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COMMUNICATION Editor’s picks Season on the DISORDERS PAGE 8 brink DEPARTMENT PAGE 9 OFFERS SERVICES PAGE 4 WWW.THESOUTHERNNEWS.ORG OCTOBER 4, 2017 VOL. 55— ISSUE 5 Bikes & skateboards: how students navigate on campus ‘Empowering Lives’ event hosted to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month By Josh LaBella Last Monday, Sept. 25, the multicultural center held their ninth annual Empowering Lives program in Southern Connecticut State Universi- ty’s Adanti Ballroom. Joscelyn Fernandez, a graduate intern with the Multicultural Center, said they put on the event to cele- brate Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month. “There will be performances by the Organization of Latin American Students, dance team and spoken word poetry by the Spanish Club,” Fernandez said. “Our keynote speaker is Dr. Jose B. Gonzalez.” Jules Tetreault, the assistant vice president of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, spoke on behalf of Southern’s administration. He said the day’s program was dedicated to celebrating a Hispanic individual who has overcome tremendous obstacles in their lives and have been PHOTO | PALMER PIANA successful in the communities. Richie Markus, senior geography major, skating on campus. “I am confident that through Dr. Gonzalez’s story you’ll feel inspired, renewed, energized,” said Tetreault, “and I hope that you’ll leave here tions so quickly, the main reason “I’m really not looking forward of this, she said it can be a little today empowered to challenge your By: Alex Palmieri why he skates is to be good with to winter and all that snow,” said difficult for people to skate and own assumptions about the way time management. Perusina. “That’s just going to ruin use bikes with people so close things are and how they can be, both “It’s also just a nice recreational my whole flow.” by. This did not deter her from individually and at the community Using transportation around activity,” said Reece. “I’ve skated Perusina said he would not approving with transportation level.” campus gets students to places on a scooter before, but I am use any other transportation to being acceptable. Next, Alina Perez and William faster, Branden Reece said. more of a fan of the skateboard. get around campus unless it is “There can be times where Velazquez, members of OLAS, danced “Skateboarding allows me It’s much easier.” his car. Aside from that, Perusina things get a bit crowded,” said to Latin music, and received cheers to get from my dorm to the Daniel Perusina, a sophomore said he enjoys biking and he will Roberts. “But as long as they know from the crowd. Anthony De Leon, academic side of campus in a history major, rides his bike continue to use it to get around how to navigate their way around President of OLAS, then introduced lot less time than it would take around campus. He uses the bike campus to get him to and from the crowd and they’re polite, I Jose Gonzalez. me to walk,” said Reece, a junior that his grandfather once owned. his destinations. think it is fine.” “(Gonzalez) was born in El geography major. He said it is easier to get around “People should bike,” said As far as if Roberts would ever Salvador and immigrated to New Personal transportation on campus with his bike, rather than Perusina. “Bike to school, bike use any kind of transportation on London, Conn. at the age of eight,” campus has taken off. There are walking everywhere. everywhere. Use any transpor- campus, she said she would do said De Leon. “He didn’t know any students who get to their destina- “I do track and field and cross tation aside from cars. Help the it if she could. Because she does English but now has a master’s in tion by skateboarding, biking and country,” said Perusina. “I have environment.” not own any bike or skateboard, teaching English from Brown Univer- some even use scooters. Reece 6:30 a.m. morning practice. So I Nevoya Roberts, junior she does not use it on campus. sity as well as a Ph.D. in English from said he can get to his destinations have to go from Hick all the way marketing major, said she thinks Roberts addedthat personal University of Rhode Island.” a lot faster by using his skate- to Davis Tuesdays and Thursdays. transportation is good. She said transportation is the smartest way Gonzalez told the audience that board rather than walking. Then I have to go from Davis to the people who bike and skate on to get to places around campus no matter what their major or career “I can usually get from Brownell the temporary buildings. It’s just a campus are intelligent for the sole fast and she approves of it. path was, they would hear some- to Davis Hall in two minutes,” said struggle if you’re walking.” reason that they will get to their “If I was good at skateboarding thing relevant to them. Reece. “But with walking, it would Though it seems like Perusina destinations more quickly. I would skate to get around the “The fact is that once you grad- take me, like, ten minutes.” has his transportation figured out, “I think they’re smart because campus,” said Roberts. “If I owned uate from Southern you will either be After a class period, Reece said there is one thing that is worrying they’ll get to classes on time,” said one and I was good at it, why supervised by, supervising, or work it is a great feeling to get right him most: the winter weather. He Roberts. not?” alongside someone who is of Latina back on his skateboard and skate said he is not looking forward to Roberts said there can be descent,” said Gonzalez. back to his dorm. Reece said that the change of seasons that is soon times where it seems there are because he gets to his destina- to come. big crowds on campus. Because SEE EMPOWERING LIVES PAGE 2 Chief of Southern police explains how campus can stay safe after off-campus crimes crime. mobile patrols. no one around. There should at least be a By Josh LaBella “There’s an opportunity and there’s a In reference to the parent being shot with security guard there.” desire,” said Dooley. “The thing we can take a BB gun from a passing car, Dooley said Quintiliano said when a crime does occur away is the opportunity. If you have an the incident was random but they have a on campus, students do not hear about it unlocked car, you are making it a lot easier description of the car and are looking into it. until days later when it is no longer relevant. for the crime to occur.” He said the carjacking is being investigated Spadaro said Southern is in a dangerous On Friday Sept. 22 Southern Connecticut According to Dooley, criminals do not like by New Haven Police department. Dooley environment and she wishes the campus State University Chief of Police Joseph to make noise, they do not like light and they said there are several things students can do could be “closed,” but there is no way to do Dooley sent out an email overviewing recent are not going to break a window unless there to help them keep the campus safe. that. crimes on and around campus. is something that is visible. He said for crimes “Make sure to lock things, be aware of “We just have to make security better,” The crimes included a car being stolen like this you need to take precautions. your surroundings, take advantage of the said Spadaro. “Anybody can just walk in and and others being broken into at North “The foundation of crime prevention is to shuttle service and walk around in large it’s not safe.” Campus, a student’s parent getting shot with keep your valuables safe on your person and groups,” said Dooley. “It doesn’t mean that Dooley said his department will need to a BB gun at West Campus and a carjacking lock it up,” Dooley said. “Whether it be your nothing will happen but you’re decreasing refocus and analyze the upward trend in at the gas station on the corner of Fitch and home or your car, lock it up.” the chances of becoming a victim.” crime. He said he put out the notice in the Blake Street. Dooley said parking lots tend to be a Jenna Quintiliano, a junior special educa- interest of making sure everyone is aware of Dooley said a stolen car from New Haven target-rich environment for criminals. He said tion major, and Alyssa Spadaro, a senior what’s going on around campus. was dropped off in the parking at North and there has been an “uptick” in crimes in the biology major, said the crime on campus has “There has been more crime in this fall that is when a student’s car was stolen. He region, and Southern is just as susceptible as them feeling “unsafe.” semester than there has been in previous fall said the car that was taken and the cars that any other place. To combat this, the depart- “I have a class that ends at 10 o’clock class semesters,” said Dooley. “There’s probably were broken into were all unlocked and that ment is studying trends in crime, increasing at Davis,” said Quintiliano. “When I go to nobody more frustrated about it than myself constitutes the two primary elements of a their use of cameras and increasing foot and the parking garage I don’t feel safe.