The Miscellany News | November 10, 2011

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Profiling concerns emerge

November 10, 2011

Alyssa Aquino

Mary Huber

Guest Reporter

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ad as Hell”: Thus read the headline for the Oct. 17 issue of the Dutchess Chronicle regarding Occupy Poughkeepsie (OP). Those Poughkeepsie residents that are “not going to take this anymore” have assembled in Hulme Park at the corner of Market Street and Church Street. The Occupy movements have drawn in the curious and polarized the critical, and some Vassar students have joined local Poughkeepsie residents in voicing their opinions. Compared to Occupy Wall Street, OP is relatively new: Protesters set up their tents on Oct. 15. Katia Chapman ’12 and Susan Randolph ’12 heard about OP through word of mouth when the movement just started. Out of curiosity they went to a General Assembly meeting, and they have been regulars in Hulme Park ever since. “[Occupy See OCCUPY on page 8

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acial profiling is generally associated with police officers, but some students at Vassar have claimed it occurs much closer to home. Recent accusations against Safey and Security of racial profiling have sparked a discussion between Safety and Security, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) and members of the administration on race and profiling on campus. Two cases in particular, those concerning Akeel St. Vil ’14 and Leroy Barrington Archer ’12, have brought the issue to the forefront. St. Vil said that, while attending an academic program at Vassar over the summer, he was approached by a Security guard in Main. “[The officer] asked for my Vassar ID, so I gave it to him. Then he looked at it and walkie-talkied a couple of other Security guards. About three or four of them came from different directions,” he said. See PROFILING on page 8

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Occupy movement localizes

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Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY

A Safety and Security officer makes her rounds in one of the residential halls. Students and the Vassar Student Association Council have recently voiced concern over a house reassignment policy used as punishment for unregistered parties.

Council drafts resolution against Men’s soccer captures house reassignment guideline first Liberty League title Joey Rearick and Dave Rosenkranz

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n Oct. 27, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life Luis Inoa sent an all-campus email regarding guest passes and unregistered parties which concluded: “Also, you should be aware that a

Courtesy of Shane Donahue, Vassar Athletics

Corey Cohn

Sports Editor

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he Vassar men’s soccer team capped off a historic playoff run last Saturday, defeating Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 3-2 to capture the program’s first Liberty League Championship. Earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, the Brewers have more soccer to look forward to, but coaches and players alike have been savoring this moment nonetheless. “It’s been straight-up euphoria,” Captain Ross Macklin ’12, named All-

Liberty League First Team, said. Sam Erlichson-McCarthy ’12 added he was feeling a mixture of excitement and pride in his teammates. “We came out harder and were better than the other team,” he remarked. “We got the job done.” Going into this season, the Brewers had high expectations despite a difficult 2010 campaign. The 8-7-1 record and seventh-place finish in the Liberty League didn’t reflect the team’s potential in Erlichson-McCarthy’s eyes. “Last season was hard,” he recalled, See SOCCER on page 18

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Students face voting pressures local elections

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Student Association (VSA) Council adopted a resolution last week that opposed the use of housing reassignment as a standard consequence for hosting an unregistered party. VSA Vice President for Student Life Charlie Dobb ’12, See RELOCATION on page 4

Anne-Marie Slaughter to open sesquicentennial conference Molly Turpin

Editor in Chief

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s Vassar’s sesquicentennial year draws to a close, the College will turn to contemporary academia and current events in a conference and weekend-long series of discussions set to kick off on Friday, Nov. 11. “Most sesquicentennial events have been focused on history thus far,” said Michael Mestitz ’12. “But this one looks forward to see what students and schools can do to prepare us to face the next wave of challenges.” The conference, On Educating the Global Citizen, will span the weekend beginning Friday evening in “A Conversation on International Relations” featuring Bert G. Kerstetter ‘66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs from Princeton University AnneMarie Slaughter. Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History Robert Brigham, who will moderate the conversation with Slaughter, described Slaughter as a path-breaking scholar.

Raw milk co-op brings controversial staple to campus

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The men’s soccer team celebrates after winning their first Liberty League Championship game against Rochester Instiute of Technology last Saturday Nov. 5, 3-2.

logical consequence of causing a disruption along the lines of an unauthorized party in the houses may be reassignment to a different house.” Both the language of the statement and the policy it describes have been the subject of recent debate. In response to Inoa’s email, the Vassar

Anne-Marie Slaughter speaks at a conference for the Center for a New American Security in 2007. Slaughter will speak at Vassar on Friday, Nov. 11. Slaughter is the former director of policy planning in the State Department—the first woman to hold the position—a post that she held from 2009 to 2011.

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“Some of the best minds in foreign policy have come from that position—George Kennan, Paul Nitze, Richard Haass, Anne-Marie See CONFERENCE on page 4

Thomas to talk on tactile, graphic art


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