Scarberry helps students who have experienced gender-based violence.

Photo courtesy of Paisley Scarberry

University revamps sexual violence advocacysent to pursue legal action.

“It’s important to take care of yourself,” Scarberry said. “You need to know that it’s not your fault. There are people who be-lieve you and are here to support you.”

Scarberry gets her passion for such a demanding job from her past work experience and beliefs.

“I believe everyone deserves to live a life free of violence and, as a community, we can make that vision a reality,” she said.

Another part of her job is working to prevent gender-based violence. A large part of this is coordinating events that spread awareness about these crimes. The Center for Diversity and Inclusion will coordinate sexual assault awareness month in April.

“Students can support this work in a lot of different ways by

According to a study by CNN, 23 percent of women re-port sexual assault in college. Paisley Scarberry, who works in Xavier’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion, said that Xavier’s sta-tistics on gender-based violence match the national average.

After the university closed its Womens Center in 2013, the cen-ter’s servies were absorbed into the Multicultural, Gender and Women’s Center. This rebrand-

Inclusion in fall 2015. Xavier also hired full-time Title IX Coordinator Kate Lawon in 2013 after the university was placed under federal monitoring for its handling of sexual assault allega-tions on campus.

Scarberry has been work-

and Inclusion since November as the Advocacy and Prevention Coordinator. This new position

advocacy to students who experi-ence sexual and/or gender-based

-dentially with students on tasks such as reporting sexual violence to Title IX or the police (if they choose to do so), going to the

-ing other resources in the com-munity for help.

Additionally, Scarberry is al-ways available to listen. She runs a 24-hour campus advocacy ho-tline for those who need imme-diate help. This position differs

-dential. Talking to Scarberry does

-sity report nor does it imply con-

attending events that are focused on violence prevention aware-ness,” Scarberry said. “Students are responsible for creating a culture that’s safe and inclusive

-vors who have experienced an assault.”

Scarberry has already seen an impact on Xavier’s campus

“I’ve been surprised to see the amount of support the position has received and the amount of students who are reaching out for support. I’m hoping with time, as more prevention and outreach happens, students will feel more comfortable reaching out for support,” Scarberry said.

If you are a victim of gen-der-based violence and want to talk to Scarberry, her 24-hour help line is (513) 904-9013.

the 2016 presidential race, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came out ahead of other Republican can-didates, while Secretary Hilary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) remained neck and neck throughout the night.

Caucus ResultsFor the Democrats, political

pundits argued that a victory in Iowa was necessary for Clinton

predictions. In a virtual tie, Clinton edged Sanders with 49.8 percent of precincts to Sanders’s 49.6 percent, but both received an equal amount of delegates. Unassigned delegates in up to six precincts were determined by coin tosses, all of which Clinton won. For Clinton, the tie puts her campaign in an uphill battle against Sanders’s momentum

going into New Hampshire’s primary.

Some polls show Sanders with a double-digit lead over Clinton, but Iowa’s results show

-ated on one particular candi-date. Clinton supporters hope Monday’s showing will give the campaign a boost going into the Granite state’s primary on Feb. 9.

For the Republicans, anti-es--

al-estate mogul Donald Trump 27.7 percent to 24.3 percent in a race few thought would hap-pen in 2016. Cruz found enough support among evangelical vot-ers and Tea Party conservatives to edge Donald Trump during Monday’s caucus.

Below Trump and Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) placed third with 23 percent of the vote, more than twice the amount he

ment is scared of a potential Trump-Cruz matchup, fearing it may alienate independent voters the party needs during the gen-eral election. In New Hampshire, Trump holds a commanding 18-point lead over his closet rival, Gov. John Kasich, but Iowa’s re-sults may turn the race in a differ-ent direction.

Similar to Iowa, most of -

ket themselves as the best an-ti-Trump candidate to solidify the party’s base and gain mo-mentum going into later primary battles.

Looking ForwardThere are still plenty of pri-

mary races to go. After New Hampshire, the candidates face battles in South Carolina and Nevada. Following those cru-cial races, the primaries move to Super Tuesday.

