Baltimore to Blacksburg Yak Threat Police Took Virginia Tech Senior Kiung Moon Into Custody Wednesday After He Turned Himself in to the Virginia Tech Police Dept
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111th YEAR, ISSUE 111 collegiatetimes.com Thursday, April 30, 2015 COLLEGIATETIMES An independent, student-run newspaper serving the Virginia Tech community since 1903 Student ‘Justice’ cries: arrested over Yik Baltimore to Blacksburg Yak threat Police took Virginia Tech senior Kiung Moon into custody Wednesday after he turned himself in to the Virginia Tech Police Dept. KIUNG MOON LEWIS MILLHOLLAND news reporter Blacksburg and Virginia Tech police confirmed in a press release that they have a suspect in custody regarding the threat made on Yik Yak Tuesday night. At 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Kiung Moon turned himself into Virginia Tech police. He was then taken into custody after being iden- ZACK WAJSGRAS / COLLEGIATE TIMES tified as a suspect. Community members gathered Wednesday on Main Street to protest police brutality in response to the death of Freddie Gray. Gray, Moon, a 21-year-old senior majoring in business information a black man living in Baltimore, died from injuries he sustained while being taken into custody by police. His death has sparked technology, is being charged with peaceful protests as well as riots in Baltimore. Harassment by Computer, which is a class one misdemeanor. EMILY HUGHES & Baltimore, where the incident took place. “Highly publicized fatal encounters of LAUREN MALHOTRA “One (goal of the rally) is to pay respect to police violence are just becoming everyday news editor & staff writer Freddie Gray and another is to shed light on occurrences, and no one should have to suffer police brutality,” said senior wildlife conser- through that,” said chair of the Coalition for At 3:30 p.m. on “Same story every time!” vation major and past president of NAACP at Justice Margaret Breslau, who orchestrated the “Wednesday, Kiung Moon “Being black is not a crime!” VT Ashley Sharpe. event. These chants led the Justice for Freddie The rally in Blacksburg included a series of The circumstances surrounding Gray’s turned himself into Gray Rally at Henderson Lawn along North chants, a march along North Main and Alumni arrest and injuries while being transported in Virginia Tech police. Main Street on Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m., Mall and a die-in on the first floor of Squires police custody are still mired in uncertainty. hosted by the Coalition for Justice and the Student Center. The incident sparked a series of protests He was then taken into Virginia Tech chapter of NAACP. At Henderson Lawn Joseph Frazier, political in Baltimore demanding transparency and custody after being The death of Freddie Gray, who sustained action chair for the NAACP at VT, used a accountability in the policing system. identifi ed as a suspect.” fatal spinal injuries while in police custody megaphone to lead chants with the crowd. Such “There is something wrong with a system earlier this month, sparked protests against chants included: “No justice, no peace! No police brutality and systemic racism in racist police!” see RALLY / page 3 Tuesday night, April 28, a threat Fashion show to the Virginia Tech community Search for new provost was posted on the anonymous social media app Yik Yak. highlights Around 11:15 p.m., an unknown narrows to two fi nalists user posted “Another 4.16 moment new designs is going to happen tomorrow. Just a warning (sic).” The Virginia Tech Police AMANDA GORDON Department released a crime alert lifestyles staff writer statement Wednesday morning via email informing students that On Thursday at 8 p.m. the Squires VTPD was conducting an inves- Commonwealth Ballroom will be tigation throughout the night in “revolutionized” into “Revolution: conjunction with the Blacksburg The FMDS Spring 2015 Fashion Police Department. Show.” “Both departments are pursuing “We were actually in a Wendy’s several active leads this morning,” when we thought of Revolution,” said the statement read. “At this time, Amanda Locke, fashion show coor- the VTPD has not obtained any dinator and junior fashion merchan- additional information that would dising and design major. “We knew suggest this is a credible threat.” we wanted the designers to make While Yik Yak is known for futuristic garments using unconven- providing anonymity to posters, tional materials, and so revolution it does log certain information for seemed to fit.” each post. Specifically, Yik Yak Every year, designers from stores the IP address, GPS coordi- Virginia Tech’s Apparel Design nates and time and date from which program participate in this two-hour a message was posted. event. The show not only includes “Yik Yak discloses user account garments designed by students, but information only in accordance it also showcases pieces contributed with applicable law,” according to by local boutiques, all modeled by the Yik Yak website’s legal page. CATIE CARRERAS / COLLEGIATE TIMES Virginia Tech students, making the “Yik Yak may disclose user