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April 8, 2015
Volume C Issue 26
Students unite in Circle of Peace
BY LYDIA ROGERS young Nigerian women, just the dimmed as students, faculty and er if they are carried in unison,â€? Campus News Editor world seems to be on the verge VWDII Ă€OOHG WKH DWULXP IRU WKH Ingber said. “To bring our Xavier The Xavier community took of madness, some perhaps more ceremony. The vigil began with community together and to say, a moment to acknowledge the pessimistic (people) would say an introduction by Ingber, and ‘we are all impacted not by exactmany social injustices that have we have already entered into was followed by President, Fr. ly the same event in exactly the been taking place same way.’â€? across the coun“But we are all touched, we try and around the are all hurt and we have to comworld. The Center for mit ourselves to create a world Interfaith Community starting at our doorstep here at Engagement invited Xavier and getting broader into students, faculty and the world community a world staff to the Circle of of peace,â€? he said. Peace vigil on March The event was closed 29. with remarks from Student The event served Government Association as a symbol of soliLegislative Vice President-Elect darity for those who Josh Devinceno, and the group have suffered from sang “We Are Called.â€? discrimination and Ultimately, students had the injustice and offered chance to make deeper connecXavier students an tions with themselves and othopportunity to come ers right here on campus. together and show “Although we can look at Newswire photo by Adam Spegele instances like Ferguson and say their support. “I think this has 6WXGHQWV JDWKHUHG LQ WKH *6& WR UHĂ HFW RQ UHFHQW DFWV RI VRFLDO SK\VLFDO DQG HFRQRPLF racial tension only exists there YLROHQFH LQ WKH 8 6 DQG DURXQG WKH ZRUOG )U *UDKDP VHUYHG DV WKH NH\QRWH VSHDNHU just been a very difin St. Louis, that’s false,â€? senior Ă€FXOW \HDU Âľ 'LUHFWRU RI WKH madness.â€? Michael Graham, S.J. as the key- Circle of Peace volunteer Emily Center for Interfaith Community Spring said. “It’s a way to show The event was original- note speaker. Engagement Rabbi Abie Ingber ly intended to be held on the This was followed by a can- that these things are happening said. “From the tragic kill- Academic Mall between the dlelit portion of the vigil, headed right here at Xavier University ing of the three Muslim stu- McDonald Library and Hinkle by Graham. Students took turns and exist in Cincinnati, and as dents at UNC, the racist rants Hall, but inclement weather lighting each other’s candles and a Jesuit university it’s important on the bus at the University of caused the event to be moved in- then came together in song for that we talk about that and come Oklahoma, the Ferguson case, doors to the atrium of Gallagher “Dona Nobis Pacem.â€? together and embody that soliin Staten Island, in Cleveland, Student Center (GSC). “I think that it is arguably true darity that our Jesuit values have the Boko Haram abduction of All the lights in GSC were that all hardships become light- taught us.â€?
XU students to recognize Deaf Awareness Week
BY ANDREW KOCH Editor-in-Chief Students can be exposed to a new way of communication as the Sign Language Club will host a number of events from April 19 to 23 to celebrate Xavier’s Deaf Awareness Week. Some of the events include sign language bingo on April 20 and a deaf festival on April 23. An American Sign Language (ASL) interpretor will also be present at the 4 and 10 p.m. masses on April 19 at Bellarmine Chapel. “We are trying to promote the fact that being Deaf is not a disability and that [people who are Deaf] have an amazing culture in our country that many don’t know about,â€? Secretary of the Sign Language Club Darcie Haskins said. More than 220 students are currently enrolled in ASL classes, making ASL the largest language program on campus. While no RIĂ€FLDO FHQVXV KDV EHHQ FRQGXFWed, linguists believe that between 250,000 and 500,000 Americans use ASL. 6WXGHQWV FDQ YLHZ Ă LHUV WKDW will be posted around campus to learn more about the week’s events.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Programs target prevention on campus
BY EMILY LINGENFELTER Staff Writer Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual campaign brought to the Xavier community through a series of events sponsored by local clubs and organizations during the month of April. A key goal of the movement is to educate students about prevention measures for sexual violence. A study by Hill & Silva (2005) reported that nearly two-thirds of college students in the United States experience harassment, and less than 10 percent of the victims tell a college or university employee. According to Kate Lawson, Xavier’s Title IX Coordinator, limiting the problem is possible through dynamic participation Š2015
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and communication. WKH 1LJKWÂľ RUJDQL]HG LWV Ă€UVW in April 2001. President Barack “Sexual violence impacts all marching protest against rape 2EDPD ZDV WKH Ă€UVW 3UHVLGHQW RI of us, and together we have the and sexual assault. Similar events the United States to formally kick power to end off the campaign it,â€? Lawson said. in 2009 and con“(Conversation) tinues to deliver must engage the proclamation the vast majoreach year. ity of students “We can in healthy sexchange our culual and interture for the better personal relaby standing totionships so gether against the that they can quiet tolerance of live and lead sexual assault and our outreach, refusing to accept education and the unacceptprevention efable,â€? Obama forts as active said in reference Photo courtesy of wcpo.com bystanders.â€? Male students don high heels to participate in the annual “Walk a Mile in to SAAM 2015 The move- Her Shoesâ€? event, which supports survivors of sexual abuse and assault. on April 1 at the ment informally began in the were coordinated throughout the White House. V ZKHQ D QRQ SURĂ€W RUJD- nation, and SAAM became recXavier students interested in nization known as “Take Back ognized as a national campaign participating in SAAM can at-
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tend events such as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Back the Nightâ&#x20AC;? march and candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. on April 23 at the Cincinnatus Statue at Sawyer Point. On â&#x20AC;&#x153;1 in 5 Dayâ&#x20AC;? students will SODFH Ă DJV RQ WKH ;DYLHU <DUG WR V\PEROL]H WKH RQH LQ Ă&#x20AC;YH ZRPen who experience sexual assault during their college years. There will also be various movie screenings and discussions, such as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexual Violence in LGBT Communities and Relationships,â&#x20AC;? a conversation led by the Buckeye Regional Anti-Violence Organization, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Masculinity Helps,â&#x20AC;? a docXPHQWDU\ GHDOLQJ ZLWK WKH LQĂ Xence of African American men in preventing sexual violence. For more information on SAAM, visit www.nsvrc.org/ saam.
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