February 3, 2017 by Loyola Maroon

Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 95 • Issue 16 • February 3, 2017

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Community leaders across New Orleans speak out against President Donald Trump's travel ban and choose instead to stand together and support the nation's diversity By Jessica Molina and Starlight Williams jgmolina@loyno.edu & slwillia@loyno.edu @jmolina217 & @star_lightw

When President Donald Trump released an executive order banning citizens of several Muslimmajority countries from entering the U.S., Mariarenee Contreras was afraid. Not for herself, but for her best friend, whose religion may have an impact on how she exists in the U.S. As a result, Contreras, first-year law student at Loyola University College of Law, is one of the many people worldwide protesting the ban. “I went to the protest for my best friend,” Contreras said. “She's from Pakistan, but she is also a Muslim. To me, the idea of her being discriminated just because of her faith is terrible and heartbreaking when she is the most loving and giving person I know. I know she is not from any of the countries listed, but

if I knew I could not see her because of an inhumane act, it would simply devastate me.” As of right now, President Trump's executive order bars those who are from Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen from entering the country for the next 90 days and suspends all refugee admission for the next 120 days. The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., university president, released a statement to the Loyola community in response to the executive order. He emphasized that Trump's order affected everyone in the Loyola community, regardless of their religious affiliation or country of origin. “Although only a few in our community have been directly impacted, this order is something that affects us all to our core. Not only is the turning away of refugees in direct conflict with our Catholic, Jesuit values, but it also is contrary to our American ideals and constitutional rights as a free country,” Wildes said in the statement. Wildes continued that based on our values as an institution, the Loyola community must not be si-

Outside of Loyola's community, lent. “Loyola University New Orleans the citizens of New Orleans have not takes pride in our commitment to accepted the executive order easily. Protests began in New Orleans on social responsibility and stands beside our community of faculty and Sunday, Jan. 29. On Monday, Jan 30., students. We are a nation built by the New Orleans Palestinian Soliimmigrants, and it is our duty as darity Committee held a news conChristians to welcome refugees to ference in front of New Orleans City Hall for citizens America,” Wildes and city officials to said in the state“The President’s execu- discuss their fears ment. and show support Shortly after tive order is un-Amerifor those affected the release of the by the order. executive order, can, un-Christian and Mayor Mitch the Loyola com- will not make us safer.” Landrieu also munity rallied spoke out in a press together to assist — Mitch Landrieu release, calling those in need of Mayor of New Orleans Trump’s executive aid. order “un-AmeriMembers of the Jesuit Social Research Institute have can and un-Christian.” “New Orleans will remain a welreached out to Loyola students for the Congress of Day Laborers to ask coming city because we know that for volunteers to accompany immi- our diversity is a strength. We also grants on orders of supervision to know all too well what it feels like their Immigration and Customs En- to seek shelter and refuge in a place that is not your home,” Landrieu forcement appointments. Professors at the Loyola Law Clin- said in the statement. Landrieu said that history shows ic have offered to help any student, staff or faculty member affected by what happens when specific groups are targeted and discriminated the order.

against and hopes that the U.S. will learn from the past. “Some of the darkest times in our nation’s history were when immigrants, minorities, refugees or the most vulnerable among us were discriminated against by our government. History will judge this as one of those times if we do not act. I hope that President Trump will reconsider his decision. America deserves better,” Landrieu said in the release. For Contreras, she said she knows that the battle has only just begun and looks forward to using her legal education to help advocate for people like her best friend. “For law students, it is our time to get as much knowledge as we can because we are responsible for the legal future of our country,” Contreras said. “This is the time that lawyers and anyone in the legal profession has to push forward despite the obstacles that are being thrown. It's a start that she blocked the executive order, but it is not enough. These are the lives of the children, mothers and fathers on the line that deserve a chance to live.”

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February 3, 2017 The Maroon

Upward Bound receives over $2 million from state

news briefs Graduates can order supplies at the Grad Fair The 2017 Undergraduate/ Graduate Grad Fair will be held Monday and Tuesday, February 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Danna Center, St. Charles Room. The 2017 College of Law Grad Fair will be held Wednesday, February 15 from 2-6 p.m. in Greenville Hall, located across Pine Street from the College of Law building on the Broadway Campus. Students who plan on graduating in May 2017 are asked to attend the Grad Fair to order their cap and gown, a requirement for those participating in the commencement ceremony.

By Natalie Hatton nataliehatton@hotmail.com @nataliehatton

Special Archives creates a collection to remember the Women’s March Monroe Library is collecting items from the Women’s March that took place on Jan 21. The archive project will recognize the importance of the march and the historical and social context of the activism-led movement. They are requesting donations of digital images, signs, recordings and other march related materials to their Special Collections and Archives. The donations will be included in a larger national project with an end goal of creating a digital aggregate.

Bobet Hall receives funding for renovations Loyola received a $1 million donation from the Pan-American Life Insurance group and an anonymous donor. The gift was announced via email to the Loyola community from Chris Wisemann, the vice president for Institutional Advancement. The money will be used to renovate Bobet Hall into the Pan-American Life Student Success Center. Construction is set to begin in Fall 2017. This donation is in addition to funds still being raised by the Faith in the Future campaign.

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The Rev. Kevin Wildes (left) and Marc Manganaro (right) present awards to faculty in Nunemaker Hall during the President’s Convocation on Friday, Jan. 13. The next week, Manganaro announced that he is resigning from his position.

