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Valentine's Day Feb. 14 Vol. 51 Issue 1553 The Current February 12, 2018 UMSL’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS WCW Addresses Sexual Homecoming Harassment and Assault Celebrates with Joseph Salamon Gateway to the Best News Editor Kat Riddler groups and campus departments n February 7, The Current Managing Editor can compete in the window paint- Ohosted a discussion about sex- ing competition to demonstrate ual harassment and assault. Ap- he University of Missouri-St. their school spirit and bring excite- proximately 20 students and faculty TLouis is different than most ment and energy to Homecoming. members filled Century Room C in universities with their celebration Participating groups will be given the Millennium Student Center of Homecoming. Homecoming is supplies to decorate window space to share opinions and experienc- not celebrated in the fall, but in- on the MSC bridge. es about the culture surrounding stead, in February. Teams can sign up in advance by sexual harassment and assault, This year’s theme is Gateway to completing the Homecoming Tri- both in Hollywood and on college CURRENT MICHAEL PLUMB/THE the Best. Tickets for the big Home- ton Spirit Competition registration campuses. Dr. Zöe Peterson led the What's Current Wednesday for February discussing the coming dance are on sale now and packet on TritonSync here. Dr. Zöe Peterson, director of the culture of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood and on college campuses. can be purchased in the Office of Starting February 19 from 2:30 Sexual Assault Research and Edu- and 25 percent experience sexual requires there be a clear and enthu- Student Involvement at 366 Mil- to 5 p.m., offices or departments cation Program at the University of assault. Additionally, about 40 per- siastic agreement between people lennium Student Center Monday will be judged on their decorating Missouri-St. Louis, guided the dis- cent of male college students expe- before engaging in sexual acts. through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. skills. The winning office will have cussion. By sharing definitions, sta- rience harassment, and around five California first introduced the Tickets are $30 per individual, $55 bragging rights all across campus tistics, and current legislation with percent experience sexual assault. affirmative consent law, which all per couple, and $275 for a table of 10. and win up to $300 toward an of- the group, Dr. Peterson shed light on Dr. Peterson stressed that these state schools must abide by, and The dance will take place on Febru- fice party. Those offices participat- the issue at hand. statistics are rough due to many vic- New York, New Jersey, New Hamp- ary 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the ing need to apply and have their Dr. Peterson stressed the dif- tims’ unwillingness to come forward shire, and Connecticut followed Hilton Ballpark Village Hotel. office decorated by 12 p.m. on Feb- ference between harassment and about their experiences, as she es- suit. Though Missouri does not have Three shuttles will run a contin- ruary 16. All artwork must include assault by saying that harassment timates that number to be approxi- this law, it is part of UMSL’s policy uous loop between the UMSL Cam- the name of the office or depart- usually pertains to work or school, mately 75 percent. as an individual institution. pus and the Hilton Ballpark Village. ment, Homecoming slogan, and consisting of an implication of due The discussion focused on how “We need to change the culture Stops are at Mansion Hill, Provin- the Homecoming Facebook page favors or consequences, sometimes these issues are perceived on cam- so that individuals who perpetrate cial House, University Meadows, address: facebook.com/umslhome- leading to a hostile environment. pus and what can be done to change sexual harassment and assault are and Hilton Ballpark Village. Shut- coming. Judges will grade on effort, Assault, as Dr. Peterson explained, the perception to make campuses held accountable,” Dr. Peterson stat- tle service begins at 6 p.m. at Man- appearance, creativity, originality, is any non-consensual sex act, some- across the country safer. Affirma- ed. “Both in terms of formal sanc- sion Hill. Final shuttle pick up at the tastefulness, and school spirit. times involving physical force or tive consent law is an actionable tions but also in terms of informal Hilton Ballpark Village Hotel is at 12 Homecoming celebrations threat. step that some states have taken in social sanctions.” The discussion a.m. Shuttle