After renewed and vocal student complaints about racial profiling at Northwestern University, which in the past have been met with little action from school officials, administrators are proposing a new advisory board.  In May senior Joshua Williams sent a campus-wide e-mail reporting his personal incident of racial profiling involving University staff, prompting student calls for renewed attention. On June 9, Northwestern President Henry Bienen and Provost Daniel Linzer formally addressed the incident, announcing that it was “cause for serious concern for the entire Northwestern University community.”  The University further proposed forming an advisory board for the upcoming school year. The University hopes the board could become the appropriate place for students to voice concerns and report incidents of racial profiling. In the past students’ only outlet was to complain to the University Police who often were unable to objectively assess the situation.

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