account Provost candidate Thanassis Rikakis speaks at a forum at the Holtzman Alumni Center. show a community event. information to law enforcement — The fashion show is the largest without a subpoena, court order or production put on by the members search warrant — in response to a ZACH HOOPES professors, administrators University, Thanassis Rikakis. of the Fashion Merchandising and valid emergency.” news staff writer and other stakeholders in the Rikakis is one of the two final Design Society (FMDS). University, all present to listen candidates for the university “The planning process starts a full This past Tuesday, April to a brief presentation by vice provost position. The current year ahead of time,” said @WithTheFancyGuy 28, the Skelton Conference provost for design, arts and Center was filled with students, technology at Carnegie Mellon see SEARCH / page 3 see FASHION / page 5 MINDFUL MEALS SOFTBALL DOUBLE LENTIL SALAD HEADER AT JMU /CollegiateTimes ctlifestyles Read for a stress-free Check the recap for the and healthy recipe. Hokies’ games last night. @collegiatetimes CT MOBILE APP page 5 page 6 iTunes / Google Play PAGE 2 Thursday, April 30, 2015 collegiatetimes.com [email protected] opinion collegiatetimes.com/opinion column Debunking controversial theory on climate change This past Monday, the Virginia Tech from research conducted by his wife to show Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) that in Elizabethan England, witches were hosted Christopher Horner, a Washington, burned at astonishing rates — from which the D.C. attorney and notable global warming conclusion was drawn that this had to have critic. Virginia Tech’s chapter of the YAF been because they were blamed for failed MCT CAMPUS gained notoriety last fall, when it hosted crops and freezing temperatures. He used former treasury secretary Bay Buchanan the famous painting of George Washington with a talk about the negative effects of illegal crossing the Delaware (painted in dramatic column immigration on America. fashion seven decades later in 1851) to show The group prides itself in using contro- that temperatures had obviously risen again, versial and attention-grabbing headlines to as the ice in the river was broken and melting, Bud Light sends wrong message draw numbers to events, such as this event’s rather than creating a solid sheet. How could title, “Noble Lies and Cheap Virtue: The Washington have crossed if the river was Realities of the ‘Climate’ Agenda.” With completely frozen? in negligent ad campaign a topic as universally agreed upon by the These “historical” sources show that college community as climate change, a title temperatures have always been fluctuating Earlier this week, Bud Light began expand its demographics by making more declaring the phenomenon an agenda relying — or so Horner believes. For this reason, he expanding its “#UpForWhatever” campaign products marketed towards women: for on lies full of “cheap virtue” was sure to claims that there is nothing we can do to have by releasing 140 new “scroll messages” example, its margarita-flavored beer line. pique interest. an impact on the environment and climate, printed on the side of their beer cans. One of However, the company is definitely missing Horner began his talk with a statement and there is no reason that we should try. these new messages reads: “The Perfect Beer the mark with its most recent campaign. that sounded somewhat relieving to a climate Shifting to an economic standpoint, For Removing ‘No’ From Your Vocabulary change/global warming theory supporter Horner cited a study conducted on the For The Night.” like myself. He first stated that he believed economy of Spain (a country focused heavily Well, one can clearly see the problem in climate change and global warming, as the on creating “green jobs”), claiming that for this slogan creates. Aside from encouraging Also, this is not the fi rst time computer-generated models support it. every green job created, 2.2 regular jobs are reckless behavior in congruence with alcohol, “Bud Light has been in hot water He proceeded to display graphs that lost. Spain’s economy has been suffering this “UpForWhatever” campaign is now showed that global temperature averages are, heavily for years, and a study like this shows tackling the fundamental right of “saying no.” for perpetuating misleading in fact, rising and other graphs that showed little correlation between the creation of Used in context, Bud Light’s new slogan messages.” that human carbon emission— the leading green jobs and the loss of, for the lack of a is just trying to further the company’s idea of cause of climate change, according to most better term, regular jobs. spontaneity and “having a good time” while — are also rising. Without denying its exis- Of course, the United States’s green sector drinking their alcohol. However, there is one tence, he made the claim that climate change economy has grown every year since 2010 key issue with this idea: the demographic Bud is not caused by human action, and there is and focuses heavily on manufacturing and Light is marketed towards.