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Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 97 • Issue 18 • February 8, 2019

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Proposed Title IX changes cause controversy By Tyler Wann wtwann@my.loyno.edu,

The Department of Education has proposed controversial new changes to the rules that govern a university’s response to sexual assault that have many people wondering how those cases will be handled. The changes, covered under Title IX, relate to several aspects of how universities respond to sexual assault cases. Some advocates are worried that these changes could actually make colleges and universities less safe. On the other hand, some advocates see the changes as a step in the right direction. New Definition The proposed rules would adopt a new definition of sexual assault and harassment, one that Josef Canaria of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, is worried might let inappropriate behavior go unchecked. “The language in the law makes it so that sexual harassment has to be so destructive and pervasive, and, what’s the worst part, that it has to be ongoing,” said Canaria. “Now schools don’t have to do anything about it if it was, say, a one-time thing.” However, Susan Kruth of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said that not only are these guidelines fair, but they might also actually increase protections for other areas of campus life; namely, that of free speech. “What we’ve seen at a lot of

schools is that they use a very broad definition of sexual harassment, and that ends up prohibiting a lot of constitutionally protected expression. So school’s will punish someone’s speech about sex just because someone finds it offensive,” she said. According to Kruth, by raising that bar, student’s freedom of expression is being preserved while also allowing an action to be taken when it needs to be. “An important aspect of the DeVos standard is that (sexual harassment) actually prevents someone from receiving their education and that it would have that effect for a reasonable person in the complainant's shoes,” she said. “That ensures that it’s not an especially sensitive student having a reaction to something that would otherwise be free speech.” But Canaria is worried that this new definition may discourage some victims from reporting, especially with the need to see a pattern of behavior before it can be classified as sexual harassment. “So they’re going to find out that if their professor says something to them one time it won’t count as sexual harassment anymore,” he said. However, Kruth said that the proposed standard should still prevent cases like that from slipping through the cracks. “If someone is in a position of power, it would reasonably take less of a pattern of conduct to really interfere with someone’s access to education,” said Kruth. Loyola Deputy Title IX Coordinator Diana Ward noted that even

if this sort of behavior may no longer be counted as a Title IX issue, schools like Loyola would still have the option of handling it as a code of conduct violation should a student report. Ward said that she still encourages students to report misconduct issues of any kind. Standards of Evidence Another change to the process is a change in the "mandatory standard of evidence." Under rules implemented by President Barack Obama's administration, universities were required to use what was called a "preponderance of evidence" standard. In other words, someone who was claiming they were sexually assaulted had to present a case that convinced the university that the assault was more than 50 percent likely to have happened. That meant that in some cases, universities treated sexual assault cases differently than other serious offenses, such as plagiarism, where the standard of evidence that the university used might have been that the offense was "clear and convincing." In the new rules proposed by President Donald Trump's administration, that requirement has changed. Now, if universities use the clear and convincing standard for serious conduct cases, that same standard must also be used for sexual assault cases. According to Kruth, this is how it should have been all along. “They should be using the same standard for all cases that have the

same risk as suspension or expulsion, including non-sexual misconduct cases,” said Kruth. “Right now there’s really a disconnect in schools in sexual misconduct cases and non-sexual misconduct cases at a lot of schools. This would even it out so that the same standards would be used in other cases.” Stephanie Boyd, a graduate student working with the advocacy group Loyola Students Against Sexual Assault, said that this mandate might send the wrong message to students. Though Loyola's standards would stay the same since the preponderance standard is used for all cases, some schools may have to change. “It’s difficult to reach a clear and convincing standard of evidence,” said Boyd. “By putting a sexual-violence-based crime as needing to be clear and convincing, that sends a message that when a survivor comes forward with their story, they aren’t being as truthful as somebody who has gone through something else that serious.” Mediation and Live Hearings According to Canaria, this isn’t the only aspect of the reporting process that may be made harder for survivors with mediation being reintroduced to the process after it was done away with during the Obama administration. “It put survivors in the same room as the perpetrator and lets them hash it out. And now it’s back on the table as a tool for conflict resolution, which we know is not very trauma-informed,” said Canaria.

Canaria expressed concern that the mediation process used to be a way that universities put pressure on an alleged victim to handle a situation a certain way. With it making a return, Kruth stressed the importance of the process being both informed and consensual “We think it’s really important that, as the proposed regulations say, it’s so so important that mediation not be forced on them and only used in cases where both parties voluntarily agree in writing,” she said. “We really want that to be an informed and voluntary decision.” Timeline But Canaria isn't just worried that the process will become more triggering; he's also worried about it becoming more tedious. “Schools currently have 60 days from start to finish to complete a Title IX investigation. But under these new guidelines, all they have to do is show that they’re currently working on them,” said Canaria. “Students do not at all have the time to dedicate half of their college career to a sexual assault case.” The Final Rule The department’s proposals have just been closed from receiving public comment, so time will tell whether the department decides to make any amendments to these changes in response to criticism.