After 5 years, Manganaro announces resignation By Lily Cummings lrcummin@loyno.edu @lilyrain6

After his fifth year as provost, Marc Manganaro resigned on Jan. 27, but since then has not spoken on why or what is next for him. Others such as President Kevin Wildes have commented on Manganaro’s resignation. In an email from Wildes to the Loyola community, he accepted Manganaro’s resignation and thanked him for his work. He highlighted Manganaro’s achievements in his position as provost, including the Transforming Loyola 2020 plan, work on The Financial Equilibrium process, restructuring of colleges and the Student Success Summit in 2013. “He has dedicated his time and efforts to help make Loyola a better place by championing the Office of Academic Affairs, chairing important committees, and leading the

work of significant task force initiatives that made a lasting impact on our university,” Wildes said. Faculty member Alice Clark, professor for the College of Music and Fine Arts and former Senate chair, also responded to Manganaro’s resignation. Clark said that faculty recognizes the courage Manganaro had in engaging and communicating difficult news surpassing his job description. “He will be missed,” Clark said. Prior to coming to Loyola in 2012, he served as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University from 2007 to 2012. Born and raised in Omaha, Neb., Manganaro earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1977, his master’s from San Francisco State University in 1979, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985. He has published several books, including “Culture, 1922: The Emer-

gence of a Concept,” and the edited collection “Modernist Anthropology: From Field-Work to Text,” both published by Princeton University Press. He is a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship. From 2004 to 2007 he was dean of Academic Affairs at Douglass College, the women’s college of Rutgers, and from 2002 to 2004 served as associate dean of University College, the college for adult and non-traditional students. He also was chair of the Rutgers-New Brunswick Faculty Council, an elected position, from 1998 to 1999. Prior to his faculty appointment at Rutgers, from 1985 to 1989 he was assistant professor of English at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Despite holding a variety of positions, and serving Loyola for five years, his resignation was unprompted. At this time, there is no indication of who will take his place or when the position will be filled.

Facing the past helps shape the future Black History Month kicks off a year-long celebration of diversity

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Sierra Ambrose, political science sophomore, observes the “Know Your Rights” informational session on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The session, sponsored by the Black Student Union, served to teach students about their rights under the Louisiana law.

By Jessamyn Reichmann jjyoung2@my.loyno.edu @jessamynreich

February celebrates more than just Carnival and Cupid. It also recognizes the role black Americans have in U.S. history during Black History Month. Ten of Loyola’s organizations founded on black culture and success are using this month to propel their groups into a year-long celebration of diversity. Elyse Harrison, psychology senior and Alpha Kappa Alpha Eta Theta chapter president, said that it is important that the black community educate themselves on their heritage. “Black History Month serves as a celebration of culture, on which the Alpha Kappa Alpha’s were birthed. This sisterhood highlights black identity and especially attending schools in a racially prejudice America,” Harrison said. Autumn Moore, finance junior and Black Student Union president, has been planning events for Black

History Month throughout the fall semester. “Through these events, we plan on building up this momentum of knowledge and carrying it out through the rest of the year,” Moore said. Pertaining specifically to future success of women of color, Loyola’s Living Our Vision Everyday chapter is focused on just that. L.O.V.E. is a group for people of color whose goals are to liberate and educate their fellow sisters. Gala Gonsalves, psychology junior major and marketing and communication chair of L.O.V.E’s chapter, emphasized the importance of Black History Month and how L.O.V.E helps propel their purpose year round. “Our goal as a sisterhood is to uplift and praise women of color, to fight against the prejudice that education and women of color don’t coexist,” Gonsalves said. A more detailed list of events can be found at loyolamaroon.com.

Over the last five years, the United States Department of Education has awarded the Upward Bound program at Loyola a total of $2,170,757. Upward Bound works with low-income students from four West Bank high schools to prepare them for the transition to and graduation from college. To be eligible for the program, students must be first-generation college students, and their family’s income must be below the poverty line. Veronica Carter, the program’s director, hopes to use this extraordinary amount of money to grow Upward Bound and to improve the college graduation rates of students who come out of the program. “Our goal is not high school graduation but college graduation,” Carter said. Whittney Smith, one example of the program, participated in 2006, graduated from Loyola in 2012 and now works as program services coordinator for Upward Bound. “Having gone through the process and then transitioning to Loyola as a college student, I was able to assimilate to college life very easily with the help of Upward Bound,” Smith said. “Had it not been for the program, I would not be in college. Once Upward Bound became a reality, so did college.” She wants to use her experience in the program to inspire other students. “I want to give other kids the mentality that you are not a product of where you come from,” Smith said. Upward Bound currently serves 93 students, from age fourteen until they graduate from college. Once enrolled in the program, they are given a 10-year commitment to serve them throughout college and keep track in the first few years following graduation. She added that the program has a 6-year graduation rate of 44 percent from college, which is much higher than the state of Louisiana. “The program really impacts the community because it raises a generation of economic wealth. This program literally shapes lives. We make a 10-year commitment to that student,” Carter said. Arlexia Metoyer, Assistant Director for Upward Bound, hopes to provide a well-rounded preparation for the students. “Future-wise, I want them to be as prepared as possible, not only from an academic standpoint but I want them to be emotionally capable of handling life as an adult,” Metoyer said.

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Whittney Smith, (left), and Arlexia Metoyer, (right), pose near the Upward Bound Office. Upward Bound helps prepare low-income students for college.

WORLDVIEW

February 3, 2017 The Maroon

Eden House director to discuss human trafficking on Loyola webinar series By India Yarborough iayarbor@loyno.edu @iayarbor

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The 4000 block of Freret Street features a school zone traffic camera at the intersection of Freret Street and Upperline Street Samuel J. Green Charter School is the closest school in the area. The new cameras only sent drivers warnings when they were originally placed, but the city will begin fining citizens caught on camera speeding starting Feb. 9.

Newly installed traffic cameras to begin fining in February By Tristan Emmons tmemmons@loyno.edu @MatiTristan

