaders took control of a university-planned anti-hate rally yesterday at Old Main, where they gained the support of thousands.
 Photos: Black Caucus takes control of rally
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Penn State administrators asked the police and District Attorney Ray Gricar to consider dropping the trespassing charges and both areas of law enforcement agreed, the university said in a press release yesterday.
From April 24, 2001
Members of the Penn State community will gather at 4 p.m. today to march to show support for students recently targeted in racist mailings and threats.
From April 23, 2001
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Twenty-six people protesting the university's response to recent racist death threats were arrested Saturday afternoon in Beaver Stadium at the start of the Blue-White game.
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A black Penn State student leader received a typed death threat Friday afternoon that not only threatened the black community at Penn State, but also claimed that a young black man had been killed and his body left in a wooded area in Centre County.
About 400 members of the Penn State community packed into Heritage Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center last night to show their support for the Penn State Black Caucus, which is still reeling from a racist death threat directed to one of its members Friday.
From April 12, 2001
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A team of black state legislators and their assistants spent yesterday in a whirlwind of meetings with Penn State students, faculty and administrators, part of a fact-finding mission about campus racism.
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From April 11, 2001
Members of the state Legislative Black Caucus will be on campus today to meet with students, faculty, staff and administrators.
From April 4, 2001
A group of black student leaders met with Executive Vice President Rodney Erickson for about 45 minutes yesterday to demand more communication from the university about race issues.
From April 3, 2001
Police have asked members of the Penn State Black Caucus be watchful in case they receive more racist threats in the mail, students said yesterday evening.
A panel discussion that aimed to address the role white people play in the fight against racism last night evolved into a debate about what racism is and whether or not white privilege exists.
From March 23, 2001
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Black student leaders said they have made progress in adding more diversity-focused classes to the curriculum, but repeated the charge that Penn State's administration has failed in its commitment to diversity.
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From March 22, 2001
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Last night's American Civil Liberties Union meeting turned into a heated discussion about whether Penn State should add a mandatory racism class to the curriculum.
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From Feb. 28, 2001
HARRISBURG — Black students have compiled a one-inch thick binder of documents showing how racism crops up repeatedly at Penn State.
From Feb. 27, 2001
HARRISBURG — Several Penn State students met with black legislative leaders yesterday to seek help in improving the university's racial climate.
From Feb. 22, 2001
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Tameka Boggs had a dream. Boggs (senior–agricultural systems management) coordinated last night's Community Rally in Waring Commons because of an inspiration she described as a dream.
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From Jan. 9, 2001
After a series of racially motivated incidents last semester, students and faculty are working together to make Penn State a more diverse place.
From Dec. 6, 2000
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Speaking with one voice, about 50 students insisted yesterday that the University Faculty Senate and the Penn State administration expand the teaching of African-American issues in the classroom.
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From Dec. 5, 2000
Undergraduate Student Government President Matt Roan was opening mail in his office on Thursday when he came across a mysterious envelope.
From Oct. 27, 2000
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Students of many races gathered last night for an honest and free-ranging chat about racism that capped off with a personal speech from Penn State President Graham Spanier.
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From Oct. 23, 2000
Dressed in black, carrying signs and holding hands, a procession of almost 300 students marched silently from the HUB-Robeson Center to Beaver Stadium Saturday to protest the recent outbreaks of racism at Penn State.
From Oct. 20, 2000
Before an audience of 50, Penn State President Graham Spanier announced yesterday that he will start a fund to reward people who report acts of hate at the university.
From Oct. 19, 2000
Angered by the hate-filled messages sent out last week, hundreds of students packed the ground floor of the HUB-Robeson Center yesterday to stand against racism.
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A woman walking home from class one night is alert and very aware of the man walking 10 feet behind her. Is this situation OK?
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From Oct. 18, 2000
Whoever sent the recent racist mailings left only a few tangible items: Four envelopes with Altoona postmarks and five chilling letters, at least one of which is printed in computer font that looks like dripping blood.
Vice President for Student Affairs Bill Asbury had hoped to deliver a speech celebrating diversity last Friday.
From Nov. 15, 1999
A chilly evening and brisk winds did not prevent several hundred people from attending Unity Rally '99, held Friday outside of Pollock Commons.
Temple University will enhance security in its computer labs in the wake of racist e-mails sent to Penn State students that were traced to Temple.
From Nov. 12, 1999
Even though the racist e-mails that were circulating through campus last week and the beginning of this week only reached a relatively small number of students, the entire campus population and the community may feel its impact.
From Nov. 9, 1999
Two Temple University Campus Police officers visited Penn State yesterday to gather information about the racist e-mails that some Penn State students received last week.