Super Tuesday was a game-changer in the 2008 pres-idential primaries. Twelve states

hold primaries on March 1, and candidates that perform well can secure their parties’ presi-dential nominations. Campaigns

primary states hope that Super Tuesday provides them with the momentum needed to claim vic-tory come convention time.

Then-Sen. Barack Obama overtook then-Sen. Hillary Clinton by capturing a major-ity of the day’s delegates, and other campaigns hope similar luck will happen for them come March 1.

Citizens can expect this presi-dential election cycle to be a long process as outcomes continue to defy the political odds. Whether voters are “feeling the Bern” or desiring to “make America great again,” there is still plenty of time for the race to change before the parties meet to pick a nominee in the summer.

Stay tuned and prepare for a

was projected to win. He was followed by neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky).

Pundits claim the establish-

Iowa brings win for Cruz, close race for Dems

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Black Lives Matter vocalize activism: Khan, Garza envokes racial discourse

The #BlackLivesMatter co-creators Janaya Khan and Alicia Garza spoke to a roomful of spectators in a Cintas Center ban-quet room about social justice and activism in the Black community. Each speaker shared an experi-ence they had prior to the hashtag movement and addressed topics that outlined how today’s genera-tion could continue propagating a call for social change through #BlackLivesMatter.

The Newswire sat down with Garza and Khan prior to the event and discussed the media’s effect on the movement’s percep-tion, as well as the many intrica-cies of #BlackLivesMatter that fuel its progress.

“There’s kind of two parts of one narrative,” Garza said. “The one part is the ‘All Lives Matter’ narrative, which says that Black Lives Matter only cares about black people at the expense of and exclusion of everyone else. Then there’s this other piece of the narrative that’s about ac-tions that Black folks take under a banner – a broad banner – get perceived in a particular way and actions that other communities take, such as Caucasian com-munities, get seen in a particular light.”

Vernacular used in journalism has been an ongoing controversy when addressing action taken by #BlackLivesMatter. Garza and Khan outlined the power that cer-tain nouns and adjectives hold in a racial context, juxtaposing the Oregon standoff with recent pro-tests by Black people.

“Well, one, if Black people ever occupied a federal property for nearly a month – I’m just not sure that’s possible in our cur-rent political context,” Garza said. “But two, the way that they’re de-scribed – they’re described as ‘mil-itants,’ they’re described as ‘pro-testors,’ but Black folks stopped in the street are called ‘violent,’ ‘criminal,’ ‘breaking things,’ ‘Black supremacists.’”

“‘Thugs,’” Khan added. “‘Rioters.’”

Media outlets have of-ten attempted to reduce #BlackLivesMatter to singulari-ties such as advocacy around po-lice brutality and violence, ac-cording to the co-founders. The viral movement has taken steps to

show that its actions represent the complexity of Black lives.

“The very short way to say that is that it’s about reinstating the humanity of Black people. That’s what we’re doing with each other, and that’s also the demand that is being put out externally.”

Social media has advanced the storytelling aspects of #BlackLivesMatter, capturing the minute-to-minute experiences the hashtag helps people share. A resistance to cultural change has played heavily into institutions that perpetuate systematic racism and often distracts from the true story of Black Lives Matter, ac-cording to Khan.

“The media is really archaic in its narrative and understandings around Blackness, and we are a growing and shifting movement of people,” Khan said. “What’s come out of that is we’ve built up our own alternative media outlets, because we are resourceful ... and I think with the advent of social media, mainstream media has got its work to do to keep up with us.”

The intricacies of Black Lives Matter are frequently glossed over, according to Garza. The group allows space for leadership that challenges a paradigm admin-istered by straight men.

“I think what Black Lives Matter has been able to do is both make visible and protect leader-ships for those communities to be able to shape the future that we want,” Garza said. “I think where that comes from is a real reckon-ing around social movements in this country that get told through the lens of straight men, but that have been supported and some cases theorized, and the strategies developed by women, by people with disabilities, by immigrants, by queer people. Even in the case of someone like Martin Luther King. Many folks still don’t know Bayard Rustin, who was one of Martin Luther King’s closest ad-visors and literally designed the March on Washington – and he was a queer black man who was a socialist.”