New Orleans installed 55 new safety traffic cameras in school zones and neighborhoods in response to locals request, according to the Department of Public Works. The Traffic Camera Safety Program will “deter red light violations, reduce speeding violations, increase traffic situational awareness and reduce collision severity.” Enrique Nicasio, graphic design senior, said he is kind of scared of the new traffic cameras, because they are very sensitive. “If you’re even near the line, not past it, it still flashes,” Nicasio said. Nicasio is referring to the physi-

cal line on the road which denotes how far one can legally approach a stoplight. Because the traffic cameras may have a tendency to prematurely take the picture, Nicasio argues that having a police officer at a red light instead of a camera would be more beneficial. “It would be good to have a person there if something happened to a student,” Nicasio said. “If a cop was there not only looking for light [breakers], but actually there to help people. It’s a win-win.” The traffic cameras first rolled out on Jan. 9 and are only sending out warnings and not tickets until Feb. 9 Nicasio believes that the resources expended on monitoring red

lights and intersections would be better re-purposed as safety enforcers for school zones. The cameras could provide an additional sense of security for students in and around school zones. According to the Department of Public Works, the 55 new traffic cameras include 45 permanently fixed traffic cameras as well as 10 mobile traffic camera units, all equipped with sensory detectors. All of the cameras are speed traps, where some are also either red light zone, or school zone enforcers. The Department of Public Works also informs only 21 of the 134 schools in New Orleans are monitored by these cameras. A continuous issue with these traffic cameras is its slow method of

sending a driver a ticket, and its lack of informing the driver they broke a law as they’re breaking it. A traffic camera ticket can take weeks or even months to arrive at its respective, doorstep, according to the DMV. The location of a traffic camera is determined by requests from the community, usually because of speeding and reckless driving as well as input from the New Orleans Police Department Traffic Enforcement. A traffic camera ticket can cost anywhere between $75 and $235 depending on the severity by which the speed limit was broken.

‘Equity New Orleans’ brings analytics to city decisions By Nick Reimann nreiman@loyno.edu @nicksreimann

“Data-oriented approach” was the theme of the night as members of the New Orleans community voiced their concerns over transportation issues at a meeting of Equity New Orleans. As its name implies, the Equity New Orleans plan, started under Mayor Mitch Landrieu, seeks to bring equity, defined as providing equal footing and opportunity, to New Orleans. “What I see here is a small number of people that participate a lot,” said Lisanne Brown, of the Bywater Neighborhood Association. Brown hopes that the plan will end the cycle of the same group of people making decisions for the city of New Orleans, with the plan encouraging “broad participation.” Analytics serve as the backbone of the plan, seeking to use demographic trends to determine the necessary steps to break down the existing economic, racial and class barriers it sees in the city.

Justin Augustine, Regional Transit Authority general manager, said that it is necessary to use analytics on broad projects such as Equity New Orleans, just as it is used in day-to-day activities at the RTA. “A lot of people are afraid of data,” Augustine said. “Don’t be afraid of data. Embrace it.” Augustine also said that data is necessary to make rational decisions, as decisions can no longer be “emotionally-based.” Applying that to equity, according to Dwight Norton, urban mobility coordinator for the city of New Orleans, involves using that data to see where problems lie, and where the city should then prioritize investments. “A car-dependent city is inherently inequitable unless everyone has a car,” Norton said. “How do we manage dependency and how do we make sure it’s for everybody?” The issue here involves the growing number of jobs in downtown New Orleans, where rent is much higher than in surrounding areas, thus forcing workers to live farther from the city center, making them

“dependent” on a car. This is part of what Norton sees as a larger “technological dependency” that develops with new innovations. Just as cars are now seen as a dependency, according to Norton, smartphones are now entering the realm of a dependency, as well. Norton cited the fact that only 64 percent of residents of low-income communities have smartphones, compared with 78 percent of the American population at large. This puts those without smartphones at a disadvantage when it comes to access to Lyft, Uber and other ride-sharing programs Norton sees as becoming an increasing dependency. This inequity is something the city hopes to avoid, though, as it uses demographic data to implement its upcoming bike-sharing program, described by Norton as “basically a one way hop on, hop off for bikes.” Decision-making based off demographic data can be difficult, though, as Augustine said he has learned through his time at the RTA.

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Judy Reese Morse, Deputy Mayor of Citywide Initiatives, speaks at the Equity New Orleans meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The plan seeks to combat inequity in New Orleans by taking an analytic approach to decisions.

The executive director of Eden House New Orleans will discuss human trafficking, victimhood and gender-based violence live online. Director Susanne Dietzel, an expert on the subjects, said she will specifically be discussing the different types and definitions of human trafficking, as well as detail how trafficking is a form of gender-based violence in which victims often become trapped. Dietzel, who was the founding director of Loyola’s Women’s Resource Center and taught the first Intro to Women Studies course at the University, said she is excited to be returning to campus to conduct the webinar, which is one of a four part series this semester hosted by Loyola’s Institute for Ministry. According to Barbara Fleischer, a professor at the institute and organizer of the series, each webinar covers a “respect life issue.” “A lot of times when people think about pro-life issues they think only of abortion issues, but it’s much larger than that,” Fleischer said. The Archdiocese of New Orleans held a senate in September of last year to determine what its priorities for the next several years should be. Fleischer said Loyola’s webinar series is practical outreach based on priority number five, which states the Archdiocese will be “a voice and witness in upholding the dignity of human life through education and advocacy regarding all pro-life issues,” including immigration, human trafficking and the death penalty. Fleischer organized the webinars at Loyola after helping put together similar broadcasts for her parish community at St. Mary’s Assumption Church in New Orleans. She said the parish tries to support Eden House in any way it can, as it is the first residential recovery center in the Greater New Orleans area for female victims of human trafficking. Fleischer said the Institute for Ministry has hosted webinars in the past and expects 10 to 40 people to tune in to listen to Dietzel next month. The live stream, which will take place on Feb. 6 from. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. is free and open to the public but will be limited to the first 100 participants.

Courtesy of Suzanne Dietzel

Susanne Dietzel is the executive director of Eden House, a non-profit organization in New Orleans that serves to end sex-trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. Eden House provides longterm housing and recovery services to survivors of human trafficking.

Life &Times

January 27, 2017 THE MAROON

Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife

LIFE AND TIMES briefs ‘Vagina Monologues’ to premiere in Lower Depths The Women’s Resource Center is presenting “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. The show will be performed Feb. 3 and 4. All ticket-sales benefit STAR, Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response, and 85 percent of the merchandise sales will go to STAR as well. A talk-back with the director and cast will be available after the Friday performance. Tickets will be sold at the door starting at 6 p.m. for $10. Loyola students with I.D., faculty and staff will be able to buy tickets for $5.

Loyola musical theater cabaret performs Friday Loyola musical theatre voice students present “Love Is...”, a casual cabaret. The cabaret will feature voice students of Flo Presti, extraordinary professor of music, many of whom are of the first generation of musical theatre students. The show will be presented this Friday from 6-7 p.m. in Monroe Hall, room 602. The cabaret is free and open to the public.

