Jacksonville, AL JSU’s Student-Published Newspaper Since 1934 February 6, 2020 NEWS INSIDE Campus Events 8 defendants cleared in statutory rape case PAGE 2 Ashleigh Crouch According to state law, second-degree lot, and off campus on Mountain Street. rape and second-degree sodomy are de- Bill Broome, the attorney of one of the Campus Crime Log Correspondent PAGE 2 According to online court records, at fined as “sexual intercourse or ‘deviate’ men, stated in September that the victim, sexual intercourse with a person who is a then 15-year-old girl, told the defendants least eight of 12 defendants charged in con- between the ages of 12 and 16 and who is that she was a 19-year-old student at JSU. This Week in nection with alleged sexual assaults at or at least two years younger than the perpe- Broome claims that the victim even had Headlines near Jacksonville State University no lon- trator.” a fake JSU ID card and social media ac- PAGE 2 ger face prosecution as of January. According to Calhoun County authori- counts in her name that identified her as a In September of 2019, 11 men were ties, the arrests were made based on six JSU student. SGA Senate charged with second-degree rape and one rapes reported in JSU’s online crime log. According to Calhoun County court re- man was charged with second-degree sod- Several of the alleged rapes were said cords, no indictments were returned against nominates four omy after encounters with underage fe- to have taken place on or near campus at any of the eight defendants and a search groups for males. Several of the men charged were JSU, including Meehan Hall, Sparkman for the other 4 men in question in the state ‘Organization of students at JSU. Hall, Dixon Hall, in the Rowe Hall parking court files turns up no records on the case. the Year’ award PAGE 2 Wallace Hall plans on hold amid FEMA review PAGE 3 WLJS is partnering with Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival PAGE 3 Chicken Scratch, quotes and more Photo courtesy of cnn.com PAGE 4 Damien Williams celebrates touchdown in historic Super Bowl game. He scored a total of two touchdowns in the Chiefs victorious game Top rom-coms over the 49ers that ended in a final score of 31-20. to binge this Valentine’s Day CHIEFS WIN SUPER BOWL LIV PAGE 5 Josie Howell the advantage going into half time, 49ers Damien Williams rushed for the touch- Sports Editor fullback Kyle Juszczykwas able to put the down and was able to barely get the ball over The Kansas City Chiefs made a historic first touchdown on the board for his team. the pylon without stepping out of bounds. comeback in Super Bowl LIV against the This brought the score to an even 10-10 go- After the play was closely reviewed, the San Francisco 49ers that ended in a final ing into the break. referees officially called it a touchdown, score of 31-20. This was the Chiefs first Going into the second half, the 49ers making it a two-possession game. All the Chiefs had to do was hold off the 49ers for super bowl win in 50 years. This was the once again could not quite make it into the end zone and had to settle for another field a few minutes. Not only were the Chiefs second-longest drought in NFL history. goal. However, the 49ers were able to com- able to do this, but they were also able to And while Kansas City walked away with plete an impressive 49-yard field goal that squeeze in a third touchdown to seal the win the victory, the Chiefs did not seal the win once again put them back in the lead over for Kansas City. until less than three minutes remained on the Chiefs with a score of 13-10. During the matchup, Williams scored the game clock. Later in the third quarter, the Chiefs two scrimmage touchdowns, giving him 11 In the first quarter, the 49ers were the threw yet another interception. This time, total scrimmage TDs in his playoff career. first team to put points on the board, al- the 49ers took advantage of the opportu- Williams has now tied with Hall of Famer Top ten Black though they had to settle for a field goal nity and put their second touchdown of the Terrell Davis for the most all-time in a play- History Month as the Chiefs kept them from moving into game on the board, increasing their lead er’s first six playoff games. the end zone. Eventually, Kansas City an- with a score of 20-10 going into the final Meanwhile, with 53 rushing yards, books to add to swered back with a much-needed touch- quarter of the game. Deebo Samuel set the record for the most your reading list down that closed out the first quarter. At this point in the game, it seemed like rushing yards by a wide receiver in a Super PAGE 5 Almost right away in the second quar- the 49ers might walk away with the win, Bowl. He broke Percy Harvin’s previous ter, Chiefs Bashaud Breeland threw an in- but as history proves, the game was far record of 45 rushing