La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons The Collegian University Publications 10-10-2019 The La Salle Collegian Vol. 93 Issue 6 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/collegian THE LA SALLE est. 1931 COLLEGIAN Philadelphia, Pa. Vol. 93, Issue 6 October 10, 2019 Lasallian Jubilee Year Symposium David Kirkland delivers keynote to commemorate death of De La Salle Monica Murray every day, and for three months, Staff Kirkland went to her room after The Lasallian Jubilee Year school to receive whatever food Symposium, held to celebrate she had for him. Kirkland went the 300th anniversary of St. John on to say that one night, when Baptiste de La Salle’s entrance he broke into the school to sleep into eternal life, occurred on in the janitor’s closet, there was a Wednesday, Oct. 8. Keynote bag with his name on it. speaker David Kirkland, who is He thought he was in trouble, an Associate Professor of English but once he opened the bag, he and urban education at New found that there were clothes York University, spoke about the in it for him. This teacher had hardships in his life when he was noticed that he had been coming a child and how it affected him to school in the same clothes today. Kirkland’s speech was every day, so she provided him directed specifically at educators, with more clothes. Kirkland but was still impactful for all told this story to call attention who attended. Kirkland told the to the fact that many children audience about growing up in go through hardships outside of Detroit with his sister and mother. school that affect their ability His mother was a single parent and to learn inside school. He she and her family came to rely encouraged the audience to ask, on the welfare system a source of “what are we doing or not doing income. Monica Murray for The La Salle Collegian to make sure this child has an Between the ages of twelve and Kirkland delivered the keynote address as part of the Lasallian Jubilee Year Symposium. education,” instead of labeling thirteen, Kirkland was homeless; a student as lazy or stupid or for a year, he made a bed on park janitor had in his closet. Once, his detention, the teacher who had help her grade papers. learning disabled and asking benches, and occasionally broke one of Kirkland’s teachers gave assigned him detention pulled two For the next three weeks, the “what’s wrong with this child?” into his middle school to sleep him detention, but he didn’t know sandwiches out of her bag, gave same teacher gave him detention See KIRKLAND Page 2 on the beat-up couch that the why. When he showed up to serve one to Kirkland and told him to and brought him a sandwich La Salle-led report shows gender gap on boards Elyssa Loughlin surveyed was La Salle University, economics Elizabeth Paulin and educational (meds and eds) meds and eds boards was set Editor and numerous members of the executive director of the nonprofit board rooms, despite the forth, as this standard was On Thursday, Oct. 3, La Salle University’s faculty were involved center, Laura Otten. International disproportionate number of popularized by The Thirty University, the Nonprofit Center in the research and publication of relations major Emily Dabas was women who work in and are Percent Coalition. The study at La Salle University’s School the study. Researchers named at also credited for her assistance in enrolled in said institutions. and data collection found that, of Business and the Women’s the end of the study responsible data collection. It was also noted In addition to being majority on average, the 25 meds boards Nonprofit Leadership Initiative for collecting and analyzing data that in addition to data collection, male, the meds and eds boards sampled fell below the goal of released the 2019 census of included associate professors of Paulin also completed all of the averaged a 13 percent population 30 percent gender diversity by women board members in the 50 communication Katie Dunleavy data analysis. of people of color; among that only reaching 28 percent in total largest medical and educational and Elaine Zelley, associate Over the past few years, there minority were mostly male board across all boards. institutions in the Greater professors of management and has been a growing awareness members. Philadelphia area. leadership Lynn Miller and Karen of the underrepresentation A minimum of 30 percent See NONPROFIT Page 3 Among the institutions Reardon, associate professor of of women in medical and women on the boards of both MacArthur Fellow Emily Wilson talks on translations at La Salle INDEX News 2-3 The Neoliberal NBA Anthony Pantalone annually to 20 to 30 people each Wilson was on hand to describe NBA in hot water after Staff year who demonstrate exceptional the process of adapting this classic Politics 4 GM tweets support for