Garza mentioned how the movement poses this challenge around the world in locations such as Venezuela, South Africa and Canada, where the cultural context of Black lives shifts away from conceptions held in the U.S.

“There are all of these dif-

ferent ways in which Black lives are put in danger, whether it’s at the hands of the police, whether that’s at the hands of state-sanc-tioned violence, which we under-stand as being broader than polic-ing,” Garza said. “We understand that as the ways that laws and pol-icies reinforce poverty for black communities. We understand that in the ways in which differen-tial immigration policies and the ways it relates to black folks who are now nonessential to the U.S. economy. We understand that in ways of the case in Oklahoma where 13 poor black women

(Daniel Holtzclaw). If it wasn’t for this movement, and lifting up the complexities of black life around the world, I don’t think we might’ve seen that kind of re-sponse, so those are some of the ways that you’ll see some of the intersections come to life within the movement broadly.”

“I think the concept and the ideology behind it is when the most marginalized have what they need, we all have what we need,” Khan said. “And so, at the heart of it, we have seen cis-straight, male-led movement be-fore and at this time, should we not have different successes, dif-ferent failures?”

Khan proceeded to address the various junctions within the Black community, noting how im-portant it is to consider the space Black Lives Matter has given for progressive leadership.

“We talk about, for example, within the movement transforma-tive justice, and that’s non-prison and (non-)police based strategies on dealing with violence in our communities,” Khan said. “Who knows that best than non-docu-mented people and sex workers, for example, who can’t call the police in the event that something happens with a client because it’s in so many places, it’s not decrimi-nalized? We look at the intersec-tion of Blackness, and add that to a layer – add disabilities to a layer, add non-status to a layer. We rec-ognize that actually the folks that have those (leadership) skill sets that have been developed over centuries are those who are most marginalized, and so the job of the movement is to sort of build up that capacity for leadership.”

Garza and Khan reproduced these ideas during the event, draw-

ing the focus toward addressing the role of today’s generation in the Black Lives Matter movement. The co-creators discussed the in-vestment in responsibility of each of its supporters.

“Our personal morality deter-mines political reality,” Khan said.

As the evening progressed, -

tions submitted prior to the event and from the audience, which in-cluded topics such as how to be a White ally, holding the present judicial system accountable for racial struggle and the issue sur-rounding the term “Black-on-Black crime.”

“White supremacy is a bitch,” Khan said. “We need to recognize the tactics people use to shut us down: reduction, minimization, derailment, tokenism ... ‘Black-on-Black crime’ is political imma-turity. We don’t need to give space to that.”

Garza and Khan called to white people to help dismantle White supremacy, which they denote as certain laws meant to

others. The duo also expressed concern over this presidential race, emphasizing the impor-tance of voting this year as well as White involvement in the move-ment’s progress.

“Tell white people to vote,” Garza said. “Donald Trump is your mess. His entire platform is galvanizing folks who feel afraid ... We have to build a multi-racial movement. We have to be togeth-er, but white folks are unorga-nized by us. We need you all not to be paralyzed by the guilt of what’s been happening.”

“It’s not what you’ve done, it’s what you will do,” Khan said. “Riot where you’re quiet. What is your intervention into White supremacy? How will you build (that intervention)? Our move-ment cannot grow until you grow, too. You need to work harder, because we are dying. You can do better.”

The event closed on a per-sonal call for more social activ-ism by this generation of in-dividuals. Khan addressed the audience present, recognizing the need for a broader conversa-tion on race.

“You all will determine where the movement goes,” Khan said. “The direction is determined by people like you.”

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Below are a few co-creators of the Black Lives Matters movement in the U.S.*

*Janaya Khan is a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement in Canada.

Campus NewsXavier Newswire

February 3, 2016

3Edited by: Raymond Humienny humiennyr@xavier.edu

During several national Republican presidential debates and interviews with CNN and Fox, Donald Trump has gone on record identifying a “Muslim Problem” in the U.S. He has also promised a ban on all Muslims en-tering the country if he is elected. President Obama has openly ob-jected to Trump’s hostility, and he’s not the only one.