service is free of charge. pick back up on February 22 with According to Dr. Peterson, close order to hold people accountable served as a springboard into a bet- There are plenty of other events Canstruction in the MSC Century to 60 percent of female and trans- for acts of sexual assault. Instead of ter understanding of how to apply happening during the week leading Room from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Student gender college students experience an absence of the word “no” during informal social sanctions through- up to the dance. Starting on Feb- groups and campus departments sexual harassment, and between 20 sexual acts, affirmative consent law Continued on page 8 ruary 16 from 12 to 5 p.m., student Continued on page 3 New Video Conferencing App Zoom Comes to Campus Joseph Salamon with. provide real life experience and News Editor On February 7, Jill Alexander, teach you what the field is like first associate teaching professor in the hand.” tudents and faculty at the Uni- Department of Communication & When it comes to deciding on a Sversity of Missouri-St. Louis now Media, used Zoom for her sports certain career path, students should have access to a much more inter- public relations course. She sched- be given as many resources as pos- active and fulfilling classroom expe- uled a video conference through sible to figure out their likes and rience. The new Zoom application Zoom with Dave Lockett, Ultimate dislikes. “Even with an up-to-date creates an environment in which Fighting Championship director of textbook, there is a limit to what one faculty can use their network to public relations. can learn,” Meyer explained. coordinate video conferences with Lockett addressed the class- Before Zoom, professors would relevant professionals. room, speaking of his past experi- have to work with a limited net- Straying from the traditional ences in the field of sports public work in order to bring an outside classroom experience consisting relations, and then opened the floor viewpoint into the classroom. Of- solely of teacher-to-student interac- for a question and answer session. tentimes, professionals would have tion, Zoom introduces a third party, Louis Meyer, junior, communica- to travel to campus and open a large allowing students to learn and ask tion, stated that “using tools like portion of their schedule to accom- questions of whomever their pro- Zoom allows teachers to bring in modate for a short lecture or ques- fessor decides to video conference people like Dave Lockett who can Continued on page 3 What’s Inside: Senator Wieldt, pg. 4 Get Crunk, pg. 4 Simply Different, pg. 5 Olympics, pg. 7 2 February 12, 2018 CURRENT STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Michael Plumb Managing Editor Kat Riddler News Editor Joseph Salamon Features Editor Now hiring! Sports Editor Roderick Wilbon A&E Editor Chris Zuver Opinions Editor Kyle Mannisi Copy Editors Alex Neupert Daniel Brown-Schnurr Staff Writers Harold Crawford Mike A. Bryan Trevonte Harris Staff Photographer Tyler Obermark DESIGN Production Editor OPEN Production Assistant Sha Lai Photo Editor Currently Involved Column OPEN Web Editor his week in the Office of Stu- versity. Each year, the university in- p.m. at the Hilton Ballpark Village sider joining Student Government OPEN Tdent Involvement at the Uni- vites alumni and friends to “come Hotel in downtown St. Louis. Tick- Association. SGA elections are right Multimedia Editor versity of Missouri-St. Louis: home” to celebrate the tradition of ets for the Homecoming Dinner & around the corner, and you are in- Roderick Wilbon • Homecoming is next week. The Homecoming. We invite you to join Dance are available now: $30 for an vited to apply. You can learn more Cartoonist/Artists Homecoming celebration at UMSL the UMSL Homecoming experi- individual, $55 for a couple, or $275 about who SGA is and what they Mike Diliberto is a tradition that began along- ence and spend some time with us for a table of 10. Buy your tickets in do by visiting sga.umsl.edu. Appli- side the founding of the university. at Homecoming activities in Febru- person at the OSI office or online at cations for Executive Officer and BUSINESS On February 1, 1963, UMSL’s first ary. A schedule of events and more umsl.edu/go/IIT. Visit homecom- Senator positions are available now. Business Manager OPEN Homecoming Queen was crowned details about the week can be found ing.umsl.edu for more information. Apply today! Advertising Director at the campus’ first Homecoming at homecoming.umsl.edu. • Are you interested in shared The Office of Student Involve- Michael Plumb Dance.