Loyola to perform the ‘Great American Songbook, Part II’ “Great American Songbook, Part II” will present popular songs from the 1920s to the 1960s on Feb. 4 Performances from masters such as George and Ira Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Nat King Cole will be topped off by a special musical montage honoring New Orleans’ own Allen Toussaint. The concert will be held at Roussel Performance Hall this Saturday. General admission is $10, $5 for non-Loyola students and seniors,and Loyola students, faculty and staff can enter for free with I.D.

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Uptown customers eat and drink at Bruno’s Tavern at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. Bruno’s Tavern is a popular location for college students in the Uptown area. College students are the primary customers for seven bars and clubs in the Garden District. These bars and clubs are typically open past 3 a.m., which is when Landrieu’s proposal takes action.

Uptown bars react to Landrieu proposal By Davis Walden jdwalden@my.loyno.edu @daviswald

Unlike bars on Bourbon Street, Bruno’s Tavern, a sports bar popular with college students, turns in for the night at 3 a.m. “We do have crime on this part of town,” William Wilson, general manager of Bruno’s Tavern, said. “We’ve personally never had any problems with crime. Even before this would have come into effect, I’ve never even thought about it,” Wilson said. Mayor Mitch Landrieu has proposed a 3 a.m. bar ordinance on bars in the New Orleans area. The proposition will have bars close

their doors by 3 a.m. Bars will still be able to serve customers beyond 3 a.m. as well as admit new customers, however customers will be “encouraged” to leave streets and enter indoor areas. Pedestrian traffic will be monitored by law enforcement though people will still be allowed to walk around after 3 a.m. Loyola and Tulane students frequent several local bars in the Uptown area, though there does not appear to be much concern over the effects of the proposal. “It’s not going to affect the Uptown circle,” Tony Stancampiano, music industry senior and bartender at The Willow, said. “It’s not going to have as much an effect on the bars as people think it will.”

Though the French Quarter will be subjected to police sweeps of the area, it is unclear how the process will work with Uptown New Orleans. “We don’t open our doors under any circumstances,” Jared Mintz, music industry senior and programming director at The Willow, said. “We’re loud. We have neighbors.” As part of Landrieu’s proposal, bars will have to install security cameras that link to the New Orleans Police Department command center, where police will be able to view the outside of bar facilities. “They just don’t have the manpower to do it unless they hire another 100 police officers,” Wilson said. “If they see six college kids standing outside at 3:15 in the

morning, are they going to send a patrol car out,” Wilson said. For music industry junior Connor Ellison, a night out to Bourbon Street or F&M’s Patio Bar goes on till 3 or 4 a.m. “I’m torn. I like the idea, but I know in the moment that I wouldn’t want my night to end early,” Ellison said. The proposal was brought up after a shooting that killed one and left nine injured on Bourbon Street over last Thanksgiving during Bayou Classic weekend. The shooting occurred at 1:30 a.m. “I think it’s going to be an interesting thing for him to pass. I don’t think it will be effective, though,” Wilson said.

Film professor and student win Sundance Award By Caleb Beck cmbeck@my.loyno.edu @calebbeckirl

Loyola film professor and director Garrett Bradley featured her film “Alone” at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this past Friday. Shortly after, the film took the Short Film Jury Award for Best Non-Fiction Film. The thirteen-minute film

“Alone” is a documentary about the effects of mass incarceration on modern love through the eyes of Alone Watts, a New Orleans native who was prepared to marry her fiancé, as he awaited his his prison sentence. Winning out over 68 other short films, “Alone” is now immediately qualified for a 2018 Oscar consideration. Bradley commented that making the film wasn’t about directly tackling the issue of mass incarceration. She hopes the film can simply influence opinion through advocating change and compassion.

“The most I can hope for is that people empathize with a real issue being discussed right now. I wouldlike to see this film broaden the idea of what relationships are capable of,” Bradley said. Bradley’s filmmaking team was joined by film senior Daniela Leal, who served as assistant editor for “Alone,” and joined Bradley at Sundance. Leal described the process of working on the documentary as rewarding and eye-opening. “Working in this role was awesome. It was the first time I’ve ever done work in post-production and was a true hands-on experience,” Leal said. The team cited handling the emotional weight behind the characters being captured as one of the key aspects of making “Alone.” “The most difficult challenge of working on this film was trying to convey emotion in a way that other people can feel but can’t place themselves in,” Leal said. “It’s important to be able to share respect for anyone I’m filming. I

have to show respect to their space and their sense of comfort, and in turn, I’m allowed, so to speak, to perform my job, which aside from the technicalities, is translating emotions through image,” said cinematographer Zac Manuel. “Alone,” as well as Bradley’s previous films, including “Below Dreams” (2014) and “Cover Me” (2015) are set in New Orleans and show empathic character depictions through the city’s diversity and scenery. “To be engaged in the world, you have to ask if justice is being formed or not. My interest has always been using art to tell intimate, personal tales. I think art serves to show what is good, honest and intentional in our society,” Bradley said. The production team said winning the award was an honor, but not necessarily their goal. “I trust the caliber of our work and the grace and attention to detail in which Garrett tells stories, so in that sense, no I was not surprised.” Manuel said. “Definitely didn’t see this coming

Courtesy of Daniela Leal

Ten finalists stand at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT. Garrett Bradley (center) won the Short Film Jury Award for her film “Alone” on Jan. 27, 2017.

at all.” Very grateful for the experience and the inspiration that came from it,” Leal said. “We“Alone” is set

to be released on Feb. 14 through the New York Times’ OpDocs channel.

