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Iota Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi v. George Mason Univ., 773 F. Supp. 792 (E.D. Va. 1991)
Ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Sigma Chi's lawsuit against GMU for infringement of their first amendment rights, where they successfully argued their rights to freedom of expression were violated.
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IFC rules on Sigma Chi Violations
Article on the ruling handed down on Sigma Chi by the Interfraternity Council Judicial Board at GMU. Prohibited Sigma Chi from holding Derby Days (where Dress a Sig happened) until 1995, among other rulings.
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GMU addresses controversial Greek incident/Ritual
Two page article covering GMUs response to the Dress a Sig blackface incident in 1991, including the cancellation of the event furthermore, public apologies, and cultural diversity and gender sensitivity workshops.
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GMU INCIDENT ON BLACKFACE THRASHED OUT
Continued coverage of the 1991 Dress A Sig blackface incident, noting the changing demographics at the university and the calls for reprimanding Sigma Chi and the included sororities who took part.
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GMU FRATERNITY, SORORITY FACE DISCIPLINE OVER BLACKFACE WALK-ON
Article on blackface incident at Dress a Sig (Derby Days) event on campus in 1991. Event was put on by the fraternity Sigma Chi and included other sororities, where sorority sisters dressed up a Sigma Chi brother in blackface.
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Jocko wasn't there
Letter to the editor from two students providing their views on how Two Tons of Fun's performance was not racism, how Budd and Davis were not acting on behalf of Kappa Sigma, and that the GMU community should instead focus on "real forms of racial discrimination" such as apartheid South Africa, and not blackface.
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Black-face: what's Dr. Kelly to do?
Letter to the editor from the Director of Student Activities providing an update on actions taken in response to Two Tons of Fun's blackface performance and goals for future actions in the aftermath.
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Develop Open Minds
A letter to the editor from GMU student providing their opinion on the 1985 blackface incident, and that people need to develop open minds. They state they performed in blackface as well and that it is imitation for entertainment and out of admiration and not racism, nor is it offensive.
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Members of Two Tons of Fun angry about disqualification
Article on Mark Davis and Larry Budd's views of why they should not have been disqualified and further coverage of the response to their blackface performance.
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6. Two Tons of Fun (disqualified, see page 3)
Photograph of Two Tons of Fun - the air band made of Mark Davis and Larry Budd, who performed in blackface in 1985.
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Air band finalist disqualified
Article on 1985 blackface incident at Mason Day '85 air band show put on by the schools radio station. Mark Davis and Larry Budd, fraternity brothers at Kappa Sigma, performed in blackface impersonating The Weather Girls, formerly known as Two Tons of Fun - which the two white students took as their air band name
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Mason Day '84
List of activities schedule for Mason Day '84, where at the air band competition a student or group of students performed in blackface. No other coverage of this exists outside of 1985 coverage of the Mason Day '85 blackface incident where the '84 performance is mentioned
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David Duke Says That It Wasn't The Klan
Broadside interview with then Grand Wizard of KKK, David Duke, about whether the marking incident on the door of four Black GMU students was perpetrated by local members of the Klan. Followed by other discussions of Klan expansion, and Duke's views of discrimination against white people.
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Racial Slur On Door Raises Controversy
School newspaper coverage of the KKK/Nazi symbols drawn on the door of Black students living in student housing. Notes the investigation and response from school administrators.
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Racial Incident at GMU Stirs Concern
Article on the KKK and Nazi symbols on the door of Black GMU students in student housing.
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Klan Symbols Scrawled On Door of 4 Black George Mason Coeds
Article discussing the marking of Klan, and Nazi symbols on, and placing of burned matches outside the door of four Black GMU students living in campus housing.
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Few Black Professors in Va. Blame Put on Low Salaries
Article on struggles faced by state's universities and colleges in hiring Black professors. George Mason is noted as having the highest percentage of minority faculty in the state at 8%, showing the continued struggles to find minority faculty.
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Discrimination Suit Filed By George Mason Professor
Lawsuit filed by white male GMU professor, Marden E. Williams, for discrimination against him because of his age and his race, and due to increased efforts to hire minority faculty. States he has been viewed in his department as a "bigot, racist, sexist, legalist old man."
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Obituaries July 7, 1992 - William Pei Wei Tsow
Obituaries page in Washington Post - William Pei Wei Tsow, one of the professors fired in 1970 that sparked outrage from students and faculty. One of few minority faculty members (Chinese American) Tsow taught Asian studies, however, with his firing the course and his position were removed and replaced with new courses and professors.
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GMU names chairwoman, director of minority affairs
Article on the hiring of new positions at GMU in 1974 including Darius Swann as Special Assistant to the President for Minority Affairs.
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'Involvement' in Recruiting
Article on the hiring of Andy Evans as minority student recruiter for GMU, his background, and his goals as minority student recruiter.
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State School Is Charged With Racism
Article on testimonies to Virginia State Advisory Committee on Civil Rights about George Mason College's discrimination, and Chancellor Lorin Thompson's opening address at the hearing.
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HEW Charges Bias At College in Fairfax
Coverage on Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's charges of six civil rights violations on George Mason College for discriminating against minority groups.
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George Mason College: for All the People?: A Report of an Investigation
Report commissioned by the United States Commission on Civil Rights on racial inequalities at George Mason College.
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Faculty, Students Split in George Mason Votes
Article on votes held by GMU faculty for official vote of confidence, and unofficial student vote of no confidence for Chancellor Lorin Thompson, along with continued coverage of anger and protests against administration for firings and admissions for racialized policies.