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The Student Newspaper of Lawrence University Since 1884 THELAWRENTIAN VOL. CXXX NO. 19 May 3, 2013 Greenfire Greek Week celebrates to pump up Earth Week community Rose Nelson Samantha Tetzlaff Staff Writer Staff Writer _________________________ _______________________ In celebration of Earth Day In the upcoming week, the and as a conclusion to Earth Week, chapters of Lawrence’s Greek Life Greenfire hosted the 23rd annual will come together and host events Greenfire Earth Week: Thought to open to all of campus. This annual Action Festival on Saturday, April spring “Greek Week” will run from 27, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The May 6 to 12 and is sponsored by festival took place on the green the Lawrence chapters of Beta in front of Main Hall on a warm Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Tau, Delta Tau day with a blue sky. The festival Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta was made up of many tables from Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Photo by Katie Crawford different campus organizations. Kappa Alpha Theta. Each organization provided infor- Junior Steph Courtney builds a wooden clothes-drying rack at one of many To kick off Greek Week, there mation or an activity related to an will be a lip-syncing competition earth-relevant topic. activity booths offered at Greenfire’s Earth Day Festival.See Full Story at left. on Monday, May 6 at 8 p.m. in Junior and Greenfire presi- the Wriston Amphitheatre. The dent Chelsea Johnson commented, remainder of the week’s events “Earth Day has become unfortu- will be hosted by the individual nately kitschy at a time when it Forum scrutinizes accessibility chapters as follows: needs to be more inspirational Kappa will have the Buffalo and educational than ever.” Chelsea Johnson Wild Wings eating contest, “Too With this in mind, mem- Staff Writer Hot to Handle,” on Tuesday, May 7 ________________________________ with disabilities, both physical The forum opened with short bers of Greenfire attempted on the Quad from 5 to 7 p.m. and mental. presentations by Cardarella and to plan the Festival as well as On Wednesday, May 8, Sig Ep “Ableism addresses a society Joe Martin, Appleton’s fourth- two weeks of Earth Day activi- will host a basketball tournament, that is created for people who district alderman, who represents ties around this year’s convoca- Last Friday afternoon, the “Ballin’ on Boldt,” at 4:30 p.m. are able-bodied that ignores or Lawrence and uses a wheelchair tion theme: “Thought to Action.” Committee on Diversity Affairs and DG will have the water sports downplays the needs of those who for mobility. This was done by planning events (CODA) asked the campus to con- competition Anchor Splash in the are not,” junior and CODA member “I partake in a lots of what’s that could inspire environmental sider the question, “Is Our Campus Wellness Center at 8 p.m. India Waller said. going on at Lawrence,” Martin action beyond admiring the earth. Accessible?” in their forum on At 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, CODA focused this forum said. “Lawrence isn’t set up for Event planning began in the ableism. May 9, Theta will host “Kicks for on the Lawrence campus, where disabled access. It’s hard to get middle of Winter Term and con- “[CODA] has been putting a CASA” (Court Appointed Special accessibility issues often pass to a lot of sporting events, or be tinued through Spring Term. The lot of emphasis on education of Advocates), a kickball tournament under the radar. comfortable in the chapel.” entire club took part in the plan- ourselves and the community per- that will be held on the Quad. “Just recently I’ve gotten Cardarella shared her expe- ning of the week by contacting taining to diversity issues on cam- On Friday, May 10, Phi Tau involved with accessibility issues,” rience of her three years at speakers and clubs while others pus and we felt there was a lack of will be tabling from noon to 7 said junior CODA member Nicole Lawrence and unique problems made food. attention to ableism and disabili- p.m. on Boldt Way for donations Cardarella, who uses a scooter to for people using motorized vehi- During the festival, as on-cam- ties,” junior and CODA chair Shea to KidsGive. get around campus. “I’ve gotten cles on campus. pus musicians provided music, Love said. On Saturday, May 11, Beta frustrated enough to get informed, “Nothing overt happens,” See page 7 Ableism is a form of discrimi- See page 2 See page 2 and I want to inform the campus nation or prejudice against those about accessibility.” BSU skin whitening panel highlights negative effects Lucy Pipkin