Published by the students of Xavier University since 1915 Fiat justitia, ruat coelum Volume CI Issue 10
October 28, 2015
Xavier releases Clery Report BY JESSICA GRIGGS Campus News Editor
Police follows in certain situations. Also included is a log of The Jeanne Clery Act Report every single educational profor the 2015-16 school year was gram, along with the dates and released earlier this month. locations, that was provided by As required by the Higher the university during the previEducation Opportunity Act ous academic year. and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure 2QH RI WKH Ă€QDO VHFWLRQV RI of Campus Security Policy and the report details the crime staCampus Crime Statistics Act, tistics on campus from 2012the Xavier Police must publish 14. There was a combined toDQ DQQXDO VHFXULW\ DQG Ă€UH VDIH- tal of eight reported rapes and ty report. sexual assaults in 2013 and nine “The Clery Report gives a in 2014. general report of campus safeStatistically there has not ty not just crime statistics,â€? Lt. EHHQ D VLJQLĂ€FDQW FKDQJH LQ Ken Grossman said. “It talks the numbers from this year’s about the reporting structure report. Grossman acknowlnot just through the police de- edged that reports of rape may partment but also through the seem to be higher than previ7LWOH ,; RIĂ€FH DV ZHOO :KHQ ous years, but he attributes this students read it, they can see increase to the safety students exactly what we are doing to feel in reporting these crimes. provide for their safety. They “I think students feel more can see what we do the things comfortable reporting crimes we do and why we do them.â€? OLNH UDSH EHFDXVH RIĂ€FHV KDYH Included in the report are been established that can various policies and regula- help victims in these speciftions such as the alcohol policy ic situations,â€? Grossman said. and the timely warning notices “Students aren’t as afraid to restudents receive when there is port these crimes as they may a safety threat. These sections have been in the past, so that detail the procedures Xavier is one possible explanation for
the increase in the number of reports.â€? A section of the report that is somewhat open to interpretation is the section about dating violence. Xavier Police is required to include in the report the number of dating violence incidences, but under Ohio law, dating violence does not exist. “Under Ohio law there is no such thing as dating violenceâ€? Grossman said. “It’s either assault or in one of the assault categories, so we have to read WKURXJK WKH UHSRUW DQG Ă€JXUH out whether an incident meets the requirements for dating violence. The dating violence is the one that requires some interpretation on our part.â€? The report listed two instances of dating violence in 2014 and one instance of domestic violence. This year’s report is available online at www.xavier.edu/ clery/documents/ASR201516.pdf, or a hard copy can be obtained in the Clery &RPSOLDQFH DQG 6DIHW\ RIĂ€FH in Flynn Hall.
CQK wins SGA executive election
Photo courtesy of Board of Elections
The Student Government Association (SGA) executive ticket consisting of Caleb Mickler for president, Kiana Salazar for administrative vice president and Michael Quigley for legislative vice president won last week’s election. Because they were the sole ticket running, the Board of Election’s McMoran Clause dictated that the ticket had to receive more than 50 percent of votes in order to win. About eight percent of the student population voted, with 378 votes cast.
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BY ERICA LAMPERT Staff Writer The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC) partnered with Xavier to present the special exhibition “Mascots,â€? located on the secRQG Ă RRU RI *DOODJKHU 6WXGHQW Center (GSC). The collection of art and photography was curated by Xavier director for photography, marketing and communications Greg Rust. It juxtaposes the lived experience of Native Americans with their portrayal as sports mascots. NURFC will host a panel discussion on Nov. 7 about how stereotypes affect Native American communities. The main topic will be sports mascots and team names. “It won’t be a discussion back and forth. It will be a discussion of why these mascots, the Indians, the Redskins, are offenVLYH WR SHRSOH :H ZDQW WR PDNH others aware of the issues Native Americans are facing right now,â€? Rust, who is coordinating the event, said. “Around here, we almost think of (Native Americans) as a thing of the past, and what I want to try to do is let people know that they are still struggling, and they still have their issues — unemployment, suicide, drug abuse. They’ve been my friends and I
Cahuilla Indian Tribe are both friends of Rust and were friends throughout their childhood. Rust will also hold a discussion on campus at 3 p.m. on Nov. 6 in GSC 280. The main purpose of the event is to create dialogue surrounding the challenges Native American communities face. This discussion is one of three events Xavier will host in November in honor of Native American History Month. “There is more to it than just a mascot. I use the mascot issue, that other people are aware of, to let them become more aware of other issues on the reservations,â€? Rust said. The NURFC panel discussion will begin at 1 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the Freedom Center’s Everyday Freedom Heroes Gallery, and anyone can attend. Any student who attends can show a student ID at the door and receive a discount on his or her admission. “There are a lot of issues that Native Americans are facing right Newswire photo by Adam Spegele now. A lot of people have stereo“Mascots,â€? on display at Xavier, explores the history of sports mascots and logos depicting caricatures of Native Americans. types and think of them still living in Teepees, wearing war paint want people to be aware of that,â€? :HWWHUDX ZLOO DOVR FRQWULEXWH WR Natives,â€? Rust said. 'U 5RVH :HWWHUDX LV D FOLQLFDO DQG FKDQWLQJ Âľ 5XVW VDLG ´:KDW he said. the discussion. The panel will consist of four “Dusty Baker being an African psychologist at Xavier who will I am trying to do is to make it speakers. Dusty Baker, former American with Native blood, was speak about psychological effects aware to people that they are manager of the Cincinnati Reds really embraced because of the of stereotypes and cultural ap- alive now and they are just like and MLB player, will be the main fact he was an All-Star player propriation. Cheyenne elder Alex you and I. These people are still speaker. Dennis Limberhand, and the manager of the year and Tortes and Dennis Limberhand out there and they are no longer Alex Tortes and Dr. Rose actually took interest with the of the Torres Martinez Desert mascots.â€?