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April 25, 2016 Volume 112, Issue 53
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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Chalk controversy on College St.
JIMMY JOHN’S Customer appreciation day at Jimmy John’s draws a crowd on College Hill.
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5
DISCRIMINATION Columnist says so-called religious freedom laws are not discriminatory.
OPINION PAGE 3
SOFTBALL Panthers go 2-1 in a three-game series. SPORTS PAGE 6
IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan
Phrases such as “ANTI-STREET HARASSMENT WEEK” and “CONSENT IS REQUIRED” covered various surfaces on College Hill, including walls and sidewalks. The phrases were written in chalk, causing varying reactions among College Hill businesses.
CASEY ALLBEE Staff Writer
“Consent is required” was just one of the many anti-sexual harassment messages that were seen on College Hill and Main Street on Friday, April 8. These messages were written in chalk on the sidewalks and even walls of some businesses during the evening hours. Sigma Phi Epsilon recently hosted their annual Sexual Assault Awareness week (SAAW), which began on April 4 and ended on April 8. This
was the fraternity’s fourth year hosting SAAW. Despite the timing of the fraternity’s week-long sexual assault awareness event in conjunction with the chalkings that appeared on College Hill and Main Street, Jared Riter, Sigma Phi Epsilon president, said he did not have any knowledge of the chalkings. “None of my members took part in the chalking, and Sigma Phi Epsilon did not have any knowledge of this or take part in this in any way,” Riter said. Sigma Phi Epsilon Advisor
Alan Heisterkamp echoed Riter, saying, he had no idea who wrote the messages. On Saturday, April 9, employees of one business on Main Street found an anti-sexual harassment message written in chalk on the side of their building. According to police call logs, the business reported this to the Cedar Falls Police. The incident was recorded as a vandalism case. One individual, who wishes to remain anonymous, works at a bar on Main Street and had
attempted to clean off a message that was written outside of the business. The message reportedly said, “Consent is required.” The individual could not clean off the message after 20 minutes of sweeping, and the message remained on the sidewalk all weekend until it rained again. “The thing I didn’t like about it was how it made it looked like people got raped there,” the individual said.
JACOB MADDEN
ing a bike to power a blender. According to finance and real estate double major and NISG senator, Cavan Finn, the Panther Bash has happened in the past “to give students a chance to meet the new representatives, we have a lot of senators and some of the new upper cabinet is here today talking about NISG.” Finn explained that the Panther Bash aims to show students the fun side of NISG. “We really wanted to
bring it outside instead of in the Union, we have a more welcoming environment out here,” Finn said. This year, the Panther Bash featured a dunk tank where members of the athletic department, the dance and cheer teams, students and staff alike sat precariously above the so-called “ice bath.” This was one of the most popular activities at the event.
NISG bash makes a splash Staff Writer
JACOB MADDEN/Northern Iowan
TK cycles to power a smoothie bicycle. Along with this, a dunk tank, free snacks, music provided by KULT and a STAT booth were present.
See CHALK, page 2
The sun shone out of the stormy clouds on Thursday, just in time for the NISG Panther Bash. The event was located outside the main doors of the Union, and featured free snacks for finals week studying, as well as a number of other activities. The STAT booth sold memberships, KULT Radio provided music and students could make smoothies by rid-
See NISG BASH, page 5
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