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PAGE 3 PAGE 8 HE T Friday, March 23, 2018aily astErn Ews D E“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID” n VOL. 102 | NO. 125 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF COVERAGE EST. 1915 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM ‘Coming your way’ Fetty Wap set to perform for Spring Concert By Olivia Swenson-Hultz lot of students wanted Fetty Wap to Associate News Editor | @DEN_News come perform, but as a result of sched- uling they were not able to get him. Rapper Fetty Wap will be the per- “I think a lot of students will be former for this year’s Spring Concert at coming to the show to see the art- 8 p.m. on April 21 at Lantz Arena. ist they’ve been waiting for. It’s main- Members of the University Board ly about giving the students what they announced this year’s performer want,” he said. Thursday afternoon in front of stu- Mariah Marlar, a junior public re- dents who gathered next to the Mar- lations major, said she was happy that tin Luther King Jr. University Union the unveiling was done successfully Food Court. and there was a positive reaction from Alec Baumgartner, a technology the crowd who watched the banner graduate student and a graduate assis- drop. tant in the student life office, was -in “I’ve never seen Fetty Wap live but volved with planning the event and I’m excited for the performance he will said the artist had been decided on bring. From what I’ve heard, it’s always about a month or two ago. a good show,” said Marlar. “We’ve been tight with money as a Emonie Jordan, a senior kinesiolo- university and we had to pick out an gy and sports studies major, said she artist that fit the interests of the stu- felt that a good amount of students dents the most. It’s about the dates showed up to find out who would be that the artists are available too,” he performing but she understood many said. had to be in class. Baumgartner said after working “I’m a fan of Fetty Wap. I’m hap- with the agents of multiple artists, it py that they found an artist that’s more turned out Fetty Wap was the best op- relevant to our generation. I’m defi- tion available at the time. nitely going to the show,” she said. A survey was sent out to undergrad- Ishmael Williams, a senior business uate students, he said, but most of the major, said that the outcome of the re- artists were already booked up so they veal was good, but he thought it was OLIVIA SWENSON-HULTZ | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS needed to come up with a good solu- more exciting when it was done at an Members of the University Board drop a banner showing the name of rapper Fetty Wap, who will be performing tion for the university. Eastern basketball game last year. at the Spring Concert at 8 p.m. on April 21 in Lantz Arena. Baumgartner said back in 2016 a Fetty Wap, page 5 Queens, kings wow audience during student drag show By Olivia Swenson-Hultz until she was stopped sudden- Associate News Editor | @DEN_News ly and led away by a robed figure. She was released back on the stage Mother Natwhore and oth- wearing street clothes and looked er performers, who are students disoriented. at Eastern and Charleston High Thrashing angrily, a bible was School, gathered in the Martin Lu- shoved into her face while “O ther King Jr. University Union’s Come All Ye Faithful” played and Grand Ballroom Thursday night eventually she collapsed. to strut their stuff and draw atten- Mother Natwhore said that she tion to topics including conversion likes to incorporate political mes- therapy at the Student Drag Show. sages into her performances. Mother Natwhore gave a trigger “I think of what issues I want to warning and had a text file playing address and build off of that,” she in the background warning of con- said. version therapy during her num- She said she pulled off her per- ber. formance by zoning out and doing Initially appearing in a manne- her thing. quin head, which she tossed off, Cherry Bottom took the stage she danced to “Heads will Roll” donning all black and stripping by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and reap- down to just shorts, high-heels and peared later in the show to send a a sports bra. political message. She tossed the money that the Lady Gaga’s “Dontella” played audience members offered her as upon her return to stage, and she she twirled through the crowd, did cartwheels and danced on a ta- ending her performance by doing MARY ELLEN GREENBURG | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS ble. splits and shaking her butt. Lady Deviant performs Thursday night during the Student Drag Show in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King She continued to dance and Drag Show, page 5 Jr. University Union. This was the first time Lady Deviant performed at the show. sprayed silly string into the crowd 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | AP NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018 Local weather State and Nation FRIDAY SATURDAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YouTube tightens House compromises restrictions on MOSTLY SUNNY RAIN firearm videos High: 52° High: 33° ° on $1.3 trillion budget Low: 34° Low: 28 SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) — YouTube has tightened its restric- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attributed part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control tions on firearms videos. 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