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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
VOL. 94 ISS. 4
Through arts, the elderly find healing
Students look to combat sexual assault By LIAN PARSONS The Temple News
By ERIN BLEWETT The Temple News
One in four women in college is a survivor of sexual assault. This statistic is one Steven Ritchie, president of Temple’s chapter of One In Four, is determined to change. One In Four is a national organization dedicated to preventing sexual assault. Ritchie interned at Women Organized Against Rape over the summer and found out about a chapter of One In Four at the University of Pennsylvania. “When I saw what One In Four really meant, I was like, why isn’t this common knowledge?” Ritchie said. “It’s an alarming number; you know it’s prevalent, but you don’t know it’s that prevalent.” Ritchie said he was inspired by Penn’s chapter and decided to start one at Temple. The Temple chapter will provide educational sessions and presentations to larger groups. The sessions will define sexual assault and rape, point out signs to look for and teach students how to react as a bystander. “A lot of students don’t realize what sexual assault is,” Ritchie said. “They don’t realize that [it can be] something as little as catcalling.” The all-male chapter will reach out to fraternities and sports teams. “Whenever I talk to guys about sexual assault, most of them don’t know, they don’t think it applies to them,” Ritchie said. “We can appeal to the people [other organizations] we might not reach out to and connect to them.” Mack Caruso, secretary for Temple Student Government, is the vice president of the chapter. “[One In Four] is an actionbased initiative as opposed to awareness-based,” Caruso said. “I’m trying to see if we can have a several-pronged approach to solving the issue.” Caruso said this approach includes awareness, action and training, and applying what participants learned when confronted with a realworld situation. He said he became interested in combating sexual assault when he was an Owl Team Leader for freshman orientation last year. A student
Sometimes, the straight path is not always the best one—or, at least, Dr. Susan Shifrin believes as much. Shifrin is the acting director of ARTZ Philadelphia, a local branch of the “I’m Still Here” Foundation that provides art enrichment to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Prior to her engagement with ARTZ, Shifrin originally pursued a career as a museum curator. After hosting a series of ARTZ workshops at the Berman Museum of Art in Collegeville, Shifrin found her focus: developing specialized programs in hopes of improving the quality of life for Alzheimer’s sufferers. For Rea Tajiri, a professor at the School of Media and Arts, ARTZ Philadelphia made a difference in her life. “Art proved to be therapeutic for my mother-in-law,” Tajiri said. “When I brought her to art museums, I watched her come to life.” Because of her personal experiences, Tajiri pursued an interest in Alzheimer’s-specific community programs. When ARTZ Philadelphia launched a $15,000 Indiegogo campaign to continue and expand its resources throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, Tajiri was quick to “join forces” with Shifrin. “[We] became a resource for each other,” Tajiri said. She aided Shifrin in organizing crowd funding campaigns and hopes to complete an artist’s residency with ARTZ.
ASSAULT | PAGE 6
PATRICK CLARK TTN
Associate Professor of Religion, Dr. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez, was interviewed for “Urban Trinity,” an upcoming documentary featuring the Catholic community in Philadelphia.
PAPAL PREPARATION
KATHRYN STELLATO TTN
Dr. Leonard Swidler, professor of Catholic thought and interreligious dialogue, sits in his office. Swidler shared his knowledge of Philadelphia’s Catholic community for the documentary.
“There’s no youth, the Catholic schools are closing, Catholic cemeteries have been sold ... I don’t feel like going to Mass anymore. How can I in good conscience remain a part of it?” - Dr. Terry Rey, associate professor of religion
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r. Terry Rey, an associate professor of religion at Temple, likes to think he helped in getting Pope Francis to come to Philadelphia. He was in a group video to invite the pontiff to Philly. “Querido Papa Francisco,” meaning “Dear Pope Francis,” Rey said on film. Now, Rey and Dr. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez, an assistant professor of religion, will appear in the upcoming 6ABC documentary “Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia” by History Making Productions. The three-part film, which is airing the week the Pope arrives, is about the history of Philadelphia’s Catholic community. The first and second parts of the documentary will air Sept. 22 at 7 p.m., and the third part
will air Sept. 27 at midnight. Rey was originally called into History Making Productions’ studio on 12th Street near Callowhill to talk exclusively about black Catholics in Philadelphia. He wound up discussing many different subjects, however, and the filmmakers chose to include Rey in not only “Urban Trinity,” but also in their other projects; “In Penn’s Shadow” and “Franklin’s Spark.” Alvarez got involved with the film through Kate Oxx, one of the producers of “Urban Trinity.” She met with Oxx to see if she could write a chapter for a reader Alvarez was creating for her course, “Religion in Philadelphia.” They came to an agreement that if Oxx would write the chapter,
TRINITY | PAGE 8
Art proved to “ be therapeutic for
my mother-in-law. When I brought her to art museums, I watched her come to life.
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Rea Tajiri | Temple professor
THERAPY | PAGE 16
Stop sign missing near Rachel Hall accident City officials said they were unaware a stop sign had been stolen a block from where the former Temple lacrosse player was hit in April. By LILA GORDON The Temple News In April, Rachel Hall was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident on Diamond Street near Park Avenue. A block north from where the incident occurred, an intersection is without one of its two stop signs.
NEWS PAGES 2-3, 6
Charges dropped against Xi The chair of the physics department was previously being investigated for allegedly giving secret information to China. PAGE 6
OPINION PAGES 4-5
Before the sign was reported missing on the southeastern part of the intersection, it was seen leaning to the right after a truck backed into it, said members of Makkah Masjid—a mosque that lies across from where the sign used to be. Three weeks ago, it was stolen, they added. Members of the mosque said a sign is needed because of the number of children, Temple students and community members who cross at this location. The Philadelphia Streets Department told The Temple News last Thursday it was unaware the sign had been knocked down and that the pole was stolen. June Cantor, a spokesperson for the department, said the sign would be put back up in about 10 business days. All regulatory traffic signs are at the top of the Philadelphia
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LIFESTYLE PAGES 7-8, 18-20
Bloody photo goes viral
A student’s photo of her holding a bloody menstrual cup garnered positive and negative attention worldwide. PAGE 7
JENNY KERRIGAN TTN
Officials said this stop sign on the southwest corner of Park and Susquehanna Avenues will be replaced in 10 business days.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PAGES 9-10, 12, 14, 16
New exhibit open at Paradigm Gallery
“Intersections,” an exhibit featuring the work of street artists Kid Hazo and Joe Boruchow recently opened at Paradigm Gallery in Queen Village. PAGE 9
SPORTS PAGES 21-24