Xavier University’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted an event called “Islam 102” in the Clocktower Lounge to promote education about Islam.

“We, as the MSA, know there is a lot of speculation nowadays regarding Islam, and that there aren’t often means of getting your questions voiced and answered,” the MSA event description said. “We hope that by hosting ISLAM 102, the general public is given this opportunity.”

The question-and-answer for-mat of the forum allowed audi-ence members to ask the panelists any question they wanted about Islam and what it means to be Muslim in the U.S.

Among the panelists were Dr. Waleed El-Ansary, Xavier’s

Chair of Islamic Studies, Amina Darwish, Muslim Chaplain from the University of Cincinnati and Xavier student Deena Dakhiel. El-Ansary started the panel off by answering the audience’s question, “What is your favorite thing about your faith?”

“Knowledge is key to love and religion,” Dr. El-Ansary said. “When I discovered that knowledge and the discovery of knowledge is complementary to being religious, that’s when I knew I loved my faith. And that is what I would tell Catholics and Christians too.”

El-Ansary made a point of reaching out in his answers to in-clude people of all faiths. Another question posed was “What is the purpose of worship?”

“Rumi’s words are beautiful when he says, ‘Trying to know God is trying to know yourself,’” El-Ansary said. “From a univer-sal perspective, we believe that the Word was made book. In Christianity, you have the word

reach God in different physical ways.”

Darwish talked about worship as being a connection.

day. To worship Him is to know Him,” Darwish said.

Dakhiel, the student panelist, talked about worship and being Muslim in the context of college life.

“Sometimes, scheduling can

haven’t faced anything that hard. I don’t wear a hijab or anything, so I can practice my faith the way I have always practiced it.”

On the hijab topic, Darwish described the fear she has about wearing hers in public.

“I’ve faced discrimination,” Darwish said. “It is no longer re-quired for women to wear one. I don’t mind at all the Muslim women have a choice as to wheth-er to cover their heads, but they shouldn’t be making that choice out of fear.”

Throughout the panel, none

or uncomfortable to answer the harder questions the audience had. Many of their answers tried to tie in a universal connection to several faiths, like when Dr. El-Ansary said, “When Muslims

times a day.” At the end of the panel, the

speakers demonstrated that it is

of the Muslim faith through an open and free dialogue about a subject which has been in the spotlight as a topic of fear and hate recently.

The Muslim Student Association continues to wel-come new members of all faiths and backgrounds. If you are in-terested in joining, contact presi-dent Ali Ahmed at ahmeda1@xavier.edu. Meeting times are 5 p.m. Fridays in the Loyola Room, GSC 310.

Islam 102 panelists included (from left to right) Dr. Waleed El Ansary, Deena Dakhiel and Amina Darwish.

BY MAX BRUNSStaff Writer

Photo courtesy of Khalid Alsharahili

A Catholic woman named Immaculée Ilibagiza will share her story of genocide and survival with the Xavier commu-

nity and surrounding areas for the Year of Mercy speaking event on Feb. 22.

For 91 harrowing days in 1994, Ilibagiza of the Tutsi people in Rwanda, Africa, hid in the bath-

room of a minister’s house with seven other women to es-

cape all but certain death.Ilibagiza had re-

turned home from college to Rwanda on Easter Holiday when she heard the news that the president of her country died.

she was whisked away to her neighbor’s bath-room and told to hide there with seven other

women and children. “And I went to him. I was

shaking. I told him ‘My father asked me to come here because

things are getting really bad in our village,’” Ilibagiza said. “And he took me. He said, ‘Come, come.’”

The bathroom was a three-by-four foot room so small those in it had to take turns standing, or be killed the second they left the room.

“There was no eating. I prayed from the morning until 11 at night,” Ilibagiza said. “I remember sometimes we used to eat just like, beans. And there was this little in-sect that came out of the beans. And he brought it. It was ‘Jesus, well how am I going to eat it?’”

