November 3, 2016 Volume 96 Number 12 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 Duquesne Taking in the colors of autumn DU law program clinic to put on help clear probation records Zachary Landau Carolyn Conte staff writer staff writer On Oct. 11, students in Duquesne’s Duquesne’s Juvenile Defender Physician Assistant Studies Pro- Clinic won a $100,000 grant to help gram learned that the school’s current or potential public housing standing with the Accreditation Re- residents with juvenile records to at- view Commission on Education for tain or keep their homes. the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) The Department of Housing and might be in trouble. Urban Development and the U.S. In a meeting with students of Department of Justice awarded the Duquesne’s Physician Assistant money in September to Duquesne program, Department Chair and law professor Tiffany Sizemore- Professor Bridget Calhoun and Thompson’s Juvenile Defender Clin- Rangos School of Health Sciences ic. Ten law students from the clinic Interim Dean Paula Turocy ex- will visit Pittsburgh public housing plained that the ARC-PA has put sites in November to interview and the department on accreditation give legal advice to residents. probation for two years. To expunge — or remove — resi- Probation, as explained on the dents’ juvenile records, the clinic will ARC-PA’s website, is a temporary go through a multistep process with status for programs that either fail potential clients. First, the clinic must to meet the board’s standards or “the establish that the person qualifies for capability of the program to provide Jordan Miller/Staff Photographer the services and is “actually eligible to have their juvenile record expunged,” see PROBATION — page 2 A tree on Forbes Avenue sees its leaves begin to change colors. Duquesne’s Thanksgiving holiday kicks off on Nov. 21. according to Sizemore-Thompson. The grant requires clients be under 24 years old and at risk of losing their public housing or denied a job. It also Veterans Week returns to Duquesne Nov. 7 prohibits clients who have been found guilty of “certain sex offenses, domes- Hallie Lauer with a prayer service followed by tic violence offenses and drug offens- staff writer Roger Brooke, a Duquesne psychol- es related to methamphetamine,” ac- ogy professor and Director of the cording to Sizemore-Thompson. For the second year, Duquesne Military Psychological services, as a Then, students in the clinic will file will be honoring service members on guest speaker. He will give a lecture the motion for expungement. Legally, campus for Veteran’s Day. titled “The Warrior’s Path” in Rock- a 30 day notice is required for the dis- Veterans Week is a celebration well Lecture Hall One beginning at trict attorney, and after that notice is honoring the approximately 250 to 7:30 p.m. accepted the Court of Common Pleas 300 veterans and active duty mem- On Tuesday Nov. 8 there will be no will convene a hearing. bers of the armed forces who attend events, as it is Election Day and the “Either myself or a certified stu- Duquesne. The week runs Nov. 7 Office of Military and Veteran “en- dent attorney will present the motion through Nov. 11 and will be filled courages everyone to get out there to the judge for decision,” Sizemore- with events to educate the public and support their nation by voting,” Thompson said. “Our students do and recognize the service these men Accamando said. much of the work on these cases from and women have given, according On Nov. 9 there will be a ribbon Taylor Carr/Staff Photographer beginning to end.” to Director of Duquesne’s Office of cutting for a new lounge in Liber- An American flag flies above Academic Walk. Duquesne will be celebrating its second According to Sizemore-Thomp- Military and Veteran Students, Don mann Hall. The ribbon cutting begins annual Veterans Week starting Nov. 7. Veteran’s Day this year is on Friday, Nov. 11. son, a juvenile record can exclude Accamando. at 11:30 a.m. and goes until 12:30 one from driving privileges, employ- “For me, [Veteran’s Day] is always p.m.Last year, the Student Veterans veteran students have a place, different veterans across the coun- ment, military service, education, a day of extreme pride,” Accamando Association received a $7,000 grant this is their home [on campus],” try. The screening will be in Rockwell public housing and private housing said. “To be part of the fraternity of to remodel this lounge into a place Accamando said. Lecture Hall Three at 7:00 p.m. In if person, like a landlord or potential those who have served, it’s an ex- where veteran students can spend On Nov. 10 there will be a screen- the past year, roughly 8,000 veterans employer, is “able to access that infor- treme honor.” their time. ing of “Project 