Volume 65 - Issue 11
University of Missouri president resigns over racial turmoil
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November 10, 2015
Making it work: Music Hall still closed
BY DAVID LIGHTMAN
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU
BY MATT PEARCE AND LAUREN RAAB
LOS ANGELES TIMES
COLUMBIA, Mo. _ University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned Monday following protests over his handling of racial issues. The school’s football team had gone on strike, and some professors were staging a walkout from their classes. A tent city had sprouted up on a campus quad. A graduate student had gone on a hunger strike. On Monday morning, the University of Missouri system’s Board of Curators met in closed session to discuss the fate of Wolfe, whom students have accused of failing to act decisively in response to a series of racist incidents on this majority-white campus. Some state legislators have also joined in calls for Wolfe’s removal. The university’s student government called for the president to resign Monday. Wolfe was holed up in university offices past 1 a.m. Monday morning _ seen through windows talking on a cellphone and meeting with other officials _ having become the latest Missouri public figure caught in a cauldron of radical protest as pressure on campus built for a year, incident after incident.
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Stephen Rideau/DIGEST The DeBose music building has forced the department to relocate to Stewart hall, while repairs are being made.
BY STEPHEN RIDEAU DIGEST STAFF WRITER
Southern University’s Tourgee A. DeBose Music Hall was closed in September 2014, and has yet to reopen. Due to lack of maintenance of the air conditioning and climate control system, mold affected both the choir room and piano lab. With repairs being expensive, the renovations process has been prolonged and currently the Music Department and their classes have been moved to William W. Stewart and Frank Hayden Hall. “Last I heard they are in the final stages of repairs and I have a feeling it will not be open this semester but the next,” said Chairman of Music Program, Charles Lloyd. Lloyd also commented saying that the relocation back to Debose should begin sometime at the end of the 2015 fall semester, and completed by spring 2016. “They are going to start moving the pianos, computers and all of our equipment over there, actually near the end of this semester. So the
students will be able to move back at the beginning of next semester,” said Lloyd. Lloyd discussed how it has not been an easy transformation for everyone to relocate to other buildings on campus, and explains how students need to practice even though there are not many pianos in Stewart. Lloyd also explains that this relocation has not hindered the students’ learning and thanks the instructors that are normally housed in Stewart Hall for being so kind and patient towards the Music Department. “Well it’s been challenging, because you know music students need to practice. There are not as many pianos over in this building, but the education had to continue. There are some sacrifices we made, but the students are doing fine,” said Lloyd. “It’s been somewhat of an inconvenience for the instructors that are normally housed here, although they have been extremely kind and patient with us.” When asked how the relocation has affected the learning, Music Education major, Micheal See DEBOSE page 3
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Ben Carson and Marco Rubio, trying mightily to survive and thrive in the unrelenting spotlight surging presidential candidates must endure, face a huge new test at Tuesday’s Republican debate. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz also are in for a crucial night, while the rest of the field is fading fast. The latest McClatchyMarist Poll finds Carson slightly ahead nationally, Trump close, Rubio climbing and Cruz not too far behind. The stakes are high for national newcomers Carson, Rubio and Cruz, because the more people heard about them the more they liked, giving each enormous upside _ as well as potential to disappoint and plunge. This debate will have a different look. The main stage’s eight contenders in the year’s fourth GOP debate is the smallest yet, as Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, and Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, failed to qualify. They’ll join Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, in an earlier debate. The debate’s focus is supposed to be the economy. The two-hour debate at the Milwaukee Theatre will start at 9 p.m. EST. Moderators will See GOP page 3
Journalism 101: Career Workshop BY LAUREN JOHNSON
DIGEST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalists presented the Journalism 101 Career Development Workshop on November 6 in Stewart Hall. The event was open to both Southern and Louisiana State University students. Even though there were only a total of seven students the program began shortly after 1. “Mass communications and Journalism are two things that are big to me, I see it every day,” said Cheryl Stroye, Vice President of BRAABJ and morning producer of WBRZ Channel 2 “I also see students everyday and I always ask what did you learn and people don’t know.
BRAABJ is here to help our young black journalist get that job in journalism, and to teach those little things that you all can’t learn in the classroom,” finished Stroye as she went on to introduce the guest speaker. “I haven’t had the opportunity to meet her in person until today, but I now have the privilege to introduce to you our guest speaker Deedra Wilson, an anchor from NBC Local 33 in Baton Rouge, please help me welcome her,” said Stroye. “I am very happy to be here at the Southern University, I’ve heard so much about Southern even though I went to Texas Southern,” said Wilson. Wilson began her informational See WORKSHOP page 3
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE,
Lauren Johnson/DIGEST Deedra Wilson, Co-Host of NBC Local 33, delivers a keynote presentation during the Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalist “Career Development Workshop” held on November 6