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Students at Emory University claim they were frightened and 'in pain' after someone wrote 'Trump 2016' in chalk around campus.
Officials at the Atlanta school, which has an enrollment of more than 14,000, were forced to act after the youngsters claimed their 'safe space' was violated when the messages of 'hate' appeared on sidewalks and buildings.
Jim Wagner, president of the university, wrote Tuesday that the students viewed the scrawling as intimidation, and they voiced 'genuine concern and pain' as a result.
He set up an investigation after members of the student government wrote to him and slammed the university's response, prompting a meeting that was shrouded in protests.
Now administrators want to track down those responsible for the controversial markings, as they admitted they went against the university's 'values regarding diversity'.
But some commentators on the university's student newspaper website told those affected by the so-called 'hateful' graffiti to grow up and accused them of being babies.
The president of Emory University has spoken to demonstrators who said they were frightened after someone wrote 'Trump 2016' in chalk around campus. They insisted their 'safe space' had been violated by the messages, prompting the administration to investigate
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The president of Emory University has spoken to demonstrators who said they were frightened after someone wrote 'Trump 2016' in chalk around campus. They insisted their 'safe space' had been violated by the messages, prompting the administration to investigate
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Students at the Atlanta school, which has an enrollment of more than 14,000 claim their 'safe space' was violated when the messages appeared on sidewalks and buildings
University organizations offered students counselling after the markings were spotted on parts of campus
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University organizations offered students counselling after the markings were spotted on parts of campus
A group of Emory Students stage a protest at the campus after the graffiti started to appear. They set up meetings with senior university officials to get the matter resolved
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A group of Emory Students stage a protest at the campus after the graffiti started to appear. They set up meetings with senior university officials to get the matter resolved
Protesters link arms outside the offices of Emory University's administration. The university offered counselling to any students upset by the markings
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Protesters link arms outside the offices of Emory University's administration. The university offered counselling to any students upset by the markings
After the chalk markings started to appear, student organizations offered counselling to anyone who may have been impacted by what they had seen.
Wagner sent a letter to the student body earlier this week, in which he said students confronted by Trump's name in chalk 'heard a message about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory's own.'
You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!
Chant by students to Emory University President Jim Wagner
Emory's student newspaper, The Wheel, said Wagner outlined four steps that administrators plan to take in order to address the issues raised by the protesters.
They reported that the students this week chanted, 'You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!' shortly before Wagner agreed to meet with them.
In a campus-wide email, he proposed 'immediate refinements to certain policies and procedural deficiencies' that he hoped would improve diversity.
He wrote that he wanted to bring in 'regular and structured opportunities for difficult dialogues; a formal process to institutionalize identification.
Wagner also said there was a need to address 'social justice opportunities' and commitment to an annual retreat to renew [their] efforts.'
Wagner added that the Freedom of Expression Committee is meeting to address whether the person or people responsible for the chalking were in compliance with Emory’s policy.
He said that they would debate technical issues, such as whether or not the chalkings were done on an appropriate surface.
However, he believes that the broader concern motivating the protests had to do more with the ideas the chalkings stood for than how they were done.
A group of downhearted Emory students hold up a sign during a meeting with senior university executives, who have promised to hunt down whoever was responsible for the messages
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A group of downhearted Emory students hold up a sign during a meeting with senior university executives, who have promised to hunt down whoever was responsible for the messages
One students grasps the hand of another during a meeting between students and university officials to determine how they can deal with the markings
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One students grasps the hand of another during a meeting between students and university officials to determine how they can deal with the markings
Eventually the 'Trump' markings were rubbed out from walls and sidewalks - but other chalk markings started appearing in different places
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Eventually the 'Trump' markings were rubbed out from walls and sidewalks - but other chalk markings started appearing in different places
Emory University students protested after someone wrote Trump 2016 on campus. Dozens claim the message of support for Trump were causing pain
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Emory University students protested after someone wrote Trump 2016 on campus. Dozens claim the message of support for Trump were causing pain
Some students were upset as they do not support Trump and are against some of his political values.
The student newspaper's editor, Zak Hudak, posted an editorial addressing what had happened.
He wrote: I do not take lightly the fears and pains of those students who felt victimized by the 'Trump 2016' chalkings around campus, and I try my best to support oppressed groups on campus.
I have no idea how you kids will survive once you get out into the real world. People have different opinions than you. You need to grow up, and fast
Reader commenting on Emory University's student newspaper website, The Wheel
'The duty of a newspaper to give a voice to the voiceless surpasses that of echoing those in power. I acknowledge again that Donald Trump is unlike any recent candidate who has lasted to this stage of a presidential election and that, for many Emory students, support of him holds a different connotation than support for Hillary Clinton or John Kasich.
'It is nonetheless necessary to ask those protesters what would happen should the tables be turned. Suppose we had a different administration.
'Suppose it was ruled that protests, such as the one on Tuesday, made Trump supporters feel threatened on campus. Freedom of speech works both ways, and its hindrance affects both sides.
'It is not the role of an institution that is devoted to the critical education of its students to tell those students which opinions they are allowed to have.'
It drew a handful of scathing comments, including one which read: 'While this response is inadequate in countering the anti-democratic impulses of the students frightened by chalk, it is at least better than limp, coddling responses from administrators, who are letting students with the maturity of 10-year-olds drive the conversation and campus policy.
'Mr. Hudak--in this context, you shouldn't even engage in the question of whether Trump is 'an offensive man.'