SGA and Loyola athletics bring homecoming back By Riley Katz rdkatz@my.loyno.edu After decades of forgoing homecoming formalities, the Loyola’s Student Government Association along with other student organizations is bringing the celebration back to campus. Homecoming week starts Feb. 11 and runs through Feb. 15, bringing a week-long celebration complete with events to campus. Kristen Williams, SGA senator-at-large, head of the student involvement committee and cheerleader, said bringing homecoming back is the perfect way to get students involved on campus. “As a student-athlete as well, it is important to get the students at the games and more active on campus,” Williams said. “It is something that has been missing for a while.” Williams said she hopes to build school spirit and keep attendance up after homecoming ends. “Usually, only student-athletes attend the games and we are hoping to reach more students to have them feel more connected to the university,” Williams said. Williams said she hopes that the event will become an annual celebration that grows in size every year. The original idea for bringing

homecoming back came about in October, but most planning has taken place in the last five weeks, according to Williams. “Since this is the first one in a while, we don’t really have anything to go off of,” Williams said. She added that SGA has been worki n g with t h e stu-

ment has been vital. “Since it is Loyola’s inaugural homecoming, we will be wanting all hands on deck to be sure it runs as smoothly as possible on the financial end,” Banks said. Banks said the athletes are brainstorming further fundraising op-

ball in exchange for a donut. Then students can meet and play games with student-athletes on Tuesday. Ice cream will be given out for “Gallontine’s Day” on Wednesday followed by Bears for Bae on Thursday before the homecoming game. The homecoming festivities wrap up on Friday with Third Friday.

dent-athlete advisory committee and Joann Cassama, SGA vice president, to turn the idea into a reality. Williams said the funds for the event have been taken from the budgets of the involved organizations. Leah Banks, president of the student-athlete advisory committee, said working with SGA, the alumni association and the athletic depart-

portunities in order to pay for the events during homecoming week. The days leading up to and the day following the homecoming games are filled with events that Williams said are made to connect student-athletes with the rest of the student body. Kicking off the festivities on Feb. 11 is “dunk for donuts,” an event where students can dunk a basket-

With every homecoming comes a homecoming court. Nominations for the court took place over the course of three days last week, bringing in a total of 366 nomination responses, according to Williams. Those nominations were narrowed down to the five men and five women who received the most votes. At the homecoming game on Feb. 14, the final voting process will

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take place. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., attendees can vote for who they want to be elected to the homecoming court, and, at halftime of the men’s basketball game, the winners will be announced. The finalists for homecoming queen are Victoria Hedin, environmental science junior, Sofía Alexandra Rabássa, psychology sophomore, Charde’ Anise Jacquot, accounting senior, Mylinh Bui, biology senior, and Isabella Martinez, a biology senior. The finalists for homecoming king are Darell Honora Jr., sociology freshman, Philip Nijoka, business analytics senior, Blaise Wise, biological science junior, Max Dovale, music composition sophomore and Tommy Barrera, a management sophomore. Williams said the hardest part of planning has been getting the word out about homecoming. “Students don’t always show up to events on Loyola’s campus,” Williams said. “Just letting them know that we do have a homecoming. I keep hearing students say ‘Oh we have homecoming?’ I say ‘Yes, it’s our first one (in a long time).’ Hearing that is exciting to me.” More information about the candidates is available at loyolamaroon. com.

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Environmental club blossoms at first meeting of the year By Cristian Orellana ceorellan@my.loyno.edu

Members of Loyola’s recently rebranded student organization Students for Sustainability gathers behind Starbucks in the Danna Center on Jan. 31 to discuss recycling, the environment and how to make Loyola a greener campus. CRISTIAN ORELLANA/ The Maroon.

Earth Week celebrations, Sodexo sustainability initiatives and recycling improvements are just some of the ideas that the executive board of Loyola’s environmental club have in store for the semester. Students for Environmental Action met together for the first time on Thursday, Jan. 31 to regroup and rebrand after a long period of dormancy for the student organization. “This club used to be the Loyola Association for Students for Sustainability, but that club sort of fizzled out after a while,” environmental studies senior Brigid Richwine, club president said. However, last semester, Richwine, with the support of Loyola’s environmental program, went through the bureaucracy of getting the club up and running again. The club’s new executive board, consisting of Richwine, environmental studies freshman Gabriela Carballo, vice president, and environmental studies freshman Nicole Gerke, treasurer, is developing the club’s mission statement and constitution, centering on values of sustainability, education and advocacy. The club’s first meeting was filled with potential new members, manly consisting of freshmen.

“It’s really interesting to see what another progressive organization is doing on campus,” senior English major Britton Hansen said. The organization wants to create a safe space for all Loyola students to have important discussions not only about the environment as a whole but how to make Loyola a greener campus. The club said it is working with Sodexo to improve the sustainability levels in the Orleans Room. They are also planning some coordination with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion on issues of environmental racism, where people of color are more likely to be affected by environmental hazards due to a variety of factors such as the locations of low-income housing. Gerke plans to improve the tracking of recycling on campus. “If we could figure out a way to track whether or not recycling bins are being used, and how much other waste we are producing, we could team up with Sodexo to also calculate food waste as well,” Richwine said. The organization hopes that the turnout to the first meeting will only grow in the future. “It’s been really exciting. We were blown away by the amount of students who showed up. Hopefully, we can prove to them that we are a worthy enough mission for them,” Richwine said.

