Pumpkins show Students AIC shuts out student audition for Owls in men’s creativity one act play soccer Page 5 Page 8 Page 9 WWW.THESOUTHERNNEWS.ORG OCTOBER 17, 2018 VOL. 56— ISSUE 7 University did not A stance against domestic violence pull from reserves By Tamonda Griffiths another state agency needs the money more. News Writer “The university has two different, major During the State of sources of revenue,” said the University Address, Rozewski. “One is the fee President Joe Bertolino that students pay, and the said the university ended other is the money that the the 2017-18 fiscal year with state legislature gives us.” a “modest surplus” and did According to Rozewski, not have to take money this year’s budget is about from the reserves. $227 million. Executive Vice Rozewski said this is President for Finance an increase of about $5-7 and Administration million from last year’s Mark Rozewski, said budget—which comes the reserves are the from a four percent university’s “last resort.” increase in tuition and “An example of why fees. you would have to dip “How do we do more into reserves is if the with less?” said Wafeek legislature took some of Abdelsayed, an accounting the money they gave us professor and a member back,” said Rozewski. of the university’s Budget That, he said, has and Planning Committee. happened many times Abdelsayed said while since he has been at the committee does not PHOTO | PALMER PIANA Southern. make direct decisions on Some of the Red Flag Campaign’s flags outside of Engleman Hall. He said the reasons the budget, one thing they the state legislature may do talk about is the effect take back some of the of enrollment on it. university’s funding “As enrollments go would be because of down, our budget—what possible miscalculations of we get allocated from the economic effects on state state—goes down,” said revenues or they decide Abdelsayed. SEE RESERVES, PAGE 2 Students attend SCSU through GEAR UP PHOTO | PALMER PIANA PHOTO | PALMER PIANA One of the red flags located outside of Engleman Hall. A red flag with the written statement, “Lack of Trust.” By Alexandra Scicchitano partner violence,” said and exercise science major, end of the program, we ask Reporter Kissi. who has a concentration them to write actual red Red Flag is a national in human performance flags,” said Kissi. The Red Flag Campaign’s campaign starting in 2007 said the point of the Red Students are coming intention is to educate through the Virginia Sexual Flag Campaign is to make to tables and making the students on what a “red & Domestic Violence students aware of what flags for campus, there is a flag” is in a relationship Action Alliance, according is okay or not okay in team effort going on, said and how to participate in to Kissi. relationships. Amanda Valentin, a junior, bystander intervention, The Violence “So, we go into inquiry and social work major, said Melissa Kissi, a sexual Prevention, Victim classes, we also have a member of VPAS who assault and violence Advocacy and Support informational tables, we was running a Red Flag prevention specialist. (VPAS) Center has been bring actual red flags and Campaign tabling event. “The Red Flag Campaign participating since the time we do a program on the “I think it’s very, is a national campaign the campaign started in signs, we do a program very important, focused on the prevention 2007 or 2008 said Kissi. on what’s healthy, what’s especially [since] abusive of violence or intimate Sarah Joseph, a senior, unhealthy and then at the relationships are almost SEE RED FLAG, PAGE 3 PHOTO | HUNTER LYLE Alexsia Udeokoro Nazario, a freshman, GEAR UP student, standing in front of her dorm, Farnham Hall. Class of 2022 By Hunter Lyle Up New Haven Director Joy Fopiano. Eventually, it Reporter expanded to cover more and SGA After seven years rural areas because people of consistent college in the Smokey Mountains, preparations, GEAR UP or Arizona, or on a farm in election results students are on campus Iowa, may be equally but for their first year of differently disadvantaged By Hunter Lyle on social media. enrollment. to attend college. Reporter Elections featured According to the U.S. “It’s not just having races for the Class Department of Education’s good grades,” said Fopiano, After four days of of 2022’s president, website, the GEAR UP “it’s having the mentality prepping, promoting, vice president, and program, which stands for that college is possible and and voting, the the representative- Gaining Early Awareness college is going to be in Student Government at-large positions. and Readiness for your future.” Association (SGA) Elections were Undergraduate Programs, The Connecticut election results also held for is a grant that aims to program works through are in. In total, 278 seven of the SGA’s PHOTO | VICTORIA BRESNAHAN help, support, and prepare three cohort GEAR students voted, all representatives-at- Some of the recently