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The competitive cheer and dance teams have had a rough start since their season started this past August. Head coach Rickey Hill acknowledged the difficulty of building a new program. “It’s been very challenging, and a lot of members quit during the season for various reasons. There were a couple that stuck it out, and it ended up being a good situation for everybody. We started from the bottom by learning basic skills,” Hill said. Their biggest obstacle occurred only a week before the teams were scheduled to leave for their first competition. One dancer hyper-extended her elbow, which took her out of the competition. With one fewer person, Hill said that they had to rework the routine to accommodate this gap and some members even had to learn new skills. Both teams have improved tremendously since the start of the season, placing first in their competition over the weekend. “No one expected them to be as good as they are because it’s a first year program and they’re so young. It’s really amazing to see what these kids have done. We’ve had so much support from the athletic directors and the coaching team, especially assistant coach Rachel (Turner),”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed into his second week in office defending his sweeping immigration ban — and then fired a Cabinet head who refused to enforce it. Acting Attorney General Sally Yates earlier Monday ordered Justice Department lawyers to stop defending the executive order, which temporarily suspends the U.S. refugee program and bars all immigration for citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries for 90 days. Protests persisted at major airports, and concern mounted from U.S. diplomats and members of his own party. Trump blamed an airline glitch for much of the disorder at the nation’s international airports that dominated the weekend’s news. Though a Delta systems outage Sunday night led to departure delays and cancellations of at least 150 flights, the chaos started the day before as protesters packed some of the country’s major airports. Trump’s order, which also halts all refugee admissions for 120 days, does not address homegrown extremists already in America. And the list of countries it applies to — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen — doesn’t include Saudi Arabia, where most of the Sept. 11 hijackers were from.

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The cheer team practices as head coach Rickey Hill advises on how to lift for a pyramid. The Wolf Pack cheer team took second in the Southern States Athletic Conference championships while the dance team took first. Hill said. The next competition for the cheer team will be at the end of February at regionals for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in Oklahoma. However, the dance team will no longer be competing this year due to scheduling conflicts with the NAIA, but Hill said they will be returning next year with stronger numbers. Finance junior and dance team member Monica Fisher said that competitions are exciting because it’s something that they are passion-

ate about and all love to do. Both teams have their own unique qualities and abilities, as well as some serious talent. “What makes the dance team special is that they’re a smaller group so they’ve gotten to know each other more personally. As for the cheer team, they’re all freshmen. They’re all so young but are doing so well,” Hill said. Hill said this competition season will be exciting because all the members have a strong drive that makes them push one another to never give up.

“We want to finish the season as injury-free as possible and do some fundraising and community service. I also want the teams to improve on the skills they already have,” Hill said. While the team experienced some struggles early on, Hill is pleased with the progress they made so far. “They’ve accomplished more than I ever thought they would from the first day that I met them, and it’s a really great feeling,” Hill said.

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Men’s basketball team practices at the First NBC Court at Loyola University New Orleans on Jan. 24, 2017. Stacy Hollowell, head coach, said team members have been exerting extraordinary effort during practice.

Wolf Pack starts out hot, looks to improve at mid-season By John Casey jecasey@my.loyno.edu @J_E_CASEY

Roughly halfway through the season, the men’s basketball team is feeling confident with four wins up from this time last spring. From Nov. 15 until Dec. 3, the team went undefeated, tallying six straight victories after starting off 2-2 this season. Since that point, the team has seen more wins than losses and intends to keep it that way. The string of victories can largely be attributed to head coach Stacy Hollowell and combo guard and forward Johnny Griffin Jr., business

management senior. This is Hollowell’s third season as the team’s head coach. Hollowell pointed to a strong defensive performance through the first half of the season as one reason for his team’s early success. In addition to solid defense, Hollowell believes the team’s diverse offense has a lot to do with their success this season. “We’re able to use some athleticism to get the ball close to the basket, and we have guys that can shoot it well from the perimeter, so we’re able to play inside and outside. I’d say the strength of the team at this

point is to do both, to be able to have some versatility,” Hollowell said. Hollowell pointed to two players that have set the momentum for the team this season: Griffin Jr. and center Nate Pierre, finanace senior. Pierre’s smart shot selection led to a stretch of shooting, roughly 75 percent over four games. Griffin’s athleticism and leadership have helped to guide the program’s upward trend since his arrival last season. Griffin joined the Wolf Pack in 2015 after transferring from Chicago State University and has made a massive impact on the program. In his first season at Loyola, Griffin led

the team in eight categories, including points per game, field goal percentage, minutes played and total rebounds per game. Griffin Jr. has improved in his second season. His points and rebounds per game are up as well as his field goal percentage. Sitting at 15.5 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, he is a threat to opposing teams across the NAIA. Both Hollowell and Griffin are confident in the team’s chemistry. The roster is comprised almost entirely of returning players who have had previous seasons to learn one another’s strengths and weakness-

es, allowing the team to gel from the start of the season. “Everybody knows their role and what they bring to the team. They know what they can do to benefit us more on both the offensive and defensive ends,” Griffin said. The team has come out to a slower start than expected since returning from the holidays but looks to improve in their game versus Middle Georgia State on Feb. 4 in Macon, Georgia. For more in-season basketball coverage visit: loyolamaroon.com or follow us on twitter @Loyola_Maroon.

Rugby team is hunting for victory this spring after 4-1 fall season By Marisabel Rodriguez mrodrigu@my.loyno.edu @mar_rodzz

The rugby team is gearing up for a busy upcoming season after an impressive 4-1 record this fall. With victories against Louisiana Tech, Troy University, the University of South Alabama and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the upcoming weeks will consist of improving on strength as a team as well as individually. Speed, agility and communication are just a few of the skills these young men push to improve on during practices. Connor Delahunty, criminal justice senior and team captain, said while the team might not be ready yet, they have the foundation necessary for success in both 7’s and 15’s

matches this season. “We all just had a long break, so physically we’re not there yet, but mentally I think we’re all really prepared and excited for the next few games that we have coming up,” Delahunty said. “We’re still just trying to work out the kinks of being away from each other, but once we get our chemistry back and our fitness back I think we’ll be a really, really hard team to beat.” Jerry Malina, head coach, said his team had potential for the upcoming games and tournaments. “I think we have really good skills as a rugby team. Other coaches have told me that our guys pass and catch the ball with more skill than a lot of teams they’ve seen, and coming from a small school like Loyola, that’s a compliment,” Malina said. “So I work really hard on fundamen-

tals, it’s all about moving the ball around and trying to attack where they’re not, and I think our guys are pretty good at that.” Vincent Duhe, history junior, said the team’s bond makes them special. “We have a lot of chemistry, as you can tell; guys joking around, playing with each other at practice and just kinda hanging out, you know? That’s what I think is really crucial for success on the field,” Duhe said. The team hopes to build upon this camaraderie in preparation for their difficult matches this season, leading up to the second annual Jesuit Cup in Santa Clara, California from April 21-23. Loyola’s rugby team will test their skills against Tulane University in their second spring game on Feb. 4.