For days, she and the others listened in terror as the majority killers, Hutus, searched her village for any of the remaining minor-ity group, Tutsis, and even entered the house the seven were hiding in.

“I never been so scared in my life. I remember it was like life swept out of your body in a second. I became dry instantly. I

-low,” Ilibagiza said.

Ilibagiza soon learned that all of her family, including her ex-tended family, had been killed by the Hutus during the genocide. Her father was shot while trying to get food for his neighbors’ children.

“I never conceived the world could end until I saw the geno-cide,” Ilibagiza said. “To have

seen a million die in three months, to see people leaving, with nothing from their pasts, was incredible.”

The pastor who helped these women hide had left the bed-room radio on so they could hear the news. After three months of genocide, they heard that French

Rwanda to protect Tutsis survi-vors and that one French camp was just a few miles away. Ilibagiza persuaded the pastor to help them all escape to the camp.

really much standing up. I remem-

walk,” Ilibagiza said. “And when we reached the gate, I was like, ‘We are Tutsi, please help us,’” So he said, ‘Come in’ and we went in,

months that we saw somebody have pity on us.”

After a hundred days, a Tutsi army formed in exile captured most of the country and stopped the genocide. Today, Tutsis are still in control and are sharing power with Hutus. The economy is com-ing back, hundreds of thousands of Tutsis have come back from exile, and the country hopes to attract tourists. Some Tutsis want revenge, however, as some Hutus want to start the genocide all over again.

“And I don’t want (hate). I don’t want them after killing my family to give me this luggage in my heart, in my belly, you know, to hold this anger,” Ilibagiza said.

Instead of anger and revenge, Ilibagiza main mission in life is to share her story in hopes to pre-vent future atrocities.

“You started to hear on radios, people denying that it wasn’t geno-cide. And that almost takes your breath away,” Ilibagiza said. “Like, what I have lived isn’t genocide? What is genocide? Every child, every woman, every man, Tutsi, at least in my village as I have seen, is dead.”

She has given several lectures and speeches around the world and has written a book titled “The Rosary — The Prayer That Saved My Life.” Now Ilibagiza is com-ing to the Xavier community to share her story. All students and community members are invited to attend and learn about how she overcame her struggles through the power of forgiveness and her rosary.

The event will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Cintas. Her book will also be on sale and available for signing after her pre-sentation. For more information, students can contact Stephanie Renny (rennys@xavier.edu) at (513) 745-3569.

BY ERICA LAMPERTStaff Writer

Immaculée Ilibagiza will be speaking at 7 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Cintas.Photo courtesy ofcbinternational.org

Campus News Edited by: Jessica Griggsgriggsj1@xavier.edu

Xavier NewswireFebruary 3, 20164

Red-eyed,red-handed

Jan. 29, 2:32 a.m. – A stu-dent observed smoking mari-juana inside a vehicle parked on Ledgewood Drive was cited for drug abuse.

Jan. 26, 2:08 p.m. – Two -

ers and soliciting donations near Bellarmine Chapel were escorted off campus and asked not to return.

Jan. 26, 3:33 p.m. – Xavier

alarm in Brockman Hall. No cause could be determined, and the alarm was reset.

Jan. 26, 8:19 p.m. – Xavier Police helped Cincinnati Fire and

Jan. 27, 2:45 p.m. – A student was found to be in possession of

will be referred to the dean of students for follow up.

Jan. 27, 10:49 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Residence Life with a room search in Buenger Hall. Drug paraphernalia was

follow up.

Jan. 28, 12:32 a.m. – Xavier Police and Residence Life searched a room in the Commons Apartments. Drug paraphernalia

will follow up.

Jan. 28, 11:02 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Residence Life with a room search in Fenwick Place. A small amount of mari-

Life will follow up.

Jan. 29, 3:37 a.m. – An under-age intoxicated student found in the Village Lot was cited and es-corted back to his or her room for the night.

Jan. 29, 7:20 a.m. – An em-

access device at the entrance to

Jan. 29, 1:58 p.m. – Xavier Police helped Cincinnati Police with an auto accident in the 1400 block of Dana Avenue. No inju-ries were sustained in the accident.

