Spouses Recall DU Alumni Killed on 9/11
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September 8, 2016 Volume 96 Number 4 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 Law prof. Spouses recall DU alumni killed on 9/11 RAYMOND ARKE helps staff writer defend 15 years ago, two Duquesne alumni lost their lives in the 9/11 terror at- tacks on the World Trade Center. children Duquesne students might not have noticed the plaque sitting beneath a tree between the Student Union and CAROLYN CONTE the law school, which honors Francis staff writer Skidmore Jr. and Donald Havlish Jr. Francis “Frank” Skidmore Jr., of Pittsburgh-area grade school Mendham, New Jersey, was a 1968 and high school students in danger Duquesne graduate with a degree in of expulsion will have a new place Economics and was also a member to turn to for help in Duquesne’s of the Kappa Sigma Phi fraternity. new Education Law Clinic. While he started at Duquesne as a Assistant Clinical Law professor transfer student, he developed an af- Tiffany Sizemore-Thompson will fection for the university. supervise students as they pursue His widow, Katie Skidmore, said he juvenile cases in the new clinic, was “very proud” to be a Duquesne which partners Duquesne law alumnus. She said a lot of his values students with Pittsburgh school- came as part of his experience as a children and their families. The student at the university. clinic will help advise families of Frank Skidmore Jr. would eventu- students who face expulsion, sus- ally go on to work for Euro Brokers, pension and other forms of school an investment firm located in the discipline. World Trade Center. In the clinic, law students will Katie Skidmore described a man be trained on the repercussions of who was devoted to his family. De- a delinquency case, as well as how spite a busy schedule, he always made to work with educational admin- time to be at home. istration both in oral and written “His family was his greatest trea- defenses during an administrative KAYE BURNET/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF sure … our daughter thought he was school hearing. A plaque commemorating two Duquesne alumni who died in the 9/11 terror attacks sits beneath a tree near the law school. see 9/11 — page 3 Sizemore-Thompson said their clients, who are actual Pittsburgh students in need of attorneys, are referred to the clinic by court, so- cial service agencies, parent advo- Campus bells repaired after malfunction cacy organizations and other non- profit legal providers. BRANDON ADDEO of life at Duquesne. Maue said he After Sizemore-Thompson news editor uses the bells to help guide people screens them, law students will trying to find Old Main. be paired in a team defense, You might not have noticed it, but “I’ll always say, ‘go out on campus and they might also train with a familiar sound briefly disappeared and wait 14 minutes, and when you students in the law school’s Ju- from Duquesne’s campus. hear the bells walk toward the bells,’” venile Defender Clinic, in which The campus’ carillon bell system, Maue said. students represent clients in ju- which rings the time from the cha- The bells, which are not physical venile court. pel’s steeple every hour, gives a short bells in the traditional sense, are Sizemore-Thompson said chime every 15 minutes and notifies set on an automated timer from a school disciplinary cases “tend churchgoers of the start of masses, twenty one-year-old control unit to move pretty quickly,” span- suddenly stopped working at the which sits in a room on the sec- ning 30 to 60 days on average. If start of the school year. ond floor of Old Main, Maue said. the case is not resolved by sum- On Wednesday around 2:30 p.m., Preset recordings are input into mer, she will take it over. workers from Duquesne Computing the control unit, which are sent One of Sizemore-Thompson’s and Technology Services managed through cables and an amplifier to eight law students, Arbaaz Rao, to get the bells up and running again, COURTESY OF DON MAUE speakers at the top of the chapel. expressed joy for the opportunity according to CTS Computing Sup- Dan Bodnar, manager of instrument maintenance in the Bayer school, tests a bro- While some students might not to represent actual clients. Rao port Service Director Don Maue. ken capacitor taken from the carillon bell control unit in the Administration Building. have noticed the lack of bells in had worked at internships before, The issue was a blown-out capaci- the air, campus ministers real- but never led a suit. tor in the bell’s control system, Maue ning strike or simply because the sys- carillon bells were installed during a ized quickly. “I had my first case yesterday,” said. While