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Lester Duhe, mass communication senior, receives a pass during practice on Jan. 11. The team’s next game is on Feb. 4 against Tulane University.

RELIGION

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‘Obamacare’ mourned at cemetery By Colleen Dulle mcdulle@loyno.edu @ColleenDulle

No signs were allowed and there was no shouting. Instead, the group quietly prayed together and told stories of how having health insurance had affected them. On Jan. 28, several dozen people gathered in Lafayette Cemetery to mourn the possible repeal of former President Obama’s health care bill and the scaling back of Medicaid. Sara Magana, a single mother, explained how she had to choose between refilling her asthma medication and buying healthy food for her daughter before the Affordable Care Act. Jacqueline Brubaker, another speaker, said she had only been able to afford her skin cancer treatments because of her prize money from winning the game show “Wheel of Fortune.” “Americans should not have to go on a game show to have to pay their medical bills,” Brubaker said. Alaina Comeaux, another of the speakers, explained how one medication she takes for Crohn’s disease every six weeks costs thousands of dollars. “Before the ACA was passed, I kind of saw age 25 as a death sentence, because I knew at that point coverage would become very difficult to get, and I might not be able to afford my expenses,” Comeaux, 27, said. Comeaux said that with the Affordable Care Act, she no longer had to worry about exceeding a lifetime maximum or being denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition. “I felt like I finally had a future when the ACA was passed,” Comeaux said. “It’s pretty terrifying to think about it being repealed.” Three local groups organized the protest: the Jesuit Social Research Institute, the Gulf Coast Center for

RELIGION BRIEFS Faith leaders speak out against executive order (AP) — From pulpits to sidewalk vigils, clergy have been part of a religious outpouring against President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend refugee entry from seven majority Muslim countries. Faith leaders who support the president’s executive order as a way to fight terrorism have been far less vocal, ceding the religious discussion to those overwhelmingly opposed to the president’s sweeping immigration order, which suspends refugee admissions for four months and indefinitely bars refugees from Syria. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which runs the largest refugee resettlement network in the country, said it “strongly disagreed” with the prohibitions and pledged to work “vigorously to ensure refugees are humanely welcomed.” The Vatican also criticized Trump’s immigration policy, with a senior official voicing concern. The Orthodox Union, the largest association for American Orthodox synagogues, acknowledged the

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The Rev. Fred Kammer, S.J., director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute, leads a group of protesters in prayer at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 on Jan. 28. The protest was against repealing the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion in Louisiana.

Law and Policy and the Progressive Social Network of Greater New Orleans. The Affordable Care Act is currently still in effect, though President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have said they will repeal the law and replace it with an alternative, though no plans for the replacement have been released. The Rev. Fred Kammer, S.J., director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute, said that lawmakers need a replacement before repealing the health care law.

“We cannot afford to have politicians in Washington put lives in danger while they debate a replacement for the ACA,” Kammer said. The protest also drew some negative attention on Facebook for its location in a cemetery, which some saw as disrespectful. “We came to a cemetery because of the fear of deaths being caused by the removal of health care,” Kammer said During the funeral, tourists at the cemetery walked quietly around the protest group.

Kammer said the Harvard School of Public Health estimates that because of Medicaid expansion in Louisiana, 800 lives were saved last year. “The inverse is likely to be true, then. If we take full Medicaid coverage away from 385,000 Louisianans, there’s going to be premature and unnecessary death among people in Louisiana,” Kammer said. “The Affordable Care Act is not perfect, but it is saving lives.” One woman attending was Mary Margaret Gleason, a pediatrician

and child psychologist. Gleason said she came to the protest because she wants her patients’ parents to have access to health care for conditions such as postpartum depression. “We know that parent well-being is an incredibly important influence on how children develop in terms of school readiness, in terms of emotional regulation and overall well-being,” Gleason said. “So with ACA, I’ve seen children do better because their parents were able to get treatment.”

complexities of fighting terror, but said “discrimination against any group based solely upon religion is wrong and anathema to the great traditions of religious and personal freedoms upon which this country was founded.” Trump’s executive order gives preference to refugees fleeing their countries over religious persecution. The president told the Christian Broadcasting Network he aims to prioritize Christian refugees. Still, relatively few evangelicals have voiced support for the idea. The world’s largest body of Islamic nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, said on Jan. 30 that it has “grave concerns” over Trump banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, warning such moves would only

City mosque that Canada’s prime minister called an act of terrorism against Muslims. Suspect Alexandre Bissonnette made a brief court appearance and did not enter a plea in the attack that left six people dead during evening prayers Sunday. Wearing a white prisoner jump suit, his hands and feet shackled, he stared down at the floor and fidgeted, but did not speak. More than 50 people were at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre when the shooting erupted Sunday night. In addition to the six who died, five were in critical condition and 12 others suffered minor injuries, University of Quebec Hospital Centre spokeswoman Genevieve Dupuis said Monday. The dead ranged in age from 35 to 65.

were killed. He said he doesn’t regret the words and that “we’ll never forget the Jewish people who suffered in World War II.” Trump’s three-paragraph statement Friday, Jan. 27, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day drew criticism from the Anti-Defamation League after it failed to make any reference to Jews, in contrast with presidents from previous administrations. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said a Holocaust remembrance must acknowledge the slaughter of Jews, otherwise it becomes “Holocaust denial.” Priebus told NBC’s “Meet the Press” he’s “not whitewashing anything” and that for the record, “Everyone’s heart is impacted here by that terrible time.”

