Film Takes on Muslim Issues Organizations, Post-September 11 Hate Post-Sept

University of South Carolina Scholar Commons April 2007 4-11-2007 The aiD ly Gamecock, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_apr Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007" (2007). April. 14. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_apr/14 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2007 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007 VOL. 100, NO. 136 ● SINCE 1908 TWO SWIMMERS SUSPENDED team after they were seen The cameras were exposure. Middleton, Sauaia streaking in the Olympia installed on the house of A native of Opelika, Ala., neighborhood. Olympia resident Kerry Middleton fi nished the season caught streaking Richland County Police Flake. Flake called the with a best time of 53.18 through Olympia Officers say 18-year-old police and turned the tapes seconds in the 100 meter freshmen Adam Middleton over as evidence. butterfl y. Sauaia, a native of and Ciro Sauaia were seen “Being a female and Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil, Alex Riley running down Ohio Street having to witness something had a 20.86 time in the 50 SPORTS EDITOR naked. The pair was spotted like that is just something meter freestyle, good enough on a surveillance video you don’t want to see,” Kerry second place on the team. Two members of t he “gyrating” on a front porch Flake told WIS-TV. Special to THE DAILY GAMECOCK Carolina men’s swimming before making their way Middleton and Sauaia and diving team have Comments on this story? E-mail Middleton and Sauaia were arrested for indecent exposure. towards Bluff Road. were charged with indecent been suspended from the [email protected] Film takes on Muslim issues organizations, post-September 11 hate Post-Sept. 11 sentiments take crimes left thousands brutalized and at least 14 dead. Their stories rarely made big screen in documentary headlines.” screened in Gambrell Kaur was born and raised in Clovis, Calif., and attended Stanford University. “I was too American for the gurdwara Elizabeth Segrist THE DAILY GAMECOCK and too Sikh for my school. But that was OK.” Kaur said. There are nearly half a million Sikhs in “Divided We Fall: Americans in the America and it is the fi fth largest religion Aftermath,” a fi lm addressing living in the world. At the core of this religion in post-Sept. 11 America, was shown is worshiping God, helping others and Tuesday in the Gambrell Auditorium. equality for everyone. Sikhs usually wear Partners in Dialogue, an interfaith turbans and wrap their long hair in them; community service project combining the men often grow long beards. diverse faith groups, teamed up with The movie depicted how people, the Department of Religious Studies especially Sikhs, are often misjudged for to co-sponsor the screening of Valarie terrorists simply because of the turban. Kaur’s movie. “Discrimination was in America towards The movie depicts post-Sept. us long before 9/11 happened,” the movie 11 hate crimes and the ignorance stated. of discrimination through video, Kaur is the creator, writer and producer newspaper, picture and interview clips of this film, and she worked with Sharat of people across America. Raju. “According to the FBI, anti-Muslim Raju, who attended graduate school at hate crimes more than quadrupled American Film Institute, is the director from 354 in 2000 to 1,501 in 2001, and and producer. Together, they fi lmed from nearly 80 percent of the 2001 crimes coast to coast for five years telling the happened in September,” according to stories of the silent victims. the movie’s Web site, www.dwf-fi lm. “Storytelling has the power to breakdown com. the walls that divide us from them and our The video showed several interviews country is very divide right now so story of people attacked in New York City telling is a way to bring people together,” only hours after the planes crashed Kaur said. into the World Trade Center. Kaur said she wants students to realize Kaur believes these continue more they have the power to influence their discreetly. communities and overcome fear. “I think that it’s beneath the service. “So far it’s fi ve years in a post 9/11 where As long as there is a war on terrorism fear has driven our policies, our programs, and as long as there are terrorist our media, our actions on the street, and I attacks, we will always have violence,” think that it’s time for college kids to stop Kaur said. “As long as there’s an enemy letting fear drive them and to live out the embedded in our social landscape we kind of dreams they have,” Kaur said. will always have victims innocently targeted.” The movie’s Web site said, “In Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@ reports by Sikh, Muslim, and Arab Special to THE DAILY GAMECOCK gwm.sc.edu Scheduled changes to GRE canceled Proposed test version affairs, said when he decided with USC Test Prep Services, SAT,” Pou said. “I assume a question doesn’t change the in the 2007-2008 year. to go into graduate school he said the update cancellation they have a lot of questions way you find the area of a “The good news is that proves problematic was faced with many forms could have been predicted. that they use. When you triangle,” Shotts said. students hadn’t started and paperwork to deal with, “Large changes to the test have the Internet and the If the changes had been preparing for the revised for September switch so limiting the amount of always present themselves free exchange of information, enacted, the essay would have test,” Shaffer said. “Plus, the times the GRE is offered will with logistical problems,” stuff like [cheating] is bound been eliminated. However, new test would have been only increase this burden for Shotts said. “They initially to happen, just like with Shotts said most graduate longer and more expensive Kathleen Kemp STAFF WRITER graduate students. announced a change as early music downloading.” schools do not consider the with fewer scheduling “It was really convenient as last year, but that was However, Pou said while essay important anyway, so options.” that I could just go over to delayed.” test takers could remember it doesn’t matter that it will The current test is two and Proposed changes to Russell and take it,” Pou said. Shaffer said the current test concepts used on the test and stay. a half hours long while the the Graduate Record On Monday, April is an adaptive format, which tell other students those, it Catherine MacIlwinen, new test would have been Examinations (GRE), the test 2, Education Testing means it pulls from a pool of would be very difficult, if a third-year psychology four hours long. Shaffer said taken to apply for graduate Services, the organization questions that gets harder or not impossible, to remember student, plans to take the test it currently costs around school, have been canceled. that administers the GRE, easier depending on whether exact questions. this summer. She said she’s $120. Russell Schaffer, senior announced it was no longer you answered the previous “I’m not going to remember not worried about the essay, “This has created extra communications manager planning to go ahead with question right or wrong. every single measurement to a but the math section being work for us, but we’re for Kaplan Test Prep and proposed changes, which Students cannot omit or skip geometric fi gure,” Pou said. fill-in-the-blank instead of experienced in adapting Admissions, said the changes would have taken effect in questions, and questions are The new test would have multiple-choice would be quickly,” Shaffer said. were canceled because of September. reused on multiple days, so given every student an diffi cult. Eric McGee is the program an “anticipated accessibility “ETS wanted a better some students have posted identical test with questions “I purposely decided coordinator with USC Test issue.” More than 500,000 predictor of student success questions and answers that would be thrown out at to take the test before the Prep Services. He said ETS students take the test each in grad school,” Schaffer said. online. the end of the day. changes,” MacIlwinen said. would probably implement year, mostly in the U.S. “But the lack of flexibility Pou said cheating, while Shotts said while the “Math is the most difficult the changes eventually. Jay Pou, a graduate outweighed [the need to inevitable, is not very format would have changed, section for me.” student in higher education change].” common. the content wouldn’t have. Shaffer said there would Comments on this story? 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