The statistical decline in minority students at Syracuse University over the past two years could be representative of a larger diversity issue.
Syracuse University is home to more than 20,000 students with varying ethnic and religious backgrounds.
However, the university has seen a steady decline in diversity (by measure of statistics) over the past two years. Every ethnic background large enough to be recognized by the school, other than caucasians and international students, has decreased in population.
Meet Stephann Dubois, a computer science senior from Haiti.
On Jan. 12, 2010, Stephann Dubois thought the world was ending. He was volunteering to help younger students in his native Haiti when chaos erupted — it turned out to be a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Dubois jumped out of the two-story school and walked 30 miles back home.
With his home country in such turmoil after the catastrophe, Dubois decided to further his education in the United States, and he chose Syracuse University.