Category: Campus Life

  • GW gives community option to identify as multiracial The GW Hatchet George Washington University, Washington D.C. 2011-03-28 Pavan Jagannathan, Hatchet Reporter The University added a new category for multiracial students, faculty and staff to classify themselves as “two or more races” in University institutional data, moving into compliance with a new federal regulation. University Provost…

  • Redefining Race and Ethnicity in the US Voice of America 2011-03-14 Todd Grosshans The number of young Americans with mixed race and ethnicity is rising real fast in the United States. Many are going to college helping to bridge racial and ethnic divides on campuses nationwide. VOA’s Todd Grosshans takes a closer look on the…

  • A Chat with Kat: Marissa Hui, President of HapaSC Her Campus 2011-02-28 Katharine Goldman I remember clearly the first time someone used the term “hapa”: I was a freshman, waiting for Campus Cruiser in front of New/North, when a random guy asked me if I was hapa. Not knowing what it meant, I asked for…

  • College Essay Part II, Unabridged: The Undergraduate Years Amherst College The Amherst Story Project Fall 2008 Brunnell Velázquez ’11 I enjoy looking at myself in the mirror. Lately, I find that the bathroom mirrors in Morrow dormitory give off the clearest reflections of my gorgeous, most handsome features. Since it is not in my nature…

  • More students identifying as multiracial Collegiate Times Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) 2011-02-17 Sarah Watson, News Reporter More students pursuing a secondary education identify themselves as multiracial or multiethnic. Students across the nation and in the Virginia Tech community are checking the box “two or more races” when filling out college applications.…

  • Blurring the color line: the new America The Tufts Daily Medford, Massachusetts 2011-02-22 Sylvia Avila Students identify as multiracial more than ever before Once considered a black and white issue, racial identity is hazier than ever. According to findings released in June 2010 by the Pew Research Center, the current generation of American college students…

  • Columns: Racial lines no longer just black and white The Minnesota Daily University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul 2011-02-21 Lolla Mohammed Nur Clear-cut racial categories restrict how multiracial Americans identify themselves. Based on her appearance, you wouldn’t easily be able to guess University of Minnesota sophomore Mary Taylor‘s racial or ethnic heritage. But if you ask…

  • The Race Classification Gap The Huffington Post 2011-02-17 Daniel Arrigg Koh, MBA Student Harvard Business School Growing up as a person of Korean and Lebanese descent, I was proud of my heritage and enjoyed discussing it with my peers. While few had ever met anyone with such an ethnic background before, people were always eager…

  • “Two or More Races” or Just Another Category? Open Salon 2011-02-20 Ulli K. Ryder, Ph.D. The Department of Education’s “two or more races” category may appeal to some people but this is a slippery slope towards ignoring race altogether. Race still matters. Combating racism still matters. Acknowledging multiracial identities or agreeing to be placed in…

  • Mixed race students, interracial couples become norm as US diversifies The Flor-Ala (Student newspaper of the University of North Alabama) Florence, Alabama 2011-02-10 Lucy Berry, News Editor When some people see UNA students Lauren Kirby and DeForrest Brown together in public, one of the first things they notice about the couple are their racial differences.…