(Save Our Language) Sexual Assault by Nadia Pearl @Nadia Pearl
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THE COLLEGIAN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014 FRESNO STATE'S STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1922 FRESNOSTATE.EDU/COLLEGIAN Yayinga Darlene Wendels • The Collegian Title IX expert Janet Judge speaks in the North Gym Tuesday about maayin campus sexual assault. Title IX expert yata discusses campus (Save our language) sexual assault By Nadia Pearl @nadia_pearl_ As the national conversation about campus sexual assault continues, a Title IX expert visited Fresno State on Tuesday to discuss sexual legislation, consent and by- stander intervention in university environments. Janet Judge, a lawyer who specializes in Title IX and works nationwide training students on the legislation, spoke to an audience in the North Gym about educat- ing students about their sexual rights. While introduc- ing Judge, Brittany Grice, Fresno State’s deputy Title IX coordinator and institutional compliance administrator, said that improved understanding about sexual violence can aid universities to “be empowered to change.” “Education is so important in changing the conversa- tion as to how we address incidents of sexual violence on our college campus,” Grice said. The national conversation concerning campus sexual assault and violence has been largely instigated by the Obama administration, which has created recent public service announcement campaigns such as “1 is 2 many” and “It’s On Us.” Darlene Wendels • The Collegian The White House has been citing statistics that 1 in 5 Shonna Alexander, instructor of the Chukchansi language class, helps participants Elaine Reid-Ettner and college women are sexually assaulted, as well as 6.1 per- Darlene Franco identify sentences in Chukchansi on Tuesday. See TITLE IX, Page 6 By Colby Tibbet | @Robotmilk hen you have Chukchansi language and is University hosts less than a free to all. dozen people Shonna Alexander, one of course as part of speaking your the instructors teaching the language,W who will tell your Chukchansi language course, efforts to keep story when you're gone? said that although learning a Faculty union to rally The American Indian Lan- new language may seem hard, Chukchansi guage Course hopes to pre- they start simple and with the serve a local language with basics. language alive their six-week course that “The outline for the class for new agreement started Tuesday night. It aims to teach students about the See LANGUAGE, Page 6 By Jesse Franz @JesseOfTheNews The union representing more than 23,000 California State University faculty will hold a rally at Fresno State today to advocate for a new collective-bargaining agree- INSIDE: ment that would include higher salaries for profes- TODAY: sors. ›› Sublime with The California Faculty Currently, the university is operating on an agree- Rome rocks classics Association will hold a rally ment that expired in June. at Fresno Fair. P4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Salary disagreements have been the biggest issue stall- ing negotiations for a new agreement between CSU ad- ministration and faculty. ›› Barking Bulldogs The rally, which is part of a larger CSU systemwide Debate Team picks effort by the California Faculty Association, will culmi- nate in a delegation of faculty delivering a letter to Fresno up where it left off — State President Joseph Castro, asking him to support the winning. P3. union’s position. “We need our campus presidents to stand up and ad- Darlene Wendels • The Collegian vocate on our behalf, hence the letter to President Cas- Sublime with Rome performs in the Paul Paul Theater at the Big Fresno Fair on Tuesday. See FACULTY, Page 3 GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them. [email protected] 2 OPINION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014 YOUR HATRED: IT’S A CHOICE the straight majority is a huge step forward By Troy Pope for people who feel hated every day of their @darktroy lives. Hopefully, this societal shift keeps going as it has been for the last couple years. For the first time ever, if you’re living in Right now, we have a president and vice the United States, there is a more than 50 president who support same-sex marriage. percent chance that you’re living in an area The same might not be true after the presi- where same-sex marriage is legal. dential election in 2016. People are saying that this “momentum” Hopefully the next two years won’t just will carry the country to the point of true further shift the laws of our nation toward equality for all. It’s sad that in 2014 this is equality, but also help shape the minds of still even an issue. the people we live with and the politicians The Supreme Court of the United States who get to call the shots for everyone. recently announced it would not hear five It will probably take another decade for court cases on same-sex marriage. The cas- true equality to take hold. The fact that we es were appeals to previous court rulings even label it “same-sex marriage” is offen- that deemed gay-marriage bans unconsti- sive. tutional because of their inherent discrimi- The masses probably don’t realize that nation and failure to provide “equal protec- it’s offensive, but the gay community has tion under the law,” an entitlement that all Adrin Snider • Tribune News Service accepted it in the hope of moving forward. Spencer Geiger, center, stands with Roger Roman, both of Virginia Beach, Virginia, with those in support Americans should enjoy. of gay marriage during a hearing in Norfolk Federal Court on the constitutionality of the Virginia law on Really, there won’t be true equality until There have been many complaints from Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 same-sex marriage is referred to as simply the right saying that the government is in- marriage. terfering in something it shouldn’t even be If you choose to be religious, instead of child to be someone he or she isn’t. It’s the difference between tolerance involved in. However, banning same-sex spreading hate why not perhaps preach ac- Suicide is the second-leading cause of and acceptance. Although it’s mighty kind marriage means that the government was ceptance and love? death among people ages 10 to 24, and gay of you to find it in yourself to merely toler- already involved. Religion is causing so much hatred in youth are four times more likely to commit ate someone, it would be much nicer if you How can a person be so obsessed with the world and even within your own homes. suicide than straight youth, according to accepted them. how other people live their lives – to the It’s hard enough for kids to come out to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- One day we’ll reach a point where we point that they’ll go out and protest the their parents so they can be who they were vention. can look back and see how silly this debate fact that they even exist? It’s not as if it’s made to be. Same-sex marriage being legal might was – a time when government isn’t so in- a choice to be gay. A choice is being a so- All of this “God hates fags” stuff only not seem like a huge deal to some people, tertwined in people’s lives, and there are no called devout religious person who has de- forces your gay children to stay in the closet but it serves as a symbol for young people laws defining marriage – an atmosphere cided to fill their heart with such hatred and and possibly live a lie for their whole lives who are struggling with who they are and that’s been created where there is no need spread it around to others. and never truly be happy. And what a good what that means for their lives in the fu- for labels such as “straight” or “gay,” and Isn’t religion supposed to be good? parent that makes you for forcing your ture. Being allowed to be called equal to everyone will just be. 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