The AUSA Senate reacted to and acted upon minority student concerns in its meeting last Tuesday.JesCB:s TreviCB1o, the associate provost for Multicultural Affairs and director of the Center for Multicultural Excellence and Susan Lee, the director of Diversity, attended the meeting at the request of sophomore Sen. Kelsey Yamasaki. They are the founders of the Campus Climate Council, which seeks to address specific diversity concerns on campus. Lee emphasized that “discrimination is absolutely not tolerated on campus and is treated with severity.””We want to hear about any incident, however small it may be, that happens to any member of the DU community,” said TreviCB1o. The council stressed that any issue brought forward is entirely confidential and that they are readily available to address any concern that a student may have. Lee and TreviCB1o emphasized that the Senate can help by promoting interaction and discussion on campus. “Communication is our biggest issue,” said Lee. AUSA President Brian Kelley agreed, stating “It is important [for the Senate] to know what is going on on our campus.” The entire Senate is committed to diversity and expressed concerns at last week’s allegations of racial profiling and acts of discrimination.The Senate started a Diversity Summit four years ago, and it has grown to include attendees from many of the surrounding universities in Colorado. This year, DU looks to expand it to a regional conference. AUSA Vice President Molly Brown also announced that the theme of the Student Leadership Conference this spring will be diversity and awareness.Sen. John Bales is the chairman of the Diversity Committee, which has sponsored several awareness activities on campus, such as “A Mile in Their Shoes,” and is planning on sponsoring a diversity week later on in the year.In addition, the committee seeks to bring in an outside organization to do diversity trainings on campus, and is working to put up banners celebrating diversity around campus. Diversity Committee member Arturo Vazquez was present at the meeting and although he “is proud of being at DU, it is clear that we need change deeper than the surface.”In other actions, the proposal to increase the Student Activity Fee will come up before the Board of Trustees for approval in January. Chancellor Robert Coombe has expressed his enthusiasm for the bill and thinks that “it supports great programs on campus,” according to AUSA President Pro-Tempore Andrew Sundet.