Last Thursday, Oct. 3, Emily creativity and potential for future Greek epic with a new perspective. Hong Kong. Wilson gave a presentation on achievement as demonstrated by a Wilson’s translation adapts the Page 7 her translation of “The Odyssey” track record of accomplishments. language of this story for a modern Editorial 5 Neighborhood at the Rodden Theater of the La The grant is an award of $625,000 audience, taking an ancient tale and Nursing Center Salle Union. This iteration of with no restrictions or limitations breathing new life into it. In order to Commentary 6-7 Learn about the center’s the famous Greek poem holds on its usage. do so, Wilson painstakingly pored mission to serve local specific prominence in today’s Wilson’s address was delivered over every word originally found Features 8-9 residents and develop world, because Wilson stands as to members of the La Salle in ancient Greek and modified its students through the first female translator of “The community, including students, meaning to fit an updated view of A & E 10-11 interprofessional Odyssey.” Wilson, a professor of faculty and administration of La “The Odyssey” for the modern age. education. Classical Studies at the University Salle’s Honors program. Freshman For the translator, it was imperative Page 8 of Pennsylvania, was also recently students of the Honors Triple were to redefine what the definition of Kicks 12 was awarded the MacArthur in attendance for a weekly Honors a Greek epic could truly mean, The Peace Poets Genius Grant — otherwise lab — an educational activity especially for a new audience that CAKE 13 Spoken word group known formally as the MacArthur outside the classroom based on must grapple with the issues of the performs at La Salle for Jubillee Fellowship — for this published the humanities — after reading postmodern age. Sports 14-16 Page 10 translation. The incredibly this translation over the summer in prestigious grant is awarded preparation for the school year. See GENIUS Page 2 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @TheLSUCollegian 2 NEWS Oct. 10, 2019 Homophobic rhetoric left on white boards in St. Basil Court Rita Offutt La Sallian values and offered Life staff decided to take or bias which include race, upsetting, it does not offer if they found out who did it, Editor resources to residents. No the opportunity to discuss religion, gender, gender further leads or information. they would not want them in On Monday, Sept. formal comment from hate speech. identity, ethnicity, national The statements made the school because [La Salle] 30, resident assistants in La Salle’s administrative The 2019 edition of La origin, disability and sexual constitute hate speech, is an inclusive community St. Basil’s Court were officials has been issued. Salle’s Annual Security and orientation. which is any abusive or and there is no room for hate instructed to call emergency The writing used Fire Safety Report discusses According to the Annual threatening speech or crimes on campus.” meetings with their religious aggravation, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure Security and Fire Safety writing that expresses Residents were asked to residents to address a series derogatory slurs and of Campus Security Report, “For Clery Act prejudice against a provide any information of discriminatory messages profanity to attack Policy and Campus Crime purposes, Hate Crimes particular group, especially they may have about the scrawled across various members of the Statistics Act, better known include [Destruction/ on the basis of race, religion incident and were provided whiteboards in the residence LBGTQIA community. as the Clery Act. The Clery Damage/Vandalism of or sexual orientation. with options for recourse for hall. The messages are Most residents have been Act, which was signed in Property] motivated by During the emergency anyone who identifies with believed to have been written warned of the potential 1990, requires all higher bias.” The incident is meetings, residence life staff the LGBTQIA community on Saturday evening. Area consequences of leaving learning institutions that recorded in this week’s discussed the matter with or anyone who considers Coordinator Christopher an open platform, such as participate in federal Public Safety Report as residents under the terms of themselves an ally to the Berry and Assistant Area dry erase boards, on their financial aid programs vandalism. When asked hate speech. St. Basil’s Court group. Guthorn stated, Coordinator William Ivery door, but when an unknown to disclose information if the incident was being resident Erica Wachowski “[Public Safety] is following attended these emergency individual or group of about crime on and near pursued as a hate crime said that “the main point of up as much as we can with meetings.