“How can I understand where they’re coming from, and that it’s not good or bad, it’s just that we’re created differently?” Weber said.

The Holistic Fair on Sept. 22, this year titled “Healing Harvest”, featured several small business teaming up to benefit The Phoenix Project, an organization with the goal of providing aid to the homeless.

The escalation of inflammatory political rhetoric has reached fever pitch, and communities across America are feeling the consequences.

“We will be looking for more ways to enhance affordability, and growing our endowment is one of the best ways to do that, so [Student] Foundation scholarships are certainly critical,” Livingstone said. “The Student Foundation has done a tremendous amount of work to raise funds for student scholarships… They are wonderful ambassadors for our campus.”