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BOWL OF HOPE
HOPE sells hand-painted bowls to raise money to combat domestic violence.
Kristen Paris places first in 800-meter run at the Indiana Relays.
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VOL. 99 | NO. 89
“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID”
Madden seeks presidency, Midwestern atmosphere By Stephanie Markham News Editor | @stephm202 Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles profiling each of the four finalists in the search for Eastern’s next president. Having gone back and forth between the Midwest and the East Coast for her entire academic and professional career, Margaret Madden said she is ready for another move back to the former. “Without getting too stereotypical about people in different parts of the country, there is a kind of work ethic and character and appreciation -things that I like about Midwesterners,” she said. Madden, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Potsdam in New York since 2002, is one of four finalists in the search for Eastern’s next president. She is from Glen Ellyn, a west Chicago suburb, and got her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin Madison. She said several of her older brothers and sisters went to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, so she is familiar with that area of the state. “I think one of the reasons I decided to go to Wisconsin was just to be different,” Madden said. She also got a master’s and doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She got her first job teaching psychology at Franklin Pierce University in southern New Hampshire, where
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Margaret Madden answers questions posed by faculty members during one of the open forum sessions in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Jan. 21.
she worked for 11 years. “Part way through my time there I started to do some administrative work, to be on some committees, co-
ordinate an accreditation self study, and so on, and I also discovered that I like that too,” Madden said. After doing some part-time ad-
ministration work, Madden said she wanted to see what other possibilities were available, which was when she went back to the Midwest to be the
associate dean of faculty and teach at Lawrence University in Wisconsin for six years. MADDEN, page 6
Alphas simulate ‘life of a black man’ with testimonials Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge The retail store he worked at had a rule, anyone that looks suspicious and goes into the back of the store must be followed—it’s called “Watch him.” Chris Johnson, a senior marketing major, said LaCoste, the French clothing store, had an initiative that seemed more like an “unwritten law,” of racial profiling. For example, if three different couples walked into the store: an African-American, Caucasian and Latino, the African-American couple would be approached immediately. They would be asked if they wanted to buy anything. Johnson said this happened because some believed African-Americans go into stores without buying anything, and as a result where scared out of the store. Johnson’s testimonial was one of many during the Alpha Phi Alpha “Life of a Black Man” event Monday evening, which discussed the average day of an African-American male dealing with racial profiling and stereotypes, as well as cautious attitudes.
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Shamerea Richards, a senior communication studies major, suggests that students learn their basic rights when dealing with law enforcement Monday during “Life of a Black Man” in the auditorium of Coleman Hall.
Students who participated also played an interactive Jeopardy with questions regarding African-Ameri-
can History. Johnson said the same racial profiling would happen to the Latino
couple and the Caucasians, but not to the extent of the others, because of ethnic minorities stereotypes.
“It’s sad. I really didn’t want to go into work sometimes because of how messed up it (was),” Johnson said. He said he has not worked at the retail store for two years now. His story is only one of millions that African-American men face in regards to stereotypes. Historically, African-American men have been portrayed as inherently aggressive, uneducated and hypersexual. Johnson said it’s not right to treat humans differently based on their ethnicities. He said it’s ridiculous how some are watched more carefully than others because of something as small as a color difference. Many students felt African-Americans were no longer able to rely on police officers because of how they have either been treated in the past, or what has been said via word-ofmouth. Some questioned what to do when the protector becomes the aggressor, and questioned who they can turn to if the police are no longer trustworthy. ALPHA, page 6