By EDITORIAL BOARD
The MSE Symposium announced its speaker lineup this past Saturday. Boasting the open-ended slogan, “voices that shaped today, visions that frame tomorrow,” MSE was able to recruit a wide variety of speakers. While in the past MSE speakers have been predominately white males, this year’s lineup features people like activist Dwight D. Watkins, Selma director Ava DuVernay and CEO of FEED Lauren Bush Lauren. The Editorial Board praises the increase in speaker diversity and recognizes the importance of having a range of voices.
This speaker lineup features different people with different backgrounds, each of whom will provide relevant topics for conversation. MSE strives to bring in speakers who can tie their own personal experiences into the national conversation. As a community of thinkers, we as students need to take this opportunity to listen to the different voices from all their different angles. A diversity of opinion is bound to challenge established ideas and question personal biases.
The Editorial Board sees great value in the diversity of speakers because it represents the diversity of students we have at the University. Students deserve to feel that they can connect to someone on the Shriver Hall stage. With a student body as diverse as ours, it’s crucial that a speaker series as prominent as the MSE reflects that. The Editorial Board is excited to hear what these amazing men and women have to say.
