Black students want changes in UW policies

Mary Bruno

Mary Bruno Jul 8, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Black students want changes in UW policies</h1>
                <h2><p>In the aftermath of allegations that members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity shouted racial slurs at marchers participating in a February 25 Black Lives Matter protest, black students at the UW are calling for change, The Seattle Times reports.

On Friday, March 13, members of the Black Student</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mary-bruno-crosscut-com/">Mary Bruno</a></p> 
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            <p>In the aftermath of allegations that members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity shouted racial slurs at marchers participating in a February 25 Black Lives Matter protest, black students at the UW are calling for change, <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/black-students-seeks-uw-admission-policy-changes/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Seattle Times reports</a>.</p><p>On Friday, March 13, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) spoke with UW's interim president Ana Mari Cauce about hiring more black faculty and admitting more students of color. One key demand, BSU president Maggie Negussie told <em>The Times</em>, is that the university push to repeal the 1998 Initiative 200.</p><p>By prohibiting consideration of race and gender when hiring, I-200 has effectively shrunk the number of African American students on campus. According to <em>The Times</em>, black students currently make up slightly more than 3 percent of all undergrads.</p>
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In the aftermath of allegations that members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity shouted racial slurs at marchers participating in a February 25 Black Lives Matter protest, black students at the UW are calling for change, The Seattle Times reports.

On Friday, March 13, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) spoke with UW's interim president Ana Mari Cauce about hiring more black faculty and admitting more students of color. One key demand, BSU president Maggie Negussie told The Times, is that the university push to repeal the 1998 Initiative 200.

By prohibiting consideration of race and gender when hiring, I-200 has effectively shrunk the number of African American students on campus. According to The Times, black students currently make up slightly more than 3 percent of all undergrads.

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By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,