‘ I do n’t know,’ spokesperson says, when asked for update
After a game at North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina women’s basketball team made the initial claims, but a racial slur research is still under wraps two months later.
Despite letters and telephone calls from The College Fix in the last three months, North Carolina State University and UNC officials have not provided further information about the research.
The College Fix contacted Associate Athletics Director for Communications Annabelle Myers next month to inquire about the state of the research and when the findings might be released.
Myers chose not to provide any updates, instead referring The Fix to Fred Hartman, the associate vice president for university contacts. Hartman and The Fix reconnected, but he failed to respond to similar queries that were made in subsequent questions.
The Fix reached the university’s media relations department by telephone but a school director, who did not identify himself, would not provide any details on the event.
” I do n’t have any details on that”, the spokesperson told The Fix on March 21. When questioned if the investigation was still ongoing, the spokesperson said,” I do n’t know,” and the spokesperson deferred inquiries to the athletics media department.
The Tarheel Tribune reported that NC State individuals yelled the racist slur at a UNC person as the group entered the arena before the game’s start.
But, Morris claimed that the people entered the court near the visiting team’s chair, which, in the film that The Fix reviewed, appears to be surrounded by UNC supporters rather than NC State learners.
UNC was also quick to launch a speech following the incident,  , stating” there is no room for cruel speech in activities”.
In response to The Fix‘s initial investigation into the affair in February, the university’s Athletic Communications Director, Dana Gelin, did not directly answer any questions but delayed The Fix to the school’s public speech.
The Fix reached out to UNC to request improvements. The university’s media relations crew referred The Fix‘s concerns to Robbi Evans, an equate athletics director for contacts.
In the last three days, The Fix attempted to contact Evans via internet half and once by phone, but they were unsuccessful. Weeks later, her office responded and advised The Fix to internet Evans, despite failing to respond to earlier email requests for comment from The Fix.
Moreover, The Fix attempted to reach the school’s media relations business by phone repeatedly. No school spokesperson has answered any of The Fix‘s issues.
Public data soldiers “are becoming more valuable,” according to a legal scholar.
The University of Florida’s Brechner Freedom of Information Project’s chairman, according to The Fix, is finding that school procedures are becoming more stringent when it comes to providing knowledge to the media and general public.
In an emailed statement to The Fix, David Cuillier wrote that “public agencies are n’t required by law to answer questions or speak with the public or journalists, even though they should do so voluntarily.”
” And]public information officer ] controls are getting increasingly worse throughout the country, and particularly at universities and among police departments, according to a bunch of studies”, Cuiller said.
Recently, there have been numerous instances of racist slurs being used in public universities that have been gradually refuted, as The Fix previously reported.
Illinois State University made a recent announcement that it was unable to verify claims that a racist slur was used during a college basketball game in December.
Attendees of a Virginia State University women’s hockey game from September 2023 claimed that racist language was yelled at the team, but a subsequent research revealed that the allegations were untrue.
Reportedly, Rachel Richardson, a tennis player at Duke University, claimed a lover at Brigham Young University yelled racist abuse at her during a game. BYU could never check the says after an complete investigation.
After abruptly forbidding a person with particular needs from attending events, the Church of the Latter-day Saints college had to reverse its decision, believing him to be the one responsible.
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