A student leader's perspective on EMU: Part Three
Fall 2016 wasn’t fun for anyone. If the 2016 election wasn’t enough to drive student, faculty, staff and administration up the wall, September 20th was. In the early morning hours of that day, an unknown individual (later identified as disgruntled former student Eddie Curlin) sprayed “KKK Leave N*****s” in red, white and blue paint on King Hall. The campus reaction was visceral; Students of color noticed an immediate danger and our university President Dr. James Smith, being only a couple of months into the job, was confronted with a major crisis. Our university was not ready for the emotional reactions that acts of racism fueled by centuries of terror could invoke.