Serving the CCRI Student Body Since 2007 VOL X ISSUE III OCTOBER 24, 2012 The Unfiltered Lens www.TheUnfilteredLens.org “It gets better,” but only if we speak out

What happened to Andrew Winters?

One year later, URI LGBT advocate remains silenced October is Bullying Awareness/Prevention month

Ian Armitstead ingale wrote to call the community to ac- Editor-in-Chief tion, to question the way in which Andrew This Ally Week, was treated by then Interim Associate Vice Do you remember the name Andrew President in the Office of Community, Eq- Winters? Well, you really should. Espe- uity, and Diversity, Kathy Friedman. cially this month, when leaders around the “Ms. Friedman alleged that the LGBT state and the country speak of putting an URI community had ‘without exception’ WE need to be end to bullying in all its forms. Andrew expressed no confidence in Andrew Win- was one such leader, and for his advocacy ters. The two words ‘without exception’ he was forced out of his job, forced into capture the unprofessional nature of this “retirement”. He was silenced. And what communication and the atmosphere of in- do the leaders of Higher Education in timidation and bullying, “ wrote Nightin- have to say about this? Their gale. “... Many [in the LGBT URI commu- silence is just as deafening. nity] also understand that it was precisely the change Andrew was the Assistant to the Vice Andrew’s unrelenting effort to address bul- Kaila Matteson President for Student Affairs for GLBT lying and harassment at URI that rendered Staff Writer GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Edu- Programs and Services. A position created him unwelcome in the eyes of the URI cation Network) answer this silence every at URI after he advocated for such a role administration, despite award-winning job It’s a feeling of trying curl further into year from October 15 – October 19 with in beginning of the new millenium. A posi- performance.” yourself as you tumble through your day. Ally Week, an event aimed at giving LGBT tion that was sorely needed at the univer- It is believed Andrew’s trouble at URI It’s a constant fear of saying too much or students and teachers a voice as well as sity, as they ended the second millenium began when he helped lead a round-the- not enough. It’s a heart shattering moment giving straight allies a chance to show sup- once more amongst the twenty most homo- clock sit in on campus to bring attention to when you force out a laugh when the word port. If you weren’t aware of Ally Week phobic campuses in the nation, according the issues of LGBT students, and to force “fag” is thrown in the direction of a com- events happening on campus, don’t worry. to the Princeton Review. the university to take action to help cor- plete stranger. It’s the contradictory act of There weren’t any. In fact, if you pull up URI again tops the lists of the least rect these issues. For this action the stu- self-preservation and suicide, of blending the CCRI website and search “Ally Week” LGBT friendly campuses, once more on dents received recognition from chaplains in and closing yourself off. Welcome to or “Diversity Week” you’ll get a number the Princeton Review (number 14 as of of the university, and the students awarded college. of course syllabi and a few memos from August 2011), with a 2010 Campus Cli- Andrew a certificate of their making for The sad irony in those isolating feel- last spring, but no sign of support for the mate studying reporting that the #1 reason “Service and Admirable Citizenship” and ings is the fact that they are shared, not school’s gay and transgender community. faculty would leave the university was due acknowledging him as their advocate. only by a decent portion of CCRI students, If you think that’s the norm for colleges, to a perceived heterosexism that pervades It was as a direct result of this action but thousands of college students through- check with URI, RIC, or Brown and they’ll the campus, the proverbial “glass ceiling” that the position of Assoc VP of Commu- out the country. The stress and anxiety be proud to brag about the number of stu- at RI state schools. nity, Equity, and Diversity was created. A of deadlines, exams, and GPAs are com- dents who showed up for the panel dis- I’ve written about Andrew and his direct result of the actions for which An- pounded by the fear of being targeted by cussion or the crowd that gathered for the plight before, back when it was brought drew was recognized as an advocate by peers. In a community that should find showing of a student-made documentary. to our attention by way of an open letter the LGBT community that saw Kathryn pride in our diversity, it seems we’ve opted When an email was sent to President penned in April 2012 by Peter Nightingale, to keep quiet about it. Professor of Physics at URI. Prof Night- continued on back cover, Silent Fortunately, organizations such as continued on pg 2, Allies

