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Vol. LXXVIII No. 3
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Providence College
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September 19, 2013
SHEPARD Raising Awareness on Campus Bringing Hope to PC’s LGBTQ Community by Kathleen McGinty ’16 Asst. News Editor
SHEPARD, the Providence College organization seeking to foster a supportive and educational environment for individuals who feel unsafe or unaccepted because of their identity, may, after celebrating the 10th anniversary last year, realize part of its mission. Successfully lobbying Student Congress last spring to amend the College’s non-discrimination policy, which currently contains no provisions regarding students’ sexual identity, members of SHEPARD await faculty and administration’s approval of Recommendation No. SCRC-63-15. Part of the College’s current Notice of Non-Discrimination states, “Providence College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, religion, disability, age, or veteran status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, religion, disability, age, or veteran status
in the administration of its education policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered programs, and employment policies.” Should the recommendation, already approved by Student Congress last spring, procure support from faculty and administration as well, the term “sexual orientation” will be incorporated into the list of demographics contained in the current notice, protecting students of all sexual identities. This bill comes 11 years after SHEPARD was recognized as an organization at the College. According to Caroline Jones ’14, the vice president of SHEPARD, the club is unique to the PC community. Unlike the GayStraight Alliance (GSA), a nationwide group endeavoring to counteract homophobia and transphobia in middle schools and high schools, SHEPARD resulted from an effort to support members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQQIA) community that accorded with the mission of the College. An acronym for Stopping Homophobia, Eliminating Prejudice, and Restoring Dignity, SHEPARD
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@thecowl thecowl.com
Providence College
•
September 19, 2013
SHEPARD Raising Awareness on Campus Bringing Hope to PC’s LGBTQ Community by Kathleen McGinty ’16 Asst. News Editor
SHEPARD, the Providence College organization seeking to foster a supportive and educational environment for individuals who feel unsafe or unaccepted because of their identity, may, after celebrating the 10th anniversary last year, realize part of its mission. Successfully lobbying Student Congress last spring to amend the College’s non-discrimination policy, which currently contains no provisions regarding students’ sexual identity, members of SHEPARD await faculty and administration’s approval of Recommendation No. SCRC-63-15. Part of the College’s current Notice of Non-Discrimination states, “Providence College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, religion, disability, age, or veteran status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, religion, disability, age, or veteran status
in the administration of its education policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered programs, and employment policies.” Should the recommendation, already approved by Student Congress last spring, procure support from faculty and administration as well, the term “sexual orientation” will be incorporated into the list of demographics contained in the current notice, protecting students of all sexual identities. This bill comes 11 years after SHEPARD was recognized as an organization at the College. According to Caroline Jones ’14, the vice president of SHEPARD, the club is unique to the PC community. Unlike the GayStraight Alliance (GSA), a nationwide group endeavoring to counteract homophobia and transphobia in middle schools and high schools, SHEPARD resulted from an effort to support members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQQIA) community that accorded with the mission of the College. An acronym for Stopping Homophobia, Eliminating Prejudice, and Restoring Dignity, SHEPARD
UNDER News Opinion Photography A&E Portfolio Sports
HOOD 2 Arts & Entertainment 5 11 12 16 Page 12 19
Providence College's Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935
Portfolio
Page 18
Sports
Page 20
