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www. theplainsman. comwww. theplainsman. com CAMPUS Printed on Recycled Paper B THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 MMLKK WWeeek: Shhariingg thhe DDrreaam. . . . In today’s workplace, most people will do anything they can to keep their job, but... More

www. theplainsman. comwww. theplainsman. com CAMPUS Printed on Recycled Paper B THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 MMLKK WWeeek: Shhariingg thhe DDrreaam. . . . In today’s workplace, most people will do anything they can to keep their job, but Overtoun Jenda, associate provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, spends every day working to make his job obsolete. As the provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, Jenda strives to make sure every group of people in Auburn’s community is represented. Unfortunately for Jenda, this means he does not have absolute job security. “The way it goes in the diversity office is that we are always looking for a time when we don’t have to work,” Jenda said. “We always work very hard to see if we can eliminate our daily function. There’s all these things to be done so that, like Martin Luther King said, one day it doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like or the color of your skin, everyone can just Less