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Donation Month Maya Lincoln Contributing Writer October is also Organ and Tis- sue Donation Month. If you On Thursday, August 23, are not yet an organ donor, I 2012, I found this disturbing urge you to consider it. Regis- piece of graffiti as I was -walk ter at the DMV, and be sure to ing through the grounds of talk to your family about it, as CCRI’s Knight Campus. I saw it they will need to know. sprayed on the gate that borders the grounds of CCRI and Kent County Hospital. When I looked I may have my own personal at it, my first thought was, “this is reasons for advocating dona- harassment”. tion, but for more info please I decided to get a closer look read about donation at the and when I did, I saw something Organ Bank: that alarmed me even more. One This image was what would greet visitors to our fair campus, a www.neob.org/donation.htm? of the lines had the word “tranny” message of ignorance and hate. Is this really the environment we written on it. I was thinking it was some sort of trans-phobic ha- want on our campus? I sure don’t. Will you join with me? --iarmit Breast Cancer rassment, but it is not confirmed Awareness Month if it actually was. As a former of- rity office and reported my prob- such things is, since I became a dling these situations seriously ficer of the Knight Diversity Club lem, I was very pleased to hear student back in 2009, I have seen and I am very proud of them. And, as you no doubt are and a CCRI Alumni, one of my that it was being taken care of in many incidents of harassing indi- I also have to give credit to our aware, October is also Breast main concerns was student safety the appropriate manner. The of- viduals, such as graffiti. I remem- students, faculty, and Dean Jen- Cancer Awareness month. here at CCRI. ficer, whose name I did not get, ber the year when that exact same kins for being such advocates for I proceeded to take a picture was very friendly and explained spot had an anti-gay slur sprayed student safety and tolerance on For more information check and went back into the building to the situation. He explained that on it, and it was a big deal. This campus. I just hope that for the show my friends who happened there was a “beef” in the IT de- is an example that even after so future of student safety on this last October’s Lens (which I to be in the Student Union area. partment, and that the suspected many years of bringing aware- campus that more attention is be- received no end of grief for I was very fortunate that Dean person was leaving the school. He ness of intolerance and harass- ing brought to such incidents. We printing a nearly-nude photo Christine Jenkins happened to be also stated that there have been ment into the school. The bully- need to respect one another no in) or National Breast Can- around, because she instructed stickers and such posted all over ing still occurs. matter what background one may cer Awareness Month: www. me to report it to security. So I did the campus. I had thanked him But there was a positive, if be, or what “beef” one may have nbcam.org. just that. and left. slight, experience in this. Our with another. There is no need for When I had entered the secu- The reason for me to report campus security is finally han- such immaturity and bullying. “It Gets Better at URI: Coming out for Change” October is National Bullying Prevention/Awareness Month. Sadly, bul- lying of the LGBT community on CCRI campuses is still common. CCRI’s Triangle Alliance group invites us to a screen- This cannot stand, and it will not if we, as a whole, speak out against ing of a documentary made by the URI Women’s LGBTQ it. Please consider joining your voice with ours so the incident reported Group. above will be the anomaly and not the norm.

The free screening and Q&A will be held Thurs 1Nov at 7pm on Knight Campus in 4080. Contact Andrew Cook Allies needed, are you one? for more info, adcook@ccri. continued from edu. cover Ray Di Pasquale asking about the school’s plan for Ally Week (be- proud ally or a glorified schoolyard bully. If you find yourself standing Advertise your cause surely there was some kind of plan, right?), it was forwarded with the brave students who see something worth celebrating in our club and events to associate vice president for student services Ronald Schertz, who differences, then speak up, get organized, and start planning for Ally responded in kind by forwarding the same email to Christine Jenkins, Week 2013. Use The Unfiltered Lens Associate Dean for Student Life for Knight and Newport campuses. to promote your club and When Dean Jenkins sat down with us it was clear how much faith she club events. Each club has had in the students to make a difference with just a bit of teamwork be- tween clubs and administration, saying “I think we have a very diverse one free, full color, quarter student body…people need to accept, move forward, and work as a page advertisement for group.” She stressed that administration could only do so much with- the life of their club. out student groups ready and willing to keep the momentum going. We’re all in the same boat around these parts. We all struggle in For further information on class and at home. We all buckle under the pressure of expectations either of these, contact The and fear simply trips us up, causes us to tumble through the day. Does Unfiltered Lens at info@ subjecting a fellow human being to childish name calling and harass- theunfilteredlens.org or call ment really make our lives any easier? Ask yourself where you stand; (401) 825-1215.

