Monday, October 10, 2011

Why Universities Should Promote Diversity

Cantor argues that the biggest task of the university is to make it more culturally diverse. Universities are the easiest areas to promote diversity through groups, admissions, etc. It brings students with different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and generations into one whole unified community. Within universities, students create groups about their background, race, etc and create communities to help them feel comfortable around other students similar to themselves. It is necessary for universities to ensure cultural diversity because they are not many other places diversity can be easily spread. Again, schools bring different communities together. It should be the university's responsibility to promote diversity to have students accept all communities.

Cantor explains that higher education is still talking about race because we can't all look at one another as equals. To get past this, Cantor believes we should "create learning and living communities" which will blend all different backgrounds, religions, etc into a united community. Going back to universities - this is the greatest area to start since admissions take students of different ethnics, traditions, etc into a community.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Blink-182 - Neighborhoods


After many years, Blink-182 is has come back as a group and everyone is so excited and anxious for their new stuff! Their newest CD, Neighborhoods, was released on September 27th [last week] and I purchased it the second it came out. Haven't listened to the whole album yet.

Check their stuff out at http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/blink-182/id116851. They used to be one of the greatest punk bands [in my opinion] back in the day.

Blink-182's Newest Album - Neighborhoods

Diversity and Multiculturalism


Diversity is variety of different aspects such as ethnics, gender, groups, etc. Having a diverse population brings different backgrounds, religions, traditions, and people together as a whole.

Diversity at Western Michigan University is bringing cultures and different ethnics together to increase the population of these smaller minorities. WMU's diversity and culture program offers a number of different groups such as Disability Services for Students, Faith and Spiritual Development, Multicultural Affairs, and many more. WMU values a diverse population and encourages diversity through these groups. These groups are made for a variety of purposes and encourage or offer students in need assistance, value their culture and traditions.
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Who am I?

Musician – Pianist
Skater.
Snowboarder.
Non-religious.
Soccer player.
Brother. Son. Cousin. Nephew. Grandson.
White.
Student.

The list goes on...

I add to the diverse population along with every other person.