Storrs, Ct. - 10/21/2019 - Several hundred UConn students participated in a two hour rally today at UConn. After a march through campus, students gathered around an oak leaf etched in the ground outside the student union, to voluntarily speak of their experiences while also calling for greater accountability from themselves and the university in reporting and eliminating racial incidents. The action was in direct response to video that surfaced last week of a group of students walking past a black student's dorm using the N-word and laughing. Said Tyshae Tyson (above), a UConn Psychology major from Hartford, "I'm from hartford. When i came to this campus I became so passive because if I get kicked out of this school my mom's gonna be like 'Tyshae, you can't let them get you out of character because you need your education, you need your degree.'" Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com (Mark Mirko / Hartford Courant)