Women's Role Highlighted in MLK Address

CampusTHURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 / VOLUME 140, ISSUE 1 Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org INSIDE Women’s role highlighted in MLK address THIS CT BY KELSEY BURRITT we did around gender.” staFF WRITER Her comment provided a window into the theme of Before Melissa Harris- her address later that eve- Perry delivered the Martin ning in Strong Auditorium. Luther King Jr. Com- Speaking to a teeming memorative Address on crowd of students, faculty, Thursday, Jan. 17, she sat and community members, down with a small group of Harris-Perry celebrated FAUVER students in the Douglass King as a collective effort, FANFARE Leadership House, talked, but she honed in on the and listened. She is cur- effect that women had on The Fill Fauver program rently the host of her own his life and legacy. is attemping new means show on MSNBC, a col- “We’ve got to talk a little of publicity to drive up umnist for “The Nation,” bit about how we can cel- attendance at UR games. and a professor at Tulane ebrate King and appreciate PAGE 9 FEatURES University. him, and yet recognize and “I went to college from critique his patriarchy at COURTESY OF J. ADAM FENSTER, UR PHOTOGRAPHER ALUMNUS age 16 to 20,” Harris-Perry the same time,” she said. Melissa Harris-Perry, an MSNBC analyst and professor of political science, spoke on Thursday, Jan. GIVES BACK told students prior to the Harris-Perry began her 17 in Strong Auditorium about the importance of women in continuing Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy. talk. “And from 16 to 20, address with an image to movements, connect work of King after he was nessing media attention, if a white person didn’t like of the King Memorial in and unite. gone,” Harris-Perry said. spurring sociopolitical me, I don’t suppose I gave a Washington, D.C. pro- “I think the man who Throughout her speech, action, and expanding the good giggly-wiggly.” jected behind her: a 30-foot we know as King is in Harris-Perry brought the movement. She paused to laugh high towering relief of the fact deeply influenced by women of the civil rights Nevertheless, these with the audience, then man, arms crossed, alone. the work of women who movement to the fore- women were overshadowed continued on a serious The fault in the image, supported him sometimes, ground: Rosa Parks, Ella partners. The director position Harris-Perry pointed out, who challenge[d] him at Baker, Elizabeth Eckford, She imparted that the of the Rare Books note: “The challenge for us was the extent to which is that King was not alone. other times, who critiqued Fannie Lou Hamer, and living memories of some department has been As a leader, his strengths him, who suffered, who others. civil rights leaders, such as endowed. all of the black women’s leadership was race-based were in his ability to col- mourned him, and who Harris-Perry divulged Medgar Evers and King PAGE 3 NEWS leadership, and how little laborate, to bring attention undoubtedly carried on the these women’s roles — har- SEE KING paGE 5 SQUASH SCORES Students take part in 2013 inaugu- Director of new Inter- ration, Eastman Quartet plays cultural Center appointed BY ANGELA REMUS of Eastman masters stu- left to attend the inaugural BY ANTOINETTE ESCE invited to interview the four NEWS EDITOR dents Kelsey Farr and parade. The quartet’s per- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF potential candidates. Patel Markiyan Melnychenko formance included pieces was the only student pres- The University of and undergraduate seniors as varied as an arrange- On Jan. 16, Michelle ent for Thompson-Taylor’s UR men’s squash team Rochester and Eastman Hyeok Kwon and Che ment of “The Genesee” by Thompson-Taylor assumed interview. beat Colby College last School of Music were well- Ho Lam, was invited to masters students Reuben her newly appointed role as “She was the last one we weekend. represented at President perform in October by Allen and Michael Con- director of the Intercultural interviewed, and none of Obama’s second inaugu- New York Senator Charles rad, Mozart’s “Quartet Center. Her new position the other students showed PAGE 16 SPORTS ration: 54 UR students Schumer, chairman of the in C Major,” and Joplin’s will involve facilitating col- up,” Patel said. “We went 15 MENTALIST bussed overnight to attend 2013 Joint Congressional “Country Club Rag.” laboration between students minutes over the interview the event and the Eastman Committee on Inaugural “It’s an experience of a and faculty. time because we were having MESMERIZES String Quartet performed Ceremonies. lifetime,” Lam said. “See- “I’m excited to be able to such a great conversation at the Presidential Inaugu- Their repertoire was ing all these public figures lead a center that can help ad- about what culture meant on ral Luncheon. performed in three parts, as so up-close [is] dress the needs and concerns