Then you make a decision
about which one needs to prevail,
and we do the same thing. We’re
trying to balance the best interest
of students, faculty, staff, and as a
public institution, you’re weighing
all those things. The points of view
are valid, and the job is to weigh
them and figure out in the long run,
what’s best. What I love about the
University is that we do respond
when issues are raised.
TMD: International students
began paying an additional $500
fee this semester on top of tuition,
and some have voiced displeasure
surrounding the transparency of
why this fee was instituted and
what it will be used for. Can you
provide some clarity on the issue?
Harper: The challenge with
the international fee is that not all
the needs and what the calls will
be for those have been worked
out. So we are in the process of
trying to figure out, given these
resources, how do they need to
be deployed in a way that benefits
international students? And so
students, if I hear you right, some
of them are asking, ‘What are you
going to do?’ And the answer is,
that’s part of the work we have to
do. So some students might say,
‘Well, then why are you requiring
the fee if you don’t know?’, but
what we do know is that there are
needs for international students
that are not being met, and we
want to be able to meet those
needs… The services that they
need that might be unique to
international students, that’s how
the fee is going to be used. And we
are in the process, then, of deciding
what’s the best use, whether it is
to help with internships, whether
it’s a deeper, stronger orientation
program, whether it is we need
to do more send-outs where we
actually go to the community and
prepare students better for the
transition, whether or not there
are things that the International
Center provides that they also
will need. So there is an array of
services that we want to make sure
we have the resources to provide,
so students have a fabulous
educational experience here. But
this is one situation where you’re
trying to do both. You’re trying to
make sure that the students’ needs
are met, and we don’t want the cost
to be so prohibitive that students
can’t come. I think the challenge is
for us, the administration, is if we
stay open and allow international
students to participate in the
process of what would make the
most difference to strengthen
your experience here, then I can’t
have the answer to exactly where
it is the money’s going to go right
now… So it’s much more of a give-
and-take process that we’re using.
So, I’m glad we have the resources
to make sure that international
students have a really exciting and
robust education experience.
TMD: Last week, students once
again participated in a Climate
Strike, joining strikers across the
world to demand bolder action
on climate change. Last year, 10
demonstrators were arrested at
the Climate Strike, and six of them
just recently appeared at pre-trial
for trespassing. How important
is student activism to the spirit of
the University, and what advice do
you have for students who want to
make their voices heard?
Harper:
I
think
students
protesting — and for me, protest
means having a voice, whether
you decide to have that voice
with the sign or by sitting in — I
think that’s critically important
that the students think about
what’s important to them, think
about the kind of University they
want to have because this is your
University, and then give voice to
it. I believe the climate work and
the work we need to do around
climate is going to change, but
it’s going to change because
students are talking about and
advocating for right now. Here’s
where I would pivot. It’s critically
important that you have an orderly
structure and organization. And
if the time and if you choose to
speak is in a building that closes
at five, say, ‘Okay, I’ll be back in
the morning to speak again’. This
idea that I can speak my mind
anytime, all the time, anywhere in
any way, that’s where I think the
fault lies. It’s not in the speaking
of the voice, but doing it in a way
that honors other voices, too. And
to be quite frank, if you want me
to hear you and you want me to
think about what you’re saying,
then you have to think about how
am I doing that, in such a way
that what’s so important can be
heard. Some people speak for
the theater of it, and sometimes
students and community members
speak because they’re really trying
to have another point-of-view
heard… So I think the strikes are
important and I think the different
points of views are important.
The major changes I know about
have come because somebody had
the courage to open their mouth.
There was a time when I would
have had to sit in the back of the
bus… So the issue is not in speaking
the voice. The issue is not in the
protesting. I think sometimes the
tension comes when those who are
speaking or want to have a voice
don’t think about what the impact
of that voice is on others. None of
us listen, when we’re being yelled
at. Very few of us listen if we are
being called names.
TMD:
With
Winter
Recruitment
for
fraternities
and
sororities
beginning
this
year, some students have raised
concerns regarding how this could
create complications with finding
housing. How does the University
plan to help students if they find
themselves without housing for
the following school year due to
rushing?
Harper: This is an issue that
comes up for students all the
time, this issue of, “Will I be able
to find housing?” And so last year,
before we put this in place, as part
of the reason we started so early,
we actually had staff in the office
of Fraternity and Sorority Life
do some work around housing.
So housing is available, it will be
available up until school starts.
This place is never without
adequate housing. So one of the
things, we have changed the
signup period in the residence halls
with this in mind, so we have done
that. And, we also last year, we,
meaning the Office of Fraternity
and Sorority Life, did some surveys
to make sure that vacancies and
housing is available for students
further on into the term.
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