AU Volume 99 Issue 11FiatThe Student Newspaper of AlfredLux University April 12, 2005 Conflicts in Africa are being ignored and forgotten What’s Students should take action to stop the suffering before it is too late BY DEEN GENZARDI Library and assistant director of of the fight against HIV and Inside NEWS EDITOR the study abroad program, was AIDS. These wars have the most largely responsible for Derryck’s impact on women and are issues There are three major persistent visit. Lakin and Derryck are both the United States is doing little or conflicts in Africa being ignored alumnae of Chatham College. nothing about. and forgotten, the Senior Vice Derryck’s speech was titled “You live in the most powerful President and Director of Public- “Forgotten Wars, Abandoned nation that the world has ever Private Partnerships at the Lives: Reclaiming Peace in the known,” said Derryck. It would Academy for Educational 21st Century.” Although take less money and energy to Development, Vivian Lowery Derryck’s talk covered a wide help the abandoned lives in Africa Derryck, told students, faculty variety of topics, ranging from the than all the time and energy and and community members on April power of the United States, con- money that we spend on Iraq. 4 in the Knight Club. cerns about war and peace, types In the war on poverty, there are “We as a country are so focused of wars and women’s issues, she roughly 2.7 billion people who on Afghanistan and Iraq that focused on three major forgotten live on less than $2 a day. This we’re not paying strong attention wars and what we can do to help. translates to about $730 a year. to these other conflicts. And these The three types of wars The average American makes RAICES conflicts are our century’s forgot- Derryck discussed are ideologi- around $31,633 a year. That is 43 PHOTO BY ADRIENNE EGGLINGER ten wars,” said Derryck. cal, traditional and category defy- times as much as those 2.7 billion The Riley Lecture was held April 4 in the Knight Club. Vivian Lowery THIRD ANNUAL The tenth annual Riley Lecture ing. An example of the first war, people. Derryck made it clear that Derryck, the guest speaker, spoke of three major forgotten wars and what we can do to help. PRODUCTION IS A was sponsored by the Riley sis- which is ideological, is the war on this economic inequality is wrong ters, Pamela Riley Osborn ’62, poverty. The second war, tradi- and unjust. said Derryck. “It’s time we live up ken up into seven clusters, devel- SUCCESS Patricia A. Riley ’65 and Melissa tional, can be seen in Darfur, a “We believe that we are our to these values of helping others.” oped by the United Nations. Riley. Pamela Lakin, AU’s region of Sudan. The third war, brothers and sisters keepers and The Millennium Development PAGE 4 research librarian at Herrick category defying, is the example that we can lift the less fortunate,” Goals (MDG) are eight goals bro- SEE RILEY, PAGE 6 AU’s Take Back the Night protests assault, violence BY ABBY TRIPP Assistant Professor of English and WIC CONTRIBUTING WRITER faculty advisor Melissa Ryan was active in planning and promoting the event. She said Every fifteen seconds, an American woman that she saw it as an opportunity to empower is battered by her intimate partner. One out participants. of six women in America has been the vic- “I'm really pleased that the Women's HABITAT tim of an attempted or completed rape. And Issues Coalition is putting together … a last month in Allegany County alone, there really important event for the community to were five rape calls - three of the victims demonstrate a protest against sexual assault READ ABOUT HOW were children. and domestic abuse,” she said. HABITAT FOR These were just a few of the statistics pre- Take Back the Night events began on HUMANITY MADE A sented on April 8 as part of Take Back the both sides of Main Street just before sunset. DIFFERENCE OVER Night, an event co-sponsored by Alfred On the Alfred University campus, stu- SPRING BREAK University's Women's Issues Coalition dents, faculty, administrators and other com- (WIC) and Alfred State College's munity members gathered next to the caril- Counseling Services to raise awareness lon, where they were provided with candles, PAGE 5 about sexual assault and domestic violence ribbons, a printout of chants and large card and abuse. stock signs that featured statements of Megan Gray, junior fine arts major and protest. WIC co-coordinator, said that preparations At 7 p.m. the nearly 50 demonstrators for the event began in February. In addition began their march across campus. The to weekly planning meetings, she said that a chants, at first tentative, grew in strength as great deal of time