Flyer News, Vol. 62, No. 11

TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 2014 NEWS // New look, same grease: lo- A&E // Dayton Holiday Festival kicks OPINIONS // Every relationship has SPORTS // Men’s basketball heads VOL. 62 NO. 11 cal fast food joints get makeovers as off holiday season, pg. 8. a shelf life, pg. 12. to Puerto Rico, pg. 16. slick as their food pg. 5. Red Scare cheers on the men’s basketball team Friday during a game against FLYER NEWS Alabama A&M. Late-night concert celebrates local music AVIATE sessions prompt further discussion, concern AMANDA DEE Social Media Manager Housing and residence life staff con- tinued the conversation about the AVI- ATE housing system at an information session Friday. The session followed a meeting with Student Government Associa- tion President Sarah Dickson, Vice President Elaine Laux and housing and residence life staff Wednesday. In that meeting, housing and residence life staff explained how and why the AVIATE housing system was developed, Dickson said. Executive Director of Housing and Residence Life Steve Herndon, Direc- Local band, Motel Beds (above), will perform at McGinnis Friday at 10 p.m. Courtesy of Art Jipson. tor of Housing Operations Jim Froe- Top right photo by Chris Santucci/Photo Editor hlich and Director of Residence Life Christina Smith told Dickson and Laux KATIE CHRISTOFF century living learning communi- nate with students, without being hip-hop. senior administration officials man- A&E Editor ty, better known as C21, which is preachy or boring.” In this evolving music scene, dated the change because the lottery coordinated by Jipson. Over the past 10 years, Jipson’s Motel Beds has remained at the system was confusing, even to housing “We’ve consistently articulated radio show has evolved and pri- forefront for close to 10 years. The and residence life staff. that if there was one tagline for marily become a platform for him band, currently promoting its fifth “That five minute window, when “Support your local music the radio show it was this: support to play local artists and make stu- full-length album, has been tour- five minutes feels like five seconds,” scene” has long been the tagline your local music scene,” Jipson dents aware of the Dayton music ing nationally and recently re- provoked student anxiety, Herndon for WUDR Flyer Radio’s “Your said. “You should go buy the CDs, scene. leased its sixth album. said at the Friday information meeting. Tuesday Afternoon Alternative,” go out and buy the vinyl albums, “What started off as an academ- “When I first heard them play, “You feel that so much is on the line.” a weekly radio show hosted by Art go to shows and buy the t-shirts, ic pursuit, using music as a way to I thought if these guys don’t go In 2012, housing and residence life Jipson, the director of criminal go out and tell people about the get people to think about things, somewhere, there’s just seriously staff created a task force and invited justice studies at the University of bands you just saw that changed became more about exposing peo- something wrong with the uni- students to participate in focus groups, Dayton, and his wife Tracey. your life.” ple to music that they wouldn’t verse,” Jipson said. “They’re just but the staff said “no one showed inter- On Friday, Dr. J, as Jipson is Jipson teaches a popular cul- normally get a chance to hear,” that good.” Motel Beds performed est at the time,” according to Dickson. (affectionately) known by his stu- ture class and quickly discovered Jipson said. “We’re not passing at ArtStreet’s 1World Celebration The special interest housing process dents, will bring that mantra to an interest among his students in judgment; we’re just trying to cre- last April and looks forward to re- was “exploding,” Dickson said, so the life by hosting a late-night concert the music he shared with them. ate the opportunity for people to turning to play at UD. task force used that process as a base on campus. Two prominent local He’s been a radio DJ since his col- hear different things.” “It was a really good crowd,” model for AVIATE. bands, Motel Beds and Ghost Town lege years, so he decided to use the Dayton is home to many local guitarist Tommy Cooper said of “In the end, students have more Silence, will perform a free show medium he was most familiar with bands, and Jipson said they’re performing at UD. “There were control [under AVIATE],” Froehlich in the McGinnis Center’s multi- to share his passion for local music often under-recognized. For that lots of new faces and good vibes said at the Friday information session. purpose room. with students. reason, his show has had a strong all around.” “In every session, that’s the response This concert will celebrate “It became apparent that there’s focus on independent, local music. Jipson said the band had a warm we’ve gotten.” the 10-year anniversary of “Your only so much you