SHAKER LIFE | SUMMER 2016 5 From Our Readers: The Roots of Social Justice The article “Tracing the Roots of Social Justice: Reflections on Equity in Education,” Spring 2016 includes the following sentence: “When Medgar Evers tried to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1963, he was murdered.” It’s true that Evers tried to integrate Ole Miss. In fact, he unsuccessfully applied to its law school in the 1950s. And it’s true that Evers was murdered in 1963. But the first black student at Ole Miss was James Meredith, who entered the school in 1962. Although Meredith encountered extraordinary resistance – the Kennedy administration had to send in troops to try to restore order – he wasn’t murdered. In fact, he graduated from the school and is still very much alive. Erik M. Jensen Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law Case Western Reserve University Rec Registration Made Easy The Recreation Department will launch a new and greatly improved registration system just in time for registration for fall programs in August – including before and after care. The new system is more intuitive and eliminates the $2 fee previously imposed by the software vendor for online registration. The Recreation Department switched to a vendor that is geared specifically to online registration for parks and recreation activities. But wait, there’s more! The online system is fully integrated so it can also handle facility rental, field schedules, online camp and child care registrations, and pool and rink passes, using a key tag with bar code. “We are excited to offer this streamlined, integrated system to residents,” says Alex Nichols, director of the Recreation Department. “It will make all aspects of our operation more efficient. It will also free up staff to spend more time analyzing participation and evaluating programs so that we are always improving what we offer.” @ Shaker Online
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