Students challenge stereotypes on World Hijab Day By Anum Siddiqui asiddiqu@my.loyno.edu @_anumsiddiqui

Hijab-wearing Muslims, or hijabis, around the world are often labeled by members of other religions as oppressed — a stereotype Loyola’s Muslim Student Association hoped to combat by celebrating World Hijab Day on Feb. 1. “I wanted to educate non-Muslims about the significance of the hijab and how beautiful the meaning behind wearing it is, which will ultimately promote newfound respect for the hijab community,” said Islam Nassar, president of the Muslim Student Association. Student participants tried on hijabs in the Danna Center while members of the student organization helped adjust the scarves in hopes of spreading an understanding of what it feels like to walk around as a hijabi. Those who tried on a hijab received a customized hijabi cookie and a photo booth was set up for the participants to capture the experience. Kayla Corrigan, psychology senior, participated in the event to connect with the Muslim community around her. “While wearing the hijab, I noticed for the first time that it isn’t as constricting as I first thought it was,” Corrigan said. “Each hijab was

beautifully detailed.” Muslim Student Association members’ faces lit up after seeing non-Muslims show an interest in their religion. “We wanted to promote the fact that the hijab is not a form of oppression but merely a symbol of modesty in both behavior and dress,” Nassar said. In Islam, the hijab is typically worn by women. However, male students also attended the event and took part in experiencing what it’s like to wear a hijab. “It was very exciting watching non-Muslims try on hijabs,” Nassar added. “I could tell by their facial expressions that they have developed a newfound appreciation for hijabis and Islam as a whole.” While some students were excited to wrap their hair with scarfs, others were cautious. Katie Pham, arts and entertainment industry studies sophomore, asked about the message behind the hijab before feeling comfortable enough to try one on. “I felt kind of out of place wearing the hijab since I’m not Muslim. But the event made me happy because I got to see Loyola students embracing and accepting the Islam religion,” Pham said. The event attracted more than a dozen students interested in understanding why Muslim women decide to wear the hijab.

A group of Loyola students tries on hijabs during the Muslim Students Association’s celebration of World Hijab day on Feb. 1. The organization hosted the event in order to combat stereotypes about people who wear hijabs. Courtesy of Ruba Esmail.

Muslim Student Association members said they plan to host the event next year and hopefully far into the future to continue to end stereotypes surrounding the hijab and Islamic culture. “Ignorant people force them-

selves to believe the ugly things they see on the media. Then they relate it to Islam, which ultimately makes hijabis a target for some people,” Nassar said. “I felt as if teaching one person about the significance of the hijab in

Islam could help make a difference and sort of get rid of the ignorant thoughts that people may have had before.”

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Work to be done on malfuctioning streetlight By Sophie Whitehead slwhiteh@my.loyno.edu

The stop sign placed at the crossroad of Nashville Avenue and St. Charles Avenue. The malfuctioning light has turned the streetlight to a four-way stop sign. MICHAEL BAUER/ The Maroon.

A traffic light at the intersection of St. Charles Avenue and Nashville Avenue has been out for over a month, creating an inconvenience for New Orleans residents. The traffic light has been blinking red, forcing drivers to partake in a four-way stop at the intersection. Stop signs were put in to help direct traffic, but the light has yet to be fixed by the city of New Orleans. Repairs began Feb. 1 with visible work having started Feb. 3, meaning workers were out at the location working on the issue, according to Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s Office of Communications. The repairs to the traffic light involve the removal of the light cabinet and its foundation. Workers have to dig underground in order to complete the restoration process, according to the Mayor’s Office of Communications. The yet-to-be-fixed streetlight has caused problems for many of Loyola’s commuter students that are taking St. Charles Avenue to get to school. Liam FitzPatrick, music industry studies junior, has been dealing

with this issue since returning to New Orleans after Winter break. “That intersection is part of my daily commute, and the broken light has made it a little more difficult getting to school on time,” said FitzPatrick. FitzPatrick has not reached out to get the problem fixed, but he is concerned that the light has been out for as long as it has. Brenna Gilliam, criminology and justice senior, also finds the broken streetlight to be an inconvenience to her daily life. “My best friend lives on the opposite side of Loyola from me, so it’s a nuisance to have to stop and wait at that light for a long time,” said Gilliam. Sarah Jones, psychology junior, babysits for a local family after school and said it sometimes takes at least 5 minutes just to get past the light. “That may not seem like a lot of time, but during times that schools get out, there is more traffic on St. Charles and cars get backed up,” said Jones. According to the Mayor’s Office of Communications, the traffic light is expected to be fixed by mid-February.

Valerio the jaguar returns to Audubon Zoo

Bonnie Jane Werner admires the beauty of Valerio in his habitat. Werner goes to the zoo with her mother every Tuesday as part of her exercise. ANDRES FUENTES / The Maroon.

