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Senior Class Gift Raises Over $3,000 PAGE 4 THE News ................2-5 Features ...........6-9 A&E ............. 10-11 Opinion ........12-13 Sports .........14-15 Laker Living ......16 MerciadMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018 | VOL. 91 NO. 10 Senior Class Gift raises over $3,000 PAGE 4 Online poll results Where are you most excited for during spring semester? Spring break. (43%) 9: Professional clothing closet More classes with favorite prof.(33%) Springfest. (14%) incorporates core values Graduation. (10%) 10: ‘All in the Timing’ one-act plays debut this weekend This week’s Who do you feel about six 15: Mercyhurst students more weeks of winter? present at Olympics POLL merciad.mercyhurst.edu Contributed photo PAGE 2 NEWS Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Bold actions encouraged By Jenny Sabliov Arts and Entertainment editor I hope you choose what On Jan. 21 in the Performing Arts was needed to be done Center, Symone Sanders, former national “ because that is what press secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign and current CNN will be in the history political commentator, spoke to the Mer- books. Be bold, radical cyhurst community about the current social and political controversies of our and revolutionary.” country can be improved through the Symone Sanders influence of a radical and revolutionary youth. Her talk took place as part of the Mercyhurst Student Government Dis- were the ones throughout history who tinguished Speaker Series. Symone Sand- “pushed the needle and created change,” ers is known for shining a light on the she said. fight for juvenile justice reform and has She cited the women’s suffrage move- brought millennial perspectives to policy ment, Black Lives Matter and civil rights conversations amid recent events. leaders to name a few. Per Sanders, truly During the presentation, Symone being a bold revolutionary means you do Sanders focused on the current political not ask for permission. She notes that and social circumstances to illuminate in every prominent movement thus far, the issues that are plaguing our society making the needle move or the pendu- and offered suggestions as to how the lum swing has been done by young peo- youth could come together to remedy ple. The work that happens now will af- this situation. fect those in 60 years. “Black history is American history.” For the ones who can lend their voice This is the phrase that she began with and and support to the nonprivileged, she cleverly weaved throughout her speech to mentioned that a real accomplice re- emphasize the message. Carter Woodson, quires being uncomfortable. There will Ph.D., studied African-American history always be a battle, and the important because he felt that the contributions of thing is where on the spectrum the in- black people were being erased. Because dividual will be standing once it is over. of this, he established “Negro History “I hope you choose what was needed Week” in 1926, which ultimately became to be done because that is what will be Black History Month in 1970. This was in the history books. Be bold, radical and revolutionary at the time, and he aimed revolutionary,” Sanders said. to have this taught in schools. Woodson Kristian Biega photo She ended her speech by reading the was ostracized because scholars felt that poem “The Things That Haven’t Been there were no contributions from black Symone Sanders, a CNN political commentator, spoke at Mercyhurst about black Done Before” by Edgar Guest. She left people so they did not deserve to be history in the United States. the audience with this call to action: highlighted. Over six years, Black Histo- “This is our moment, and I hope you ry Month was celebrated and President walk in parks named after Nazi Germans, ing the event to let the event staff know don’t miss it.” Gerald Ford officially established it 1976. but in the United States, we have statues that she was a “bald, black woman.” That Following her talk, she opened the Symone Sanders noted this part of his- and parks named after people who be- last day proved the most difficult as she floor to questions. The response to the tory because, as mentioned before, black lieved that they had the right to own oth- encountered bigots and racists who tried question “Isn’t something like Black His- history is American history. She empha- er humans. to prevent her from entering. She broke tory Month dividing us instead of bring- sized that when people question why She continued by pointing out that it down crying in front of Sen. Sanders and ing us together?” was favored among the certain groups are singled out and cele- was not until Martin Luther King Jr. be- his wife when they asked her what was crowd. Sanders responded with the no- brated (as with the case of Black History gan talking about economic inequality wrong. Once she told them about the tion that America is not a melting pot. Month), they do not know their history. and the Vietnam War that the govern- week, Sen. Sanders said to her, “If you It is, in reality, a salad because everyone She also mentioned that America was not ment sent him death threats and told him can’t get in, who else is being locked out- has their differences. She explained that founded on slavery ideology. to discontinue his efforts. side the door?” one cannot make a salad by picking up Furthermore, she called for a frank Sanders also talked about being on the This led Symone Sanders to pose the a tomato and saying that it is lettuce or conversation about race. She mentioned campaign trail with Sen. Bernie Sanders. question, “Who else is being locked out vice versa. that this lack in conversation is what led She mentioned how one week during the of the proverbial building?” “Our differences don’t divide us, it to the events in Charlottesville, Va., and campaign she had difficulties getting into She encouraged those in the audience, contributes to the whole,” said Sanders. so many other atrocities such as this. She the events every single day. and youth in general, to be the radical and “We need to celebrate our differences, noted that children in Germany do not Finally, she had to tell the people book- revolutionary. Those with these qualities and who we are is who we are.” Databases tested at Hammermill By Anthony Miller of University Libraries. students with another level of and demographic news from lows the user to insert content Staff writer Academic Video Online was learning and give them a tool to around the globe. into projects and presentations. chosen because it fits the needs use on projects.” “It covers every single country, The trial end date for the Aca- In the past few weeks, the Mer- of the Mercyhurst faculty and Additionally, the trial database and has all the latest information demic Video Online database is cyhurst Hammermill and Ridge student body. allows users to clip certain parts you could potentially have on a Feb. 15, and the end date for the Libraries opened two new trial “It checked every one of our of videos to use in projects, and country,” Jones said. Country Watch trial is Feb. 16. databases on their website for boxes for every single subject, it provides the appropriate cita- While Academic Video Online At the end of the trials, the students. from art to health sciences,” tions. For example, if a student focuses more on video, Country University Libraries will make The first trial database is called Jones said. wants to place a 30-second clip Watch is primarily focused on a decision to either purchase a the Academic Video Online da- Jones feels it can be a useful of a documentary into a presen- print news, and it operates sim- subscription to the databases or tabase, which is an academic tool for both students and fac- tation, Academic Search Online ilarly to a modern news site. The not. collection of videos of all kinds. ulty. would clip it and provide a cita- content available on the site is Future updates and other in- “The Academic Video Online is “It is both a teaching tool and tion. wide in its scope, covering news formation regarding the trial da- a premiere collection of videos, a learning tool,” said Jones. “It The second trial database is from just about any place one tabases will be found on the Mer- such as documentaries and news would allow faculty to place ap- called Country Watch, which can imagine. cyhurst University Hammermill reels, that covers a wide range of propriate videos into their cours- provides cultural, economic, po- Similar to Academic Video and Ridge Libraries Facebook topics,” said Darci Jones, director es, and it would also provide litical, environmental, business Online, Country Watch also al- page. FOLLOW THE MERCIAD ON TWITTER AT @THEMERCIAD Wednesday, February 7, 2018 NEWS PAGE 3 Thousands march for life By Rebecca Dunphy and life for every child of God.” Staff writer With these remarks, he became the first president in history to This January, hundreds of address March for Life, which thousands of people throughout was a large victory for the orga- the country joined together in nization. the world’s largest anti-abortion Beyond the Washington, D.C., event: March for Life. event, more than 70 cities around Aligning with the 45th anni- the country voiced their support versary of Roe vs. Wade — the of the movement with smaller, Supreme Court case that effec- satellite demonstrations. tively legalized abortion — the Locally, the third annual Erie organization hosts a number of March for Life took place on Jan.
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