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Eastman Professor Wins Second Grammy Award CampusTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015 / VOLUME 142, ISSUE 3 Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org Public Eastman Market professor due for wins $7.2 second million Grammy redesign Award BY JAMIE RUDD BY RACHAEL SANGUINETTI SENIOR STAFF SENIOR STAFF The Rochester Public Market PHOTOS COURTESY OF UR COMMUNICATIONS announced in this month’s issue GRAPHIC BY RACHEL HAMMELMAN Eastman Professor Paul of Market Matters that they will Students and administrators appear in an video which seeks to raise awareness of sexual assault. O’Dette was awarded his second begin work this spring on a number Grammy Award for Best Opera of renovations and expansions. Recording. The awards were These changes will include the announced Sunday, Feb. 8, in construction of an additional UR joins ‘It’s On Us’ campaign Los Angeles. open-air shed, more Saturday O’Dette won his first parking, new food stands, more against sexual assault Grammy in 1996 for his work bathrooms and the replacement with classical singer Sylvia of the current enclosed winter McNair on a series of song shed with a brand-new facility. BY ANGELA LAI Michael Silverstein explained sexual assaults to the previously by composer Henry Purcell. These renovations are expected to NEWS EDITOR that since students can often all-male group of investigators But O’Dette calls this award be complete by the end of 2016, unknowingly contribute to the would have more options. especially rewarding. and the Market will remain open The UR Students’ Association culture of sexual assault, “The Esce emphasized the “I was a guest accompanist during construction. (SA) collaborated with UR goal of the committee is to importance of student feedback, on the first one,” he said, “but It is the Market’s long-term Communications to release really empower groups to have and she said she hopes to hear this was a project I designed and goal to secure funding for a video featuring students, a collaborative space to work suggestions from students on directed from the start.” additional expansions, including administrators and staff on together to brainstorm [...] how the campaign can improve O’Dette, as well as conductor construction of a public indoor Tuesday, Feb. 10, launching Each group can then through or how the University’s policies Stephen Stubbs, are the co- space capable of holding 80-100 the University’s “It’s On their own vehicles promote can change to be more helpful artistic directors and conductors people. This space would be used Us” campaign against sexual sexual assault prevention for survivors of sexual assault. of the Boston Early Music for cooking classes, nutrition violence. education.” President Obama announced Festival. The winning recording, education and small private SA President and senior Silverstein also noted that the national “It’s On Us” “Charpentier: La Descente functions. Additionally, the Market Antoinette Esce said that she some all-male groups, including campaign last fall as an effort d’Orphée aux enfers,” was is interested in incorporating more and SA Vice President and junior fraternities and sports teams, to prevent sexual assaults on recorded by Boston Early storefronts on Union Street. They David Stark took “a little bit have asked MOVE to teach college campuses by reminding Music Festival musicians and will begin to pursue funding for longer to get on board with a them about sexual assault everyone that they have a is a relatively unknown opera these additional projects once the national campaign. We wanted prevention through a workshop. responsibility to stop them. The from the Baroque Period which current renovations are underway. to make sure it was right for U “The community’s been very “It’s On Us” video released by SA is sung in French. O’Dette says Planning for the renovations of R students and [would] be willing,” he said. “One change and UR Communications refers this makes the award even more began in late 2011. In 2012, effective here.” She added, “This we’re hoping to see this semester to the University’s resources special. “I always assumed that the Market was awarded $2 one’s a priority for us just because is a lot more engagement by for survivors of sexual assault a mainstream opera with a million from the New York it’s such a cultural issue that campus groups.” and echoes a shorter, celebrity- famous cast would win, which State Department of Agriculture involves everyone on campus.” Esce observed that the studded video released by the is usually the case,” he said. & Markets in anticipation of As part of UR’s campaign, University had been working White House last fall. “For the Academy to recognize their winter shed construction. student leaders from student on making changes to prevent SA has been working on an unknown French Baroque Over the next two years, the organizations that are and are sexual violence on campus long the implementation of this