North Dakota State University
(NDSU、ノース・ダコタ州立大学）
http://www.ndsu.edu/
記録として記事をあげておく。
★★＜以下、２６６８年０３月２９日の CNN.co.jp 記事
(http://www.cnn.co.jp/usa/CNN200803290017.html)
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州立大の慈善演劇でオバマ氏やゆの表現、人種差別と批判
ノースダコタ州ファーゴ――ノースダコタ州立大学で今月１８日に催された学生劇で、米大統領選の民主党候補指名争いで首位を走るアフリカ系のオバマ上院議員を演じた白人学生らがラップダンスを見せるとともにわいせつな表現をしたなどとの苦情が寄せられ、同大が調査を開始したことが２８日、分かった。
人種差別的な表現との批判が出ている。オバマ氏陣営はコメントを発表していない。オバマ議員は４月初旬、同州の民主党大会で演説予定。
学生劇は、糖尿病研究の資金を募る目的で演じられていた。観劇者によると、舞台では顔を黒く塗った学生のオバマ氏のそばに動画投稿サイトで人気を集めたオバマ氏の熱狂的支持者を自称する女性を装った男子学生も登場し、ストリップも演じていた。
また、その後ろではカウボーイに扮した別の学生２人がオバマ氏のプラカードを持って性行為を示唆する動きをし、最後にプラカードを引き裂いていた。この場面で場内からは抗議の声が挙がったという。
同大在学の学生数は１万４０３人。劇を演じたクラブのメンバーは、９２％が白人で、アフリカ系は１．５％だという。
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★★＜以下、２６６８年０３月２８日の TwinCities.com 記事
（http://www.twincities.com/ci_8732487?source=most_viewed）
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Obama skit at NDSU prompts investigation
By Dave Kolpack
Associated Press
North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a white student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance.
The same skit, part of a charity fundraiser held at a campus theater, also featured a depiction of cowboys having sex with each other, witnesses told The (Fargo) Forum newspaper, which first reported the backlash Friday.
"We're trying to find out the right approaches for accountability, but at the same time try to heal wounds that have occurred and allow the campus to move ahead," Janna Stoskopf, NDSU's dean of students, told the Associated Press on Friday.
The March 18 skit involving the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club was performed at the Mr. NDSU Pageant, which is sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and raises money for diabetes research.
People who attended it said a pageant contestant from Saddle and Sirloin dressed as a woman from the Internet video "I Got a Crush on Obama" and performed a strip tease for another student, who was wearing dark makeup and an afro wig.
In the background, two male students dressed as cowboys simulated anal sex while holding an Obama sign that one student ripped at the conclusion of the 30-second performance, the Forum reported.
"That seems to be consistent with what's been described to me," Stoskopf said.
University President Joseph Chapman said the campus will work to ensure such incidents do not occur.
"The students involved have accepted responsibility for their actions and expressed deep remorse," he said in a statement. "NDSU does not and will not ignore acts of intolerance at our institution or in our community."
The Obama campaign had no comment Friday. Obama is to speak at North Dakota Democrats' state convention in Grand Forks next week.
Josh Reimnitz, who is the NDSU student body president and saw the skit, called it "totally tasteless" and said he and other audience members were shocked.
"Honestly, I still don't know what the intention of the skit was," he said. "It was very silent, and there were some boos. People were looking at each other, not knowing how to act."
Messages left by the AP for Russell Danielson, adviser of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and Malika Carter, an NDSU assistant director of multicultural student services were not immediately returned.
"It doesn't matter if you're rural. It doesn't matter if you're from Fargo or Beulah, N.D.," said Joy Rice, a black Fargo resident and a member of the city's human relations commission. "You still need to respect people of color, in all aspects of life. This is a form of racism, and it's really taking a step back."
The skit follows a complaint filed against a sorority at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, where guests wore Indian costumes and red paint on their faces and bodies.
"This falls into the same category," Rice said of the NDSU skit. "It's just as bad."
Stoskopf said she expected the investigation could take until May 9, the end of the school year.
"One of the issues here is how do we balance what our policies and expectations about behavior are with the issue of freedom of speech," Stoskopf said. "Where does all of that get us?"
NDSU has 10,403 undergraduates. The student body is 92 percent white, while 1.5 percent identify themselves as black or African-American.
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