elected SGA Representives-at-Large being students for college who UP programs, one in of which could have large, a year-long inducted at the Oct. 12 meeting in the Adanti Student Center. might not have the chance Waterbury, one in East voted for up to seven term. to attend without the Hartford, and one in New candidates. Sarah Gossman program. Haven, said Fopiano, from The elections, won the election classmates but was for the position of 2022 representative GEAR UP was originally each cohort, ten schools which were open for Class of 2022 able to come out with Class of 2022 vice at large, also running designed to help high-risk are selected. from Oct. 1-5 were President. Gossman the win in the end president, and Wendy unopposed. and vulnerable youth in According to professor advertised on was running against Timera Hawthorne Ann Santillan won “We have elections the inner cities, said Gear Deb Risisky, who is campus, as well as five of her fellow ran unopposed the seat of Class of every fall, mostly SEE GEAR UP, PAGE 2 SEE ELECTIONS, PAGE 2 Page 2 News October 17, 2018 Admissions may not look Students at SAT exams anymore respond to new ads Dilger said the By Tamonda Griffiths university conducted News Writer a survey through a marketing firm called Ian Bergemann, SimpsonScarborough, vice president of the which conducts marketing Student Government research for institutions of Association’s Board higher education. of Outreach and Yodsapath Anata, a Communication, said the junior, and computer Southern advertisements science major, said the he has seen are silly. only advertisements he has “A billboard that just come across are through kind of says ‘Be Creative’ radio broadcasts. doesn’t advertise Karlyn Jackson, a Southern too much,” said sophomore, and English Bergemann. major, said, the online He said it would be a advertisements are more much better idea for the prevalent. university to advertise “I don’t really see its low tuition, academic advertisements that much programs or convenience in my experience,” said for students who may Jackson. “I live in Hamden PHOTO | TAMONDA GRIFFITHS need to commute to which is right nearby, and Professor and mathematics department Chairperson Leon Brin. school. I think they’ve had, like, a “I would really market billboard one time”. out the nursing program Dilger said they By Tamonda Griffiths SAT or ACT scores in their “one day, one experience.” Brin said students are – we have a strong interviewed students, News Writer admissions process. Besides the admission welcome to challenge their nursing program,” said faculty, and alumni in Alexis Haakonsen, process, the SAT is also SAT placement during the Bergemann. “We also have order to determine how It has recently director of admissions, said used in the tier one New Student Orientation an entire business school people “defined” the been proposed that the SAT is only part of the category of the Liberal which incoming freshmen which I think goes very university. the university may be entire application review. Education Program, participate in months unrepresented.” “The whole ‘Expect eliminating the SAT exam Haakonsen said what is specifically for the before the start of their first Director of Integrated more. Be More’ is part, as part of their admissions most heavily weighed when placement of incoming year. Communications & you know, [what] we want process. reviewing a prospective freshmen within the math “Whatever metric we Marketing Patrick Dilger when students come here, According to a National student’s application is and English courses. use, we’ll still leave that as said he and the branding you know, they want to Center for Fair & Open their high school transcript. “It’s not a perfect tool,” an option,” said Brin. team have been working become more,” said Dilger. Testing fall 2018 study, She said she thinks the said Professor Leon Brin, He said the math for over a year on the new The most common over 1,000 colleges and admissions office puts into mathematics department department does not marketing slogan: ‘Expect words that “resonated” universities do not require perspective that the SAT is chairperson. specifically handle the more. Be more.’ with students, he said SEE SATS, PAGE 3 SEE ADS, PAGE 3 administration. sophomores. I came to “I learned how to be Southern with 15 credits Reserves more open,” said Santiago. because of GEAR UP.” GEAR UP “I was a very shy person Partnered with New before GEAR UP, and that Haven, Southern’s GEAR Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 The New Haven cohort changed with the help of, UP program, Fopiano said started with 335 GEAR not only my friends I met she was able to provide involved with the UP seventh graders, 75 of there, but the counselors resources, such as financial GEAR UP New Haven which decided to attend who were really cool with aid, transportation and Project, the ten schools Southern, said Fopiano.