Volume 83, Issue 15 Smithfield, RI March 10, 2016 Inside Superheroes at work on campus By Alexandra Fusari this Contributing Writer On Sunday, February 28th, the superheroes of our campus’ Love Your Melon crew surprised a little girl with a very special edition day. Five Bryant students, including myself, rang the doorbell at the Huntleys’ house. There we met Anna, an 11 year-old from North Smithfield, currently in remission from osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. Dressed in superhero costumes, we ran Business: around Anna’s yard with her sister Kate, 8. Our mission was to make that day all about Have you seen my Anna and put a smile on her face. We did. Snapchat? Anna wanted to play kickball and run relay races, take silly pictures in the photo booth we made, and decorate soccer balls we had brought the girls. It was a day she had been hoping for, her mother told us, since Page 5 they always seemed to miss the Love Your Melon crews that had visited her hospital. We left Anna, Kate, and their mother with Love Your Melon hats and wristbands, as well as with a promise to visit her again. Visits such as these are not uncommon The Love Your Melon crew taught Anna and Kate how to pose like superheroes. Sports: for Love Your Melon crews, but they are Conor McGregor, a new to the crew here on campus. This is (Becca Varney) feather no more just the second household donation visit to children in treatment. Crew President across the country. Even celebrities, such as for our Bryant crew and we are eligible for Conor Brosnan says, “When we go to see the Ashton Kutcher and Patrick Dempsey, have another in the coming weeks. After selling children it is honestly priceless. To see how gotten involved to spread the word about this a certain amount of hats, crews are eligible happy they get and how much the family incredible organization. It was all started by for a household visit to a child with cancer. appreciates us is incredible. Even if we make two college students from Minnesota. Last year was Love Your Melon’s first year the smallest difference in the life of a child, Love Your Melon has many passionate here at Bryant, and they were far off from the it is still amazing to know we are making a crew members. If you would like to get numbers they needed. As of this week, sales difference.” involved and be a part of our special mission have almost quadrupled from a year ago. Love Your Melon does more than sell or just learn some more about us, feel free to With the dedicated work of so many hats. Love Your Melon works to raise money stop by at the next meeting on March 30th new members, our Love Your Melon crew for childhood cancer research, while putting at 4pm in unistructure room 242. We would has been growing stronger and larger. a hat on the head and a smile on the face love to see you there. You may even be able to Hopefully soon, the crew will be eligible for of every child fighting cancer. Crews are join us on our next surprise visit. Page 7 a hospital visit, bringing hats and smiles forming and growing on college campuses Presidential race is heating up Opinion: sitting at first with 392 delegates. Students outraged Ted Cruz is a close second with 305 delegates with Marco Rubio after Golf Club at 130. Candidates need to reach funding cuts 1,237 delegates in order to win the party’s nomination. Even with Trump’s victories and his endorsement from Governor Chris Christie earlier this week, he still lacks Page 11 respect from many of his fellow Republicans. The 2014 presidential candidate Mitt Variety: Romney said earlier this week that he would rather write in a Why we need candidate than vote for Trump. puppies here at He mentioned that he is a phony and not a true Republican like Bryant the other three candidates left. Romney said he would gladly choose Cruz, Rubio, or Kasich over Trump. Romney urges Trump and Clinton are both leading in the polls in primaries thus far. (ABC News) voters to not vote for Trump and With Florida Senator Marco out any time soon. His campaign to pick a real conservative. By Nate Jones Rubio winning zero states this spokesman said that his staff There is also once again Contributing Writer Saturday, Trump floated the idea feels confident about winning controversy surrounding Donald of Rubio dropping out of the in Florida on March 15th and Trump that may not help his Things got quite interesting race immediately. Trump said he is hopeful to grab momentum campaign run. A man by the in the primary elections on wants to only compete, one on to win other states. Trump also name of David Duke, who was Saturday, March 5th. Five states