Travel Ban Hits Home, Page 2 Not Soon Be Forgotten
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
The Collegian Volume 114 2016-2017 Article 15 2-22-2017 Volume 114, Number 15 - Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Saint Mary's College of California Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Saint Mary's College of California (2017) "Volume 114, Number 15 - Wednesday, February 22, 2017," The Collegian: Vol. 114 , Article 15. Available at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian/vol114/iss1/15 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Saint Mary's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Collegian by an authorized editor of Saint Mary's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MORAGA, CALIFORNIA • VOLUME 114, NUMBER 15 • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 • STMARYSCOLLEGIAN.COM • TWITTER: @SMC_COLLEGIAN • FACEBOOK.COM/SMCCOLLEGIAN Diversity training proposed and approved for all faculty What’s Inside The rule requires both tenured and adjunct professors to attend NEWS TRAVEL BAN AFFECTS SMC STUDENT BY TERRILYN HO Siavash Saadlou has returned to NEWS EDITOR Saint Mary’s after complications amidst Trump’s executive order On Thursday, Feb. 16, the Academic Sen- calling for a travel ban. PAGE 2 ate voted and approved a proposed resolu- tion that called for mandatory diversity training for all faculty members, both ten- ured and adjunct. According to Ines Sosa, “Faculty Research Grants, Faculty Awards, Sabbatical Leave, and Faculty Development Fund requests will all be contingent on the completion of such training once every three years.” Last November a statement was written by the End the Silence Committee, which was developed in response to the solutions #NODAPL TEACH-IN given by Saint Mary’s administration to the Recent event discusses the pipeline’s demands brought up in Spring of 2016, when environmental impacts and threats End the Silence first started. to the Sioux tribe. PAGE 3 End the Silence is a discussion that result- ed from a lack of response from the adminis- END THE SILENCE forum was held last November with students coming together to discuss. (Adriana Avila/COLLEGIAN) CULTURE tration towards several controversial events. One of the most noteworthy instances being training for adjunct professors, in addition to of students do not feel that a professor fa- the egging of the Intercultural Center during tenured professors, who were previously not cilitates discussions adequately, they would the annual Black Student Union sleepover. required to attend. According to the Com- have to attend a workshop to brush up on A total of 10 demands were made and mittee, “Although the response presents facilitation skills, or something of that sort.” the call for diversity training is in direct re- statistics on increased underrepresented Prior to this approved resolution, the sponse to Demand 7, which explains that the faculty of color, such increased representa- Committee felt that the near impossibility school’s core principles are built on “the ex- tion needs to extend into other departments of required tenured professors to complete istence and success of a diverse community.” such as Science and Business.” diversity training indicated a clear need to According to the Committee the importance The need for this was addressed in this “modify the faculty handbook to reflect the of this, however, is the responsibility of the demand, where the Committee emphasized needs of students. It is incredulous that the faculty and staff. Whether that be in the that faculty are “not always fully equipped inability to enforce a training that aligns THE REAL HOLIDAY IS THE DAY classroom or around campus, they state with the tools and skills to facilitate class with the core principles is hindered by a AFTER VALENTINE’S DAY that “it is vital to hold them accountable to discussion and classroom dynamics, which handbook that is seen as a stopping point.” Find out why you should really attending diversity trainings and workshops, put student’s safety and learning at risk.” While it has certainly been difficult to keep be celebrating the week after as there is no other way to ensure they are They also contended that “student and track of the progress that has been made by Valentine’s Day. PAGE 4 all trained.” mid-term evaluations need to be held with the End the Silence Committee, this proposi- Diversity training was also touched upon more weight in order to maintain that ac- tion has proven that change is occurring and TWENTY ONE PILOTS in Demand 6, which called for this sort of countability. This can mean that if a group that it can continue for the years to come. The musician’s emotional road show inspires and entertains the audience, proving why they have Travel ban such a loyal fan base. PAGE 5 hits home OPINION BY JACOB TURNROSE OPINION