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www.InsideVandy.com HUSTLER THEMONDAY, FEBRUARY VANDERBIL 13, 2012 ★ 124TH YEAR, NO. 10 ★ THE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 T Students protest VANDERBILT 63 NO. 1 KENTUCKY 69 for and against all-comers policy T oo little, KYLE BLAINE and sophomore Sarah Smith said SENIOR REPORTER she was there to give the Board of Trust “positive feedback” on too late for The university’s “all-comers” the controversial policy. Smith, policy continues to be a source of along with other members of disagreement within the Vander- Lambda, downplayed concerns bilt community, as students, voiced by multiple religious faculty and alumni Friday ex- groups opposing the university’s Commodores pressed their feelings in an early position. morning demonstration ahead of “The policy is pretty straight- the Board of Trust meeting. forward,” said sophomore Josiah A group of around 15 students Foster. “Groups don’t have to arrived in front of the Student vote for people who disagree with Life Center around 7:30 a.m., their beliefs.” wielding signs praising the Senior Meryem Dede said the Board of Trust and Provost Rich- policy would have little impact ard McCarty for standing by the on the everyday activities of reli- all-comers policy. gious organizations. Lambda Association President see PROTEST page 3 Suspect arrested in connection to sexual assaults CHRIS HONIBALL garage. The three victims Sat- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF urday morning were all hospital employees. Tyrone Batts, 25, was charged At the time of his arrest, Batts Saturday with two counts of was on $50,000 bond for aggra- rape, attempted rape and rob- vated robbery and felon in pos- bery concerning an incident session of a weapon charges. He taking place Friday in the Ter- was also convicted of indecent race Place Garage at 2016 Ter- exposure in July 2011, and was race Place, according to a press sentenced to three years for co- release from Metro Nashville. caine possession in 2008. Batts was arrested Saturday Vanderbilt University Police morning after he was spotted Department released a security walking on Leslie Avenue near notice at approximately 12:35 Centennial Medical Center. a.m. Saturday morning con- Centennial security took him cerning the incident in Terrace into custody at 8:30 a.m. and Place Garage. held him for Metro police. An update to the alert was Batts is also suspected in sent at approximately 5:08 p.m. three incidents that took place Sunday stating that a suspect B ECK FRIEDMAN/ THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER Saturday morning, two of them had been taken into custody. S enior Jeff Taylor (44) and the Commodores were silenced for the final four minutes of Satur- in the Baptist Hospital parking This followed press releases day’s game against No. 1 Kentucky, falling 69-63 in front of a sellout crowd in Memorial Gym. garages and one in the Vander- from Metro Nashville concern- bilt University Medical Center ing the arrest. ★ Security cameras serve as deterrent,KATIE KROG not actively monitored According to Kramka, who can grant access to the in and around student residen- SENIOR PRODUCER OHARE worked with the footage are the senior director tial buildings. Vanderbilt University Police of housing operations, the dean The cameras monitor all Who’s watching you? Department and the Interna- of students, the assistant dean building entrances and stair- Have you ever seen those lit- tional Association of Campus of students, the senior director well landings as well as loung- tle black cameras on the ceil- Law Enforcement Adminis- of residential education and es, seminar rooms and other ings and wondered, “Who’s on trators in 2006 to review the the three associate directors of common areas. Some cameras, the other side of that thing?” security measures in use on residential education. such as those outside May- Usually, according to Senior Vanderbilt’s campus. The digital footage archive is field lodges and Chaffin apart- Director of Housing Opera- “Research shows that people maintained by three full-time ments, are mounted outside of tions Jim Kramka, the answer who do that sort of thing (mon- staff members and is protected residential buildings. is nobody. itor live security footage) can’t by “lots of safeguards against Currently, there are cameras The security cameras in and pay attention for more than hackers,” Kramka said. in some residential hallways, around student dorms and in about 15 minutes,” Kramka Other security cameras on but OHARE’s long-term goal, some Dean of Students build- said. campus, such as those in aca- according to Kramka, is to in- ings are controlled by the Of- People wishing to view secu- demic buildings, are controlled stall cameras in every residen- fice of Housing and Residential rity footage from dorm securi- by Plant Operations. tial hallway. K EVIN BARNETT/ THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER Education. ty cameras, including students The cameras in residential T he security cameras around campus are The footage is not viewed and VUPD officers, must seek How are they watching you? hallways, however, do not look not actively monitored, but rather serve live, but is instead recorded approval from one of six uni- There are over 1228 security into individual residences. as a deterrent against crime. and stored in digital form. versity officials. 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M ITT ROMNEY Mitt Romney, the Republican winner of the Maine, Florida, New Hamp- election: The birth shire and Nevada primaries, has voiced his opposition toward the provi- sion. On Monday, Romney explained that this mandate is a “violation of conscience” and that “we must have a president who is willing to protect America’s first right, our right to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience.” LESLIE SCHICHTEL sue will have on the elec- This mandate legislates Carney has criticized Romney for inconsistency, claiming that Obama’s controlSTAFF REPORTER mandate tion depends on how the that all employers, univer- policy is identical to the one in place in Massachusetts while Romney was media frames the issue, and sities and hospitals must governor, according to the Associated Press. President Obama Friday whether this is seen as a supply contraception and announced an accommoda- real accommodation or as a morning after pills in their R ON PAUL tion from a birth control way (for Obama) to change employees’ health insur- Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas, goes a step further from other mandate for religiously af- the conversation,” Swain ance plans. According to re- Republican candidates opposed to the law by claiming he is “the only filiated healthcare provid- said. “This is significant in ligious leaders, specifically choice for Americans seeking a candidate they can trust to reverse the ers, which will excuse or- the context of a broader at- Catholic bishops, the man- Obama administration’s assault on their religious and other liberties” in a ganizations in opposition to tack on religious freedom date conflicts with funda- statement on Thursday. the current ruling based on that many people feel. In mental beliefs against con- Paul has presented his “Plan to Restore America,” which would repeal religious reasons from the isolation, it does not amount traception held by Catholic all aspects of Obama’s government-funded healthcare plan. mandate. to much; however, because universities and hospitals. However, women em- the American people view President Obama passed RI CK SANTORUM ployed by these organiza- this as an infringement on the legislation as a part of Rick Santorum, the Republican primary winner of Colorado, Iowa, Min- tions would still be able to religious freedom, it impacts his 2010 healthcare plan. nesota and Missouri and a member of the Catholic Church, has used this receive free contraceptives how people now view the In response to the Catho- as an opportunity to attack Romney, as well as Obama, in the same vein and morning after pills di- President, Republicans and lic uproar against this act, as Carney. rectly from their insurance Democrats.” Press Secretary Jay Carney In an op-ed featured in Politico on Tuesday, Santorum wrote: “The ac- companies. This accommo- With only seven months defended the new mandate tions of President Obama — as well as the actions of then-Governor dation has not been accept- remaining until the 2012 during a press conference at Romney — raise some questions. From where do we receive our funda- ed by the pro-life camp or by Presidential Election, the the White House this week mental human rights? Are they given to us by the government — whether Catholic bishops. issue has refocused the maintaining, “The admin- that be State or Federal? Or, as the American Founders insisted, are According to Dr. Carol campaign on social issues istration believes that this these rights endowed upon us by a Creator?” Swain, a professor of po- and reignited the Religious strikes the appropriate bal- litical science and law at Right’s fervent opposition to ance between respecting re- NEWT GINGRICH Vanderbilt, the birth con- the Obama administration.