Suspect charged after Canada mosque shooting

Priebus: No regrets Holocaust statement didn’t refer to Jews

Regional Jesuit leaders meet at Loyola to discuss changes

QUEBEC CITY (AP) —A French Canadian known for far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of firstdegree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage at a Quebec

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on Jan. 30 there are no regrets a presidential statement on the Holocaust didn’t include a clear reference to the 6 million Jews who

On Jan. 20, Loyola hosted a meeting of 19 regional Jesuit leaders from Alabama, Missouri, Denver, Puerto Rico, Belize and New Orleans. Their task was to discuss how to locally implement decisions made at the global meeting of

Jesuits, General Congregation 36, held in Rome in October. John Sebastian, vice president for Mission and Ministry, attended both meetings. Because General Congregation 36 dealt with electing a new global superior, there were fewer logistical decisions to discuss at the regional meeting, Sebastian said. The main discussion at this meeting centered around the mission of the Society being reconciliation. “We are starting to think about what that means for the universities to pursue reconciliation with God, with humanity and with creation,” Sebastian said. The Rev. Ronald Mercier, S.J., provincial leader of the Jesuits’ Central and Southern Province, told attendees to prepare answers to two questions before the committee’s next meeting in June: first, how Jesuit institutions can carry on Jesuit traditions in a time of religious decline; second, how the Jesuit province can help institutions do that. “That’s kind of a newer thing. It has not always been the case that the Provinces have really reached out in this way to the universities,” Sebastian said.

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EDITORIAL

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Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders in his first weeks as president already test our system of checks and balances. Alternative facts can’t hide the discriminatory nature of his immigration ban

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised that his administration would “…unite the world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.” What he has done instead is sign an executive order — freezing all immigration into the US from seven Muslim-majority countries — which will have the complete adverse effect. President Trump’s executive order is not only morally, legally and logistically treacherous, it is everything that terror cells could have hoped for. For the last two years, Trump campaigned by stoking a fire of uncertainty and fear amongst his supporters. In front of crowds of thousands of people, he made radical claims about national security, terrorism and the entire religion of Islam. These statements became a commonplace theme of his rhetoric. The more he made these claims, defended and danced around them, the more normalized they became. As far back as last spring, Trump had called for a ban of Muslims from the U.S. He was elected in part on this idea, playing on the same tools of fear and persecution that terrorist organizations use to gain power.

And now that he is president, this executive order answers the one possible question every American could agree to ask: Would Donald Trump follow through on his campaign claims? Don’t be fooled; this is the ‘Muslim ban’ called for so many times in the past. For the Trump administration to defend this order as anything but is laughable. With a public intent to ban Muslims on record, an order that bans travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority nations — Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan — is discriminatory in nature. When that order includes a clause to admit religious minority groups from these countries — and the president publically says that Christians will be granted access to the U.S. — it is even more so. This is a campaign promise that he intends to follow through on to prove his legitimacy with no regard to the horrific effect that this order will actually have. For supporters of this action to think that this ban will improve security is willfully ignorant. This includes the overwhelming majority of Republicans in Congress who have stayed silent since it was declared. Between 1975 and 2015, there

have been no deaths on U.S. soil from terrorist attacks by anyone from these nations. Of the 19 men involved in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 15 were from Saudi Arabia, two from Egypt, one from Turkey and one from Lebanon. These countries are U.S. allies and not included in the list of “countries of concern.” The Trump family also has significant business holdings in neighboring countries not affected by the ban including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and The United Arab Emirates. The U.S. already only takes a fraction of the total refugees from these countries and gaining entrance takes a minimum of 18 months of substantial background checks from multiple security agencies. The justification to freeze immigration “until we get a hold on what’s going on” is as foolish as thinking that we don’t already know what is going on. Morality cannot be legislated and the constitutionality of this order is unfortunately murky. But for anyone who boasts that America is a Christian nation, this action could not be in more direct opposition to Jesus Christ. What is American and Christian in value, on the other hand, is the continual works of activists, lawyers,

public figures and organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union to defend against and resist this order. Those who mobilized to airports and demanded the release of U.S. citizens and visa holders from custody deserve recognition. Months ago, Pope Francis said it was hypocritical to “call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee.” As citizens of a free country and members of a Jesuit univeristy, Loyola students must heed this example from our Pope and these protesters. Loyola students who respect the pillar of religious freedom must make their resistance heard. A portion of the country may want to use immigration bans of the past to justify today’s mistakes, but America was not built as an isolationist, religiously selective nation. At the end of its first section, the executive order states, “the United States should not admit those who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred (including ‘honor’ killings, other forms of violence against women or the persecution of those who practice religions different from their own) or those who would oppress Americans of any race, gender or sexual orientation.” Students with any measure of empathy must not let this painful hypocracy go on quitely.

OPINION

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Loyola goes to Washington Kate O’Leary Women’s March on Washington participant, Biology senior kmoleary0501@ gmail.com

The Women’s March on Washington was an unprecedented mobilization of marginalized power. Roughly 500,000 people marched through Washington in solidarity, celebrating equality and speaking out against injustice. Women must submit to implicit and explicit forms of oppression every day, but that day I saw a power in the struggle of opressed groups. The oppression experienced by each woman is distinct but connected, and it often leads to the most potent antidote to injustice: empathy. The Women’s March was a testament to the power and productivity of empathy. It is an inclusive emotion that strives to understand others, and it is capable of combating much of what fuels Trump’s policies: fear and discrimination. Empathy motivated this march — women were there for themselves and each other. The atmosphere was largely positive (although we must not fail to recognize that peaceful protest requires police cooperation, which was more easily accessed because the crowd was mostly white). There was little to no negativity or aggression among marchers, but instead spontaneous dance parties broke out outside the White House, people shouted out praise at our signs and grandfathers marched alongside their young granddaughters. At its best, the Women’s March was a collective and poignant cry of dissent, giving a voice to all those who feel invalidated by Trump’s platform. However, it would be unfair to history and an oversimplification for me to say the Women’s March was a hallmark of inclusivity. As we marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, a group of people of color stood on the sidewalk with signs

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A Maroon editor asked me to write 400 words on the First Amendment, suggesting that our students know little about the Bill of Rights in general or the First Amendment in particular. What needs to be said to begin to understand the First Amendment can take an entire semester and an entire course; at least I’ve not been asked to distil it down to 143 characters, though I’ve already gone beyond the limit many students can process (and worse, no emojis.) Justice William Brennan argued

