CampusMONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 / VOLUME 144, ISSUE 5 Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org DLH Event Offers Lesson in Mr. Carmack Signals Shift in Scene Protesters’ Rights By SAM PASSANISI SENIOR STAFF Now is more important than ever to exercise your rights, sophomore Justin Delinois told the assembled students, an au- dience that included members of the Douglass Leadership House (DLH) and a bevy of visitors. Delinois was referring to DLH’s “Lounge Lesson” for the month of February: “Black Activism: Know Your Rights.” Delinois, who led the event, explained that the evening would address the topic of black TIANYI MA / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER activism in a broad sense, with Mr. Carmack performs his set in the Douglass Ballroom last Saturday night. a focus on the legal rights of By ISABEL DRUKKER music and hip hop.” mind for Dandelion Day so from playing his own music, protesters and other activists. A&E EDITOR The audience was filled with we thought that this would be claiming it was “not ready for He introduced Iman Abid, a a combination of students a popular and fun genre for the the world yet.” representative from the New It’s not rare to see Mr. Car- from RIT, UR, and groups of semester.” Rouchdi has been a DJ for York branch of the American mack’s smile while onstage. At Rochester locals. Members of Carmack used his time on- roughly seven years. He origi- Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), least, that was the case when the crowd brought glow sticks, stage to promote his upcoming nates from Atlanta, Georgia, who spoke for the better part he performed at the Spring light-up hula-hoops, and LED album with new music, as well where he was inspired early in of an hour on the legal rights Performance in the Douglass light gloves. as announcing that the night high school to seek out dance and restrictions activists might Ballroom on Saturday night. “This year we’ve been trying marked a month of being sober, music. face when attending rallies and Aaron Carmack is a music especially hard to get diverse to which the audience cheered. Rouchdi began producing his marches. maker who hails from Ho- events,” senior and SPB co- The show was opened by the own music two years ago, along “You can speak to anything nolulu. His style is a mix of president Lauren Birnbaum DJ Dopamine, UR’s own junior with junior Nick Henrichs, who [on public land] as long as it EDM/synth which his personal said. “We had an alternative Amine Rouchdi who played performs under the name Szoul. doesn’t condone any violence,” website describes as the “hinge act come during the fall and “hype-electronic type” music Together, they use the software she told the audience. to the doorway between dance we have a specific genre in for the show. Rouchdi refrained Ableton. She noted that the protec- SEE PAGE 3 tion of free speech extends to CARMACK the distribution of leaflets and literature as well, with the same URWB Scoring More Efficiently Than Since 2003 Students caveats. The summer of 2016 saw UR Women’s Question some of the largest #Black- LivesMatter rallies ever orga- Basketball stats Planned nized in Rochester, Abid noted, underlie strong season but those rallies also saw the iZone arrests of 74 people. By TREVOR WHITESTONE By AMANDA MARQUEZ So what rights does one have SPORTS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR when encountering police? Abid explained that the UR Women’s Basketball With the construction of ACLU endorses civil disobe- (URWB) is in the midst of the Barbara J. Burger iZone dience, and that it’s better to another strong season. The pro- slated for May, students who walk away unharmed from an gram has had winning records in attended last Tuesday’s Riv- interaction and take legal ac- 15 of the past 16 seasons, and has er Campus Libraries (RCL) tion later. clinched another such record this Forum questioned the new With that said, Abid ex- season, sitting at 17–8. space’s practicality. plained how to exercise one’s It’s difficult for a team to “I’m just a little bit con- Fifth Amendment right to re- distinguish itself with such a TREVOR WHITESTONE / SPORTS EDITOR fused with some of the pur- main silent (by announcing it), prestigious history, but this Junior forward Al Leslie dishes a ball to a teammate. poses of it,” one attendee and that citizens may legally year’s Yellowjackets are doing which is more than the typical So, for example, if a statistic said. “The booths are some- refuse to comply with a search something more efficiently than URWB team but still a strong is in the 80th percentile, this is thing that just got put into