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Friday November 6, 2015 • Volume 99, Issue Number 9 • An Independent, Student-Run Newspaper
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S.O.L. hosts Day of the Dead fashion show By Amber Cannon Campus Life Editor
The SRU Student Organization fo for Latinos, Hispanics and Allies (S.O.L (S.O.L.) celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of o the Dead) Wednesday evening with a p pa cked audience in the Robert M. M packed Smith Student Center Ballroom Ballroom. S.O.L. collaborated wit with the Cosplay Club, SRU Mod Moda and the President's President Commission for Rac Race and Ethnic Diversity for this th event. President of S.O.L., Yadir Yadira Lupian-Lua said Dia de los lo Muertos is a two-day celebration. celebration The first day is a celebration of th the young children that have died and an the second day is a tribute to the olde older individuals. Lupian-Lua said it is a celebration for them and the afterlife. Lupian-Lua said generally, peop people create a shrine in their house tto commemorate the dead, wher where they put bread, water, flower owers, p pi ctures and whatever the pictures their favorite things are in the shrine. shrin She said the h shrine is built on th the f i r s t day o Muerto off Dia de los Muertos a n d lasts the whole week. She also said people gather gathe at their loved one ones' ggrave gr ave sites every ever Wednesday tto celebrate. "A lo lot of peop people think it's it a littl little weird
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because you're going to the grave and putting music on [to celebrate]," LupianLua said. Assistant professor of Communication, Dr. Pease-Hernandez was the emcee of the night. There were four stories that were shown during the event: "Los Aztecas," "El Coco," "Las Lechuzas," "La Llorona and La Muerte." "Los Aztecas" was a story surrounding the ceremonies held during the Aztec summer month of Miccailhuitontli, where the main focus is the celebration of the dead. These ceremonies were held under the direction of the goddess, Mixtecacihutl. The event is similar to today because both children and their dead ancestors were remembered and celebrated. "El Coco" featured a story about the children in Latin America who feared the Boogeyman (El Coco). The Boogeyman is a dark and shapeless monster that kidnaps and eats children who disobey their parents and don’t fall asleep when they're told to. Las Lechuzas are evil witches that turn into birds with red eyes. They come out at night and swoop in and attack. It is said that if someone would like to meet the birds, all they have to do is go outside at midnight and whistle three times. La Llorona, the legend of “The Weeping Woman,” is a story about a woman named Maria who takes out her anger on her cheating husband by drowning her own children in the river. With her sorrow following her into her after-life, her spirits haunt the streets at night crying out for her children and taking any children she finds in her path. La Muerte focused on La Santa Muerte, a female folk saint respected in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. SEE DIA, PAGE D-1
Emily Abreu before and after getting painted by the SRU Cosplay for the Dia de los Muertos fashion show.
Professor PNC offers option for students to creates first link ID card with bank account 'Stoic Week' By Haley Barnes
By Daniel DiFabio Rocket Contributor
Different departments and organizations around campus worked together to host the first Stoic Week, which is an event that will consist of daily meditations and activities from November 2 through 6, and a panel on the 6 accompanied by a guest speaker on November 12. The week was set up by Andrew Winters, Philosophy instructor, and is sponsored by the Philosophy Department, Philosophy Club and the History and Psychology Department. Stoicism comes from ancient Greece, where stoics developed practices to overcome negative emotions, believing that if one had fewer negative emotions then they would be more content and more tranquil. SEE STOIC PAGE A-2
News Editor
The PNC branch at Slippery Rock University has recently offered an option for students who bank with PNC to link their student ID cards with their personal bank account. Jennifer McKain, assistant branch manager of the SRU PNC branch, said that this option will make banking easier for students. "I think it's something that students would benefit from," she said. McKain said she often assists students on Monday mornings who have lost their debit cards during the weekend. She said that since she doesn't have cash at the branch that students can't withdraw all of their money after a debit card loss. McKain explained since students always carry their student IDs, the PNC staff thought it would be easier for students to have access to their bank
account through their ID. She said with ID linkage, a student will still have access to their money if their debit card was lost or stolen. Once a student activates this option, the student would be able to use their ID card for banking for as long as the student would like. "As long as students have their student ID, they will still be able to use them after they graduate," she said. "PNC will not turn this feature off." She noted the many benefits of the option, as students would be able to use their ID card in place of their debit card. She said students could use it anywhere they would use their debit card, and that it is very convenient for students since their information would be on one card. However, this option is a PIN based card meaning that in order to make a purchase, students would be required to enter their PIN number and would not be able to make a purchase with credit.
SRU Should Allow Dorm Drinking
Milk Jug Brings Boys To The Yard
A writer weighs in on why he believes that legal drinking should be allowed in dorms. Page B-2
SRU takes on Clarion for the sixth annual "Battle of the Milk" this Saturday. Page C-3
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Black Leaders Share Experiences BAS hosts a panel of black leaders to discuss personal racial barriers at SRU. Page D-3