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Paul Larocque bullying. sonal life outside of their school- the bullying isn’t face-to-face; Greg Maynard Contributing Writer Stopbullying.gov, a federal ing. hence, they often taunt and threat- The Scene Editor website managed by the Depart- As a result, many teens that en far more serious, vile things, Over the course of the past ment of Health and Human Ser- are targets of cyberbullies feel than would be said in person. several years social media has vices, defines cyberbullying as that they have no safe place to The torment brought about Online Editor become a central component of “…bullying that takes place using turn to when bullied. They do by cyberbullying often leads its everyday life in the . electronic technology. Electronic not feel safe at school, where victims to drastic actions. Many The vast majority of people technology includes devices and they have to endure face-to-face teens resort to self-harming tech- Bureau Chief - Flanagan have Facebook and/or Twitter ac- equipment such as cell phones, confrontations with the person(s) niques, such as cutting with ra- counts, use YouTube, Skype, and computers, and tablets as well as bullying them, but they also feel zor blades; others turn to drugs other such media outlets. That’s communication tools including unsafe at home, due to the flood and alcohol, which pose equally Bureau Chief - Newport not to mention some of the more social media sites, text messages, of texts, Facebook messages, dangerous situations; others still (or less) recent social media sites chat, and websites.” comments, Tweets, etc. that in- suffer emotional breakdowns and like Tout or Myspace. What’s Cyberbullying takes place vade their lives. need to undergo therapy, some- more, with current cell phone outside of the school, by invading Many teens do not feel com- times long term. Bureau Chief - Liston technology, we never have to the privacy and relative safety of fortable bringing the issue to their Occasionally, teens will worry about being separated from the victim’s home via their com- parents’ or teachers’ attention, break their silence that they are Allison Palombo our favorite sites. puter, cell phone, or other elec- because cyberbullies often threat- being bullied, and parents have I-Team Coordinator However, while none of the tronic devices. It is often paired en physical harm and further gone so far as to move to different above were developed with any- with the more “traditional” forms psycho-emotional abuse on their school districts to try to solve the thing but good intentions, mod- of bullying that many of us have victims, if they attempt to inform problem. Unfortunately, more of- Staff Writers ern technology and social me- either witnessed or experienced anyone of the situation. ten than not, it is seldom solved; Stephanie Bly, Anthony DiPalma, dia come with a price; they’ve within schools themselves. It en- This stems from the fact that with our global technological ca- Brianne Heavey, Elle Lomme, opened the door to a world of hurt sures that the bullying pervades most bullies feel “safe” hiding be- Kayla Matteson, Ben Miller, and cruelty – the world of cyber- every aspect of the victim’s per- hind a computer screen; because continued on back cover, Group Megan Phelps, Alejandra Vidal

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Three percent. Summarizing the consensus of most econo- mists and financial writers, David Harvey, author of The Enigma of Capitalism, says that just three percent growth will maintain a healthy economy. Obviously, we’re in trouble. Even two per- cent in the next year would result in a hail of champagne corks, but it won’t be enough. What we need is a guaranteed dollar cir- culator, something that will keep cash flowing like those numbered ping pong balls swirling around a plastic tub before popping out to show the winners of Power Ball. Off-Beltway Betting Unfortunately, all bubbles deflate: the hi-tech bubble of tivities and on the time between others froze some pension funds, payday for Big Pharma. ists and their related condottieri: the nineties, the housing bubble legislators and staffers leaving recalculated others downwards As subsequently reported by consultants, corporate law firms, of the oughts. The currently in- office and joining lobbying firms. and reduced medical coverage for Sixty Minutes, within months of accountants, ex-military—vir- flating education bubble will They can continue sliding from a most rank-and-file employees. In the bill’s passage, Tauzin and fif- tually a fourth (and unelected!) pop once enough families ques- public job to a private one with- return they pumped up their bot- teen other staffers, congressmen branch of government. Once they tion the cost for a degree