The Week in Review: 12/06/2018

The casket holding former president George H.W. Bush makes its journey to his final resting place. (Taken from The Gazette)

There was so much going on this week in our world!

Here are the five stories from this week that stuck out to me the most:

1. Last Friday, former president George H.W. Bush died. Throughout the week, various memorial services were held, including at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Mourners and former presidents gathered to pay their respects in D.C. Then, his remains traveled to Texas, where he was finally laid to rest on Thursday in Texas. He was buried by his wife, Barbara, and their daughter Robin at the family grave site at Texas A&M University.


2. Two senior Saudi officials were accused by Istanbul's top prosecutor of being behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Both of these officials are close to the Saudi crown prince, but they were not among the 18 people the Saudi's said to be in connection with Khashoggi's death.


3.  Last week, students in 17th Ave Residence Hall found racially biased marks of vandalism. These messages were deemed as anti-Semitic and had references to white supremacy and Nazi sentiments. Minnesota Hillel said they condemned the vandalism, and they will be working with the Office of Student Affairs and the university police to make sure these acts are taken seriously.

"We know these incidents do not occur in isolation. They are connected to oppressive histories and systemic injustices that have had an increased presence in our cultural conversations over the past year.”

-an email sent to students in the residence hall

4.  Duke University will rename one of its campus buildings. Carr building was named after Julian Carr, who was a known white supremacist. Even though Carr's donations to the college helped shape it into a large university, renaming the building shows that the university does not want to have a campus building be associated with white supremacy.

5. Monday, sororities and fraternities sued Harvard. The lawsuit is against a 2016 rule created by the university that discourages students from joining single-sex organizations. If students are members of  these organizations, they would not be allowed to hold a leadership position in the school or receive any scholarships from the school.