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Wednesday March 19, 2008 Volume 86 Issue 18 INSIDE: News — ItligEDOIS vF SPLICGRI ■ What Career Services can do for On IGC11111111OVEIISAILL WSU graduates ■ Disagreement surrounding Akon's Rachel Smith WINONAN performance Disagreement arose among ■ Beloved retired students when a group at Winona State University professor passes posted flyers promoting concealed carry on campus. The flyers read, "Signs can't ■ Women's History stop acts of violence. Armed Month continues citizens can," and "This is a gun free zone. If you were planning on shooting a bunch of innocent people and then yourself, we're sorry, but that Arts is not allowed here." III Warm weather on The signs were put up in the Student Union by junior campus: signs of Alexi Paizis in promotion spring of a newly forming campus group, currently involving half a dozen students who a The Ruckus call themselves "Students discusses Erykah for Concealed Carry on Campus." Badu release The ultimate goal of the group is to change state ▪ Underbakke gives policies to allow owners of concealed gun licenses to be epic movie a able to carry concealed guns Fred Schulze/WINONAN The Students for Concealed Carry on Campus promote the idea of self-protection from on campus, Paizis said. negative review concealed carry permit and will hold an empty holster protest day next month. After receiving permission from the student union desk, to spread awareness about the group and Paizis said, "but it never prevented me III International student Paizis put up the flyers. to get people to go the Web site to see why from putting them up." profile: Mohamen Paizis said that he and his group their group exists. members expected some kind of reaction "It crossed my mind that we may be AbdelMagid from students, but the posters were put up going against the grain with some people," See GUNS, Page 3 Phone: (507) 457-5119 http://www.winona.edu/winonan WE'VE GOT THE Katherine Chickey/WINONAN Pamela Fletcher, an associate professor of English and Women's Studies at the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis, addresses the many ways our society can transform a rape culture Thursday at Science Lab Center 120. 'Transforming a rape culture' Dana Kudelka when it becomes a problem," tion between audience mem- WINONAN said Fletcher. bers and herself Fletcher, an associate profes- After playing a recording of Despite the lack of a formal sor of English and Women's a graphic poem by playwright class in Science Lab Center Studies at the College of St. Ntozake Shange displaying sta- 120, the seats were filled last Catherine in Minneapolis, gave tistics of how often women are AMERICA'S #1 SANDWICH DELIVERY! Thursday with students, faculty the attentive audience an ex- battered and murdered every and Winona community mem- ample of how her students have day, Fletcher asked the audi- bers who all gathered to hear struggled when they hear our ence why everyone should care author Pamela Fletcher discuss society is patriarchal. about assault towards women. 155 E. 3RD ST. the book "Transforming a Rape "When we talk about hatred "People have mothers," said Culture." of females, people get nervous," Winona State University senior The book, which includes said Fletcher. "'How can you Courtney Ault. "Women aren't 507.454.4711 work from famous feminist say women are hated?' students second class citizens." activists Andrea Dworkin and ask. I ask them 'Look at what's Fletcher then led the audi- JIMMYJOHNS COM poet bell hooks, is a collection going on in our culture; do you ence into making connections 7007 JIMMY JOHIFS FRANCHISE. LAC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . of essays about the origins of consider that loving?'" about the portrayal of women sexual violence and intimida- Fletcher also discussed what in television and movies which tion in American culture. she considers misconceived no- she calls the allegiance of pa- Fletcher, one of three co-ed- tions of sexual violence in our triarchy. itors of "Transforming a Rape culture. "(Women) tend to judge Culture," discussed the four According to Fletcher it's other women," said Fletcher. .rv":., DANCE TEACHERS NEEDED! main points of what constitutes largely assumed that sexual "There's a construction of a bad a rape culture; Power, privilege, violence is when "people jump girl versus the good girl." Do you bye chilthen? Cfowing dance studio sexism and patriarchy. out of bushes and attack people At the end of her presenta- seek r° enthusiastk feathers for ballet„ taR jazz, Fletcher stressed that every- they don't know." tion, Fletcher encouraged audi- lyrical,h4a hop and thildrenrs classes and advanced one who gathered in the lecture Fletcher encourages people ence members to help create a classes.. Flexible houfs„ pasitve afrnos ere. hall that night had some sort to look closer at domestic situ- less violent society. of privilege. Whether it was ations. "Not everyone can do ev- Please send resume and letter of introduction to:: the color of their skin or how "By in large, most of us who erything, but everyone can do Misty Lown„ cSo Mittyt Dance Unlimited, LLC much money they make a year, are assaulted are assaulted something," said Fletcher. 980 12th Ave. So.,Ctialaik4 WI' S$650 itip.,=1 Fletcher believes privilege can in safe places by people we present danger. know," said Fletcher. Contact Dana at "When privilege is exercised Throughout her presentation, [email protected] to the detriment of others, that's Fletcher stimulated conversa- 2 News Continued from Page 1 '4W GUNS ' •o•r ":•:. 11"..,, i001#0,40(u404` Paizis and two other group wanted to find a "safer way" they would confer with Reed as members, Christopher Burg and to communicate the SCCC they continue to work on new Jon Heer, said that the posters group's message. posters. have been allowed at other colleges around the country. Within a day of posting, Paizis noticed the flyers were being torn down. The removal of his flyers did not deter Paizis from reporting them. Joe Reed, the Student Union director, said that within two days of the flyers being posted, there were between 20 and 30 students coming into his office to complain that the flyers were offensive and inappropriate. Reed said that the flyers ,V4VA-Mkft• should have been brought to Fred Schulze/WINONAN his attention first before being The national SCCC group believes that it is a ,••• ;1st. • z, posted. constitutional right to carry firearms, regardless of #k4isr "With all the complaints, I whether someone is on a college campus. had to do something," Reed said. Reed recommended the "This is your building," Reed According to Reed, this was matter to the Student Senate. said. "I'm basically the landlord the first time the Student Union In a Senate meeting last of your building, so I have to do committee has had to deal with month, the group members what's right for the students." complaints about posters. a. were able to voice their Although the group was The SCCC group plans on concerns during the meeting's asked to work on rewording continuing to promote their open gallery. future posters, Paizis said he cause with an empty holster Senate's Student Activities recognizes the concerns of the protest day in April in which chair AJ Schuler said that, Student Union office. members will wear an empty although he understands what "I understand their position," gun holster around campus for the group was trying to say, the Paizis said. "If I had to put a day. message was untimely due to myself in Joe Reed's shoes I the Northern Illinois University probably would have done the shootings. same thing." 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