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Kate O’Leary (middle left) poses with fellow Loyola students during the Women’s March. Students carpooled from New Orleans to Washington to participate with over 500,000 other protesters in the march on Saturday, Jan. 21.

reminding us that the majority of march on cisgender women is diviwhite women voted for Trump. They sive and excludes transgender womwere marching with us, but also en. It is imperative for those who holding us accountable. The Women’s March was started participated in the Women’s March to understand the by white women, work that women of and although it “Empathy motivated color, transgender and attracted people queer feminist leaders from many differ- this march—women put in to pave the way ent backgrounds, were there for themfor a more accessible it also repelled resistance. It is also many people who selves and each other” necessary for me as a felt unwelcome or privileged white womunheard. The crowd at the march was also an to recognize and advocate for overwhelmingly white. Privilege is those women who are marginalized not a marker of personal failure, but by society. This doesn’t end at the march — a social one, and we should not be ashamed to acknowledge it. Refus- we must continue the conversation ing to acknowledge the privilege we to remind ourselves and to make have is to lack empathy and tacitly others aware of their privilege beparticipate in the oppression of oth- cause if we march for women, we march for all women. ers. It is crucial for us to keep marchOne thing I found problematic was how many signs were centered ing forward, but we cannot forget to around female reproductive organs, look outward, to expand our goals to since focusing the message of the include women who do not neces-

sarily look like us. When a person of color points out my white privilege, this does not need to be an embarrassing moment but rather an educational one. Fighting for equality is a learning process, and we should welcome these educational moments of self-awareness. We must take this acquired knowledge and use it to further educate those who are blind to their own privilege. Derailing conversations about racism by centering them on our feelings is unproductive. The discomfort we may feel toward confronting our privilege is inconsequential compared to the actual lived experience of racism, transphobia, homophobia, etc. We must march for our sisters, not just our cis-ters. Feminism without intersectionality simply becomes a process of pushing oppression further down the hierarchical scale. The future is transgressive—it is full of diversity, empathy and hope.

Why students need to understand the First Amendment Dr. Phillip Dynia Loyola Chair and Assiociate professor of political science

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that the Founders included a free speech clause in the Bill of Rights for two reasons: (1) free speech is indispensable to democratic government, and (2) self-expression is a fundamental component of human dignity. Democratic self-government is in danger if freewheeling and uninhibited discussion of matters of public concern is absent. And respect for the equal dignity of each human being requires toleration of individual’s speech even when that expression is overwhelmingly unpopular. More recently, Burt Neuborne described the First Amendment as “a chronological description of the arc of a democratic idea—from conception to codification.” The two religion clauses protect freedom of thought. Individual interaction with the community then develops from expression of an idea by an individual to mass transmission of that idea by a free press to collective

action by the people supporting that idea to the culmination (in the petition clause)—introduction of the idea into the formal process of democratic lawmaking. A free press transmits important ideas but also provides information vital to public deliberation about the idea. Deliberative democracy is a charade without an informed citizenry. And a government bent on oppression has no better tactic than delegitimization of the press by shrill accusations of “fake news” whenever a fact the government does not like is reported. (Time to haul out the “alternative facts.”) The other ally of such a government is ignorant citizens, and Facebook, Twitter, 90 percent of what is on television, a good deal of what is on the internet and similar distractions do little to eliminate this ignorance. They deepen it. Contemporary First Amendment

protections are much broader than the understandings of Madison and the Framers. In large part, that is because of the U.S. Supreme Court, beginning in the early decades of the 20th century, elucidated a series of interpretations that made the Amendment the bedrock of the democratic process that it is today. But what the Court giveth the Court can take away. For the next four years, at least potential appointees will have to face a litmus test of willingness to overturn Roe v. Wade, and a Justice who will do that likely will have few qualms about reversing cases that have protected the rights of women, African-Americans, LGBTQ persons and the First Amendment rights of all of us. One hopes readers who did not know all of this will seek to learn more. Ignorance is curable, but willful ignorance can be insuperable, and fatal to our democracy.

College newspapers are supposed to be laboratories for experimenting with news, giving student journalists the opportunity to hone their craft. Since they are the future of news, I get disappointed when they adopt the same way of thinking from a generation that is struggling with the duty my peers will soon take up. I felt some of that disappointment when I read The Maroon’s editorial from their first issue, primarily because there is nothing new or insightful about their argument that facts should be verified before being published. It is convenient, however, for legacy media to make the arguments The Maroon made because it reasserts their dominance over the conversation. While the editorial board took aim at Buzzfeed for publishing a document with unverified information about Trump, they neglected to acknowledge even more egregious examples of legacy media failures, perhaps in part because they adopted the same uninventive way of thinking. When CNN broke the news that Trump was briefed about the dossier, they declined to report what the allegations against him were on the grounds that they couldn’t be verified. This left it to the public’s imagination to dream up what this alleged Russian dirt on Trump was and how that could be used to control him (which is reminiscent of the New York Times misleading the world about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq). CNN’s story also gave the impression that since the FBI briefed Trump on that dirt, it is authentic and should be elevated above the level of gossip. That is a dangerous combination of impressions to give the public. Buzzfeed did a valuable journalistic service by ending that speculation and showing everyone how farcical this document was. In other words, CNN’s decision was the logical consequence of The Maroon’s editorial argument, which was in need of correction by other journalists. Also worth mentioning is the Washington Post — where The Maroon sports an alumna — publishing a story in late December claiming that Russia hacked into the US electric grid. Not only did they fail to contact the electric company to confirm that — the company issued a statement contradicting the central claim of the article — but The Post issued a full-scale retraction of the story several days later. When one of the largest and most respected newspapers in the world makes an allegation against another country’s government, it should be done carefully and accurately. This story is the epitome of unverified facts and fake news — propaganda, even — but apparently isn’t worth comment in an editorial about responsible media. If that’s because of The Maroon’s allegiance to old media and old ways of thinking about news, I wonder how different the next four years will be.

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February 3, 2017

THE PSY.D. PROGRAM IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AT XULA PREPARES GRADUATES TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

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