SPORTS: How do the SEC teams stack up? See page 6 TheMONDAY, APRILVanderbilt 19, 2010 • 122ND YEAR, NO. 26 • THE VOICE OFHustler VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 www.InsideVandy.com CALENDAR MONDAY, APRIL 19 • Israel Fest Celebrate Israel’s 62nd Anniversary at Israel Fest, Vanderbilt graduate featuring free falafel and music on the grass next to the Wall at Rand. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is sponsored by Dores for Israel. Kyser Miree killed at 23 by KYLE BLAINE Miree graduated in 2009 him,” he wrote. Asst News Editor with a bachelor’s degree in “ is is a tragic loss,” Director SUPPORT engineering. He was president of Greek Life Kristin Torrey RESOURCES Vanderbilt alumnus of Vanderbilt’s chapter of Sigma wrote in an e-mail Sunday Christopher Kyser Miree was Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Fellow night. “Kyser was a wonderful Grieving students are • Marsha Blackburn found with a gunshot to his fraternity brother Wyatt Smith young man who will be sorely encouraged to use the The Vanderbilt College head this past Friday in his commented on the death of his missed.” campus resources such Republicans will Mobile, Ala., apartment. He former president in an e-mail Torrey said the brothers as the Psychological and present a discussion with Congressman was pronounced dead Saturday correspondence with e of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, in Counseling Center (322- Marsha Blackburn, who afternoon. Hustler. Florida over the weekend for 2571), the Offi ce of Religious represents Tennessee’s e investigation into his “Kyser was an incredible the chapter’s spring formal, Life (322-2457) and the Uni- Seventh Congressional death is ongoing. e Mobile individual, loved and respected suspended their traditional versity’s GriefNet service. MIREE District. Unable to appear Police Department ruled it a by all who knew him. He was formal activities Saturday night For more information on on campus a few weeks ago, Blackburn will speak homicide and will be available a chipper, energetic guy who to share memories of Miree. GriefNet, call (615) 322-2457 at 7 p.m. in Sarratt 189, and to make a statement regarding “My heart writhes in anguish modeled the Vanderbilt ideal of Miree’s funeral will be held or see http://www.vander- free pizza will be available. the investigation on Monday. over the senseless murder of academic, social and personal this Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the bilt.edu/religiouslife/test. On his personal blog, Miree’s the most peaceful and chipper balance. Kyser carried so much Independent Presbyterian htm. Campus residents may TUESDAY, APRIL 20 younger brother, Harry, described man this world has ever seen,” promise and the world is most Church in Birmingham, Ala. e also contact their Resident • Jesus of Montreal The International Lens the loss to the Miree family. he wrote. assuredly a lesser place without funeral is open to the public. ■ Advisors for assistance. fi lm series will present the 1989 fi lm “Jesus of Montreal,” directed by Denys Arcand, at 7 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Susan Kevra, Senior Lecturer in the Department of French & Italian, will lead an Diverse enough? introduction and post- screening discussion. iversity is a buzzword on college campuses. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 DAs a discussion topic — lumped with stereo- • Crazy Sale Vanderbilt Bookstore’s types and cliques — it nds its place on the list of annual “Crazy Sale,” Vanderbilt Visions agendas. featuring $2 T-shirts, $8 hats and other discounted And it’s a highly valued quality for an institution, school merchandise, will too. In the last 10 years, Vanderbilt’s undergraduate be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the bookstore. minority population has surged from 16.2 percent • Meloship of the Ring in 2000 to 24.8 percent at the beginning of 2009. Vanderbilt’s newest a But achieving diversity on paper — and discuss- cappella singing group, the Melodores, will hold ing it in abstract classroom settings — may only a concert at 7 p.m. in be half the battle, some students suggest. the Student Life Center. Tickets are $5 on the card To explore the issue, The Vanderbilt Hustler and and $7 at the door, with proceeds benefi ting the InsideVandy.com has taken a closer look at the Pearls for Life campaign. way under-represented students are recruited and the social and political landscape they must navigate. Look for multimedia online discussing the topic this week. Go to InsideVandy.com for JUSTIN MENESTRINA / The Vanderbilt Hustler a more in-depth, multimedia investigation of the Saturday’s InVUsion, the Multicultural Leadership Council’s annual cultural showcase, featured per- issue. formances by a variety of student organizations, including