opera by an unknown composer, Market gained $1.5 million of not already working to prevent before the official start of the campaign since late November makes this very special.” funding from the state Regional sexual assault on campus to raise campaign. of last year, with part of the Other nominations for the Economic Development Council awareness of how students can “Our new policy of affirmative filming of the video taking award included a recording and $500,000 from additional help prevent sexual violence. consent went in place at the end place during last semester’s of “L’Orestie D’Eschyle,” state funds. The remainder of This committee will hopefully of last year, and they had been finals week. It took about a “Hippolyte Et Aricie,” “Moses the $7.2 million project will be serve as an educational resource working on it for a year to a month and a half to organize Und Aron” and “Elektra” by covered by City of Rochester for students and student year and a half before that,” she and film, and the students and composers Milhaud, Rameau, capital dollars and funds. organizations. said. Additionally, during the staff in the video helped write Schöenberg, and Strauss, “The changes all started with Men Opposing Violence last school year, 11 new female their own lines. respectively. The Boston Early redoing the winter shed,” Market Everywhere (MOVE) Vice investigators were trained so Lai is a member of Music Festival has received four President of Programming that anyone who would have the class of 2018. other Grammy nominations SEE MARKET PAGE 4 Development and senior felt uncomfortable reporting SEE GRAMMY PAGE 4 JE SUIS CHARLIE LOVE IS IN THE AIR WEEKEND INSIDE BASKETBALL THIS CT Perspectives of the tragedy Need some help reconciling a Emily Lewis breaks down UR from two UR students currently Valentine’s Day dilemma? The men’s basketball’s victories over studying abroad in France. Humor section has you covered. NYU and Brandeis. PAGE 8 FEATURES PAGE 10 HUMOR PAGE 16 SPORTS CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR PAGE 2 / campustimes.org NEWS / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015 WEEKEND FORECAST COURTESY OF WEATHER.COM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY A.M. Snow Showers Snow Snow Showers/Wind High 9, Low 2 High 26, Low 2 High 2, Low -3 Chance of snow: 50% Chance of snow: 90% Chance of snow: 50% PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE Danforth employee falls on top of elevator CHI HUANG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER BY ANGELA LAI to a fire alarm in the building. Upon arrival to the fifth floor, DANCER WOWS CROWD AT INSPIREJAM NEWS EDITOR they found smoke coming from At the third annual inspireJAM and fifth annual inspireDANCE festival, a crowd gathered to watch dancing in the May Room. 1. On Feb. 9 at 11:26 a.m., the kitchen. Officers found a pot Department of Public Safety with a burnt black residue in it on (DPS) officers responded to the the stove, which was still on. No report of an employee injury one was in the kitchen. A student THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS at Danforth Dining Hall. told officers she was boiling Upon arrival, officers found brown sugar and tea in the pot THURSDAY that a staff member had fallen and left it unattended for several FEBRUARY 12 approximately four feet onto the minutes. The area was ventilated CONVERSATION ON INTERFAITH DATING AND FREE FILM SCREENING: “HAPPY” top of the elevator. The elevator and the student was warned MARRIAGE HOYT AUDITORIUM, 7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. had malfunctioned and the doors about watching things while INTERFAITH CHAPEL BRENNAN ROOM, 6:15 P.M. - 7:15 P.M. Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued opened without the elevator being cooking. No damage or injuries Join the conversation on “Interfaith Dating and emotion. The screening is hosted by Active Minds, up to the floor. The staff member were reported. Marriage: Yes, No, Maybe?” The talk is hosted by the the Rocheser Psychology Undergrad Council, UHS Student Association for Interfaith Cooperation (SAIC). Health Promotion Office and the UR Cinema Group. was pulling a large cart onto the elevator when he fell, but the cart More students caught walking FRIDAY did not fall. The staff member was on thin ice FEBRUARY 13 conscious when officers arrived and stated that he was in pain. 3. This week, there were two PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM EASTMAN OPERA VOICE COMPETITION separate incidents in which DPS DEWEY HALL 2-110E, 3:30 P.M.- 5:00 P.M. EASTMAN KILBOURN HALL, 8:00 P.M. - 10:30 P.M. Rural/Metro Ambulance and University of Manitoba’s Esa Diaz-Leon presents a talk FEO sponsors an annual Vocal Competition in which the Rochester Fire Department officers responded to people on on “Phenomenal Concepts: The Recognitional Account a number of Eastman’s very best singers, selected by (RFD) responded to assist.
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