from a out even pausing for a week at the tom lines, financed restructuring, and the then head of Medicare, begin selling shares of them- high-priced, four-year institution. beach. and enhanced executives’ com- Tom Scully, went to work for selves to those who can afford it, What we need is an investment But in whom to invest? A lob- pensation, usually a drag on a the pharmaceutical industry. The we’ll see an expanding universe vehicle that will defy economic byist can work for the Sierra Club company’s bottom line, by shift- time bending, centripetal power of dollars circulating until the end gravity; its returns will only go or Public Citizen, the Boy Scouts ing billions of dollars from regu- of the lobbying universe offers of time, or the country, whichever up, never down. of America or AARP. And a “lob- lar employees to those who really no better example. Lobbyists be- comes first. With that in mind, I offer a byist” can be a consultant, corpo- know how to spend it. Employ- fore they were lobbyists, Tauzin All it will take is an IPO from sure fire suggestion for a money rate lawyer, tax attorney, retired ees saw their medical coverage and his intrepid band occupied some farsighted lobbying firm: maker that will last as long as the general, etc. Whatever we call decline—which the corporations two dimensions simultaneously, the Business Roundtable, the United States of America: IPOs these money circulators, howev- then blamed on unsustainable re- the public and the private. But Private Equity Council, the Phar- of lobbying firms. er, smart investors will place their tiree benefits, without the media they knew which one had the big maceutical Research and Manu- This is not the Joker talking. money on firms catering to the even peeping about the contradic- bucks. facturers of America etc. Once Only forty years ago this coun- welfare of corporations: defense, tion. Both Republicans and Dem- one of them jumps in, others will try had a few hundred lobbying finance, real estate (it will come Consultants who used to ad- ocrats know this. For instance, follow, and the list is endless. As firms; today over 11,000 are reg- back!) etc. They get results. vise companies on ways to maxi- John McCain, senior Republican more people buy shares of them, istered to lobby in Washington, For instance, as the Provi- mize employees’ benefits now on the Senate Armed Services the already substantial field of D.C. alone. Quite an impressive dence Journal never tires of tell- told them how to reduce those Committee and sometime vocal lobbyists will grow like kudzu, growth rate, wouldn’t you say? At ing us, in the past 15-20 years payouts. Towers Watson even critic of the corrupting power of circulating more taxpayers’ dol- the end of last year, The Washing- retirees from private industry saw torched its own lower level em- money on politics, recently re- lars and corporate boodle. ton Post, using information from their benefits go from gold edged ployees, stripping money from hired Elise Sauer, fresh off ten Only a fool would miss out LegiStorm.com, reported that in to tin plated. In Retirement Heist, their pension plan to supplement years of lobbying for Lockheed on the action. In fact, I’m start- the previous decade over 5,000 Ellen Schultz, reporter for the executives’ retirement packages. Martin. President Obama, who ing a venture capital firm solely former staff members of Congress Wall Street Journal, reveals how Now that’s rectitude: a company pledged that lobbyists would not to invest in the lobbying cosmos. and nearly 400 former legislators and when this income shift from that practices what it preaches! influence his administration,- re I expect to quadruple my money themselves left the government to rank-and-file employees to up- However, the gold standard cently brought in Steve Ricchetti, in the first year alone, and after join or start lobbying firms. Given per management occurred. As the for lobbying is the pre-emptive former lobbyist for Fannie Mae, that, well, the horizon is bound- this feeder stream, would you bet economy boomed in the nineties, strike made by Billy Tauzin and General Motors and Eli Lilly less. I’ve already chosen a name on a decline in the number of lob- corporations accumulated a glut others in 2003. Tauzin, then Chair among others, to serve as an advi- for the firm: Bane Capital. It has byists? in their pension funds, enough to of the House Energy and Com- sor to Vice President Biden. a nice ring, don’t you think? So Even the courts are coming pay off obligations to retirees for merce Committee, helped push Sure, the federal government if you want to jump into a money on board this influential jugger- decades. Medicare Part D through Con- has tried to revive the economy pit, contact me; together we’ll naut. Using Citizens United as Unfortunately, however, this gress. Crucially, the legislation the old fashioned way, but we all put this country back on the right justification, two federal courts money was not making a profit. prohibits the federal government know that you can’t turn a tired track, the entrepreneurial track. have overturned restrictions on Consequently, corporations like from negotiating prices for drugs nag into a racehorse. The real cir- Nothing else matters. lobbyists’ campaign finance -ac IBM, AT&T, GE and countless (the VA excepted), insuring a big culators of dollars are the lobby-