By Andres Fuentes aafuentes@my.loyno.edu

Out of the mist of Jaguar Jungle, Audubon Zoo’s troubled big cat, Valerio, returns to his revamped and renovated habitat. The four-year-old jaguar stepped foot in his enclosure for the first time in seven months, after escaping and setting off on a killing spree among the other animals at the zoo. Valerio killed five alpacas, three foxes and an emu before being detained. He has been kept behind the scenes since June, as the zoo’s staff stayed busy adding new woven

stainless steel barriers, welded panels to the service door and rear wall of the habitat, a camera monitoring system, horticulture upgrades and new enrichment structures. “We really remodeled, revamped quite a bit for his reintroduction,” said Joel Hamilton, vice president and general curator of Audubon Zoo. The new additions were placed to enhance Valerio’s experience within the habitat while also making sure the carnivore does not escape again. “(Audubon Zoo) is a safe place to go,” Hamilton said. “What happened was an extremely, extremely rare incident for zoos all over the

Valerio the jaguar looks beyond the glass to his admirers. This is the first time in seven months that Valerio has been in the Audubon Zoo. ANDRES FUENTES / The Maroon.

world. It’s very unusual.” Liz Wilson, Audubon Zoo curator of the Louisiana Swamp and Jaguar Jungle, said there’s a calmer side to Valerio that she hopes zoo guests get to see. “Valerio is a very easy going cat,” she said. “He’s very easy to work with. Our animal care staff spends a lot of time developing a solid relationship with him.” Typically shy creatures, Valerio took to the new perching additions and hiding places of his habitat, a sign that he is comfortable in his remodeled habitat. “He does utilize his exhibit,” Wilson said. “He loves new experiences,

which is why he’s enjoying his new environment.” The new safety additions to the enclosure have brought a sense of ease to zoo-lovers who have waited to finally catch a glimpse at Audubon’s only jaguar. “We love this zoo. This is amazing,” Annez Werner, a weekly visitor to the zoo, said. Werner exercises every Tuesday at the zoo with her daughter, Bonnie Jane, and says she sees value in Valerio’s story. “Bonnie Jane and I talked about what happened and about wild animals, and that the jaguar was a wild animal and that’s what they do in

the wild,” she said. “This is a great way to educate her on what animals do and how we fix things and that people make mistakes just like animals make mistakes.” With a fresh start in a new enclosure, Wilson hopes Valerio will be known for something other than his deadly escape. “We really want to have this be this new chapter of his life,” she said. “He’s an amazing ambassador for jaguars and reinforced conservation and that’s what we want people to take away from him.”

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LEGO convention assembles its way to New Orleans By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu

Brick by brick and piece by piece, BrickUniverse has built its week home at the Pontchartrain Center, marking the first ever LEGO convention in Louisiana from Feb. 2 through Feb. 3. Combining both LEGO artists and vendors, the convention seeks to spark inspiration and creativity for all ages with some assembly required. From play areas to LEGO exhibits, the event has already created a buzz in the lo-

cal area. With its first ever toy brick-based convention, New Orleans will welcome five LEGO artists and their pieces for the weekend, giving the city a chance to be up close and personal with the trending art form. “I am an artist and it happens to be that the medium I choose to work in is LEGO bricks,” Jonathan Lopes said. “I assimilate LEGO as the medium like paint is to a painter or clay would be for a sculptor.” Lopes has been an avid fan of LEGO since he was a child, but he credits his LEGO artistry career to a Star Wars X-Wing set that he bought back in 1998. “The creativity was sparked in my head,” he said. “Slowly over time, over 20 years, I’ve turned it into a creative business for the past eight years now.” Lopes has grown to create LEGO pieces for galleries, finding inspiration anywhere from the New York architecture to the fictional characters that are featured in his wife’s children’s books. “It was not planned. I just found myself really enjoying the feel of (LEGO) and trying to push the limit and stretch myself as a LEGO builder and creator. So the fact that it turned into a full-on artistic median and a business for me, it kind of just happened naturally.” Paul Hetherington shares a similar view, being an artist with the material for

(TOP) Jonathan Lopes assembles his art pieces before the BrickUniverse convention. (BOTTOM) LEGO mosaics are on display. LEGO artists will also be at BrickUniverse to talk about their creations. ANDRES FUENTES / The Maroon.

(TOP) A bird’s eye view of Paul Hetherington’s LEGO Mardi Gras set. (BELOW) Paul Hetherington created a Mardi Gras set completely out of LEGO pieces. ANDRES FUENTES / The Maroon.

15 years. “LEGO allows me to express myself and get all the thoughts in my head into a three-dimensional form,” Hetherington said. Hetherington travels to New Orleans with his award-winning model sets, one of which is themed to a Mardi Gras parade in the French Quarter. “It’s such a vibrant scene,” he said. “There’s so much life in Mardi Gras that I thought it would be perfect to recreate in LEGO.” Despite never attending Mardi Gras, Hetherington searched through photos and books to accurately capture the carnival spirit. “I think my Mardi Gras is pretty close,” he said. “People like it when there’s a local element to relate to. Personally, I’m really excited to bring this model to New Orleans. I think the only thing missing is the beads.” Aside from the artists, vendors will also be present, selling rare LEGO pieces and sets. Doug Davis from itsablockparty.com will be among the eight vendors at the convention. “We pack and unpack a ton of cool,

rare, hard-to-find things,” Davis said. “I’m a reformed hoarder. About seven years ago, we started selling and I had a huge backstock of (LEGO sets) that were old and retired already.” With a love of the bricks dating as far back as three-years-old, the 48-year-old vendor enjoys selling and trading mini figures, sets and pieces across four different events each year. The two-day event will hope to bring about a new perception of LEGO. “A lot of people view it as a children’s

toy, but adults and children are stretching the limit of what can be done with LEGO. It’s basically a toy that people are using to create some very unique people,” Lopes said. BrickUniverse Organizer Greyson Beights hopes that the attendees will see what he sees in the colorful bricks. “We are trying to inspire,” he said. “Any day that a kid is building LEGO and away from a video game, away from a tv screen, is a win for their future and I think our future as well.”