Bollywood, Latin and African dances. DIVERSITY BY THE NUMBERS IN THIS ISSUE Racial divisions OPINION: 64.7% 83% 85.0% Claire Costantino on campus, but of all respondents think of all respondents said of all respondents do not gives readers an in- Vanderbilt’s campus is the campus is not ethni- think Vanderbilt should side perspective on impact unclear ethnically diverse cally integrated set quotas or specifi c the writing process. goals on the number of See by SYDNEY WILMER % % ethnically diverse stu- page 4 Multimedia Editor 54.9 92.2 dents it admits of minority respondents of minority respondents When sophomore Seraiah Vinson arrived on campus said they believe said the campus is not her freshman year, her rst friends were her hallmates. Vinson, a black student from Cookeville, Tenn., lived Vanderbilt’s campus is ethnically integrated with girls of a variety of racial backgrounds, many of ethnically diverse % OPINION: which di ered from her own. 47.1 Letters to the Edi- Shortly after her arrival, she said she began to notice IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS: of minority respondents something odd around campus. tor in defense of the 45.8% estimate that 11-17% of “Whenever I would meet someone black, I wouldn’t Vanderbilt students self- Catholic Church. of non-minority respondents have eaten a meal 1-2 times always be with another black person. It was something identify as minorities. In See page 5 I felt like (other black students) would judge me for,” she with an individual of a different race 2009, 24.8 percent of all said. “ ey didn’t see me always associating (with black 3.9% people), so therefore, I wasn’t really one of them.” undergraduates were of minority respondents did not have a meal with a stu- WEATHER Two years ago, e Hustler looked at the issue of self- self-identifi ed minorities WEATHER.COM segregation, speci cally, the lunchtime breakdown in dent of a different race TODAY Rand. 65.2% Two years later, self-segregation is still on the minds of non-minority respondents have eaten a meal with an of Vanderbilt students. Last week during VanDiversity The data came from a poll Week, there were two programs devoted to the topic. individual of a different socioeconmic status more than conducted by The Vanderbilt And according to a poll by e Hustler and three times Hustler and InsideVandy.com InsideVandy.com, 83 percent of respondents said the from April 7 through April 11. 63.1% Of 500 randomly selected campus was ethnically not integrated. of all respondents never had a meal with an international But what is at stake when students self-segregate? students e-mailed the closed HIGH , LOW 67 48 Please see DIVERSITY, page 4 student online survey, 184 responded. Mostly Sunny 2 Monday, April 19, 2010 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.insidevandy.com JOSEPH Who is:HAMIltON TEACHES: Physics for non-science majors, seminars for phys- Page Two ics majors and nuclear and particle physics ATTENDED: Mississippi College (B.S. in Physics and Mathematics), CRIME LOG compiled by JUSTIN taRDIFF Indiana University (Ph.D. in Experimental Nuclear Physics) Thursday, April 15 between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. What’s one THING STUDENTS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT ABOUT YOU? A cell phone was stolen from a first-floor room in Sutherland House. I was the only person in my undergraduate college to earn a varsity letter in sports (football) and a varsity letter in music (traveling choir). Thursday, April 15 at 7:50 p.m. A person was very unsteady on her feet at the corner of Vanderbilt Place and 29th If you weren’T A PROFESSOR, What WOULD YOU DO? Avenue S. Her speech was slurred, and she smelled of alcohol. She did not have Be a research scientist in a national laboratory. any identification on herself, and she had no one to contact to verify who she was. What DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME? Friday, April 16 at 4 a.m. Read Western novels, go to the beach and occasionally play golf. A person was found vomiting in her dorm room. She was very intoxicated and was arrested. She reportedly had eight or nine drinks at several bars downtown. What’s your favORITE vaCatION DESTINatION? Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. Friday, April 16 at 6 a.m. A person was sleeping on the floor in the hallway of the third floor of Vaughn Hall. If you didn’T LIVE IN NASHVILLE, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE? He was coherent and stated that he was trying to see his girlfriend. He also admit- My son once asked me while we were on a trip to Africa, “Dad, you have traveled all over the ted to consuming alcohol and was arrested. world. If you could live any place you wanted, where would it be?” I said Nashville. I do not have a second place.