of their belongings—although any URWB team since at least figure in Division III. It is also, equivalent to that team would Rush Rhees, the collaborative the officer may legally (or not) 2003–scoring the ball. however, nine points worse than outperform 80 percent of URWB rooms are something that we search you regardless. It’s also They are scoring at a rate that of last year’s squad. in that statistic (even though only just put into Douglass, and legal to calmly leave, if you of 100.6 points per 100 pos- Previously, we looked at how 14 seasons were sampled, one just last week a bunch of us aren’t actually under arrest. sessions, a five point increase URBB fared versus its program can scale up to 100). were looking around in the li- Abid urged activists to have from last season, and the second history in Dean Oliver’s Four The rows of the table contain brary and could not find a seat the name of an attorney at hand time they’ve exceed 100 in this Factors. The same can be done an offensive, defensive, and net to sit down and study at.” when protesting, and to consult figure,which is also known as for URWB. Instead of using Z- version of each statistic. Defen- The iZone, a planned work- the ACLU’s online pamphlets ORtg, in the studied timespan. scores as done previously, the sive statistics pertain to what the space rehaul that will focus on encounters with FBI agents, At the same time, their defense estimated percentile within pro- team allowed opponents to do in on collaborative work, will immigration officers, and law has allowed an adjusted ORtg of gram history will be estimated that area, and the net statistic is essentially replace what is enforcement personnel. 84.5 points per 100 possessions, (using a normal distribution). the difference between the of- currently Information Tech- SEE LOUNGE LESSON PAGE 2 SEE STATS PAGE 15 SEE RCL FORUM PAGE 3 INSIDE TRUMP AND CHI RHO: TERROR BALLET BOUNCES RUGBY MIXES GRIT TWITTER OR TRADITION AT B&N WITH SMARTS THIS CT PAGE 6 OPINIONS PAGE 7 FEATURES PAGE 11 A&E PAGE 16 SPORTS PAGE 2 / campustimes.org NEWS / MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 ACLU Rep Seeks to Inform Activists of Their Rights LOUNGE LESSON FROM PAGE 1 a discussion of activism in Activists should also take general, covering topics such as care to remember care to criminal justice, LGBT rights, remember that their rights racial equality, and animal on private property—which rights, among numerous others. includes campus and other He gave a brief lecture on private universities such as a number of black activists, RIT—may differ from those including Mary McLeod Bet- on public property. hune, a 20th-century educator Abid explained, in response who sought to improve educa- to a student question, that the tion for African-Americans; Department of Public Safety Wangari Maathai, one of officers wouldn’t need a war- Kenya’s first environmental rant to enter and search a dorm activists; Marvelyn Brown, an room or a car. actress and AIDS activist; and After speaking and answer- Jimmie Briggs, an investigative ing questions for the better journalist whose focus is on / PHOTO EDITOR YIYUN HUANG part of an hour, Abid turned human rights. AIDS REMEMBRANCE QUILT ON DISPLAY AFTER 23 YEARS the floor back over to Delinois, Passanisi is a member of who wrapped up the event with the Class of 2017. The Aids Remembrance Quilt, signed in 1994 by UR students and community members who had friends or family affected by AIDS, was on display in Lam Square and accompanied by a reception last Thursday. CORRECTIONS A news article in the Feb. 20 issue about the Dandyhacks PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE hackathon incorrectly lsited senior Anis Kallel’s last name as “Kalleo.” It has been corrected in the online version of the story. Fraternity Houses Damaged (1) & (2) FEB. 18—The front door to Theta Chi and a railing The Feb. 8 entry in the SA Senate Summary online incorrectly inside Sigma Chi were damaged. listed Rebecca Mooney and Jordan Smith as senators. They are former senators. It has been corrected. Suspicious People at Zornow Courts FEB. 21—Two non-University-affiliated people were ob- served entering an unsecured door in the Zornow Ath- 2 letic Center. They were warned and advised. 1 4 DO YOU LIKE Headphones Stolen from Pit (4) FEB. 21—A student reported that their headphones were taken from the Pit. WRITING 5 REPORTING Car Parked in Intercampus Dr. Lot Hit (5) FEB. 22—A vehicle parked in the Intercampus Drive MUSIC Lot was struck by another vehicle that fled the area. POLITICS Car Parked in Kendrick Lot Hit FEB. 22—A vehicle in Kendrick Lot was struck by an- FILM other vehicle that fled the area.