Students Speak on Harsh Economic Realities

The Collegian Volume 111 2013-2014 Article 26 5-13-2014 Volume 111, Number 26 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 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 (2014) "Volume 111, Number 26 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014," The Collegian: Vol. 111 , Article 26. Available at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian/vol111/iss1/26 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 111, NUMBER 26 TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 STMARYSCOLLEGIAN.COM TWITTER: @SMC_COLLEGIAN FACEBOOK.COM/SMCCOLLEGIAN Students speak on harsh economic realities ALSO INSIDE Open forum NEWS PAGE 3 allows students Jazz Band ends the year to share with a powerful flourish their stories of financial CULTURE PAGE 4 struggles A photographer's list of tips BY PAOLA VERGARA for taking senior portraits STAFF WRITER For many of students, college life is a challenge. Beside the stress of classes and finals and dealing with picky professors and lazy classmates in group projects, financial realities also threaten students everyday. There are students on campus who can't afford the textbooks for their classes; there are some MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT COMMITTEE teamed with faculty to facilitate discussion at Stories of Economic Realities held on Thursday, May 8. (Andrew who can't even afford one se Nguyen/COLLEGIAN) SPORTS PAGE 8 mester. Many of these cases go we Brothers happily support the on to introductions by Brother statements of support by the unnoticed and unseen, but they endeavors of our students who Charles Hilken, Ivan Ibarra, and brothers and faculty came the Saint Mary's rugby defeats remain a threat. speak to us from their own need Saint Mary's President James speeches from students, who Life in championship game Saint Mary's College was built and call us into solidarity with Donahue. expressed their personal expe upon the principles of Saint John them." With this, the Stories of In his remarks, Donahue was riences and determination with Baptiste de La Salle, who called Economic Realities began. eager and welcoming to everyone being able to afford the rising Humans vs. for justice and charity for the The event, which occurred who had come to support the cost of a private college tuition. less fortunate and those who are last Thursday, was hosted by a event, saying that it was an im Stephanie Lee told her story Zombies game striving for an education and a student committee made up of portant issue that needed to be through a video of her family's better way of life, like many of Martin Chav z, Er'c Gu · rrez, brou ht to li ht. "This is a con fi n ial tro l s t tin · combines the students on this campus. In a Yadira Guerrero, Ivan Ibarra, versation of things that matter. high school and how it followed statement of support, the Chris Evelyn Minaise, and Diego Rios, We are here to share things good through to her college experi NERF guns, tag, tian Brothers say, "[De La Salle] who put together an evening and bad, as long as they are real," ence where she still struggles urged the Brothers to see Christ that began with dinner and time he said. "There is no substitute to make ends meet. "I started and zombies in their students and to worship to meet a mixture of faculty, for being authentic, for showing looking at my time here at Saint him in them ... The spirit of this graduate students, brothers, and respect, dignity, and value of Mary's as semester by semester," BY CJ COSAS prophetic call to listen and to undergraduate students at each every part of this community." she said. "There's a great drive NEWS EDITOR see is always with us, and today table. The event then moved After the introductions and see STORIES, page 2 Starting last Wednesday, an epic battle for the fate of Saint Where SMC stands compared Pursuing inclusive excellence Mary's College took place as hu man survivors fought against the to sexual assault Task Force Committee creates safe spaces for diversity zombie-creating Necromancer. Students could be seen running BY CHARLIE GUESE sexual assault, proper adminis- BY SARA DESANTIS CCIE is an extensive representa- around campus as the humans EDITOR-IN-CHIEF trative response in handling a EDITOR-IN-CHIEF tionoftheSaintMary'spopulation and zombies battled it out to see studentwhoissexuallyassaulted, composed of multiple subcom- who would come out on top. The Sexual assault is not an easily and greater transparency and en- What is inclusive excellence? mittees composed of a mixture of event, known as Humans Versus approachable topic. It is often forcementinsexualassaultinves- It may seem like a complex and staff, administration, faculty, and Zombies (HvZ), was a large scale times difficult to address sexual tigations. The U.S. Department of fancy word; however, inclusive student representatives. Two co game that took place over five assault among peers or loved ones Education also publicly released excellence is not very complex at chairs are in charge of the entirety days (Wednesday-Sunday) involv on an individual level, and it is so on May 1 a list of 55 higher educa- all - it is something that students ofthe committee: Provost Bethami ing over 100 players that were difficult of a topic for colleges that tion institutions that are currently see in action at Saint Mary's Col- Dobkin and Corliss Watkins. either zombies or humans. Most consultants have encouraged sev under investigation for possible lege every day. It is found in the In an interview with The Col players started out as humans, eral of them, including Princeton, Title IX violations in improperly Women'sConferenceheldoncam- legian, Watkins, who is also an but a select few started as the to 'rebrand rape' under the far less responding to reports of sexual pus; or surrounding the stage as advisor for Student Engagement OZ (Original Zombies) and they severe but more confusing term violence and harassment. Uni- fourmembersofditferentfaithssit and Academic Services as well as attempted to turn the other play 'nonconsensual sex.' versity of California Berkeley, and discuss their common beliefs the coordinator for Black Student ers into zombies by tagging them. So when sexual assault reaches University of Southern California, and hopes.Inclusive excellence is Achievement, expressed why she To avoid getting tagged, humans the attention of the national Harvard, Amherst, and Catholic a celebration and acceptance of believes the presence of the CCIE were equipped with NERF dart spotlight at the White House, it University are all currently under diversity by learning from diverse is important for the campus com guns and sock grenades that they makes headlines. Following the investigation. No Lasallian col- people in one's community and munity: "I think it's important could use to temporarily stun Obama administration's creation lege, including Saint Mary's, is on using that knowledge to create a because it takes a look at diversity, zombies and escape. Participants of a special task force responding the same list. safe culture where all are valued inclusion, and inclusive excellence were identified and categorized to mounting concerns nationwide After years of activist lobby- and supported. It's very Lasallian, in a broad way that takes into ac by the placement of their orange over campus safety, the Task ing and grassroots movements, which is why Saint Mary's has its count the entire campus. It is also bandanas: if a person was wearing Force to Protect Students From problems with sexual assault pro- own committee dedicated to pur- important because people who it on their arm, then he or she was Sexual Assault released a report cedures on college campuses have suing inclusive excellence in the can make decisions about certain a human; but if it was on his or her on Apr. 29 providing guidelines reached thefrontlines of national campus community. areas sit al(Ound the table, so that head the person was a zombie. To for colleges and universities in conversation. But how does Saint Since its establishment in early means that some things are going survive, the humans had to work effectively responding to sexual Mary's College compare to other 2008, the College Committee on to happen. We don't have a big together to fight the zombies and assault. colleges? Inclusive Excellence (CCIE) has stick, but we definitely have people complete the storyline missions The 20-page report recom Saint Mary's faced public scrn- functioned as an invaluable asset who are committed to change and moderated by members of the mends that all colleges conduct tiny of the mishandling of sev- to Saint Mary's through its work addressing issues - even issues club hosting the event. The game campus climate surveys in order eral reported rapes throughout in creating and maintaining a cul- that students have brought before was hosted and moderated by the to determine campus safety, en the mid- to late-1990s. Jn early tureofrespectandsupportforthe us.Soit'speoplewhocareasdeeply Dystopian Society Club, which gaging men to help in preventing see RAPE, page 2 school's diverse community. The see CCIE, page 3 see ZOMBIES, page 3 This is the last edition of the print edition of The Collegian for this year. We will UI:be <Sollegian return on September 3. Follow updates over the summer at stmaryscollegian.com.

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