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Cape Town assault raises concerns Alumna pushing for more security after sexual assault case By Erin Caughey erin.caughey@marquette.edu
On May 13, 2011, a female Marquette student studying abroad in Cape Town as part of the South Africa Service Learning program was raped in an alley just outside of the university-provided housing. Just after the incident, a night guard was put in place outside of the building for the remainder of the program. This security service was discontinued after that semester’s group left. Now, program alumna of that semester and 2011 Marquette graduate Molly Arenberg is pushing for the university to provide more preventative security and build a greater awareness of sexual violence in foreign countries where its students are studying. “My first and primary goal was just to get the night guard back in place,” Arenberg said. “However, through my attempts to talk to (the Office of International Education), the Department of Public Safety, the Leadership Council and a (DPS) sexual violence advocate, it became more and more apparent that there is a systematic problem in how Marquette responded to this act of sexual violence.” Arenberg said students were
Rally pushes an ‘open’ MU Student protest aims to spur more diversity on campus
sleeping when the attack occurred, and two students woke to the victim’s screams. The victim was then taken to the hospital and provided a counselor. The university-provided housing, the Kimberley House, is located at 1 Kimberley Rd., adjacent to the alley students often use to walk home. In response to the attack, the university installed a light and three security cameras providing a live video feed of the house’s alley entrance, which students are told to use. Current students in the program were asked if they felt the need to reinstall a night guard, but they decided against the proposal. One current participant in the program, Jessa Hackman, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been speaking on behalf of the group. According to Hackman, the group has discussed the safety issues brought up to them and views the dangers no differently than any other major city’s crimes. “We know she (Arenberg) is coming from a place of love and concern for the current and future members of this program, and for that we are really thankful,” Hackman said in an email. “However, at this time, the current residents of the Kimberley House feel comfortable in our environment here in Cape Town.” Students were instructed by the university to use the buddy system, Arenberg said. This, she said, is not an adequate See Africa, page 5
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
By Allison Kruschke allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
Photo by Allison Kruschke/allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
A new student organization invited the student body to join its movement Thursday by hosting a rally to “open up Marquette” for its new diversity initiatives. Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES), a Marquette chapter of the citywide advocacy group Voces de la Frontera, held a studentled rally on Central Mall to introduce its Open Up, Marquette! initiative. The organization was created last semester to advocate for immigrant students and students from diverse backgrounds. The organization gathered YES members as well as other students to speak about bringing more diversity to Marquette and reaching out to the Milwaukee community. A group of about 30 students held signs and chanted “Open Up, Marquette!” as some students spoke about other diversity initiatives the group plans to take on, including the recruitment of more multicultural faculty and the formation of a new multicultural center, in addition to the one already located in the Alumni Memorial Union. Maricela Aguilar, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and a student organizer for YES, said the organization hopes to empower students at Marquette to make a positive difference with regards
Students took to Central Mall on Friday to push their diversity initiatives.
See Rally, page 5
Affirmative action to see Supreme Court again were any race but white they would have been admitted to the university and attended that fall as freshmen. Both students were enrolled in Texas high schools at the time. “I hope the (Supreme) Court will decide that all future University of Texas applicants will be allowed to compete for admission without their race or ethnicity being a factor,” Fisher said in a statement issued by the Project on Fair Representation, a foundation based in Washington that opposes race-conscious government actions. Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas at Austin,
The Supreme Court is likely to not hear the case until October 2012.
A new Supreme Court case involving the University of Texas has gained national attention for its potential implications on racial identity as a determining factor in college admissions. Abigail Fisher, a white student who claims the University of Texas at Austin denied her admission due to her race in 2008, is the primary plaintiff suing the univer-
sity. The other is Rachel Michalewicz, another white student. The University of Texas system admission policy automatically admits students who finish high school in the top 10 percent of their class, although there is a partial exemption at the Austin campus to limit that automaticadmittance to 75 percent of the incoming class. For those who aren’t in that top bracket, race is taken into consideration in an effort to diversify its incoming classes. Fisher and Michalewicz were both denied admission and claim that the university’s race-conscious admission policy violated their civil and constitutional rights. They argue that if they
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Students sue U of Texas after alleged denial due to race By Andrea Anderson andrea.anderson@marquette.edu
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DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 VIEWPOINTS........................6 CLOSER LOOK....................8
STUDY BREAK....................10 SPORTS..........................12 CLASSIFIEDS..................14
Organizations look to help military veterans get jobs. PAGE 3
Stand up, seniors. It’s the last home game. We need you. PAGE 7
See Affirmative, page 5
Former freshman with puncher’s chance of an Olympic berth. PAGE 15