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Greg Maynard horrible. Huge disappointment. Taylor ticism and arose panic among many die- ing grin to wipe off your face. Complete The Scene Editor cannot go pop and needs to stick to her hard fans like Jesssica710. However, from with Taylor’s wholesome laugh at the end, country roots,” minus the proper grammar. what I can hear, there are only two other and a secret ingredient, (a mandolin) “Stay 4/5 - Worth Your Time Reviews such as this make me upset, be- songs on the album that sound similar to Stay Stay” is the perfect tune for any happy cause it seems to me that people like ‘Jess- the latter. The way I see it, 3 out of 16 ain’t couple. That’s right everyone, don’t get your sica710’ are only doing half the work as bad. “Everything Has Changed” has re- panties in an uproar. I’m talking about our the listener. The music is important, and The album has a number of highlights. ceived much popularity in the past few beloved Taylor Swift’s newest album, Red. that will always be true. But Jesssica710, One of which includes the predicted next days of the album’s release. Why? Because I’ve always had this fantasy in my head please do me a favor and listen to Red with single, “Begin Again;” a softer, country it features Ed Sheeran, London’s favorite that if I ever had the privilege of meeting your eyes closed. Feel it. Respect it. Love ballad, speaking an enlightening, heart ginger! The collaboration of the two cre- Taylor Swift in person, I would say some- it. You might consider editing up your re- melting tale about starting over anew, with ates an indulgently flirtatious song, certain thing like, “Taylor, please go out with me view a little. (hopefully) the right person. Then there’s to wedge itself somewhere in your head. so I can dump you and have a song writ- Here’s my side of the story. Listen- “All Too Well.” A classic Taylor Swift Together, they sing a dialogue of quick ten about me.” Not that I would ever dump ing to Red is like taking a day trip to the track, similar to “Back to December,” in moving love, where the butterflies are still her in my fantasy land, I mean, she seems planet’s most extravagant, mind-blowingly the sense of it being a memory ridden joy- fluttering and hopes are forever high. like a lovely person. But, I’m just saying, spectacular zoo under the moonlight and ride where Jesus takes the wheel and in the All in all, this album is magical. As the if I did, it wouldn’t take long for a revenge stars, with animals of all kinds and may- end, nobody wins. late, great Hunter S. Thompson had once song to work itself out of the woodwork. be a few Maserati’s thrown in speeding “The Last Time” is another gem, but said, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” Just Ms. Swift has held tight to her infa- around the park full throttle. you should know that I’m a sucker for tear- be sure to buckle up, because who knows mous reputation for this. You know, writ- It’s true what they say, Taylor Swift has jerking tragedies. Featured on the track is there Taylor will take you. Of course, there ing songs about her exes. Biting back hard gone pop, however, only on certain tracks. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol. Indulging are bits and pieces of Red that I don’t care for all the horrible experiences she’s had But hey, every zoo has an animal you just in an apocalyptically passionate duet, the much for, but I won’t get into that. Just in in past relationships. I’m no T-Swifty fa- want to skip by. And if you’re not a fan of two work together to put a permanent end case Taylor Swift ever reads this, I don’t natic, so don’t fact-check me here, but I’m the whole pop thing, then try to stay away to the painstaking misery that they have want to ruin my chances of that break up guessing she must have at least twenty five from “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “We caused each other over the span of their tune. to thirty songs about exes to date, whether Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” relationship. they are happy, or sad songs. You’d think and fear with all of your heart the oddball “Sad Beautiful Tragic” is a curious that we’d be