Students ask Auburn University for stronger stance against 'White Student Union'

[greatbaldeagle]

Auburn University has recently found itself at the forefront of two major controversies. One involves them allowing Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The other is this story about an alt-right student group that has many there angered and asking for the university to get involved. I along with other friends have personally reached out and expressed my outrage to the university.

Here is a snippet. The link is below.


An Auburn University student organization wants the institution to take a stronger stance against white supremacy after a group claiming to be the "Auburn White Student Union" distributed flyers expressing anti-Semitic messages on campus last week.

The group, which identifies as alt-right, said it was created in response to political and racial tension across the nation.

"White people are hungry for a group that will give them real, organic community, based on kinship, sincerity (rather than self-censorship and Political Correctness), and commonality," AWSU said on its website. "They're fed up with the false idols of consumerism and sports teams as a substitute for real community."

The group once identified as W.A.R. E.A.G.L.E., an acronym which stands for Whites of the Alt-Right Educating Auburn Gentiles for Liberation and Empowerment. AU said in a statement through the Office of Communications and Marketing on Tuesday afternoon it had plans to look into any copyright violations for using the slogan.


[link:http://www.al.com/news/montgomery/index.ssf/2017/04/students_ask_auburn_university.html|

http://www.al.com/news/montgomery/index.ssf/2017/04/students_ask_auburn_university.html

Anyone else willing to help these students fight back against this ideology can do so by reaching out to the individuals below.

Office of Dr. Jay Gogue (President of Auburn) - 334-844-4650 - [e-mail]
Office of Timothy R. Boosinger (Provost) - [phone] - [e-mail]
Chris Green (Coordinator, Campus & Community Events) - [phone] - [e-mail]
Teresa Whitman-McCall (Director, Campus & Community Events) - [phone] [e-mail]

[Alea]

1. I attend AU

First I have heard of it but I'm barely keeping my head above water trying to pass Spanish 2 and don't pay much attention to campus politics. I do know AU is more conservative than many other Universities.

[greatbaldeagle]

2. #StayWoke

I can't say that I'm surprised. When "Power of Dixieland" is still in your fight song, you know there is work to be done. I'm sure they would love to sweep all of this under the rug but that's not going to happen this time. We must stand up for what's right or else we will all suffer the consequences.