An elected member of College of DuPage’s (COD) Student Leadership Council (SLC) has been removed for the use of racial slurs. SLC’s Operations Officer Luka Volarevic marks the second time in less than a year that an SLC official has admitted to using racial slurs. Volarevic says he will “take the rest of this year to grow” following his removal from his position for his previous use of racial slurs and a recent incident where he admitted he nearly said a racial slur in front of another SLC member.
Volarevic said that he was expressing frustrations about a situation in his personal life when he “almost stated a racist remark.” After the encounter, the member reported the interaction to SLC officers and advisers.
According to SLC adviser Jelymar Mejia, the council became aware of Volarevic’s actions on Tuesday, Oct. 6, during a private meeting to discuss the details of the incident. Subsequently, the elected SLC officers and student representatives, excluding nonvoting SLC President Isabella “Luna” Escobar, unanimously voted to remove him during a meeting on Friday, Oct. 9, marking SLC’s first removal of an officer in over 5 years.
All of the members of SLC voted to remove Volarevic. Volarevic was part of the vote to remove himself, saying that he was in “full favor” of the decision…