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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019 / VOLUME 146, ISSUE 17 Campus Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org Taiwanese Flag Hung in HKSA Event Handles Aftermath of Paint War Demonstration By COREY MILLER-WILLIAMS NEWS EDITOR On Friday, a group of stu- dents hung a Taiwanese flag in Hirst Lounge. Organized by senior Yaal Dryer and junior Mustapha Ibrahim, it was meant to “show support and solidar- ity” for the students affected by the administration’s re- classification of the Taiwan- ese and Hong Kong flags as “sub-national entities.” This classification was changed to “other countries and regions” following con- troversy a few weeks ago. The event, Dryer said, was attended by Taiwanese students, but also by Ti- PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN CHUI betan students. Dryer said The Hong Kong Students Association event with “Let’s go Hong Kong!“ written in Post-It notes. there is no Tibetan flag in By COREY MILLER-WILLIAMS “We felt like the school com- That refers to the agreement government in Beijing that con- Hirst Lounge, which denies NEWS EDITOR munity didn’t really fully un- brokered when China regained trols Hong Kong. Tibetan students’ identities. derstand the message behind control over Hong Kong after it “I don’t deny that I’m Chi- “This all needs to be On Monday, a crowd of stu- it,” she said, “so we decided had previously been under the nese, but I want to clarify that viewed in the larger con- dents gathered in Hirst Lounge to actually come up with this control of Britain. According what we’re striving for is not text of what’s going on,” to learn about and put up Post- event, to help de-escalate the to The Economist, the deal was to break free from China. said Dryer, referring to the its in support of Hong Kong’s tension a little bit.” that Hong Kong would retain What we’re striving for is just recent campus conflicts protest movement. Xu said that many students its governmental structure, but some semblance of freedom of surrounding Taiwan, Tibet, The event, organized by the who saw phrases like “Free governors would be replaced by speech, and a judicial system Hong Kong, and mainland Hong Kong Students Associa- Hong Kong” thought that Hong chief executives, who would that we have trust in,” Chui China, which most recently tion (HKSA), was intended to Kong wanted complete inde- be elected by a Hong Kong said. culminated in a back-and- reframe the on-campus conver- pendence from China, but this electoral college and approved Chui also said that the use of forth painting war in the sation around Hong Kong, par- is not the case. by the Chinese government. the Hong Kong fag during the painted tunnel. ticularly after the recent tunnel “It’s not sovereignty; it’s our According to The New York event was not meant to imply “[The University claims] painting controversy. autonomy,” HKSA member Times, Hong Kongers have re- that Hong Kong is entirely sep- that this was unrelated to Among the paintings in the and senior Ryan Chui said. cently felt threatened by actions arate from China, but is instead recent events,” Dryer said, tunnel were some in support “There’s also a bit of ambigu- taken by the Chinese govern- used as a marker of a Hong before insisting that the ad- of Hong Kong’s protesters, in- ity when it comes to mention- ment, including allowing police Kong identity. ministration needs to “look cluding messages in Cantonese, ing the term ‘freedom,’” Chui from mainland China to patrol “On National Day, we still at the larger political con- and phrases used by protesters. later added, “because I feel in part of a train station con- hoist the Chinese fag above the text.” HKSA president and junior like people also have different necting Hong Kong to China, Hong Kong fag. It’s courtesy; Dryer said they hoped Selina Xu expressed a wish to conceptions of what freedom a draft law punishing disrespect it’s also genuine. But when it’s that the event would be a educate UR students on what means. [...] By freedom, we of the Chinese national anthem, a Hong Kong matter, we want platform “for the Taiwanese is actually happening in Hong meant what’s promised to us: and bookstores no longer sell- to be able to present the Hong students to say, ‘We’re here, Kong. one country, two systems.” ing publications critical of the Kong fag,” he said. our identity is valid.’” SEE EVENT PAGE 3 Ibrahim posted a pic- ture of the new flag on the A Hong Kong Student’s Persepective on the Tunnel Paintings University Facebook group Overheard at Rochester, By EDGAR YAU your