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Escort services are the main "touch points" between students and Public Safety officers on campus,
according to Grover. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Students target Public Safety officers with racial slurs

Within the past month, two racial bias incidents directed at Public Safety officers have been reported. According to an email from University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., a small group of male students...

Students, faculty and staff gather in Hagan Arena on Nov. 4. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

University holds forum in response to racial bias incidents

Carly Calhoun & Cara Smith November 4, 2019

A campus-wide forum to address the four bias incidents reported this semester was held in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena on Nov. 4.  The forum, attended by approximately 1,800 people, was organized by...

Isis Gill-Reid ’20, vice president of BSU, marches across McShain Bridge along with around 170 others in a Silent March for Solidarity on Oct. 28. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA ’20/THE HAWK

Student calls Public Safety officer the n-word

A first-year student called a female African-American Public Safety officer the n-word some time on the morning of Oct. 24. In the evening on the same day, University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., sent an...

In response to the most recent racist incident on campus, BSU organized a silent march.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s racial bias incidents reflect nationwide trend

Cara Smith October 29, 2019

Four racial bias incidents were reported on St. Joe’s campus since January 2019, reflecting the nationwide trend of an uptick in racial bias incidents and hate crimes on U.S. college campuses. More...

N-word discovered on students' whiteboard

N-word discovered on students’ whiteboard

The N-word was discovered Oct. 5 on a whiteboard of a suite door in LaFarge Hall, prompting a report of a bias incident to The Office of Public Safety and Security. The residents of the suite had written the...

PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

“Racial bias” incidents reported in dorms again

Ana Faguy April 17, 2019

The student in this story who was called the N-word numerous times is identified by their initials. The student spoke on the record, but The Hawk chose not to use their full names in order to mitigate...

A second chance for reform

A second chance for reform

The Hawk Staff April 17, 2019

Proactivity needed for racial bias incidents The allegations of two other racial slur incidents happening on our campus, as reported in this week’s issue of The Hawk, should not shock anyone. Stories...

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