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OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 56 | ISSUE 2 EST. 1966 THE SWORD 4 Banksy Shreds Expectations; Legendary street artist “self-destructs” a million-dollar piece BY BROOKE STEIGAUF 6 Where and How to Vote as a College Student A Brief Summary of the Where and the How BY BAILEY PARENTEAU 12 Golden Bear Volleyball Prepares for Transitions and Aims for Titles BY VICTORIA TURCIOS LAPARRA 25 Shared Responsibility: What Men Can Do To Prevent Sexual Assault BY BROOKE STEIGAUF 27 Little Shop of Horrors Preview BY ALEXANDRIA GOSEN Little Shop of Horrors Preview Article CREDIT: Jan Puffer THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CSP PUBLICATION AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY, OR STAFF. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS. 1 The Sword Newspaper OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 56 | ISSUE 2 EDITOR IN CHIEF CONCORDIA ST. PAUL’S OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1966 Brooke Steigauf NEWS EDITOR Bailey Parenteau SPORTS EDITOR Tanner Peterson ARTS & VARIETY EDITOR Mara Grau OPINION EDITOR Courtni Holloway PHOTO EDITOR HD Downs ART DIRECTOR Ben Rose FACULTY ADVISOR Eric Dregni WRITERS Allie Gosen Andrew Wylie Catie Nelson Eden Garmen 1937 Elizabeth Reynolds LOOKING BACK AT THE Ethan Langemo Hannah Schwartz CONCORDIA COMET Harry Lien PUBLICATION FROM 1937 Kelly Pierce Matthew Iung Riley Edling Victoria Turcios Laparra Zack Moeller LAYOUT DESIGNERS Alex Esse Edwina Phillips Elena Griggs Spencer Peterson ILLUSTRATORS Madison Buchanan 2 The Sword Newspaper OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 56 | ISSUE 2 NEWS No Jail Time Given for Elon Musk steps down as Tesla Chairman Vicious Alaskan Assault, and agrees to pay $20 million in deal Sparks Call for Change with SEC BY ANDREW WYLIE BY RILEY EDLING n August of 2017, Justin Schneider, a 34-year-old Anchorage man, was lon Musk, CEO, agreed late ban Musk from serving as an officer charged with four felony counts including kidnapping and assault. In late last month to step down as or director of any publicly traded ISeptember 2018, the judge for the case, Michael Corey, sentenced him Echairman of Tesla and pay a company. to just one felony with no jail time. He is now a free man, as Anchorage TV, $20 million fine in a deal with the KTVA first reported. Now, it is the judge himself that has come under scrutiny. Securities and Exchange Committee. In an interview, Musk on the night in question, Schneider offered a native Alaskan woman a ride in Under the settlement, which requires commented, "I have always taken his car using the pretense that he knew her. She agreed and asked for a ride court approval, Musk will be allowed action in the best interests of to her boyfriend’s house. Schneider instead took her to a different location, to stay on as CEO, but must leave his truth, transparency and investors," where he threatened to kill her, and then strangled her until she passed out. role as chairman of the board within Musk stated, "Integrity is the most He then sexually assaulted her, as she was out cold. Schneider had no previous 45 days. important value in my life and the convictions for any crimes. facts will show I never compromised Alaskan prosecutors thought they had a hard case with the kidnapping, as He cannot seek re-election for this in any way”. He was presented an the victim willingly got in the vehicle. John Skidmore, Alaska Department of three years, according to court filings. earlier deal where he would have paid Law criminal division director, said the state would not have been able to prove According to a court document, a “nominal fine” and leave his role as kidnapping at trial. It requires the victim to be "restrained" or moved against her Musk accepted the deal with the chairman for 2 years. However, he will. The sexual offense could not land Schneider on the sex offender list, as the SEC, “without admitting or denying declined. act Schneider performed is not currently “qualifying,” according to Alaskan state the allegations of the complaint.” laws. Tesla is also paying a $20 million According to Jay Dubow, a dollar fine in a separate lawsuit to partner of Pepper Hamilton and The only charge prosecutors thought would stick in court, was the assault. settle claims that it failed to police veteran of the SEC’s enforcement The sentencing guidelines only recommends jail time of zero to two years. Musk’s tweets, according to CNN’s division, said it was unusual that the Judge Corey decided that since Schneider had been fired from his job, had been Jackie Wattles. SEC had allowed to let Musk stay under house arrest for a year, and was enrolled in a program, he was only going on as chief executive, but exit the to sentence Schneider with time served and two years of probation. The company will be appointing chairman role. He suggested the SEC two new independent directors was protecting