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volume xciv, no. 12 • january 22, 2015 | clarkscarlet.com |
Is Clark Just Not Feeling So Euphoric Anymore? Low Attendance At School Dance Brings Up Question Of A Changing Culture By Beatrice Misher scarlet staff
The ticket sales for last week’s Euphoria dance were low. The dance, which is held twice a year by the International Student’s Association, has been seeing a slight decline in attendance over the past few years, according to club President Michino Hisabayashi (‘15). “The past two or three Euphorias, our ticket sales have been plateauing at about 400,” she said, while estimating that approximately 120 tickets were sold for Saturday’s dance. The sharp decline in attendance comes as a surprise, partly because the dance was planned in
the exact same manner as previous years. “It was unexpectedly low because we were doing the exact same things,” said Hisabayashi. These included posters, ticket sales, advertising, and a Facebook event. Yet, Clark students chose not to attend the traditional Euphoria dance. Sam de Garis (‘17), explained his reasoning for not going to Euphoria as a cycle. “If people went, it would be fun,” he said, “But when no one goes because they think other people aren’t going, it’s not fun anymore.” This self-fulfilling prophecy seems to not only effecting Euphoria’s turnout. Hisabayashi said she continued on page 11
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Symbiotic or Problematic? Clark’s Changing Relationship With Main South By Alex Grayson, Pooja Patel, and Nikolas Wagner opinions editor, web editor, and scarlet stuff
3 UPCS students Walk to Clark to attend their Spanish literature class.
After three decades and millions of dollars invested in the Main South community, Clark University stands as a national model for institutions of higher education trying to overcome town-and-gown tensions.
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Through its commitment to the University Park Partnership (UPP), which created and sustains the nationally-recognized University Park Campus School (UPCS) – and its extension of home loans in conjunction with the Community Development Corporation (CDC) – Clark has dem-
onstrated its eagerness for community development. Main South and Clark are intrinsically entwined in a relationship that is often characterized with pride but is still seen as problematic by many students and community members. Many tend to agree with Jack Foley, Clark’s Vice President for Government and Community Affairs, who said, “Clark is a national model for how a university should work in its community and how it should work in partnership with its community. Since the mid-1980s, we have been at the table with our neighbors.” Most critics recognize that the partnership is well-intentioned; they believe that Clark has not taken the correct approach. Florcy Romero (‘15), a Clark student who co-founded Women Of Color in Solidarity, is one such critic. “Clark University along with its students have a misconception of what it truly means to be engaged continued on page 4