Because racism, or something.
Via Campus Reform:
A group at the University of Kansas, “Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk” is demanding a Multicultural Student Government (MSG) that would be completely separate from the existing Student Senate.
This demand, one of the fifteen released in November by the group, has reached the Student Senate. The Senate is considering a $2 fee increase in order to fund the MSG, which, according to the Invisible Hawks, will serve “all students’ needs.”
Considering KU’s population of 28,000 students, a $2 hike in fees would amount to a total budget of $56,000 for the MSG, likely more, since the student senate’s list of rules and regulations dictates that “every student enrolled in any semester” is required to pay student fees.
How exactly the budget will be used remains unclear since no members of “Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk” have addressed the nature of the MSG beyond calls for its establishment.
“Establish Multicultural Student Government independent of current University of Kansas Student Senate,” the group states in its list of demands, but neglects to provide any further explanation, leaving questions about what sort of real influence the MSG will have up in the air.