Tesla share prices by This decision quickly turned the case into a national story. All three to its board and establish a board not removing Musk as CEO. gubernatorial candidates,including the incumbent Bill Walker (I), have committee to oversee Elon Musk’s called for reform of Alaska’s criminal code. Walker commented on Twitter shortly after the verdict was rendered, "Every victim deserves justice. This communications. Musk will be Tesla confirmed earlier last month sort of outcome makes it even more difficult for victims to come forward. The permitted to remain a member of the that the Department of Justice was punishment in this case in no way matched the severity of the crime. We must board. investigating whether or not Musk’s fix this problem immediately, and we will." comments about taking his company The SEC’s announcement comes private constituted criminal activity, Although the Alaskan Department of Law has backed Judge Corey’s verdict, just two days after the agency filed according to CNN’s Jackie Wattles. there are thousands of concerned citizens that feel the punishment did not fit a lawsuit against Musk, claiming he It is still unclear whether or not the crime. Keeley Olson, the director of Standing Together Against Rape, said mislead investors. In a tweet sent out the Department of Justice will file that there has been a lot of “righteous rage” that she has noticed online. She by Musk on August 7th, he stated criminal charges against Musk. told NPR, "This is the best that we could do? For someone who was subjected that he had secured funding to take to this level of violence and could've been killed? It's tragic," The STAR Tesla private at $420 a share, causing response center sees over 1,200 sexual assault victims a year. the company’s stock to soar. Funding, however, was not secured according To remove a sitting judge like Corey, enough voters must mark ‘no’ on their to the SEC. The lawsuit sought to ballots for a judge’s retention. Currently, a Facebook group has raised attention against Judge Corey. At last check, there are over 3,600 members of the group. CREDIT: CNBC.COM Elizabeth Williams, who started the Facebook page, told KTVA, "I was just absolutely appalled that he (Schneider) was going to be out on the streets again, and that Alaskan women were again going to be let down by the justice system. I was also outraged that this woman didn't have a voice in the court proceeding, and that no one was advocating for her and no one was speaking for her needs including the judge." Alaska has some of the highest sexual assault rates in the nation. Alaskan Native women, like the victim, account for forty-two percent of those cases. While the verdict has been officially assigned, it will be incredibly note-worthy to see what becomes of future Alaskan laws. 3 The Sword Newspaper OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 56 | ISSUE 2 NEWS Nominated Brett Banksy Shreds Expectations; Kavanaugh Officially Legendary street artist “self-destructs” Joins the a million-dollar piece Supreme Court BY BROOKE STEIGAUF BY ALEXANDRIA ROSE GOSEN treet artist and notorious prankster Banksy has onservative Judge Brett outdone himself. In this postmodern era, where Kavanaugh was born in Sartistic content is continuously reconfigured and CWashington and raised in recycled, he has done something new. Maryland. On paper, this guy is the full political package: he attended a high At a Sotheby’s auction on October 5th, no sooner end prep school, multiple degrees from than the mallet hit the table, did Banksy’s 2006 “Girl Yale, a family man, and he worked as with Balloon” print shred itself after selling at the a clerk for Justice Anthony Kennedy. artist’s record price of $1.4 million. Audience members Kavanaugh’s involvement in politics is watched and recorded the incident in awe and horror. incredibly credible. Having served with George W. Bush administration’s for The artist posted and then promptly deleted a five years. There, he was confirmed to video of the event unfold with the caption, “Going, the U.S. Court Appeals in 2006. going, gone.” As Sotheby's senior director Alex Since then he has been involved in CREDIT: The Guardian Branczik remarked at the scene, “It appears we just more than 300 opinions and decisions got Banksy-ed.” made on that court. Banksy is known for making rebellious, On July 9th, President Trump had contentious, and highly politicized artwork nominated Kavanaugh to replace Justice that is intended to expose or embarrass Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme systems of power or the superficiality of our Court. Though it was not expected that current society. The very platform in which Trump would choose a conservative Banksy operates is controversial, as he stencils Justice, initially, All would seem well, his artwork on the streets where they are however, recent accusations have unavoidable to the public and spiteful of the surfaced about Kavanaugh.