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On Wednesday, Concerned Student 1950 updated the six demands remaining from the original list the group released last fall.

1. “We demand that the University of Missouri meets the Legion of Black Collegians' demands that were presented in 1969 for the betterment of the black community.”

Additions: An academic bankruptcy program that allows students to drop a semester for “justifiable circumstances” determined by a group of LBC executives, student representatives and mental health specialists; a panel that will interview and hire candidates for the Office of Minority Students staff.

Deadline: August 2016.

2. “We demand that the University of Missouri creates and enforces comprehensive racial awareness and inclusion curriculum throughout all campus departments and units, mandatory for all students, faculty, staff, and administration. This curriculum must be vetted, maintained, and overseen by a board comprised of students, staff, and faculty of color.”

Additions: A racial awareness workshop requirement in already-established programs such as Summer Welcome; five people to be placed on the board over the curriculum.

Deadline: Board members appointed by Aug. 15; workshops to begin with the class of 2020.

3. “We demand that by the academic year 2017/­2018, the University of Missouri increases the percentage of black faculty and staff campus­wide to 10%.”

Additions: "Targeted hiring" of more black faculty for the purpose of proving that the University "values black scholars."

Deadline: August 2016.

4. “We demand that the University of Missouri composes a strategic 10 year plan by May 1, 2016 that will increase retention rates for marginalized students, sustain diversity curriculum and training, and promote a more safe and inclusive campus.”

Additions: Diversity education within a classroom setting with a required grade of C or higher and the formation of a policy that punishes students for committing hate crimes.

Deadline: May 1, 2016.

5. “We demand that the University of Missouri increases funding and resources for the University of Missouri Counseling Center for the purpose of hiring additional mental health professionals; particularly those of color, boosting mental health outreach and programming across campus, increasing campus­wide awareness and visibility of the counseling center, and reducing lengthy wait times for prospective clients.”

Additions: Hiring 14 psychologists or counselors.

Deadline: June 2016.

6. “We demand that the University of Missouri increases funding, resources, and personnel for the social justices centers on campus for the purpose of hiring additional professionals, particularly those of color, boosting outreach and programming across campus, and increasing campus­wide awareness and visibility.”

Additions: A statue of Lloyd Gaines placed at Mel Carnahan Quadrangle, $6,000 put toward social justice centers and $250,000 toward an expansion of the Gaines Oldham Black Culture Center.

Deadline: A budget to meet this demand by Monday, planning for the Black Culture Center expansion and rest of demands by August 2016 and expansion completion by August 2017.