getting tired of hearing about evils of “22,” where T-Swift tries her hand turn, almost sounding like a track that Rating System it by now, but here’s the funny thing. In a at imitating Ke$ha with dance floor hooks could’ve been played during Jack and world of heartbroken, misunderstood girls and a bizzaro country bite. But between Rose’s post-sinking scene in Titanic. Writ- and boys who are just too ashamed to ad- you and me, a little guilty pleasure never ten in a 3/2 time signature, it gives off the 5/5 - Wicked Awesome mit they love it, Taylor Swift is a bullet- hurt anyone. feel of a deeply lovable waltz, moving to proof inspiration to us all. Taylor fooled the masses when “We the brink of a promise to never let go. 4/5 - Worth Your Time I’ve read my share of reviews for this Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” Red has its share of happy-go-lucky 3/5 - Decent album. Enough to get me genuinely pissed was aired as a radio single. When I flipped jingles as well. “Stay Stay Stay” is a cheery off. As expected, I came across many in- on the radio one day, I thought, “Wow, circus romp that makes love look easy. Af- 2/5 - Barely Tolerable dividuals who claim that they are “a die- I haven’t heard any Avril Lavigne in a ter three and a half minutes of ear pleasure, hard Taylor Swift fan, but this album is while.” It was a track that heightened skep- be warned. You might have an embarrass- 1/5 - Utter Crap

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Submit your Creative Writing to [email protected] Subject: Creative Writing 08/THE UNFILTERED LENS/SINCE 2007/OCTOBER 24, 2012/ Silent too long, we must Group effort, here’s how we speak on Andrew’s behalf continued from cover ation “pertains to a confidential end cyberbullying together personnel matter and I am not at Friedman installed in a position liberty to [...] discuss the situa- that ultimately led to Andrew be- tion.” continued from pg 3 at stopbullying.gov. tion Lifeline can be reached by ing forced out of the university he Nightingale and others at URI Once we’ve learned to rec- dialing 1-800-273-TALK (8255). had served for 17 years. have tried bringing Andrew’s case pabilities, cyberbullying doesn’t ognize the signs, it’s important to The Lifeline is available for Now it is my understanding to the RI Board of Governor’s for end at the city limits. Most un- not ignore them and act immedi- support to those contemplating that Andrew signed a retirement Higher Education, as well. And, fortunately, some teens even re- ately when they are identified. suicide or going through an emo- package of some sort with the uni- as of my speaking with Nightin- sort to suicide, because they can’t Whenever possible, put a tional crisis, and to those who versity, and as part of that deal he gale, the Board of Governor’s had bear the anguish any further. stop to bullying on the spot; make know someone in either of those has been barred from discussing yet to even acknowledge receipt Hopefully by now, you’re it clear that there is zero-tolerance situations. The responders are his “personnel issues”. As such, of the letters sent to them. asking yourself questions. Ques- for it. Also, be sure to support trained and prepared to provide and since I did not wish to cause This silence has not gone un- tions like: How can I recognize those who are victims of bullying. emotional support 24/7. him any more harm, I met with noticed. But it has gone on for too the signs of bullying? What can They do not need to hear: Now to address the “what we Andrew’s friend, and outspoken long. I am currently a student at I do to help those who are being “Ignore it and it will go away.” can all do together” part to bring supporter, Peter Nightingale, to URI. This very same campus is bullied? And most importantly, IT WILL NOT GO AWAY! This about change. First, we need to speak some more about Andrew’s now my academic home. I may what can we all do together to put is a monumental misconception. come together to put a definitive situation. His “personnel issues,” not face the same trials as the a stop to these heinous actions, Often, by the time children/teens end to cyberbullying and bullying as it were. LGBT community, but I believe once and for all? have brought the bullying to an in general. Andrew was given no fair that their troubles are my trou- Let’s first focus on recogniz- adult’s attention, they are dis- Teens cannot go on harming treatment by his superiors. He bles. Andrew’s troubles, though ing the signs that a child, teen or traught and see that adult as their themselves and taking their lives was managed in such a way that he has gone before I arrived, are college student is being bullied. last ray of hope. because we refuse to act on their it “created a box, which is very my troubles. Common