95 Years as CUA‘s Primary News Source Founded in 1922 95TH YEAR, ISSUE NO. 22 Friday, April 6, 2018 CUATOWER.COM CUA Baseball Dominates in 18-9 Victory - Pg. 7 better promote its legislation his opening remarks, Smith for students. Kirby harped on noted that SGA should be SGA Presidential Candidates his ticket’s years of previous more focused on providing as experience in SGA as one of the much support and services to Discuss University Policies campaign’s biggest strengths. student organizations, so that The second portion of the the university community will, debate brought the presidential in turn, improve. Harrington Ahead of Election candidates to the podiums. brought up his previous By DUANE PAUL MURPHY, JIMMY CASSIDY Harrington and Smith were dealings with SGA legislation Tower Staff questions. VP candidates Kirby asked about issues including in his emphasis of SGA’s chief and Maser explained their the role of SGA, the rising role of advocacy. Student Government qualifications for and excitement university tuition, and the Academic Renewal proposal. In Association (SGA) presidential about the opportunity to See PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, page 3 and vice presidential candidates serve the student body in this discussed university policies in position. They also answered a Thursday night debate ahead questions regarding the main of the April 11th election day. role of the VP The debate, which took place being the President of the SGA in the Pryzbyla Food Court, Senate. was hosted by The Tower, and Maser emphasized the moderated by its current Editor- value in having a fresh, outside in-Chief, senior Jimmy Cassidy. perspective of SGA without The two tickets involved any previous experience in it, were “Representing Catholic highlighting that the SGA’s You”, made up of junior politics efforts should all be “student- major Jimmy Harrington and driven.” sophomore philosophy pre- “We think there should only be law major Weston Kirby, and one requirement for serving in “Smith-Maser ‘18”, composed SGA -- being a student,” Maser of junior accounting majors said. Justin Smith and Abby Maser. Both Maser and Kirby The debate began with agreed in saying the SGA needs the vice presidential portion of COURTESY OF LIZ FRIDEN to improve its transparency and Candidates Jimmy Harrington and Justin Smith debate in the Pryzbyla Center. No University SGA Senate Takes Stance on Announcement Yet on Academic Proposal, Tuition Commencement Speaker Increases at Meeting By JIMMY CASSIDY Tower Staff By KATIE WARD Tower Staff Your guess is as good as ours for made March 30th, March 21st, March The students expressed now. 30th, and February 11th, respectively. In the Senate’s eighth concerns about a decreased Catholic University has not yet When asked for any information meeting of the academic faculty and staff in an already announced who will address the on the matter, the university’s Office year last Monday, March small department, and about Class of 2018 at its 129th annual of Marketing and Communications 26th, three resolutions were the “completely different Commencement Ceremony to be held responded that the university was still proposed regarding sustainable marketability of a degree” that Saturday, May 12th, 2017. in the process of finalizing the details mentoring programs in different would come from a degree The lack of announcements, hints, regarding the commencement speaker disciplines, a statement on the from an arts school, according or university communication in general and honorary degree recipients. proposed Academic Renewal to junior media major Andrew has caused some students to wonder “We should be sending out a plan, and a tuition guarantee Morgan. who the speaker might be, and when the notice in the next couple of weeks,” plan for the university. Senior media major secret will be revealed. By comparison, said Jacquelyn Malcolm, Associate The meeting opened Jennifer Brown also expressed the last four announcements were Vice President for Marketing and with its usual public comment, reservations about students during which several Media and SEE COMMENCEMENT, PAGE 3 applying for post-graduation Communication Studies majors jobs with resumes that note spoke of their disapproval of the graduation from an arts school. Academic Renewal proposal “I asked an employer what which was first sent out to he would think if he saw on students by Senate President my resume “school of arts,” Jon Paul Weiss on March 15th. Brown said. “And he said that The proposal, which to me, ‘I would literally just includes the movement of think that you paint, dance, and the department of Media and sing, I don’t think of journalism, Communication Studies from consulting, PR, marketing.’” the School of Arts and Sciences The concerns of the to a new School of Music, students were supported by Visual, and Performing Arts, is Resolution 016, sponsored to be voted upon on May 9th by by Aaron Mackisey and co- the Academic Senate, on which COURTESY OF CUA PUBLIC AFFAIRS three SGA members sit. 2016 Commencement speakers Jim and Jeanne Gaffigan address the graduating class on May 14, 2016. 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Published in Washington, D.C. 2 Friday, April 6, 2018 NEWS The Tower NEWS The Politics Corner Trump to Send National Guard to Southern Border The Student Newspaper of The Catholic University of America Office Located in 103 Pryzbyla Center By Alexander Santana Tower Staff 620 Michigan Avenue, N.E. - Washington, DC 20064 On Wednesday, April 4th, President how two previous American presidents, Donald Trump announced he would Barack Obama and George W. Bush, Jimmy Cassidy Alex Huntley Editor in Chief Managing Editor be “authorizing the deployment of the deployed the National Guard at the National Guard to support the Border southern border during their presiden- Staff Patrol in its mission to protect our coun- cies. “In 2012, President Barack Obama try and stop the stream of illegal immi- authorized the deployment of guards- Emily Prendergast Alexander Santana Social Media Chair News Editor gration.” The White House in a statement men to the border” and President George wrote how “Of the over 75,000 family W. Bush deployed 6,000 guardsmen “as Daniela Sol Duane Paul Murphy units apprehended in FY 2017, only 2,605 a part of Operation Jump Start, assisting Arts and Entertainment Editor Quill Editor were removed.” The White House state- in operations which resulted in the arrest Jared Prenda ment also said Congress should do more of more than 173,000 illegal aliens, the Sports Editor Business Manager to improve security at the border. “Given rescue of 100 persons, and the seizure of the importance of secure borders to our more than 300,000 pounds of drugs.” Katie Ward Jamie Franc Copy Editor Web Editor national security, the National Guard, in The White House statement concluded coordination with governors, will remain by placing Congress at fault for the situ- Contributors/Staff Writers - in a support role until Congress takes the ation at the southern border and advo- Brittany Young, Samuel Matthews, Iain Higgins, action necessary to close the loopholes cated that “Stonewalling by Members Abby Anderko, Jissella Urquilla, Tom Dompkowski, Liz Friden, Rachel Stevens undermining our border security efforts, of Congress, however, has prevented Advisors - including ending the practice of Catch our dedicated Border Patrol agents from Bill McQuillen & Chris Hodes and Release.” getting the resources they so desperately Trump is not the first American presi- need. 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The Tower does not guarantee publication of any letters Costa Rica Elects First Millennial President under any circumstances and reserves the right to edit all submissions for space, gram- mar, and content. All material becomes property of The Tower and may be reproduced only with the written consent of the editor in chief. By Duane Paul Murphy Tower Staff The Central American country of Costa will not only become the first-vice presi- Rica made recent history this past Easter dent of the country alongside second- holiday on April 1st as it elected former vice president elect Marvin Rodríguez Minister of Labor and Social Security Cordero, but also will be Costa Rica’s Carlos Alvarado. He becomes the coun- first black female vice president as well try’s first president from the Millennial as the first black female vice president in Generation, those born between 1980 to the Americas.