Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Another Hilarious Bias-Related Incident from Dean Staci Buchwald

Associate Dean of Students/Residential Life Stachi Buchwald

You might remember Dean Buchwald from last year in which she sent out an email alleging a bias-related incident and not even telling us what was said!

She's at it again with this latest bias-related incident. I've bolded the sheer hilarity. "Important message from Scripps College"?! So because a blond woman threw tortillas out of a car, it's now a bias-related incident? Oh give me a break!

Here's a thought! Maybe if Dean Buchwald spent more time doing her job, there wouldn't be such a huge housing crisis at Scripps?

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:52:23 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [ALL_STUDENTS] Important Message From Scripps College
To: [email protected].EDU


Dear Students,
We received this message from the Associate Dean of Students at Scripps College. As per our 5C protocols, I am sending it to you.
Always,
Dean Townes

-----Original Message-----
From: Staci Buchwald [mailto:SBuchwal@ScrippsCollege.edu]
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:12 PM
To: all-student-l@lists.scrippscollege.edu; [email protected]; [email protected]
Cc: Jefferson Huang; hughes_suffren@cucmail.claremont.edu; maria_torres@cucmail.claremont.edu; Guy Gerbick; [email protected]; Miriam Feldblum; Amy Marcus-Newhall; Debra Wood; Fritz Weis; Linda Scott
Subject: Bias Related Incident at Scripps
Around 11:30 PM on October 31, 2008 a group of Scripps women were returning home from a gathering at Harvey Mudd College. While crossing Platt Blvd a silver sedan with four women purposefully slowed down and threw tortillas out the car window at them. The women in the car were suspected to be either high school or college students, and the driver of the car had blond hair. The students in the car yelled out the window at a second group of people before throwing the tortillas.
This kind of conduct constitutes a bias incident and anyone with information about the perpetrator of the incident should contact an RA, DOS staff member or campus safety.
Anyone in need of support or wishing to discuss this incident is welcome and encouraged to contact the resource which best meets their needs. Resources include:
+staff at OBSA- (909) 621-8248
+ staff at CLSA- (909) 621-8044
+ staff on the Asian American Advisory Board Res Life Staff- (909)
+621-8277 or (909) 607-4307 Chaplains Office- (909) 621-8685 SCORE
+staff (909) 607-8869 Scripps Diversity Coordinating Committee- (Amy
+Marcus- Newhall or Marla Love) staff at MCAPS ( Monsour) - (909)
+621-8202 DOS (909) 621-8277
We are a supportive, caring community and bias related incidents will not be tolerated. Any time a community member becomes aware of a racist, sexist, heterosexist bias incident on our campus, a potential bias incident or hate crime, or any other type of crime, they are urged to appropriate action to combat the incident. These actions might include:
calling campus safety,
photographing the incident,
identifying the perpetrator,
intervening in the moment if safe to do so, writing a letter or article for one of the student news publications, sponsoring, attending or participating in educational programming, encouraging your peers to do the same.

In accordance with the Communication Protocol for Bias Related Incidents for The Claremont Colleges a binder of incidents is kept in the Dean of Students Office, located in Balch Hall, room 112, SARLO and SCORE.
Persons wishing to review this binder may do so during regular office hours Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM .


Staci J. Buchwald
Associate Dean of Students
Scripps College- The Claremont Colleges
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-8277 (phone)
(909) 607- 7081 (fax)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who were the students she threw tortillas at? If they were Latinas, I can understand an interpretation of the incident as bias-related. Otherwise, I have no idea why this would be considered as such.

Anonymous said...

O-B-A-M-A,

Welcome to the New World Order, Charles!

Anonymous said...

get used to it, motherfuckers

Anonymous said...

Staci,
Were the tortillas fried or flaccid? Corn or flour? Cuz the fried corn ones make excellent Frisbees. Ask my Nana!
Just another "Boy Who Cried Wolf" coming out of your mouth. Do you lack attention and affection at home or something?
-ElGuapo