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Tuesday February 25, 2014
Volume 126, Issue 103
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MPD, WVU police investigate fight By Carlee Lammers managing editor @CARLEELAMMERS
The Morgantown Police Department and West Virginia University are investigating a fight that took place Saturday on North High Street near WVU fraternity housing. Videos of the fight circulated on Twitter and Instagram Sunday. Police responded to the fight, which involved a large
number of people, and made one arrest. Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said the MPD anticipates more arrests. Preston met with WVU’s Greek Council Monday evening and said the two will work together on the investigation. Bob Campione, interim director of Student Organization Services, said WVU has been in contact with MPD and are investigating the
incident. “I have been told there were some arrests, and we are waiting on police, so we can get those names,” he said. Campione said WVU plans to review the names of those arrested in order to determine if they are WVU students and members of any of the social fraternities on campus. Campione said the Office of Student Conduct will handle each individual’s case from a University standpoint.
“If they are members of any social fraternity or organization on campus, then we will look at what took place and do some investigating. If we think we need to put sanctions against that organization, we will do so accordingly,” he said. Campione said WVU has a zero tolerance policy for behavior like this and said the University will not take the situation lightly. “It’s not something that
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we’re just going to let slide by,” he said. “That behavior is really not what’s conducive to a healthy environment here on campus.” Evan McIntyre, president of the Inter-fraternity Council, said the IFC will be working closely with WVU and MPD throughout the investigation. “We are having a full-on investigation through IFC. We are going to find out if there were any fraternities involved and then take any disciplin-
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Malcolm X’s daughter visits WVU, talks racial conditions in US BY DANIEL sCHATZ sTAFF wRITER @dAILYaTHENAEUM
Il ya sa h Shab az z , daughter of the late African American Muslim minister and human rights activist, Malcolm X, visited West Virginia University Monday to inspire students to continue addressing racial conditions throughout the United States. Shabazz said several times although racial conditions have improved, the country has not reached its final destination in terms of diverse groups of people coexisting in harmony, and the country must look to the young to influence the social order of the future. “According to the latest available FBI uniform crime report statistics for 2011, one half of all the hate crimes in this nation Mick Posey/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM are committed by people Ilyasah Shabazz is warmly greeted Monday evening in the Mountainlair Ballroom to discuss her book ‘Growing Up X.’ between the ages of 15 and 24,” Shabazz said. A key focus of her lecture was that hatred is a learned curately and said she hopes to bring to light her knowlbehavior taught to children at a young age, and that hate edge of who her father was. serves no purpose in advancing the American commuAs the daughter of one of America’s most prolific and nity in any direction. controversial figures of the 20th century, Shabbazz said “If we teach (children) to hate someone else, then in she recalls a wonderful childhood despite her father’s actuality we teach them to hate themselves, and all of titanic legacy. us become diminished,” she said. “We must raise the “There was no persecution whatsoever. I grew up, and bar for ourselves.” I had an amazing childhood,” Shabazz said. “I would say Shabazz said people enjoy a wide range of modern even my adulthood has been amazing, and I’ve had the forms of leisure but must not forget the problems in opportunity to travel the world because of the impact society. my father left, so everything has been great to the extent “While we’re fortunate to be here to enjoy the latest that it has allowed me to just blossom.” As an activist, Shabazz said that she does not feel forms of entertainment, we must also focus our attention on the ills in our society and know that each and ev- burdened with the task of living up to her father’s ery one of us can and must make a difference to change achievements. “I never feel like there’s a burden on my shoulders people,” Shabazz said. Shabazz works as a motivational speaker and activist when it comes to my father,” Shabazz said. “I’m very grateful that I had him as a role model, and I’m gratefor various issues taking place around the world. She has written several books and briefly advertised ful for the perspective that both of my parents instilled.” her newest book about her father. Shabazz said the medanewsroom@mail.wvu.edu dia has mostly portrayed her father’s upbringing inac-
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Meet some of the couples dancing in Dancing With the Mountaineer Stars this weekend. A&E PAGE 6
The American Red Cross will be on the Downtown Campus of West Virginia University Tuesday for a blood drive as a part of the Dancing With Our Mountaineer Stars competition. The blood drive, which will be held in the Mountainlair Ballrooms Saturday 1-7 p.m., will allow supporters to donate under the name of the couple of their choice. Ben Seebaugh, SGA vice president, and his dancing partner Katie Heller are among the couples who must get a minimum of 10 people to donate on their behalf. However, the current policies of the American Red Cross deem Seebaugh ineligible to be a donor because of his sexual orientation. “The Red Cross has a discriminatory policy which doesn’t allow men who have had sex with men, or anyone who has had sex with a man who has (also) had sex with a man to donate, so that precludes me,” Seebaugh said. “I am a universal donor because I have O negative blood, but they won’t take it.” Seebaugh said while they are encouraging people to
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donate, they also hope those who know they will be denied to turn out for the blood drive as a way to take a stand against a policy they feel is unjust. “The Red Cross and their goals are great and giving blood is great, so we are encouraging people to go and give blood if they are eligible, but also we want to draw attention to this issue,” Seebaugh said. “Even those who know ahead of time they will be denied due to sexual orientation, we are encouraging them to go and try as a way to bring attention to this issue.” On June 11, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability voted against recommending a change to the Food and Drug Administration’s policy of a lifetime deferral for homosexual males.
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Entrepreneur to speak at WVU B&E Speaker Series by alexis randolph staff writer @dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia University College of Business & Economics will host Donald “Don” Panoz, co-founder of Mylan pharmaceuticals company, this evening at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center at 6 p.m. as a part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. As a child, Panoz worked setting up bowling pins, and he built and raced soapbox cars. He later served in the military and was stationed in Japan. Even during his time in the military, Panoz was an entrepreneur. He sold jewelry and exchange cars as well as organized a charity football event called the Shrine Bowl, which featured U.S. soldiers playing Japanese college all-stars. Panoz has built a dynasty founding or co-founding 15 different companies and organizations. Most recently, Panoz was inducted into the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in November 2013. The Distinguished Speaker Series hosts several
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Dancing with Mountaineer Stars couple takes stand against blood donation policy by summer ratcliff
The Mountainlair Ballrooms played host to Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of the late Malcolm X, as part of Black History month.
ary action,” he said. McIntyre said if fraternities were involved with the incident, the IFC plans to also work to take preventative measures and ensure similar incidents will not happen again. “We’re going to investigate this, move on and make sure action is taken so it will not occur again,” he said.
EDITORIAL Recent ‘frat brawl’ shows immaturity of some WVU community members. OPINION PAGE 4
CEOs and entrepreneurs each semester in order to demonstrate work ethic and the value of hard work, according to Bonnie Anderson, director of Alumni Relations and assistant director of development for the WVU B&E. “We bring (the speakers) to campus to show their path to success. Basically, they tell their story,” Anderson said. “They go through what worked and what didn’t work along the way, and what they have learned, good or bad things.” Anderson said the speakers are selected through the many contacts and resources of the B&E Department. “We are constantly working with and talking to our alums. We try to do diversity as far as different companies and industries represented,” she said. “We have faculty members who know alums, or people who aren’t alums in certain areas.” While students are not involved in the selection process, they are the beneficiaries of the series, with
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STAYING STRONG The West Virginia women’s basketball team is rallying around its manager with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. SPORTS PAGE 7