campus.” The quartet, composed attendees entered, ate, and SEE OBAMA paGE 4 of our students, but can also Since Patel was the only convey the cultural identity of student present for all four campus,” Thompson-Taylor candidate interviews, he said. was able to participate in Thompson-Taylor had the appointing committee’s previously served as an ad- deliberations. missions counselor at UR Patel felt that Thompson- Alain Nu, a mentalist, since 2004. She has specifi- Taylor was very receptive to hypnotized the crowd cally worked with the College his feedback and while the with his talents. Horizons program as well as discussion initially focused the Rochester Urban League on the traditional idea of cul- PAGE 13 A&E to create the University’s ture and specifically student Jesse Moore Urban League culture groups, it eventually THURSDAy’s Scholarship. evolved into a definition of “[Thompson-Taylor] has culture that included many WEATHER tremendous energy and en- different students groups thusiasm for this work,” including performance en- Dean of the College Richard sembles. Patel explained that Feldman said. “Through her nearly everything somehow experiences in admissions, she contributes to campus culture is in a good position to col- and that he was impressed laborate with students from all with Thompson-Taylor’s backgrounds and help them openness to student ideas. MIRIAM FROST / staFF PHOTOGRAPHER build connections.” “Having someone who Snow Showers Last semester, several stu- thinks like that in this position High 13, low 11 LECHASE HALL OFFICIALLY OPENS dents, including Students’ is great,” he said. Opening in time for the spring semester, LeChase is home to over 100 undergraduate courses and the War- Association president and Esce is a member of PAGE 2 NEWS ner School of Education. The building earned a LEED silver standard distinction. For story, see page 4. senior Roshal Patel, were the class of 2015. PAGE 2 / campustimes.org NEWS / THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 FIVE-DAY FORECAST COURTESY OF WEATHER.COM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Snow Showers Snow Showers Snow Showers Cloudy Showers Chance of precipitation: 30% Chance of precipitation: 50% Chance of precipitation: 30% Chance of precipitation: 20% Chance of precipitation: 40% High 21, Low 14 High 22, Low 18 High 28, Low 19 High 35, Low 31 High 41, Low 34 SECURITY UPDATE Caught in a pickle, thieves lose appetite BY CASEY GOULD Sisters recover composite MANAGING EDITOR after snatch-and-grab 1. On Thursday, Jan. 17, 3. On Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2:22 workers at the Hillside Market a.m., Security officers responded caught two females fleeing the to Library Road near Fauver premises with a stolen jar of Stadium where four males had pickles, UR Security Investigator been seen carrying a sorority Roger Keirsbilck said. composite. Claiming that they had When asked about the com- dropped their receipt, the females posite, the males told officers that also told workers that they were they had been visiting a friend not carrying their IDs. When a in Wilder Tower, Keirsbilck UR Security officer requested to said. After identifying one of see their IDs however, the females the males as an undergraduate complied, revealing that they and determining that the other were both undergraduates. three were not affiliated with the ALYSSA ARRE / PHOTO EDITOR The officer offered the stu- University, officers contacted a (EN)GENDERING AWARENESS OF WOMEN'S HISTORY, CULTURE dents a chance to buy the pickles, sorority representative who said (en)Gendered, an annual art show sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Institute and the Department of Art and Art History, but they “[weren’t] in the mood she neither knew the student nor opened on Friday, Jan. 18 in Sage Art Center. This year’s theme is “In Labor: Gendering (Re)production.” for them anymore.” No police gave him permission to take the report was filed. composite. After warning the student Suspect shoppers raise alarm and escorting the other three THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS males from the property, officers FRIDAY 2. On Wednesday, Jan. 16, returned the composite. No JANUARY 25 workers at the University book- charges were pressed. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS SEMINAR STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY store reported seeing a suspicious 1:00 - 2:15 P.M., ROOM 271, BAUSCH & LOMB HALL COMMITTEE MEETING male and female enter the shop. Renegades egg exhibit Carolyn Kuranz, Professor of Applied Physics at Univer- 5:15 P.M., ROOM 220, UHS BUILDING According to Keirsbilck, several sity of Michigan-Ann Arbor will give a talk on high-energy All students are welcome to come share their ideas and employees recognized the female 4. On Monday, Jan. 21, a density physics facilities. Tea will be served.

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