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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