Volume 92/Issue 5
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Rhode Island College
Established 1928
October 8th, 2018
ANCHOR
Judy Shepard holds panel discussing unity in the face of hate
Menacing Floridian algae creeps to Atlantic coast
Samantha Scetta Editor-in-Chief
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Bannister Gallery’s opening night
Samantha Scetta & Aaron Isaac Editor in Chief & Anchor Staff
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n Oct. 4, Mrs. Judy Shepard was welcome at Rhode Island College to tell her story and speak to an upcoming generation of people about discrimination and what they can do to perpetuate something other than hatred. Mrs. Shepard was welcomed home with devestating news after she returned home from overseas-- news that her 21 year old son Matthew was in critical care in the hospital after being beaten. As she walked past a
news stand she caught a glimpse of the headline “Gay Man Beaten and Left for Dead; 2 Are Charged” and was faced with the tragic realization that that was her son. Matthew Shepard was tied and beaten to death by two men. One of the perpetrators argued that he was in a “gay panic” when he found out Matthew was gay, and used this as a justification for his actions. It has been twenty years since Matthew’s death, and his mother has fought tirelessly since. Judy Shepard has been fighting to “bring awareness to anti-gay hate” and urges colleges to Continued on page 3
Thomas Yakey Jr. Anchor Staff
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rom Oct. 4 through the 26, the Bannister Gallery is displaying “Brandon Ballengée: Ti-tânes and Other Myths of the Anthropocene.” Frank Wang Yefeng was the teacher in the art department who facilitated the show.
Photo courtesy of Thomas Crudale
The Bannister Gallery is an art exhibition room for various artists and their work throughout the year. It is located in Roberts Hall across from the Roberts Auditorium. The exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 12 p.m. through 8
p.m. or by appointment. Victoria Goa, director of the Bannister Gallery, commented, “The Bannister Gallery is happy to be a space on campus that introduces students to contemporary artwork as well as serving as a place of learning for Continued on page 11
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