Pop-up brings sweet treats from across New Orleans to ‘one central spot’ By India Yarborough iayarbor@my.loyno.edu

Just outside of New Orleans’ haunted Mortuary mansion sits a pop-up shop selling a Mardi Gras staple: king cakes. The shop, located at 4800 Canal St., is called the King Cake Hub. The hub’s owners have partnered with bakeries from across New Orleans and southeast Louisiana to bring more than 30 varieties of king cake to the shop every day. “You don’t have to drive 15 minutes out to Harahan or out to the Westbank or New Orleans East,” said King Cake Hub owner Will Samuels. “We bring everything to one location right here — your favorite king cakes in one central spot.” The hub sells cakes from Gambino’s Bakery, Hi-Do Bakery, Cannata’s Bakery and more. Samuels said the hub has seen a

steady stream of customers since its grand opening on Jan. 6. The opening itself, he added, attracted around 200 people. New Orleans native Mac Brown said he heard of the King Cake Hub through a TV advertisement. “I saw the advertisement on TV over the weekend about the sugar free king cakes, and you can’t find sugar free king cakes hardly anywhere in the city,” Brown said. “I am a diabetic, so I came back here to get and try the sugar free king cakes.” New Orleans residents David and Susan Sabrio said they visited the King Cake Hub looking for a satsuma almond king cake baked by the culinary arts department at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, though the couple already has several king cake favorites. “We like the Dong Phuong. We like Randazzo’s. We like Haydel’s,” David said. “So now our favorite is going to

evolve because we have so many different choices,” Susan added. Samuels argues that is exactly what should happen. “There are so many ones that are out there that are so good,” he said. “You’ve got to be able to explore and try different things.” This isn’t the first time Samuels has dipped his toes in the king cake business. Samuels and his wife Jennifer owned Pizza Nola for more than seven years before closing the restaurant last year. They sold a limited supply of homemade king cakes from their pizzeria. When Pizza Nola closed, they thought selling king cakes during Mardi Gras might be the perfect next step. “Gambino’s contacted us right as we were closing down and said ‘We’d love to be your supplier,’” Samuels said. “Over the last year, we’ve been talking to other bakeries to get them on board, and it just kind of worked out.”

The King Cake Hub sits just outside New Orleans’ Haunted Mortuary Mansion. The hub, located at 4800 Canal St., will remain open through Lundi Gras. INDIA YARBOROUGH/ The Maroon.

Deciding on a location, he added, was not a hard choice either. “We had first thought about the mansion, the Mortuary, in the summer, and we were like ‘Oh, it would be cool if we could be here,’” Samuels said. “It’s just an iconic location. It’s convenient to everything, right

in the center of town and on Canal Street with the streetcar. It just worked out perfectly for us.”

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Review: ‘YOU’ showcases stalking in the era of social media By Kaylie Saidin kesaidin@loyno.edu

The release of Lifetime’s psychological thriller “YOU” was met with overwhelming praise, particularly when it became available for streaming on Netflix. The series introduces us to Joe, a seemingly average New Yorker who considers himself a gentleman. He runs a bookstore, where he takes great care of first-edition copies of famous texts in a basement glass cell with controlled humidity. Joe, essentially, is old fashioned: he believes in chivalry and believes women should be protected by men. He has no social media, preferring to “live in the moment.” At face value, Joe has many qualities that some may consider desirable. But because we get Joe’s inner thoughts via voiceover, the audience is aware of his creepy nature almost immediately. Beneath the old-fashioned, Victorian-novel-worshipping facade, he crosses lines of curiosity with ease and ventures quickly into stalking territory. And the basement glass cell is quickly revealed to hold a darker secret. When a young writer named Beck wanders into his bookstore and they briefly flirt, he takes her name from her credit card. Although he claims to have no social media, he stalks

Beck on every imaginable website, finds out what places she frequents, where she attends school and where she lives. He then begins watching her from outside her house. His justification for all this is that all of her accounts are set to public — she “wants to be seen,” he boldly proclaims to the camera. Within the first twenty minutes of the pilot episode, viewers may begin to question the rationale behind their privacy settings being so loose. How easy is it to find out too much about someone’s life through social media? The truth is — and anyone who has peeped around on social media k n o w s this — it’s not that hard. Joe and Beck, in many ways, represent different ideals about social media and modernity. Beck writes poetry and fiction on her laptop, while Joe shelves two-hundred-year-old copies of Wuthering Heights in a dim-lit bookstore. Beck showcases her life and work on social media and the internet, while Joe publicly rejects social media and has no online presence (although

he obviously uses social media to stalk people). Both of them are people who see the Internet and the rise of social media as a tool; Beck uses it to present her life to the public in a highly curated manner, and Joe

uses it to gain private information about people and further manipulate them. The ways that both Beck and Joe use social media are infuriating for the viewer. Beck’s constant curation of a lifestyle that doesn’t reflect her real life is a constant source of an-

noyance, particularly for Joe, who finds her to be entirely different than the person he stalked online. Beck’s friends include a social media influencer named Annika whose feed is constantly the butt of jokes