yards in Super Bowl Famous Firsts by terception to the 49ers. While this gave an from over. While the Chiefs did not start XLVIII opportunity to the 49ers to turn the game the last quarter out strong with Patrick Ma- Following the game, Patrick Mahomes African Americans around in their favor, the Chiefs defense homes throwing his second interception of was named Superbowl MVP, being the PAGE 6 once again held back the 49ers, this time the game, the Chiefs were eventually able youngest quarterback ever to be given the beyond field-goal range, forcing them to to get their footing and score back-to-back title, at 24 years and 138 days old, beating SGA hosts laser punt the ball. This later resulted in a suc- touchdowns, but the one that really counted out Tom Brady when he was given the title cessful field goal for Kansas City. was second one of the quarter with less than in Super Bowl XXXVI when he was 24 tag event at While the Chiefs were hoping to have 3 minutes left in the game. years and 184 days old. Leone Cole PAGE 6 Gamecocks split Opinion: History lesson — what is censorship? weekend home Kaitlin Fleming games Editor in Chief Censorship. What a fun PAGE 7 word to throw around when something doesn’t quite go Men’s basketball your way. But what exactly falls into losing skid is censorship and what does it look like? PAGE 7 As defined by Merriam- Opinion: one of the Webster dictionary, censor- ship (noun) is “the institution, worst choke-jobs in system, or practice of censor- Photo courtesy of cpj.com sports history ing.” ments or corporations. Other post. Obviously, the two are Rome, where citizens were When most people use the PAGE 8 people claim censorship when not the same. restricted in their religious word, they are stating that beliefs. Moving on along the they or someone else is being their comments are removed True censorship dates as Men’s tennis has censored, typically by govern- from a newspaper’s Facebook far back as ancient Greece and See OPINION Page 4 four-game win streak Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday PAGE 8 4 Day Forecast February 6 - February 9 @ChanticleerJSU The Chanticleer February 6, 2020 2 News CAMPUS CRIME LOG UPCOMING February 3, 2020, Violation of Student Code of Conduct, The Pointe January 31, 2020, Violation of Student Code of Conduct, Sparkman CAMPUS EVENTS Hall February 6, 2020 - International House Presentation Honduras, 11 a.m. January 31, 2020, Violation of Student Code of Conduct, The Pointe February 7, 2020 - Accepted Student Day, 8:30 a.m., Leone Cole Audi- torium January 30, 2020, Violation of Student Code of Conduct, Mountain Street February 7, 2020 - Military Students in College Training, 1 p.m., Self Hall January 29, 2020, Possession of Marijuana and Drug Paraphernalia, February 7, 2020 - Free Practice LSAT, 1:30 p.m., Martin Hall Logan Hall February 10, 2020 - Safe Zone Part 1 Training, 1 p.m., Self Hall January 28, 2020, Violation of Student Code of Conduct, Campus Inn February 13, 2020 - International House Presentation India, 11 a.m. January 22, 2020, Possession of Marijuana, The Pointe February 13, 2020 - Valentine’s Speed Dating, 5 p.m., Theron Mont- gomery Building January 18, 2020, Possession of Marijuana and Drug Paraphernalia, Curtiss Hall February 12-14, 2020 - Student Symposium 2020, Houston Cole Li- brary Rooms 1101-C & 1103-C January 17, 2020, Possession of Marijuana, Daughette Hall February 14, 2020 - ‘Falling in Love’ A Cappella Choir Concert, 7:30 January 16, 2020, Assault, Meehan Hall p.m., First Baptist Church in Jacksonville January 16, 2020, Possession of Marijuana and Drug Paraphernalia, February 20, 2020 - International House Presentation Benin, 11 a.m. Dixon Hall February 20, 2020 - ‘We Believe in Dinosaurs’, 6 p.m., Longleaf Stu- dios January 12, 2020, Arrest - Possession of Marijuana, Sparkman Hall February 20, 2020 - Honors Program Trivia Bowl, 6 p.m., Houston Cole January 12, 2020, Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor, Meehan Hall Library January 12, 2020, Domestic Violence, College Apartments February 21, 22, & 24, 2020 - ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ performance by the Drama Department, 7:30 p.m., Stone Center Have an emergency? February 22, 2020 - Canyon Jazz & Dinner, 6 p.m., Little River Canyon Dial (256) 782-5050 or 911 Center February 23, 2020 - ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ performance by the Drama Department, 2:30 p.m., Stone Center This Week in Headlines February 26, 2020 - Safe Zone Part 2 Training, 10 a.m., Self Hall Pelosi rips up Trump speech at conclusion of State of the Union – Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday ripped up her copy of Presi- February 27, 2020 - International House Presentation Cambodia, 11 dent Trump’s prepared remarks at the conclusion of his State of the Union a.m.