22,” a documentary have committed suicide, according mation.” A person’s juvenile record that is a compilation of stories from The week will begin Monday “This is where the military and see VETERANS — page 11 see RECORDS — page 11 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... Crazy Say yes Run, Rico, Vine’s six concotion to yoga Run seconds are up How one alcoholic A guide for getting XC teams place Popular video app drink can mimic the into the local yoga high in A-10 to be shut down effects of cocaine ... scene ... Championships ... by Twitter ... @theduquesneduke PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 9 2 THEDUQUESNEDUKE bluff briefs Private student loans predatory, experts say Parent PLUS, is not geared toward she said. Duquesne debating society Raymond Arke students. Also, Fishman said that colleges hosts iDebate Rwanda asst. news editor Michael Grunwald, a senior staff and universities often “load up finan- For the third consecutive year, The words “student loans” can writer for Politico, an online political cial aid packages with these loans, the Duquesne University Debating strike fear in any college student’s journalism site, wrote a lengthy ar- making it seem like the bill is $0 even Society will host iDebate Rwanda. heart. While they help many students ticle on the PLUS program in 2015. though the student is taking on debt As a part of their U.S. debate afford college, sometimes the loaning From his experiences looking at Par- via student loans, and the parent is tour, iDebate Rwanda brings a system can hurt the people it is sup- ent PLUS, he said that, while student taking on debt via Parent PLUS.” group of young adult Rwandan posed to help. loans are often quite helpful, these Davies warned of the unin- students to college campuses Financial aid and loans can often loans can be “a predatory racket.” tended consequences of all gov- across the U.S. The tour provides appear confusing to many college stu- Rachel Fishman, a senior policy an- ernment loans. an opportunity to create dialogue dents, according to Elizabeth Baylor, alyst specializing in education policy “One unintended consequence is about living in a post-genocide Director of Postsecondary Education at New America, a nonpartisan think that the low rates encourage people AP Photo world and how debate has helped at the Center for American Progress, a tank, explained how this type of loan who would actually do better in life change their lives. In this May 15, 2016 file photo, students Washington D.C.-based public policy embrace as they arrive for the Rutgers is different. with a technical education to go to The entire Duquesne Uni- organization. graduation ceremonies in Piscataway, N.J. “Unlike student loans ... parents college instead,” he said. This leads to versity community is invited “It’s a big, looming thing when Those graduating might find themselves must apply for the loan and must students being stuck in debt because to attend the Fr. Sean M. Ho- you’re in college,” Baylor said. stuggling with private student loans. undergo a credit check ... If they have “they have attempted to develop skills gan public debate series next However, it is important to pay at- no adverse credit history, the parent that they don’t have, while allowing Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. tention to one’s loans because some “Generally, borrowing from the De- can borrow up to the full cost of atten- skills that they do have to atrophy.” The event will be held in the can be classified as “predatory.” This partment of Education is a better bet dance for college,” she said. Falleroni said $25 million worth Africa Room in the University’s type of lending occurs when “the bor- than private loans,” she said. Fishman said Parent PLUS loans of Parent PLUS loans were used Student Union and will feature rower is led into a transaction that is This is because private companies are generally beneficial. However, at Duquesne during the 2015-16 dinner and a live public debate. not what they expected,” according to often present a good deal on paper, they can hurt those who don’t have school year. the Washington State Department of but the fine-print on the loans often a detailed understanding of the The damages of not paying back Financial Transactions’ website. will raise the rates substantially, Bay- system due to the limited financial the loans are harsh. POLICE briefs Antony Davies, associate professor lor added. background check the loans do. Low- “Where it gets even more problem- of economics at Duquesne, described According to John Falleroni, as- income families may take out more atic is the federal government can col- sociate director of financial aid at Cousin PB has been noticing predatory loaning as “simply a loan than they can repay.