was devoted to communi- the group walked along Lower Pine Hill. cations with local organizations and busi- A group of students in front of Tefft and nesses. She said that the work was often Reimer Halls stopped and watched the PHOTO BY KELLY DONOHOE challenging. demonstrators. A few even joined their Students pin on blue ribbons and pick up printouts of chants before they march to the “We're trying to get two schools and a ranks. Village Bandstand during April 8's Take Back the Night observance. The event was community together,” Gray explained. “All right! We're like magnets!” shouted organized by AU's Women's Issues Coalition and ASC's Counseling Services. A2A junior english major Jonathan Hudack, one “I truly believe in social change,” Gray ALFRED TO ASIA SHOW of the demonstrators. said. “Be an advocate. It's what the world ORGANIZED BY PACIFIC At the traffic light, AU's group converged needs.” RIM A SUCCESS with a small delegation from ASC. The After the “speak-out”, counseling ser- combined demonstrators were accompanied vices and refreshments were available. by an Alfred Village Police escort as they Several students in attendance said that they PAGE 6 ended their march to the Alfred Village had been affected by the experience. Bandstand. “I was emotionally involved in what As dusk fell, candles were lit and mem- everyone had to say,” Hudack said. “The bers of the crowd began to share personal more people are aware, the more that we can stories of abuse. begin to contribute to an understanding of AU alumna and ASC counseling intern what people can do to ease the pain [of Elizabeth Reina shared an account written abuse].” by an ASC student of her experiences with Hudack, who called himself “a feminist at abuse and her road to recovery. heart,” said that the evening was also a pow- Several others discussed what it meant to erful reminder for male participants that go “from victim to survivor to thriver” - a abuse is not limited to women. common phrase throughout the evening. “I believe that men need to be aware of Survivors' stories were interspersed with being victimized and of what they can do to brief statistical presentations by members of survive and learn to thrive,” he said. HOROSCOPE WIC. Gray said that she was pleased with the PHOTO BY KELLY DONOHOE Toward the end of the evening, a visibly turnout and added that she hopes the event CHECK OUT WHAT AU students Catherine Cain, Erin Letovsky and Chandra Brackett stand with candles lit moved Gray tearfully addressed the crowd. will continue with increased participation at the Take Back the Night "speak out." The event brought together over 50 partici- THIS WEEK’S HORO- She stressed her gratitude for the response each year. pants from AU, ASC and the local community. of the community and emphasized the “I felt that Alfred really needed this,” she SCOPE HAS IN STORE importance of activism. said. ❍ FOR YOU PAGE 7 Housing points advantageous during sign-up process BY ASHLEY SWANSON credit hours taken), each student is Approximately six to 10 people benefit students who may have had extenuating COPY MANAGER assigned a number randomly by the com- every year from housing points, said circumstances one semester where their puter. This number has nothing to do with Morgansmith. grades slipped, speculated freshman “Earn a housing point!” is a sign that an individual's grades, judicial records, or If two or more students all accumulate Sarah Schwartz, sociology major. stands out of the collage of flyers lining housing points. the same number of housing points, only If the lottery were assigned by GPA, the walls around various residences on It is “hard to predict how many upper- one name will be drawn, explained Sarah extracurricular activities would not be campus. Many students, particularly in classmen will go through sign-ups to live Ryan, RD of Barresi. factored in. Because of possible situa- freshman dorms, have been encouraged on campus," commented Karen Porter, “Approximately six to 10 people bene- tions like this, the lottery system appears by these very signs to attend a Resident secretary of Residence Life, fit every year,” said Morgansmith who to be the best method. Assistant's program or event for these The lottery system allows each student also tallies the housing points. Eric Thibault, a freshman political sci- points. a fair shot at housing sign-ups. Returning Originally, housing points were ence major, was assigned number one for With housing sign-ups this week, what seniors and seniors are given priority, fol- designed to get people to attend pro- the freshman lottery. Thibault said that he role will these accumulated housing lowed by juniors, sophomore, and fresh- grams.