Students at Emory University claim they were frightened and 'in pain' after someone wrote 'Trump 2016' in chalk around campus.
Officials at the Atlanta school, which has an enrollment of more than 14,000, were forced to act after the youngsters claimed their 'safe space' was violated when the messages of 'hate' appeared on sidewalks and buildings.
Jim Wagner, president of the university, wrote Tuesday that the students viewed the scrawling as intimidation, and they voiced 'genuine concern and pain' as a result.
He set up an investigation after members of the student government wrote to him and slammed the university's response, prompting a meeting that was shrouded in protests.
Now administrators want to track down those responsible for the controversial markings, as they admitted they went against the university's 'values regarding diversity'.
But some commentators on the university's student newspaper website told those affected by the so-called 'hateful' graffiti to grow up and accused them of being babies.
The president of Emory University has spoken to demonstrators who said they were frightened after someone wrote 'Trump 2016' in chalk around campus. They insisted their 'safe space' had been violated by the messages, prompting the administration to investigate
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The president of Emory University has spoken to demonstrators who said they were frightened after someone wrote 'Trump 2016' in chalk around campus. They insisted their 'safe space' had been violated by the messages, prompting the administration to investigate
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Students at the Atlanta school, which has an enrollment of more than 14,000 claim their 'safe space' was violated when the messages appeared on sidewalks and buildings
University organizations offered students counselling after the markings were spotted on parts of campus
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University organizations offered students counselling after the markings were spotted on parts of campus
A group of Emory Students stage a protest at the campus after the graffiti started to appear. They set up meetings with senior university officials to get the matter resolved
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A group of Emory Students stage a protest at the campus after the graffiti started to appear. They set up meetings with senior university officials to get the matter resolved
Protesters link arms outside the offices of Emory University's administration. The university offered counselling to any students upset by the markings
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Protesters link arms outside the offices of Emory University's administration. The university offered counselling to any students upset by the markings
After the chalk markings started to appear, student organizations offered counselling to anyone who may have been impacted by what they had seen.
Wagner sent a letter to the student body earlier this week, in which he said students confronted by Trump's name in chalk 'heard a message about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory's own.'
You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!
Chant by students to Emory University President Jim Wagner
Emory's student newspaper, The Wheel, said Wagner outlined four steps that administrators plan to take in order to address the issues raised by the protesters.
They reported that the students this week chanted, 'You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!' shortly before Wagner agreed to meet with them.
In a campus-wide email, he proposed 'immediate refinements to certain policies and procedural deficiencies' that he hoped would improve diversity.
He wrote that he wanted to bring in 'regular and structured opportunities for difficult dialogues; a formal process to institutionalize identification.
Wagner also said there was a need to address 'social justice opportunities' and commitment to an annual retreat to renew [their] efforts.'
Wagner added that the Freedom of Expression Committee is meeting to address whether the person or people responsible for the chalking were in compliance with Emory’s policy.
He said that they would debate technical issues, such as whether or not the chalkings were done on an appropriate surface.
However, he believes that the broader concern motivating the protests had to do more with the ideas the chalkings stood for than how they were done.
A group of downhearted Emory students hold up a sign during a meeting with senior university executives, who have promised to hunt down whoever was responsible for the messages
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A group of downhearted Emory students hold up a sign during a meeting with senior university executives, who have promised to hunt down whoever was responsible for the messages
One students grasps the hand of another during a meeting between students and university officials to determine how they can deal with the markings
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One students grasps the hand of another during a meeting between students and university officials to determine how they can deal with the markings
Eventually the 'Trump' markings were rubbed out from walls and sidewalks - but other chalk markings started appearing in different places
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Eventually the 'Trump' markings were rubbed out from walls and sidewalks - but other chalk markings started appearing in different places
Emory University students protested after someone wrote Trump 2016 on campus. Dozens claim the message of support for Trump were causing pain
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Emory University students protested after someone wrote Trump 2016 on campus. Dozens claim the message of support for Trump were causing pain
Some students were upset as they do not support Trump and are against some of his political values.
The student newspaper's editor, Zak Hudak, posted an editorial addressing what had happened.
He wrote: I do not take lightly the fears and pains of those students who felt victimized by the 'Trump 2016' chalkings around campus, and I try my best to support oppressed groups on campus.
I have no idea how you kids will survive once you get out into the real world. People have different opinions than you. You need to grow up, and fast
Reader commenting on Emory University's student newspaper website, The Wheel
'The duty of a newspaper to give a voice to the voiceless surpasses that of echoing those in power. I acknowledge again that Donald Trump is unlike any recent candidate who has lasted to this stage of a presidential election and that, for many Emory students, support of him holds a different connotation than support for Hillary Clinton or John Kasich.
'It is nonetheless necessary to ask those protesters what would happen should the tables be turned. Suppose we had a different administration.
'Suppose it was ruled that protests, such as the one on Tuesday, made Trump supporters feel threatened on campus. Freedom of speech works both ways, and its hindrance affects both sides.
'It is not the role of an institution that is devoted to the critical education of its students to tell those students which opinions they are allowed to have.'
It drew a handful of scathing comments, including one which read: 'While this response is inadequate in countering the anti-democratic impulses of the students frightened by chalk, it is at least better than limp, coddling responses from administrators, who are letting students with the maturity of 10-year-olds drive the conversation and campus policy.
'Mr. Hudak--in this context, you shouldn't even engage in the question of whether Trump is 'an offensive man.'
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