fght. You are not the an oppressive regime. And do it behind hollow calls for CONTRIBUTING WRITER where a heated discussion ones affected. At home, I live you dare to tell them to lay reconciliation. soon erupted. right next to the University down and die? In the name What is most offensive Sophomore Yifan Xu As a Hong Konger, I am of Hong Kong, where I have of what? Peace? Look inside is not your censorship, but expressed distaste for the appalled by the actions of the to worry about the safety of yourself and tell me if your your suggestion that negative event, writing, “The official Chinese Students and Schol- my siblings and parents ev- anger at my friends and fami- peace is an option that ben- name of TW is Republic of ars Association (CSSA). For ery time they leave the house ly comes from a place of love, efts anyone but the Chinese China and no one would ar- those not in the know, CSSA (although, my siblings rel- or jingoism. government. CSSA, you are gue for that.” recently led a group of stu- ish any excuse to not go to It makes me sick to see such a poor representation of the Sophomore Amber Hu dents to paint over pro-Hong school). My city will never be empty platitudes covering up Chinese student population disagreed. Kong, pro-Tibet, pro-Uighur, the same. cries for humanity and libera- here as a whole, a population “Taiwan doesn’t belong to and pro-Taiwan messages in My people will never be the tion. If you want to defend the that I know to be empathetic, ROC nor CCP [the Commu- the tunnels. same because of their relent- actions of the Hong Kong po- thoughtful, and caring. nist Party of China],” Hu To the CSSA: This is not less pursuit of freedom from lice, go right ahead, but don’t However, as an internation- SEE FLAG PAGE 3 SEE PERSPECTIVE PAGE 6 INSIDE ROCHESTER TRUTH HAS A PAN-RELIGIOUS UR SQUASH’S SCIENCE CAFE LIBERAL BIAS APPEAL OF OTTER OPENING GAMES THIS CT PAGE 5 COMMUNITY PAGE 7 OPINIONS PAGE 8 CULTURE PAGE 12 SPORTS PAGE 2 / campustimes.org CAMPUS / TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019 A new chapter for Quad Foxes By SUNGWON YOON of foxes on campus that ap- CONTRIBUTING WRITER peared to have mange. Castrono- vo said his goal wasn’t to catch The iconic quad fox that cap- the foxes. Rather, he aimed to tured UR imagination has been protect students by keeping them revealed to be not one, but two away from them. furry creatures — and both may After realizing that the other be gone for good. option outlined by the NYS Peter Castronovo, manager Department of Environmental and senior sanitarian of UR’s Conservation (DEC) was to Pest Control Unit, said he frst euthanize the foxes, Castronovo started receiving calls about a took matters into his own hands “mangy-looking” fox on campus and attempted to treat the foxes. this spring. With the help of Krittrkris, a Students were feeding and tak- wildlife rehabilitation organiza- ing pictures of the fox — a fox tion, Castronovo planted mice which, according to Castronovo, and hard-boiled eggs injected displayed symptoms of mange. with ivermectin, a “medicine He described the charac- that helps cure mange in all teristics of foxes with mange: kinds of animals,” around the friendliness toward humans, dens. scaly skin, hairless patches, and The frequency of fox sight- constant hunger. All of these ings began to decrease. This was were present in the campus fox. a good sign. “When a fox gets Healthy foxes are nocturnal, healthy, it generally doesn’t want rarely seen during the day, and to come around people,” said tend to avoid people. Castronovo. After receiving more calls, The last reported fox sighting Castronovo realized there was was on the Wilson Quad during more than one fox with mange Meliora Weekend in October, on campus. Castronovo called when Castronovo himself en- the two foxes the South Cam- countered a fox. pus fox and the North Campus “There [was] a healthy-look- fox. He believes that the one ing fox walking right towards that lived near a parking lot of me,” he said. “It wasn’t acting the school was the one seen on strange, it wasn’t acting aggres- campus most frequently. sive. It was walking like it was a “We had traps,” Castronovo student.” said. “We kept setting traps, we Since then, Castronovo said, kept checking the traps. The he hasn’t received any calls or fox itself came close to my pest been notifed of any fox sight- THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS control specialist and we tried to ings or sightings of any other noose it, [but] we couldn’t get new wildlife on campus. TUESDAY | DEC.

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