Student Magazine LEGACY Lindenwood University Oct. 2017 Vol.1 1 in 5 WOMEN is sexually assaulted in college Read one alumna’s story Page 10 Lindenwood University’s online student publication LOOKING FOR DAILY NEWS ABOUT YOUR COLLEGE CAMPUS? GO TO LINDENLINK.COM LINDENLINK LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY’S ONLINE STUDENT PUBLICATION Up-to-date Lindenwood news in the palm of your hand IN THIS ISSUE NEWS 4 Lindenwood case puts focus on consent, HIV 4 Venezuela in distress 6 The emerging field of game design 8 THE BIG STORY 10 Campuses struggle to combat cases of sexual assault 6 OPINIONS 14 When everyone wants to talk, and nobody wants to listen 14 A new approach 16 Students should have access to free condoms on campus 17 CULTURE 18 Downhill drifting 18 Alumnus returns to take reins of KCLC radio station 20 14 PopSockets 21 SPORTS 22 New ice rink in jeopardy 22 18 Lindenwood practices safe with new helmet covers 24 Player returns after shoulder injury last year 25 Lindenwood junior balances love of pool, deep-sea fishing 26 MY LINDENWOOD 28 Capturing moments 28 Dear Professor, I didn’t come to class because... 30 Q&A with Christopher Wash 31 You know you go to Lindenwood 28 when... 32 LEGACY Magazine Letter from the Editor In your hands rests the first issue of Lega- cand’s story cy Magazine, a 32-page publication filled about the cri- with Lindenwood student journalists’ thor- sis in Venezuela. ough reporting and light features stylized Opinions Editor Ke- by our own staff designers. arstin Cantrell’s opinion When I first heard about the Legacy piece about protests and newspaper changing its format to a mag- connecting it to the importance azine in the spring of 2017, I saw it as a of listening shows how a reporter grand opportunity for something the news- uses her roar to write about a current paper could not offer before— a space for issue but simultaneously sends an im- longer-form stories and investigative jour- portant message. nalism. My goal with this magazine was to fill This magazine is a platform for us to the pages with stories of current, relevant find our voices as journalists, or as Lions issues and subject matters that Linden- would say, “find our roars,” to tell stories wood cares about while also telling hu- on a broad scale from light feature stories man-interest stories from our community. to serious investigative stories. In this issue, we have several profile This magazine also has been a unique stories, including Walker Van Wey’s story opportunity for our staff designers to cre- about a billiards player who loves lobster ate something from scratch, which I con- fishing and my story about Lindenwood sider a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. photographer Don Adams Jr., who has Like the old newspaper, there will be captured Lindenwood moments for almost News, Opinions, Culture and Sports 10 years. sections with a new “My Lindenwood” Ultimately, we are using our “roar” to section at the end where lighthearted Li- tell stories in this magazine and on Linden- on-spirited content can be found. link.com, but we want you to #useyour- In our first cover story, called “The Big roar in your lives as well. Story,” crime reporter Ashley Higginboth- All of our stories matter, so always have am investigated the issue of sexual assault the courage to use your roar to express here at Lindenwood and nationwide while yourself, your opinions and your thoughts. telling a personal story of a former stu- Use your roar to make a difference. Use dent. Our cover story is a good example of your roar for good. Use your roar, and nev- a reporter giving a voice to a topic of great er take the freedom to do so for granted. concern across college campuses. From the bottom of my heart, I hope Other great examples of serious report- you will feel intrigued and informed by ing are J.T. Buchheit and Matt Hampton’s these stories and enjoy this first issue of story about HIV laws and Miguel Rin- our new magazine. 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Kingshighway St. Charles, MO 63301 3 LEGACY Magazine NEWS LINDENWOOD CASE PUTS FOCUS ON CONSENT, HIV The saga of a former Lindenwood wres- tler who was HIV positive and had unpro- tected sex with dozens of male partners in his dorm room has put Lindenwood at the center of a debate about whether HIV laws are outdated. BY J.T. BUCHHEIT & MATT HAMPTON ILLUSTRATIONS BY YUKIHO NISHIBAYASHI wenty-four states, including Missouri, require people who Sean Strub is the executive director of the SERO Project, a U.S.- are HIV positive to tell their partners about their statuses, ac- based national network of people living with HIV “fighting for freedom cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. from stigma, discrimination and criminalization.” He said that making T Michael Johnson, a former Lindenwood wrestler, garnered national HIV transmission a criminal offense, in the absence of a malicious intent attention after his arrest in 2013. A St. Charles County judge found him to harm, is “a horrible public health policy and is making the epidemic guilty in 2015 of recklessly infecting one sex partner with HIV and risk- worse.” ing the infection of four others. He initially was sentenced to 30 years in Strub said the laws that mandate disclosing one’s HIV-positive status prison. do more harm than good. “HIV statutes may have been passed with good “I think getting 30 years for that is way too harsh,” said Fil- intention — to reduce HIV transmission — but there is zero evidence they ip Cukovic, one of Johnson’s partners. “I mean there are peo- have done anything toward that goal,” he said. “And a growing body of ple who are charged for rape who get significantly less than that.” evidence points to the criminalization statutes doing the reverse: making The story generated headlines in publications such as The Na- the epidemic worse by discouraging people from getting tested or access- tion, in part because of graphic details of Johnson’s sex life. He met ing treatment and making disclosure more risky and more difficult.” sex partners on hookup apps such as Jack’d and Grindr and often post- Brryan Jackson, whose father knowingly injected him with HIV in an ed photos of his athletic torso on other social media sites on which he attempt to murder him, now speaks out about HIV infections. He believes used the name “Tiger Mandingo,” according to testimony at the trial. the court did its job in sentencing Johnson, but also said people with these The case also ignited criticism about the length of the sentence, with infections need more information on treatment. some saying it was motivated by racial and homophobic prejudices. “There were people who were affected by this, and that’s the account- Johnson appealed his case and was awarded a new trial. He later ability people need to be held to, not just with HIV, but with any in- agreed to a deal with prosecutors. On Sept. 21, Johnson pleaded no con- fectious disease,” Jackson said. “And the people who have the infectious test to the charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. disease need to get more information to protect themselves and the people Many used Johnson’s case to condemn Missouri’s HIV disclosure around them.” laws, which were enacted in 1988 during the peak of the AIDS scare. Otha Myles, a specialist on infectious diseases at St. Luke’s Hospital Critics argue that the laws promote HIV stigma and discourage get- in St. Louis, testified against Johnson in his 2015 trial. Myles focused his ting tested. The American Psychiatric Association released an article cit- comments on the victims and said while HIV treatment has improved, ing Johnson’s long sentence and the advancements in AIDS treatments as HIV medications contain side effects, and those afflicted must remain on evidence against disclosure laws. the medications for life. 4 LEGACY Magazine NEWS He also said problems often arise when people stop taking their medica- that the legislature is the one who can vet the laws and get the pros and the tions. cons, and when they do that, that my directive is to follow whatever it is,” Many people are reluctant to undergo tests for HIV because of the re- he said. percussions that a positive status would provide, including being forced to While Johnson was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison, he may be tell a prospective sexual partner about having HIV, said Tony Rothert, an only be behind bars a few more months because of time already served and attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. parole guidelines. “It’s not very romantic to pull out a release form asking someone to sign acknowledging that they’ve been told,” Rothert said.