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REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
PURDUE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER TO
DEVELOP A PLAN TO FIGHT
AGAINST RACISM.TONIGHT'S FORUM
WAS HELD BY THE BLACK GRADUATE
STUDENT ASSOCIATION AFTER THE
"N" WORD WAS WRITTEN ON A
WHITEBOARD ON CAMPUS LAST WEEK.
PARTICIPANTS LAID OUT AN
IMMEDIATE.. INTERMEDIATE.. AND
LONG TERM PLAN TO HELP PREVENT
THESE KIND OF RACIAL ACTS FROM
HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.THE
PURDUE POLICE CHIEF EXPLAINED
TO THE CROWD THAT BECAUSE THE
COMMENT COULD BE ERASED AND
THERE'S WASN'T ANY PERMANENT
WAS CLASSIFIED AS A BIAS
INCIDENT AND NOT A HATE CRIME.
INCOMING UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
MITCH DANIELS A TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION.SOME SAY THEY ARE
CONCERNED HE WON'T BE AWARE OF
THE DIVERSITY ISSUES THE
PURDUE COMMUNITY IS
EXPERIENCING.THE PRESIDENT OF
THE BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT
SURPRISE DANIELS CAME UP IN
ASSOCIATION SAYS HE'S NOT
#@CONNOR: "ONE OF THE
PURPOSES OF THIS FORUM WAS TO
GET THINGS OUT THERE THAT
ABOUT. SOME THINGS ON THIS
IT'S GOING TO SHAKE SOME
THINGS UP."@#PURDUE DEAN OF
STUDENTS DANITA BROWN SAYS THE
INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE BIAS INCIDENT WILL FACE
DISCIPLINARY CHARGES.. BUT THE
DECISION OF HOW SEVERE THEY
WILL BE HAS NOT BEEN
DETERMINED YET.SHE SAYS