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Friday, February 22, 2013
MTV's Nev Schulman lectures on campus
Slippery Rock University Student Newspaper
Volume 96, Number 16
Music Therapy hosts their first Black History Month event By Kevin Squires Rocket Contributor
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See the Campus Life Section on Page C-1 for the inside story on Catfish on Campus and Nev's SRU visit.
"Vagina Monologues" offers diverse insight into female sexuality
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The Slipp er y Ro ck University Music Therapy hosted its first ever Black History Month event on Wednesday night. The event took place at 7 p.m. in Swope Music Building and consisted of a presentation on African music followed by a drum circle with participation by everyone in attendance. A drum circle is a group of individuals making music together in a circle. Ashley Taylor, senior music therapy major and president of the Music Therapy Club, explains just how important it was to have an event like this in honor of Black History Month. “I think people take for granted the music we have in America and don’t realize how much of it is influenced by African culture,” she said. The Club
chose to do a drum circle because it was interactive and offered good cultural information and a unique musical experience. The event began with an introduction to the impact African music has made on America. “[In America] there existed a love for African music and a refusal to respect the people who made it,” Taylor said. Some of the most successful and popular music in the United States is thanks to AfricanAmericans. “R agtime, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk, disco, hip-hop, and electronic dance music all have origins from African and African-Americans.” Taylor also explained. Next, the presentation took a look at African music as a whole and the SEE DRUM, PAGE A-3
Flat tire leads to two-vehicle crash on Kiester
By Jonathan Janasik Rocket News Editor
“Cunt! Cunt! Cunt!” the audience members of the Swope Music Auditorium cheered with SRU student Paige Niezelski, who was wearing a dress with the word “cunt” spelled out in large red capital letters. This was a part of the episodic play The Vagina Monologues entitled “Reclaiming Cunt” in which a woman explains how the word “cunt” is actually a beautiful word despite often being used in a negative way. The Vagina Monologues is a play written by Tony award winning playwright Eve Ensler that features different monologues that focus on the female experience. “The show is vulgar, honest, and it’s startling,” English professor and cast member Dr. Rebecca May said. “I think that’s the point of the show. It’s to startle people into acknowledging the silence that surrounds women’s sexuality, and the kinds of experiences women can have. Some of those are heartbreaking, some of those are terrifying, and some of those are hilarious. Throughout the event, facts about violence against women were presented to the audience. An example provided by the National College Women Sexual Victimization Study was that an estimated 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 college women experienced a completed or attempted rape within their years at school. Another statistic stated that there have been 17.7 million reported cases of women being victims of completed or attempted rape. Ensler is also the founder of V-Day, which is an organization that raises awareness about violence against women and girls. “I want the issue of violence against women and the V-Day organization to be something that the audiences takes away from the show," senior Political Science cast member Nicole Geyer said. “But I also want them to take away the fact that things don’t always have to be so serious. We don’t always have to be so upfront. We can be funny and can joke about things that women go through.” The play will be performed from Wednesday Feb. 20 to Friday the Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5, or $3 with a student ID. Proceds from the event will benefit Butler County VOICe and Lawrence County Crisis Shelter. “Whether or not you have a vagina, you’re welcome to come to the show,” senior mathematics and professional studies major and cast member Grace Evans said. “A lot of it is funny, and a lot of it is serious. That dynamic provides a really good show for people to see. It’s not about bashing men. It’s about awareness and making every woman in the world feel like they have a voice in this matter."
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The Slippery Rock Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle accident Tuesday evening, resulting in one injury. The accident involved a white Suzuki sedan and a gray Toyota SUV (seen at Back Left). For video footage of the accident, scan the QR code below or see www.youtube.com/theSRUrocket.
By Andy Treese Campus Life Editor
and Catie Clark Assistant News Editor
A two-vehicle traffic collision o c c u r re d on Ki e s te r ro a d. outside of the southern entrance to SRU and injured one person Tuesday evening around 6:30 p.m. According to Slippery Rock Fire Marshal Dave Taggart. According to Taggart, the accident was called in at 6:32 p.m. after a gray Toyota SUV turned left onto Kiester Rd. from the university entrance as a white
Suzuki sedan with a flat front tire was coming down the hill on the road. The driver of the sedan, Kimberly Arntz, a junior Business Major, attempted to swerve off of the road and to the right in order to avoid colliding with the gray SUV. As the sedan swerved right, the car flipped onto its left side and pinned Arntz inside of her vehicle as the gray SUV collided into the flipped vehicle, according to Taggart. The identity of the driver of the gray Toyota SUV is currently unknown. Arntz had to be extricated from the
wreckage by emergency officials. After officials removed her from the vehicle, Arntz was taken to Grove City Medical Center by paramedics, according to Taggart. Arntz refused comment at press time, and the extent of her injuries remain unknown.