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about millennials. When an old, seemingly racist video of Annika is exposed on Instagram, the video instantly goes viral in yet another reflection of the social media circus that controls much of the young

adult world. But none of Beck or her cohorts’ use of social media, despite its annoying nature, rivals the creepiness of Joe’s use. Joe steals phones, peeps into iCloud accounts and posts from other accounts to cover up murder. He manipulates everyone around him. “YOU,” essentially, is a tale about obsessive psychopathy in the era of social media and the internet “cloud.” The ways we use social media define us, and by the end of the series, neither Joe nor Beck are particularly likable, primarily due to their poor use of social media. Beck hides behind a fake and very public persona on Instagram, struggles to write poetry without becoming distracted by Instagram notifications and has friends who work as “influencers” by marketing body-positivity and female empowerment as their brand. Joe, on the other hand, uses social media to stalk and control others. “YOU” is not just about stalking; it’s about the ways social media and technology appeal to ugly impulses and enable people to engage in terrible things. Both Joe and Beck represent different extremes of using modern technology in harmful ways — although, being a murderer is far worse than being an obnoxious millennial.

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Havoc gets hype for mascot challenge By Rhon Ridgeway rlridgew@my.loyno.edu @RhonRidgeway

The 2019 competitive dance team performs their dance routine at The Den for the Southern States Athletic Conference on Feb. 2, 2019. The team won their third-consecutive conference title in front of the home team. ARIEL LANDRY/The Maroon.

Dance team captures third-straight championship in The Den

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By Vanessa Alvarado vnalvara@my.loyno.edu @VNAlvadrado

The Loyola competitive dance team brought championship-caliber fierceness and intensity for the third year in a row, winning the title in front of the home crowd. The dance team scored 86.32 to win the Southern States Athletic Conference title for a third straight year with four dancers making the All-Conference-Team and Head Coach Ricky Hill and Assistant Coach Tiffany Willis winning Coach of the Year. With only one senior on the team, most athletes have had a taste at a title before, especially captain music industry studies junior Beth Cohen. “I feel honored that I was able to be on the team during each one of our championship wins,” Cohen said. “We take our title very seriously and work hard each year to defend it.” Her team rose to the occasion to capture the conference win, two dual meet victories and first place at the Wolf Pack Invitational this past weekend. “The freshmen really stepped up to train hard to do well in competition,” she said. “The veterans did an excellent job in setting an example for the new members.” Cohen joined biology sophomore Lauren King, biology freshman Ana Maristany and psychology sophomore Sofia Rabassa were selected to the All-Conference team, feat that is credited to a new addition to the

(TOP) Biology sophomore Lauren King performs at the conference championship. (RIGHT) Music industry studies junior Beth Cohen performs her individual competition at the championship. ARIEL LANDRY/The Maroon.

dance program. Rabassa said, “This was our best season as a team. Our new coach, Tiffany Willis, was the one who brought us all close together but she also made us into stronger dancers.” Despite this being her first year at Loyola, Willis has learned to develop the dancers to be at the top of their conference. “I’ve learned a lot of diversity because these girls come from all over,” Willis said. “I really learned how to mold and get them to be a unit. They’re beautiful and talented but they’re even better as a unit.” The unit mentality is what brought the team accolades this year and King sees it and honor to be a part of such success throughout the past three years. “Winning was very rewarding,” King said. “Being a veteran on the team, it is really important to see the growth on the team from last year to this year really makes our practices worth it. Overall, the win is a great boost of encouragement. It definitely signifies the hard work that the team has put in to make it this far and it further encourages us to con-

Loyola’s own Havoc T. Wolf will be a contestant in the 2019 Southern States Athletic Conference Mascot Challenge, but he needs the Wolf Pack’s support to win. The SSAC Mascot Challenge will pit all eight conference mascots against each other to get the most fan votes in online polls. The contenders for the challenge and mascots are numbered one through eight based off last year’s results. Claws from Bethel University has won two earlier competitions and ranks as the No. 1 seed. During the 2018 Mascot Challenge, Havoc placed seventh. He could place higher this year depending on the number of likes he pulls in. Loyola’s athletic department plans to advertise the challenge on all their social media platforms. Mike Swartz, Loyola’s director of communications, talks about what it would mean for both Havoc and Loyola if the mascot wins the challenge. “Figuratively, it would be a fantastic testament to the great student-athletes, coaches, staff members, students, faculty, alumni and fans we have here at Loyola — and of course, bragging rights,” Swartz said. Swartz also addressed the uniqueness of the conference challenge. “This is just a promotion that the staff at our conference office came up with to help build some excitement around the great universities and athletic programs we have within the SSAC,” he added. Havoc will compete against Rage from Dalton State College on Thursday, Feb. 7 during round one. Then he will square off against round-two opponent on Feb. 13. The opponent will be determined from round one’s results. Voting and results of each matchup will be available on the athletic conference’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts from 9 a.m. each day voting begins to 8:30 a.m. CST the following day.