the exact cause of the tem is old. steeple renovation which was com- Rev. Dan Walsh, a Spiritan priest Rao said with a bright smile. capacitor blowout is not known, it According to Bill Zilcosky, director pleted in 1996. at Duquesne, first noticed while sit- could have been the result of a light- of building services at Duquesne, the Since then, they’ve become a staple see CLINIC — page 2 see BELLS — page 2 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... Mylan Step into Picture YouTube markup the past perfect censorship Why the increased A look into some Dukes volleyball Policy change Epi-Pen price of The Duke’s completes perfect worries content is unfair ... archives ... weekend ... creators ... @theduquesneduke PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 8 2 THEDUQUESNEDUKE bluff briefs RSVPs still open for New DU law clinic to focus on education Gormley’s inauguration Duquesne faculty and staff are CLINIC — from page 1 “I have come to the realization asked to send in RSVP cards for that the education system needs the inauguration of President Rao met with a middle school reform because it is very unjust to Kenneth Gormley on Sept. 22. student and the student’s grand- minorities and colored people,” Al- The inauguration of the 13th mother to go over their plan for Bidhawi said. “In the clinic, I hope Duquesne president will take how to address the potential ex- to represent the people that need it place at 4 p.m. in the A.J. Pa- pulsion of the student. Sizemore- — the people that have the system lumbo Center and is open to all Thompson will supervise this case, working against them. Segregation students, faculty and staff. The as well as the others. in the education system continues inauguration will be preceded “My work as a public defender to exist, and it is organizations like by a procession across campus. was absolutely inspirational to the clinic that can make a difference Other events, including a my decision about what kinds in people’s lives.” special mass and reception, are of clinics to develop and direct,” Sizemore-Thompson wants the invitation only. Sizemore-Thompson said. “[It clinic to get involved with the cases is] scary how clearly one can see before an attorney needs to step in, Language department a direct path from when a child because while schools are fully aware screening Spanish films was kicked out or dropped out of of how the law works, families are of- school to his or her entry into the ten at a disadvantage. Duquesne’s department of criminal legal system.” CAROLYN CONTE/STAFF WRITER The clinic’s mission is to offer Modern Languages is debuting She advocates for schools to be Tiffany Sizemore-Thompson sits in a room in the Tribone Center. Sizemore-Thomp- free, “holistic” representation to the “Celebrating the New Wave more wary of the consequences of of Ibero American Cinema” son has created a law clinic which advises grade, middle and high school children. families, which Sizemore-Thomp- removing children. son calls its “unique” defining film series as a part of its Span- “I know and have seen what ish Film Club. She is very hardworking and en- to work at the clinic is Moham- point. She used the word “holis- some of those kids look like 10, courages us to be the same way … med Al-Bidhawi, a third year law tic,” because the clinic’s work does The films series begins on 20 or 30 years later,” Sizemore- Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7:05 but to be ourselves too.” student. not stop at solving legal matters. Thompson said. “We owe our Besides Rao’s case, the clinic is “I enjoy helping people and let- “If a family is facing homelessness p.m. in 105 College Hall with the children more than a closed film “La Sonrisa Verdadera.” also working with a mother of a ting them know that they have re- or hunger, our social work interns can door, and the Education Law six-year old autistic girl who has sources to help with the education connect them to appropriate resourc- Clinic seeks to stop that pipeline been repeatedly excluded from of their children,” Al-Bidhawi said. es in the community,” she said. “As of school pushout.” school and a student who was He has experience in the field an alternative to exclusionary school POLICE briefs “I would describe her as a busy “unfairly” kicked out of his school as a legal fellow for the Educa- discipline, our school psychology stu- person,” Rao said of Sizemore- last year, according to Sizemore- tion Law Center of Pennsylvania. dents can create behavior plans that Cousin PB’s come here to tell Thompson. He added, “She has a Thompson. There he worked on cases, policy will help the students attorney negoti- ya’ll about a crime-filled, ca- lot on her plate.