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"Several dozen University of Cincinnati students protested for change regarding diversity on campus on Friday.The rally was held in front of Tangeman University Center and started off with a more radical tone.\u201CPlease do not send your children to the racist University of Cincinnati,\u201D shouted out doctoral student Samuel Burbanks.Watch this storyBurbanks said the frustration about race relations on campus came to a head when a cartoon circulated around campus about former College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ronald Jackson, who resigned this week.\u201CThat was a culmination of things that pushed the students to do something here,\u201D Burbanks said.Jackson did not return requests for comment and the reason behind his resignation was still unclear. Students of the group UC Coalition say the offensive cartoon was behind them, but it did bring about the want for change from the African-American students.\u201CWe're just, like, you know, what? Let\u2019s do something about this because it\u2019s just not UC, but it\u2019s also a national problem and we need to be pioneers and at that meeting with administrators (Friday), they shared the same interest as us. It\u2019s that we want to push this forward,\u201D pre-law and political science senior Amara Agomuo said.Among UC\u2019s 32,000 undergraduate students, only about 9 percent are African-American.UC President Santa Ono could not be reached for comment, but he sent a letter out to the concerned students earlier this week saying, \u201CI acknowledge that we can do better and promise to do all that I can to continue to move us forward. I embrace this responsibility as one of my top priorities as your president.\u201DIt\u2019s open communication like that that students believe will help in their fight for a more diverse campus.\u201CIt's something that we can be frustrated but not mad about because no one's really had that conversation and the fact that UC is starting that conversation, I really feel like you'll see a new UC,\u201D Agomuo said.The University of Cincinnati has a five-year plan to promote a more diverse university. That plan is currently in year two."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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