Baseball team looks to improve with young team By Andrew Wellmann aswellma@my.loyno.edu

The 2019 dance team posed with their trophy and championship banner after their conference win on Feb. 2. ARIEL LANDRY/The Maroon.

tinue to improve in hopes to reach the top.” Maristany also sees the value in succeeding so early on in her Loyola career. “Winning the conference championship made me feel so proud of myself and my teammates,” Maristany said. “It was an amazing experience and an honor to be chosen for the All-Conference team.” With the regional meet now on the horizon, the dance team is loo-

ing to gear up for another top-place finish and hopes the school will support them on their journey. “I think people are becoming aware of our team and what we bring to campus,” Cohen said. “I hope that students continue to show their work and attend our performances.” The dance team will travel to Fremont, Nebraska for the regional championships on Feb. 22.

Of the nearly 40 members of Loyola’s 2019 baseball team, only two will step onto the diamond as seniors. The majority of the team, therefore, are young up-and-comers. While they adjust to a program with few veterans, Head Coach Doug Faust hopes more players will develop into leaders. “Despite only having two seniors on the team, this year’s squad has more depth and experience compared to teams of the past,” Faust said.

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Students have blind faith in Loyola for Title IX standards Within the last 10 years, the way that universities handle sexual harassment and sexual violence have changed. Prior to the Obama administration, cases of this nature that occurred in college were handled only through individual university codes of conduct and state laws. But, in 2011, a Dear Colleague letter extended the civil rights protected under Title IX to include cases of sexual harassment and violence. The letter stated that incidents in these cases surrounding college students must be held to a certain preponderance of the evidence. It urged institutions of higher education to “take immediate and effective steps to end sexual harassment and sexual violence.” Under the Trump administration, changes have been proposed to the guidelines outlined in the aforementioned Dear Colleague letter. In

a wordy statement from the Department of Education, led by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the department essentially proposed that a school must hold the maximum code of conduct issues to the same standard as Title IX cases. These new proposed guidelines from the Department of Education essentially state that a university should make determinations about Title IX and conduct violations using the same standard of evidence. The potential changes have been met with a mixed consensus. When learning of these potential changes, the question on the minds of students that looms is what does this mean for Loyola. According to Loyola’s code of conduct and Title IX practices, the preponderance of evidence standard is used in both. So even prior to any proposed regulations or changes, the standard of proof at Loyola was

already uniform and will remain so. This will keep us in accordance with the proposed guidelines. But this doesn’t necessarily mean we should be put at ease. All university conduct issues are private proceedings, done behind closed doors and without public information being released. This includes cases of sexual harassment and violence. Cases of sexual harassment and violence in college are infamously difficult to handle. Stories from students who are treated unjustly by their university administration during such cases seem to make the news almost routinely. In a 2012 case at Amherst College that gained notoriety, Angie Epifano wrote of her experience, “I am sickened by the Administration’s attempts to cover up survivors’ stories, cook their books to discount rapes, pretend that withdrawals never occur, quell attempts at change and sweep

sexual assaults under a rug.” Rumors surrounding Title IX and conduct practices at Loyola cannot be confirmed nor denied due to the closed nature of these practices. However, in a small campus, these rumors circulate quickly and many may have heard of alleged malpractices or poorly handled incidents in our university. Because there is no way to know the nature of these proceedings, we put our trust in Loyola to handle our sexual harassment and sexual violence cases in the justest way possible. If we are remaining at a high standard, with both our conduct and Title IX preponderance of evidence standards equivalent, we trust in our university — and we trust blindly — that these proceedings are done with justice, fairness and equity.

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Notes from the Wolf Pack Tour

By Neil Baum

CALVIN ramsay Mass communication Junior cbramsay@ my.loyno.edu

Due to the internet, underground rap has become less and less ... well ... underground. Many Loyola Soundcloud rappers and producers recently went on tour with several other artists in Texas. This is the story of their tour life experience. It’s 30 minutes till the first set in Austin, and Convolk has been missing for the past three hours. The Russian-American headliner left the Airbnb saying that he was getting a new tattoo, and that was it. Now, 13 other rappers, producers, photographers and videographers sit backstage at a bar/venue called “Come and Take It Live!” and prepare for the second show of the Wolf Pack Tour. The hosts of the venue are panicking, worrying that Convolk won’t make it in time for his set. They express these worries to Max Taylor, the unofficial organizer of the entire tour and a Loyola junior. The rest of the performers show no real sense of urgency as they sit back stage and joke about “OV tour life,” an inside joke repeated anytime something occurs, good or bad. Convolk finally enters the backstage area moments before the first set, sporting a fresh tattoo of a snake wrapped around his arm and a large slice of greasy pizza he struggles to un-grease. OV Tour Life. The musicians sport unorthodox designer clothing ranging from metal chains and skinny jeans to large jackets and t-shirts that depict anime and other pop culture references. The front of the bar holds about 50 similarly-dressed fans. The crowd waits patiently for the first performance set as they sway to postmodern anthems such as “XO Tour Life” and “YuNg BrAtZ” being played by Lukrative, a Loyola student and designated DJ for the tour. The Jan. 25 concert that night was in the east downtown area of Houston at an eccentric venue that featured a thrift shop and a mound of unused cardboard boxes. The show was energetic, and the venue held many devoted fans. But the neighborhood of the Airbnb the performers stayed in wasn’t quite so friendly. While everyone was outside enjoying post-show

Skylar Allen performs on a tour with fellow students throughout multiple states, dubbed the “Wolf Pack Tour.” CALVIN RAMSAY / The Maroon.