can do in a class, He describes the Dayton music reception and sold $200 worth of CDs Tuesday Afternoon Alternative” and I wanted to do so much more scene as eclectic: in the ‘70s, it was during its performance at 1World. and also serve as a learning ex- than that,” Jipson said. “But I had home to a large funk scene but is perience for first-year students in to ask myself how to do it in a now more diverse, including noise- the self and community in the 21st way that would motivate and reso- rock, metal, country, folk and even See MOTEL, pg. 4 See AVIATE, pg. 2 FOLLOW @FLYERNEWS ON TWITTER FOR MORE UPDATES ON CAMPUS, LOCAL, NATIONAL AND WORLD NEWS 2 NEWS NEWS 3 Online at flyernews.com Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 Online at flyernews.com LifeShel creates phone case to help prevent sexual assault CAMPUS ON THE FLY FAITH AND REASON KATIE CHRISTOFF pired Nov. 3. The Kickstarter has a goal For the second time, UD’s On the Fly ArtsLIVE will present the New York Po- A&E Editor of $70,000 and raised more than $45,000. Improv will make you laugh (hope- lyphony’s “Faith and Reason” at Holy An- The campaign offered a variety of do- fully) in Sears Recital Hall, Friday from gels Church on Brown Street, Thursday Sexual assault on campus has been nation options with different rewards 7:30-9:30 p.m. For more information, at 8 p.m. New York’s chamber quartet a prominent issue in the media lately, for each. visit udayton.edu/studev/involvement New York Polyphony specializes in an- forcing colleges and universities to Whistl was also available for pur- or email [email protected]. cient sacred music. UD faculty, staff and reconsider their policies. Some states, chase through the Kickstarter cam- Source: udayton.edu alumni can attend for $12. UD students like California and New York, have at- paign for just $57, a significant discount can attend for $8. Source: udayton.edu tempted to require affirmative consent from the $90-$100 retail price after the ALT THANKSGIVING before any sexual activity, but, in many product debuts in July, according to Wu. Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkeys and HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST cases, this leads to a messy “he said, she Their Kickstarter campaign generat- America. The Office of Multicultural Af- Fateh Azzam, University of Dayton Hu- said” situation. ed support from the Pittsburgh commu- fairs and Housing and Residence Life man Rights Center scholar-practitioner But what if there was an app for that? nity and even earned LifeShel national will host an alternative thanksgiving in in residence, on Human Rights in A group of young entrepreneurs recognition. McGinnis Center, Thursday from 5-6:30 the Middle East, will present “Inter- in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have de- “We owe a lot of our success to CMU’s p.m. Discuss the cultural misrepresenta- national Law, Human Rights and the veloped a tool, which they believe will connections to the entrepreneurship tion of Native Americans in the media Politics of Despair: Human Rights in the take positive and preventative action. community here in Pittsburgh,” Fu and education that glaringly surfaces Middle East” Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Through their company, LifeShel, they said. “It has connected us with a lot of during the Thanksgiving season. For For more information, email Youssef have developed a smartphone case and mentors and potential business part- Dayton Fire Department trains UD Rescue Squad to extricate crash victims from cars Friday. Chris Santucci/Photo Editor more information, visit oma.udayton. Farhat at [email protected]. accompanying app designed to prevent ners.” edu. Source: udayton.edu Source: udayton.edu sexual assault. As for the national recognition, The Whistl smartphone case will set Jayon Wang, Alan Fu, Leah Yingling and Siri Amrit Ramos founded LifeShel during their time at Carnegie Mellon University. Whistl has even made its way to the NATION LOCAL off an alarm, record video and audio, Courtesy of Rebekah Spicuglia. White House. President Obama com- and alert police, family and friends at mented on the product, saying: “I think TEXAS CHEMICAL LEAK KILLS FOUR FREAKING OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FERGUSON PREPARES FOR WORST SWORD-WIELDING WHITE MAN ROBS THE DEVIL APPEARS IN MANY FORMS the click of a button by the user. It will wouldn’t have helped her, and that was app that alerts the police and family To set off these features, two buttons it’s a great idea, let’s see if we can high- At a Dupont Industrial plant in Houston, Campus police officers arrested Cana- The grand jury’s decision for the Mi- COUSIN VINNY’S Mother Michelle Allen bought a pink be available for the iPhone 5, 5s and 6 in something we wanted to make sure no and friends selected by the user.

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