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Friday December 5 , 2014 • Volume 98, Issue Number 12 • An Independent, Student-Run Newspaper
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Time capsule closes off
SGA promotes equality on campus
125 anniversary of The Rock
By Amber Cannon Assistant News Editor
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Slippery Rock University President Cheryl J. Norton puts a letter to the future president of the university, a snow globe and a booklet describing the principals and presidents of the university into the time capsule during the unveiling event on Thursday at common hour. The capsule serves as a capstone to the 125 year anniversary activities that have been taking place since the beginning of the year. The time capsule won't be opened until 2039.
By Amber Cannon Assistant News Editor
Slippery Rock University unveiled a time capsule Thursday at common hour in the Robert M. Smith Student Center. The event stood as a capstone to the 125 year anniversary activities that have been taking place throughout the year. Many special guests were in attendance at the event, including members from the Council of Trustees, the cabinet and members from several groups and organizations on campus. Slippery Rock University President Cheryl J. Norton spoke at the event, giving some background
Men's Basketball Sneaks By Scots Frank Holloway's 19 points helped lead The Rock past Edinboro 69-65 on Wednesday.
history of the university. Norton said what started as community effort to bring higher learning to the young men and women of the region became the opening of Slippery Rock State Normal College in 1889. “It seems almost miraculous that in a remarkably short period of time, only 18 months, the citizens of Slippery Rock had appointed the land, the record buildings, and administrative faculty that laid the foundation upon which Slippery Rock University is built,” Norton said.
SEE FACULTY, PAGE A-2
The Slippery Rock Student Government Association approved the proclamation declaring that they will continue to promote equality for all students at their regular senate meeting Monday. President of SGA, Katie Hill said the reason why SGA declared that they will continue to promote equality is because of all of the things that have been happening on the Yik Yak app and around the nation with violence. “We just want to make sure that we are standing for what is right and what it true,” Hill said. “SGA is in support of rights for all students and their need to feel safe on campus.” Hill said SGA is planning to recruit people who are interested in advocating and who are going to help educate students about the violence that has been happening and what to do if students are ever in these situation. Along with declaring that SGA will continue to promote equality for all students, Hill also declared SGA an official Toys for Tots supporter. The senate will continue to support the drive whole-heartedly. Student Trustee, Laura Ordaz, was the guest speaker at the meeting. Ordaz updated students about when the next Council of Trustees meetings were and what kind of committee meetings they can find and attend throughout the week. SGA untabled and approved the motion to elect Jenna Temple, Watson Hall senator, and Sarah Arpino as the student members of the SRSGA Board of Directors. SGA also approved the minutes of the meeting on Nov. 17. The senate adopted a revised proposed ethics statement. The new proposed ethics statement further explains that SGA strives to uphold values and expectations given to them by students. According to the ethics statement, SGA enhances the Slippery Rock student experience by providing students with diverse opportunities that allow growth, they advocate for the best interests of the student body, they represent the students in all matters and forms for their best interest, and they continue to support the students in their pursuit of excellence during their college experience. The Study Abroad Club was granted $110 to help fund a welcome back and send-off seminar for students who will be leaving to study abroad and also for students who will be returning from studying abroad. The Winter Color Guard was granted $350 to help pay for an interest fee so they can compete in Winter Guard International. The motion of granting $108 to the Law Society failed. Speaker of the Senate, Megan Burr, and Commuter Senator, Michael Farah, will both be graduating in December and were recognized for their service to the senate. Commuter Senator, Michael Farah was named “liter” of the week.
AIDS awareness promoted through monologues By Haley Barnes News Editor
World AIDS Day, held annually on Dec. 1, is a day to promote awareness for the pandemic and to remember those who lost their lives to the disease. The Student Union of Multicultural Affairs (SUMA) commemorated World AIDS Day on Monday night by hosting the annual free Red Ribbon Monologues in the Smith Student Center Ballroom. “The purpose of the event is to spread awareness about the HIV/AIDS disease and to show how serious this disease affects the world,” Na’Jae Tate, criminology major and Public Relations Officer of SUMA said. “We show awareness by having students recite monologues, poems or their own original writings and also other artistic styles that pertain to the disease. We also have a guest speaker that comes to discuss their personal trials and tribulations as they continue to live with the HIV/AIDS disease. Our speaker this year was Mr. Mike Hellman from the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. His story was powerful and touched many including myself.” The HOPE Peer Educators and RockOUT were present at the event in order to further inform students about HIV and AIDS. Dr. Catherine Massey, psychology professor, had a table set up to
Doctor Dan Says Goodbye Dan Gladis shares his parting words of wisdom as he prepares to graduate this winter. Page B-2
inform students about a future “Safe Zone” training event coming up on Jan. 19, 2015. The PERSAD Center, the nation’s second oldest licensed counseling center serving the LGBT community and people living with HIV, was at the Red Ribbon Monologues promoting their three different branches, which are located in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Washington, Pennsylvania. Mike Hellman, the guest speaker of the Red Ribbon Monologues, has been working for the Pittsburgh AIDS Task force ten years. He owns a non-profit advocacy agency for HIV and he also works with state agency called the HIV Planning Group. “We talked about faith, we talked about education, we talked about stigma, which we know is still out there, right, and we expressed it all through artistry, that’s awesome, that is very awesome,” Hellman said at the Red Ribbon Monologues, “So just to give you an idea, some of the statistics that I saw up here, this is a note I got today from the Health and Human Resources, with updated information. So this tells you how much the information was probably put together yesterday and maybe out of date. So yesterday we said there were 34 million people living with HIV. Across the world today, it’s 35 million. We just excluded a million people.”
Athlete Of The Month Crowned Football star Leroy McClain was named The Rocket's Athlete of the Month. Page C-3
SEE HIV, PAGE A-2
Dancers Interpret Important Themes Senior dance majors portray feminism, age-gaps, and death through dance. Page D-1