signs that someone Telling them to ignore the behalf. Therefore, I urge you to scary.” Faced with the options of I will not be silent about these is being bullied include but are bullying crushes that hope and write your local and state politi- fighting a long, protracted battle issues. What is the accountability, not limited to: frequent head- sends the message that we, as cians, and more importantly your against the very administrators the responsibility of people to do aches and/or nausea, pretending adults, have better things to do Senators and Congressional Rep- purported to prevent exactly this the right thing? Who will speak to be ill, sudden decline in grades/ than to be concerned with this resentatives. sort of marginalization of those truth to power, and hold them academic performance, loss of seemingly trivial matter. That be- Demand that they take action who speak out or submitting to responsible when people are mar- friends, avoidance of social situ- ing said, the most important thing to pass legislation making cyber- the pressure, Andrew signed a ginalized or “papered over” when ations, anxiety, etc. to do is to NOT be an “innocent bullying that results in self-harm, resignation contract. Had he not they speak out against inequity, Often, watching for signs bystander,” because there is no extensive therapy, or suicide, a resigned, he would have returned iniquity? that someone is being bullied is such thing! crime. If letters are not effective, from his unpaid leave to re- I can only do so much, I am not enough. Parents and teach- An innocent bystander who then start petitions by gathering port once more to Friedman, the but a single voice. But with your ers need to recognize signs that witnesses or has knowledge of signatures in your community, source of his consternation. help, we can raise such a trum- indicate that someone is bullying such awful wrongdoings but your school, your city council URI’s president David M. pet that the very foundations of others as well; some common in- refuses to act is guilty by asso- ward, etc.; mail those petitions to Dooley has kept a very consistent injustice will crumble. I may not dicators include: increasingly ag- ciation. By refusing to help, that our politicians too. answer when he has been asked, be able to help Andrew, but I can gressive behavior(s), consistently person becomes just as guilty if Inform local news channels by numerous reporters from local carry on for him. And so can you. denying responsibility for one’s not more so than the actual bully. of your efforts within community news outlets. That Andrew’s situ- But will you? actions, consistently blaming oth- Lastly, there are resources and urge them to cover the story. ers for one’s problems, frequently available for victims, who feel We can no longer be innocent by- This was how Ms. Friedman’s letter of repri- getting into fights or verbal argu- like they have no place left to turn. standers, guilty by association. It mand to Andrew concluded: “You will not talk ments, etc. More information can Lifeline, more commonly known is up to us to take a stand, to give be found on both of these issues as the National Suicide Preven- a voice to the voiceless. to anyone, you will ask for no help, you will receive no assistance, no justice, and you will Paul Larocque is currently a sophomore at CCRI. He is a former pre-school, and daycare teacher, as well like it. Or, I’ll fire you,” ...or something like that as a former student teacher at elementary through high school levels. Cooking Cheesecake stuffed strawberries When searching for a sensual dessert, look no further than the with cheesecake stuffed strawberries. Take a bite out of one and let ass your mouth and tongue have a moment alone with the flavor. with Stephanie Bly Ingredients Directions 1 lb. large Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. strawberries Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary oz. cream cheese, (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and 8 set aside. softened; can use 1/3 less fat In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 3-4 tbsp. powdered vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or sugar, 4 for sweeter Ziploc with the corner snipped off. filling 1 tsp. vanilla extract Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries graham cracker are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs. If not serving ½ immediately, refrigerate until serving. crumbs media credit: Stephanie Bly

When making these, I did not use the crushed graham cracker crumbs, and they came out far better than I had hoped. Careful how big you snip the corner of the bag, as you want the tip to fit into a small hole.

Enjoy and see you for the next Recipe.

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