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Friday April 22, 2016 • Volume 99, Issue Number 24 • An Independent, Student-Run Newspaper
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Fetty Wap electrifies a sold out crowd of 2,400
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Fetty Wap performs his hit song "Trap Queen" to a sold-out crowd on Monday in the Aebersold Recreation Center. Wap also performed his signature songs, "Again" and "679."
By Amber Cannon Campus Life Editor
UPB hosted spring concert artist Fetty Wap on Monday in the Aebersold Recreation Center (ARC) to a sold-out crowd of 2,400 students. Members of Fetty Wap’s record label, RGF Productions, hyped up the crowd before the rapper came on stage to perform some of his hit songs. Fetty Wap opened with “Boomin’,” a song from his self-titled album. He also performed some of his smash songs such as “RGF Island,” “Again,” “My Way,” “679" and “Trap Queen.” Fetty Wap’s right-hand man, Monty, also performed songs from his upcoming mixtape. S enior environment a l s cience and professional science major Santa Bell said the concert didn’t reach her expectations, but that she had a good time.
She said during the concert, it felt as though Monty was the only person performing. “I understand that since it’s a college tour and he (Monty) wants to put on so everybody knows who he is, but I expected more from Fetty Wap,” she said. Although Fetty Wap performed his top hits, Belle said she wished he would have performed “I’m Straight” and “Rewind.” Senior health science and health care administration major Mack Bean said the concert was purely something for him to do. Bean also said he was expecting a lot more out of Fetty Wap. “It seemed like it was more of everybody else, except for Fetty,” Bean said. “Whether I made it or not, I probably wouldn’t have been sad.”
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Financing provided Title IX committee to discuss trans-inclusive policies for four projects states "no person in the United States shall, on By Chris Gordon the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to on campus discrimination under any education program or Assistant News Editor
By Daniel DiFabio Rocket Contributor
Slippery Rock University has received bond financing from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors, which will help fund four projects on campus. A m i r Mo h a m m a d i , v i c e pre s i d e nt of f i n an c e an d administration, said that the bond financing gives the university the money needed to start the construction, which will then be paid off in the years to come. “We have worked and received approval from the board of governors so all the financing is in place,” Mohammadi said. The project is currently in the design phase and Mohammadi hopes that construction will happen soon after commencement. SEE PROJECTS PAGE A-2
Policies accommodating transgender students may come to Slippery Rock University if legal precedent rooted in Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is accepted. Cindy LaCom, SRU's director of gender studies, said she decided to start the discussion about these policies after attending a presentation on how Title IX has been used to accommodate trans students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). "I'm on the Title IX committee and I've asked our Title IX coordinator to put this on the agenda for next Wednesday," she said. "I've spoken informally to to a couple members of GISO, the president's commission on gender inclusion and sexual orientation, about possibly working with Title IX in the fall to have policies go into place." Macy v. Holder (2012) is often referenced when trans-inclusive policies are enacted, LaCom said. In this case, the court ruled that discrimination of transgender individuals is discrimination based on sex, according to jacksonlewis.com. Macy v. Holder relates to SRU because Title IX
activity receiving federal financial assistance." "This is all very informal," LaCom said. "But I'm hoping this fall the conversation becomes much more formal." The conversation of trans-inclusion is often reduced to bathroom use, LaCom said, which is an issue she encountered secondhand when Atticus Ranck, a transgender alum, visited campus last week to discuss trans issues. "When Atticus was on campus, I asked him if he needed to go to the bathroom before we went to a dinner I had planned for him," she said. "He said 'no I'll just wait until we get to the restaurant.'" LaCom said she later asked Atticus why he hadn't used the bathroom earlier, to which he responded, "I don't feel entirely comfortable using the men's restroom on campus, especially when my picture has been posted everywhere. I just don't want to risk anyone harassing me." SEE PROFESSOR PAGE A-3
SRU Should Utilize Empty Buildings
Rock Rugby Hosts Weekend Games
Miller Auditorium and Krauss Hall remain unused and the university should address it. Page B-1
The SRU rugby club teams hosted the 35th Annual Rugby Fest Saturday.
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Queens Make Their Way To Campus A new organization on campus hopes to inspire and appreciate women of color. Page D-3