EDITOR Siavash Saadlou, an international student from Iran, is currently back in the United States after concerns over his re-entry into the country. Saadlou is a graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program, studying creative writing. He is in his final semes- BERKELEY PROTESTS SPARK ter in graduate school. CONTROVERSY He also served as an English Composi- Arguments have been made that these tion teaching assistant in 2015-2016 aca- protests have been unnecessary and demic year and as a professor of English have also been “silencing the gays.” 004 during the fall semester of 2016. PAGE 6 Over winter break, he returned to Iran to visit with friends and family. During SPORTS this time, on Jan. 27, a week after Don- ald Trump’s inauguration, the Trump MEN’S BASKETBALL CRUISES administration issued Executive Order TO TWO-WIN WEEK 13769 titled: “Protecting the Nation from The Gaels are now securely Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United in second place as the season States.” winds to a close. PAGE 7 The executive order identifies seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) whose citizens were barred from entry in the United States. “I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmi- grants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order,” the executive order stated. Despite Saadlou holding a multiple- entry F-1 student visa, under the execu- ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY A tive order, he was barred from entry as RESOUNDING SUCCESS it applies to non-immigrants as well as The Saturday night festivities will see Travel Ban Hits Home, page 2 not soon be forgotten. PAGE 8 2 THE COLLEGIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 STMARYSCOLLEGIAN.COM THE INSIDE PAGE Travel ban hits home: International student back after concerns about re-entry CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the U.S. in the next few weeks,” said Tim Yoon, the International immigrants. If this order was Student & Scholar Advisor at maintained, this would have de- the Center for International layed his graduation from Saint Programs. Mary’s. The Center was in contact with His situation improved on Feb. Saadlou prior to and throughout 3 when a district court judge the debacle. “In December, all decided to bar the federal gov- international and exchange stu- ernment from enforcing certain dents were advised to reenter aspects of the executive order, the U.S. prior to the inauguration including the ban. date to avoid any potential dif- This gave Saadlou an oppor- ficulties,” Yoon said. tunity to end his limbo status The Collegian and travel back to the United Saint Mary’s College of California States, though he was reluctant “From the dean to take it. of the school to “I still fear, however, for the P.O. Box 4407 way I might be treated. And my professors, Moraga, CA 94575 honestly, if I see the faintest no- colleagues, and 206 Ferroggiaro Hall tion of mistreatment, I have told myself [that I’ll] go back to Iran,” classmates - www.stmaryscollegian.com Saadlou said in an interview everyone has been [email protected] prior to his reentry. overwhelmingly “I heard from some of my Telephone: (925) 631-4279 friends who are green card hold- solicitous about Facebook.com/smccollegian ers, that they were detained for my well-being...” SIAVASH SAADLOU thanks Saint Mary’s administration for the support. (Courtesy of Twitter) Twitter: @SMC_Collegian as long as seven hours upon their arrival in the U.S., going Saadlou was encouraged by the day, they’re the only reason I still through lengthy inspections,” Still, Saadlou had a flight heavy support he received from haven’t completely lost my faith ALEXA GAMBERO he continued. booked back to the United States the Saint Mary’s community. in a better future,” Saadlou said. SOFIA JEREMAIS “[Despite the court’s decision], for Feb. 10, which he took. De- “From the dean of the school With him back in the Bay Area, Editors-in-Chief Siavash has been following the spite his concerns, he arrived to my professors, colleagues, Saadlou will work to finish his news and is still exploring his back into the United States and classmates — everyone has been degree here at Saint Mary’s Col- ELIZABETH MAGNO options. We’re uncertain at this with little harassment at the overwhelmingly solicitous about lege and then return back to his Chief Copy Editor point whether he will return to airport, according to Saadlou. my well-being…At the end of the home in Iran after graduation. ZAYRA RIVERA Copy Editor SARAH KNEBEL Crime Beat Business Manager 1/30/17 9:45 a.m. Synopsis: Guest violation and lot; tow truck assisted 2/13/17 10:30 a.m. SHAWNY ANDERSON Incident: Medical Incident family dispute in Mitty Hall; Incident: Suspicious Circum- Faculty Adviser Synopsis: Student fainted in referred to Residential Experi- 2/9/17 4:06 a.m.