it is largely practiced by those of involve an image of a certain pop Staff Writer African, Asian and Latin descent, star. “People always relate skin ______________________ and is marketed as a way to reach whitening to Michael Jackson, of a standard of pale-skinned “beau- course, which first of all was a ty” worldwide. medical issue,” commented fresh- On the sunny Saturday of However, one of the key rea- man attendee Brittni Adekoya. April 27 at 6 p.m., students sat sons St. Julien felt the need to have When asked if she walked out in the cinema for almost three this panel was to spread aware- of the panel with new concepts, hours to learn and discuss the ness of the mere danger of these Adekoya commented, “People topic of skin whitening and its products. Active ingredients may really need to evaluate them- ethnic effects. Sponsored by BSU include hydroquinone and even selves and ask themselves why and spearheaded by anthropol- mercury, which can cause symp- they would want to change their ogy major and senior Tonya St. toms from dermatitis to thinning appearance -- the way they were Julien, the event began with a lec- skin and disfigurement. made, the way they were meant ture based off her senior project St. Julien saw these effects to be -- and in doing so risk their on skin whitening before posing up close and personal on trips to health.” questions to a panel of students. Haiti, Jamaica and most recently St. Julien accentuated that The conversation touched on a while studying in Dakar, Senegal. the idea of skin whitening is not variety of subjects including race, “I noticed roughly 60 to 70 per- just a minority issue, but a com- gender and media. cent of women with bleach-dam- plex global issue. “I’m very happy Skin whitening is the practice aged skin, and I just found it very that I was able to be a part of this, of applying creams with whitening alarming,” St. Julien commented. and just to talk about this topic elements or taking supplements “I really wanted to find out why because it’s very multi-faceted in order to gradually decrease people did not see it as an issue.” and multi-layered,” she said. “We Students share opinions about skin whitening procedures. Photo by Katie Crawford the amount of melanin in one’s Preconceptions of skin whit- See page 6 skin. St. Julien highlighted that ening are often ill-informed or Sports Features A&E Op-Ed INSIDEVIEW: Softball qualifies Sailing Club Motion Capture Gandhi, Buddha This week’s top for MWC tournament takes off features dance and film and Price news and views PAGE 4 PAGE 6-7 PAGE 8 PAGE 11 2 NEWS 3 May 2013 THE LAWRENTIAN Sex toy workshop delves into alternative methods of safe sex Haley MacDuff by talking about what she calls According to Stuart, a ques- Staff Writer “the Holistic Model of Sexuality,” tion that she is constantly asked ______________________ and how that pertains to healthy at colleges and universities is how sexual practices. Next, she asked her sex education lectures per- the audience about what they tain to wellness. She believes in On Monday, April 29, thought the biggest myths about the importance of teaching people Lawrence students filled the lec- sex toys were. Amidst nervous that sex is a positive and natural ture hall in Youngchild 121 to giggles, some brave members of act and especially in making sure participate in a workshop called the audience ventured guesses, that people go about it in a safe “Sex Toys 101.” Presented by Gay, and Stuart’s frank and humorous and healthy way. Many individu- Lesbian, or Whatever (GLOW) responses set a relaxed tone for als have a black-and-white idea and the Downer Feminist Council the rest of the evening. of what sex is and Stuart wants to (DFC), the event brought in sex A presentation on safe sex ensure that they know that it is far educator Laura Stuart to share the toys was followed by a “show more diverse that many expect. facts and fictions of sex toys. and tell,” as around 20 vibrators “I thought I wasn’t going to Having previously taught and other sex toys were passed learn anything, that it would just at MIT and currently teaching at around the room. Students in the be something funny to go to with Northwestern University, Stuart is room gaped and laughed as they my friends, but I never knew what no stranger to discussing what Laura Stuart shows off the settings of “the Rabbit” vibrator. pressed “on” buttons and passed materials to look out for and try to Photo by Katie Crawford can be an uncomfortable topic the toys to one another. “I honestly avoid in sex toys,” said sophomore for students. As people filed into had no idea that there was such Tina Vorreyer.

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