Volume 92/Issue 16
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February 25th, 2019
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Rhode Island College’s Independent Student Newspaper Since 1928
Training for ICE Response at RIC collaborated to address how these federal policies could affect the educationOn January 19, a train- al community. Dr. Robyn Linde, from ing session was held for Rhode Island College the Political Science De(RIC) staff and faculty on partment, along with 28 protocol if United States other faculty members Immigration and Customs drafted a letter to PresiEnforcement (ICE) came dent Sanchez to coordinate to campus. About 30 com- efforts with the City of munity members attended Providence and the State the training. Vice Presi- of Rhode Island to support dent of Community, Eq- undocumented immigrants uity and Diversity, Anna by rejecting ICE detainCano Morales, stated this ers without warrants. The is one of the new trainings faculty also asked the offered through the Unity administration for 13 action items some of Center. This training is one way which included prothe administration hopes tecting the informato make protocol on ICE tion and identities of available to the campus undocumented immicommunity. When Pres- grants, continuing to ident Trump first began allow undocumented to talk of cutting DACA students in-state tuprograms, RIC faculty ition, refusing ICE
Alison Macbeth Asst. Opinions Editor
from entering private places like classrooms and calling RIC a sanctuary campus. The administration responded to the faculty coalition by providing an ICE safety plan to “assure the safety and protection of all RIC students while they are on campus, create a welcoming space for all students regardless of their immigration status, and provide information to students.”
RIC does not identify as a sanctuary campus. Morales said, “We thought it would be best to ask students on campus who are undocumented whether or not it’s something they want. We brought together about a dozen undocumented students. Almost all of them said that they did not want us to be named a sanctuary campus. They did not want us to put a target on their backs. They just wanted to be a student
of Rhode Island College.” Morales also noted that the RIC administration does not have the authority to deem themselves a sanctuary campus as a public college. “If the Governor wants to call her public higher education institutions sanctuary campuses she has the right and authority as the executor of the state. We don’t have the authority to do that.”
Women’s basketball falls flat in final four Jake Elmslie Sports Editor
The Rhode Island College women’s basketball team was unable to pull of their second consecutive road playoff upset Friday evening in a 7165 semi-final loss against the number one seed University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs. The Anchorwomen, playing out of the fifth seed in the Little East conference tournament came into Friday’s contest fresh off of their Tuesday evening 66-44 blowout victory over the fourth seed University of Massachusetts Boston team. From the beginning, the Anchorwomen were facing a hostile road environment. The raucous UMass crowd seemed to #25 - Taylor Thompson, #1 - Maire Gallagher, Photo by Britt Donahue have RIC off balance early
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in the contest and the Anchorwomen found themselves down 19-9 late in the first quarter. However, from here the team seemed to gain their footing and primarily due to a sterling second quarter by Sophia Guerrier were able to tie the game midway through the second quarter. For the rest of the first half, the two teams continued to exchange leads and UMD lead 33-31 come halftime. The second half is when things began to unravel for the Anchorwomen, while they attempted to hang tough they began to show cracks in the third quarter and entered the final frame facing a seven point 48-41 deficit. Part of their issues offensively stemmed from a lack of production from Continued in “Women’s Basketball”, page 15
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