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MAC is back. Two weeks after the S tudent Senate voted down an am en d ment to grant perm anent status to the ad hoc M inority Affairs committee, senators approved a revised am endm ent W ednesday that established the group consti tutionally as the Committee on Multicultural Affairs. By also re n a m in g th e Committee on Diversity Affairs as the Committee on Social Concerns and delineating the responsibili ties of the two newly titled com m itte e s , th e a m e n d m e n t addressed the concerns that p re vented the passage of the original M inority A ffa irs com m ittee amendment. The am endm ent charges the C om m ittee on M u ltic u ltu ra l A ffairs w ith re p re se n tin g and advocating for “racially and eth nically m arg inalized” students, while the Committee on Social Concerns will be responsible for is su e s a r is in g from re lig io u s diversity, sexual orientation and socioeconomic differences. Both committees will make recommen dations to the Senate. After the Minority Affairs com mittee was established as an ad
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