one, with Senator Cruz, and that joked about Cruz winning in once the grand wizard of the held primaries in which Ted Senator Rubio does not stand a Maine saying that it was not a white supremacist group Ku Klux Cruz and Donald Trump both chance. surprise, since Maine is so close Klan, spoke out and said that he Page 13 won two states. The senator from Even with the losses for to Canada, which is where he was supports the presidential Texas, Ted Cruz, won in Kansas Rubio on Saturday, he did win in born. and Maine, while Donald Trump Puerto Rico the very next day. He The race seems to be getting won in Louisiana and Kentucky. still does not plan on dropping closer and closer as Trump is See “Elections”, page 3 page 2 News March 10, 2016 Meet The Archway Staff Black and Gold and Read All Over www.BryantArchway.com Jillian Gaudet Joel Moffit Organization Coordinator Copy Editor [email protected] [email protected] Tim Levene Hayley Wilcox Web Editor Copy Editor [email protected] Molly Funk [email protected] Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Allie Miller Anna Rodier Campus News Editor The Archway Copy Editor [email protected] Bryant University, Box 7 [email protected] 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield, RI 02917 Will Tondo Office Location: Kayla Sugrue Third Floor of Fisher Student Center Opinion and Photography Editor Copy Editor [email protected] [email protected] Meeting Times: Mondays at 5:30pm in Room 3 of Fisher Student Center Brian Minghella Ryan Harris Variety Editor Advisor: Copy Editor Susan Zarnowski [email protected] [email protected] Technical Advisor: Larry Sasso Phone: Kaitlyn Graham (401) 232-6028 NoraKate Doherty (401) 232-6488 Sports Editor Treasurer Fax: [email protected] [email protected] (401) 232-6710 E-mail: [email protected] www.bryantarchway.com John Logan Shayan Ushani Business Editor Business & Marketing Director [email protected] The Archway is printed by [email protected] Graphic Developments, Inc. Department of Public Safety Log VANDALISM Feb 28, 2016‐Sunday at 13:00 Summary: DPS received a report of the theft of a chair Summary: DPS received a report of a subject with a Location: RESIDENCE HALL from Ronzio’s, a hand sanitizer/stand from the Student bloody nose. EMS was activated. Patient was transported Summary: DPS received a report of a window that was Center and a Fire Safety Violation/Detector covered. All to Fatima Hospital by Smithfield Rescue. broken last evening at approximately 0400 hrs. items were recovered by DPS. VANDALISM Mar 05, 2016‐Saturday at 21:51 VANDALISM (VANDALISM TO AUTO(S) Feb 28, 2016‐ VANDALISM (SCHOOL BUILDING) Mar 04, 2016‐ Location: RESIDENCE HALL Sunday at 15:02 Friday at 23:03 Summary: DPS received a report that students in a Location: TOWNHOUSE VILLAGE Location: RESIDENCE HALL Residence Hall had ripped a phone off the wall and threw Summary: DPS received a report of a vehicle being keyed Summary: DPS received a report that the exit sign in a it out the window. while parked in the Townhouse Circle. Residence Hall was vandalized. VANDALISM Mar 06, 2016‐Sunday at 00:46 THEFT (STOLEN PROPERTY) Mar 03, 2016‐Thursday EMT CALL EMT CALL / MEDICAL SERVICES Location: RESIDENCE HALL at 22:10 RENDERED Mar 04, 2016‐Friday at 23:13 Summary: DPS received a report of a broken window in a Location: RESIDENCE HALL Location: RESIDENCE HALL Residence Hall. Follow us on twitter! @thearchway March 10, 2016 News page 3 Meet the Senior Elections (Continued from pg. 1) candidate. He stated that voting for another candidate is “treason to your heritage.” When Class Committee! Trump was asked about the remarks, he stated that he knows nothing about David Duke or white supremacists. Trump also declined to publicly disavow himself from By John Logan Fun fact most people don’t know about Duke and the organization. As the frontrunner of the Republican party, this is not you: I grew up in the same town as Steve Business Editor the message the party seeks to promote as the Presidential election looms. Carell Moving towards the Democratic elections, it was also a very eventful day. The The Senior Class Committee is Why did you join the Senior Class race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders heated up as Sanders was the one composed of 11 elected seniors who help Committee? who came out on top. Bernie Sanders won in Kansas and Nebraska while Hillary their graduating class with numerous I joined Senior Committee because Clinton won in Louisiana. events and activities. For instance, they I wanted to give back to a place that has However, Clinton is winning by a landslide in delegates with 1,092.