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UberEats on the terrace, the sound of gunshots echoed through the streets less than a block away. Such is the life of poor Soundcloud rappers on tour ... right? The Wolf Pack tour was mostly set up by Taylor and Convolk for the purpose of promoting Convolk’s new album “Lone Wolf,” as well as paying homage to the many Loyola artists that performed on tour. Taylor said that the use of Loyola’s mascot, “Wolf Pack,” represents the entourage of performers that joined together for the tour. The Austin show opened with a local artist called Tripnotix. Taylor said he figured it would be good to open each show with a rapper from that city. Taylor, Skylar Allen, HeartbreakP and OVRCZ performed together, given that many of their songs feature each other. The Loyola students performed their melodic hits such as “Pink Lemonade,” “Over Passion” and “Lately.” Next, the Canadian native, James Colt, and young Texan, 6obby (Bobby), added an emotional twist with their sad and angst-ridden lyrics. They were followed by Keshore and Savage Ga$p, who gassed up the crowd with their demanding stage presence and the performance of their trap-metal hits such as “Pumpkins scream in the dead of night.” Then they slowed down the pace with songs like “killjoy” and “flaming hot cheetos.” Joule$ and Hexagram The Dragoon performed afterward. Joule$’ combination of dark beats and rhymes paired with Hexagrams screamo capability only thrilled the moshing fans even more. Finally, Convolk began. His sad melodies of love and loss attracted many people who identify as emo and grew up listening to the punkrock genre. Everyone on the tour, to some degree, raps about similar themes in a

Top: Max Taylor and Niccolo Short, two Loyola rappers, collaborate onstage. Bottom: Keshore, an Atlanta rapper, was one of many artists the Wolf Pack teamed up with. CALVIN RAMSAY / The Maroon.

display of emo rap, a genre of music that is still widely considered to be underground. “Sad boy flex, ice up on my neck,” a line in 6obby (Bobby) and James Colt’s song “Doubt,” beautifully sums up the essence that encases the unique and underground genre of emo rap. Emo rap is a relatively new genus of infamous Soundcloud rap that was brought to popularity by artists like Lil Peep, XXXTentacion and Trippie Redd. The sub-genre is characterized by its use of punk-rockinspired beats and lyrics that touch upon emotional dilemmas such as heartbreak, depression, drug abuse and other mental illnesses. The genre also touches on materialistic themes about luxury and designer items that are more prevalent in tra-

ditional rap and hip hop music. While the crowds for these shows never exceed 200 people, the fans that do come out all have utmost respect for the performers. Soundcloud is a site that many artists use to build a following, and while it may be a slow start, the fans that they gain are all real and true. The underground shows provide a great opportunity for fans to interact with talented musicians before they become big. At the shows, the line between rapper and fan are blurred as musicians join the fans on the floor or invite on the stage during their performances. It’s an all-around-authentic experience for both the fan and artist as they enjoy each other’s appreciation.

As students, we spend an inordinate amount of time on computers and watching screens on iPads and cell phones. I am guilty of waking up every day looking at emails and also checking my computer inbox before retiring at night. I have become, as most of my fellow students, aware that I am tethered to the Internet and iPhone 24/7 and even when I’m on vacation or between semesters. It became apparent to me that I, like probably most of you, have become a slave to social media, email, texting and apps. Let me offer a solution to this enslavement: it’s called getting unplugged and having an “electronic sabbatical” when you are totally unplugged from the internet, mobile phone, computer, iPad and other electronic devices for just one day a week. First, let’s look at the benefits of becoming unplugged. After an unplugged day where you are free from the digital world you will notice dramatic changes within yourself. You will think different, you will act different and see things from a new perspective. Time will slow down. You will have more attention to devote to the priorities of your life, and you’ll be more receptive to new ideas, new concepts and even new friends that are coming your way. Becoming unplugged will make you feel like time is in abundance. You’ll create room for ideas and insights. You’ll gain real inspiration from life and circumstances that are different from online inspiration. You may find this is the best time for stimulating your creative juices. There are many additional benefits you will find out for yourself, and the positive affects are felt long after the unplugged day is over. To prepare for an unplugged day, think of a solution to move internet or computer tasks or projects to a different day. Answer your most important emails before the unplugged day starts. Setup an automatic email responder that you will not be answer emails until Monday if your unplugged day is Saturday or Sunday. If you have a blog, send out blog posts on Thursdays or Fridays so you can connect with your readers over the weekend if that’s the time you dedicate to being unplugged. If you have a Facebook account, don’t respond on your unplugged day. I promise you that your friends will still like you on Monday. Don’t post on Instagram or Snapchat. Your photo can wait to go viral a day later. As Thomas Friedman said in his book “Thanks for Being Late,” the world is always in a state of acceleration. He advocated taking a regularly scheduled pause and reflecting instead of being in a state of acceleration. As a result, it is a way to increase the odds that you’ll be understood, a better way to engage the world around you, and yes, even become a better student or faculty member. Remember what the good book says, “Thou shalt work hard for six days a week and rest on the seventh day.” I think in 2019 and beyond that means getting unplugged for just one day a week!