Emily Kucera
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The Muslim Student Association has criticized the Cal Poly College Republicans’ decision to host Robert Spencer, an author critical of Islam, at a campus event planned for Tuesday evening.
How do Cal Poly students feel about Islam on campus?
“I don’t know. I don’t really know much about the subject. I have friends that follow the Islamic faith. I don’t think it’s really prevalent, though.”
—animal science junior Revati Nerkar
“Is it bad if I’ve never even heard of the word before? Honestly, I wouldn’t say it’s a huge issue just because there probably isn’t a huge Islamic population here, and there’s no one really to discriminate against.”
—material engineering junior Brett Wagner
“I don’t hear people talking about it or anyone ever having a problem with it. Cal Poly’s not very diverse, and I feel like there’s not many Islamic people here, and I don’t think it’s just a concern of many people here.”
—parks, recreation and tourism administration junior Jennifer Benvenuto
“I would say it’s very uncommon.”
—business administration senior Sam Foley
“I think it’s fairly uncommon or very low.”
—business administration junior Chad Horn
If students had anything bad to say about islam, they wouldn’t willingly put it on mustang news and have a picture of them smiling
It is unclear as to whether students are responding to the question: “How common do you think Islamophobia is at Cal Poly?,” and “How do Cal Poly students feel about Islam on campus?” The article content should reflect the question being asked as the title reflects it.
This should be examined more closely, perhaps asking some of the students here at Cal Poly that are of Islamic faith their opinion?
This should be examined more closely, perhaps asking some of the students here at Cal Poly that are of Islamic faith their opinion?