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fate. The Latine Student Success Center will close at the end of the semester after just three years of operation, university spokesperson Ben Johnson FRQ¿UPHG 7KLV FORVXUH FRPHV DV SDUW of Ohio State President Ted Carter Jr.’s Feb. 27 announcement rolling back several diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campus. Among these SURJUDPV DUH WKH 2̇FH RI 'LYHUVLty and Inclusion — which housed the Latine Student Success Center — and 6$1'5$ )8 _ 3+272 (',725 the Center for Belonging and Social Students mingle and chat Change, both of which will also shut with Johana Coronado, down at the semester’s end. program coordinator for the Latine Student Though Johana Coronado, the cenSuccess Center, in the ter’s program coordinator and a secweeks leading up to the ond-year graduate student in educacenter’s closure. tion administration, said the center’s closure signals a decrease in institutional support for Latine students, she said it has provided programs and resources supporting community building, leadership development and cul6RPH GD\V WKH URRP LV ¿OOHG ZLWK tural awareness since Sept. 24, 2021. music and lively conversation as stu,Q DGGLWLRQ &RURQDGR FRQ¿UPHG dents relax on the couches. On others, she is one of 16 university employees it’s a calm sanctuary where students whose positions will be dissolved by VWXG\ DW WDEOHV RU QDS EHQHDWK WKH ÀDJV the end of the semester due to the closof several Latin American nations. LQJ RI 2', DQG &%6& But soon, the space will fall silent, as the center prepares for its inevitable LATINE continues on Pages 2-3
The impact of losing Ohio State’s Latine Student Success Center By Sandra Fu Photo Editor
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