Jan. 29, 3:27 p.m. – Xavier Police responded to a report of shoplifting at the All for One

suspect was gone upon arrival and was last seen headed south

Dana Avenue.

Jan. 30, 8:04 p.m. – Xavier -

sponded to a water leak in Alter Hall that caused minor damage.

Jan. 31, 2:17 a.m. – Xavier Police and Residence Life re-sponded to a smoke alarm in Fenwick Place. An investigation revealed that two students smok-ing marijuana inside the room activated the alarm. Residence Life will follow up.

Jan. 31, 9:49 a.m. – Xavier Police assisted Norwood Police in the search for a suspect wanted for breaking into a house in the 2000 block of Hudson Avenue. The area was checked, but the suspect was unable to be located.

The banquet room of Cintas

ERS Lecture titled “Fifteen Years Later: The Cincinnati Riots and

Cincinnati Charlie Lucan sharing his thoughts on the issue.

“It’s good to pause and remem-

was slow to grasp the depths of legitimate complaints. When citi-

for change, and people in power do not respond or do not listen, then

-

protest and engage sometimes in

Lucan emphasized the impor-tance of these protests, which

growth of Cincinnati. He de-scribed it as a “jolting awaken-

After, Donna Jones Baker, CEO of the Cincinnati Urban League, was introduced as the moderator of the discussion. Baker discussed the deaths that led

of the Collaborative Agreement which was a multi-faceted agree-

Cincinnati police and the police union after the 2001 riots, and thanked Xavier for hosting the event during a time when it would be easier to ignore the topic.

Baker invited panelists up to give differing perspectives. These

who led a class action lawsuit

of the Cincinnati Black United Front (CBUF) who collected nu-merous accounts of police mis-

Gerhardstein, who acted as le-gal council for Sam DuBose and the class action lawsuit against Cincinnati, and Cpt. Maris Herold,

a more integrated and diverse po-lice force.

Each panelist gave a brief view of his or her perspective regarding the issues.

-son for the riots, which he said

on how the Agreement was made

-

police had changed, while Herold Charlie Lucan, former mayor of Cincinnati, discusses the 2001 race riots.Newswire photo by James Neyer

BY JAMES NEYERStaff Writer

Town hall meeting addresses race issues

Jan. 31, 10:03 a.m. – An em-

the garages in the Norwood Plaza.

Jan. 31, 6:27 p.m. – Xavier Police investigated a report of a group of students in Gallagher Student Center talking about a gun. The group was interviewed and gave consent to search their backpacks. No gun was located.

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described how policing, which she -

utilizing data.The consensus among the

panelists was that while much has changed, the main crux of eco-

focused on the issue of child pov-

a major issue.

cause the next major civil unrest. It’s not going to motivate people to move to the streets, but a police shooting will. It is not because the police force is just that bad but be-

Cincinnati chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement, was later invited up to the table to discuss some of the issues surrounding

was not on the racism of individual

perpetuates racism.The mics were then opened up

to the citizens, who discussed their frustration and hopes for change. Issues brought up were the gentri-

-lems teachers face and the ongoing

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February 3, 20165

BY REGINA WRIGHTStaff Writer

Edited by: Jessica Griggsgriggsj1@xavier.edu

After almost a month-long occupation at a federal wildlife refuge to protest government land policies, seven members of the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom in Oregon were arrest-ed. Another member was shot and killed at a roadblock set in place by local law enforcement.

The occupiers were stopped by law enforcement on a deso-lated stretch of highway near the refuge Tuesday afternoon. LaVoy Finicum, one of the group’s most prominent leaders, was shot and killed after law enforcement said he reached toward his jacket where a loaded gun was located as they tried to arrest him.

After various versions of the shooting circulated, the FBI re-leased a video of the shooting taken by an aircraft.

“We know there are various versions of what occurred during this event: most inaccurate, some

FBI’s special agent in charge in Oregon, said. “To that end, we want to do what we can to lay out an hon-

-

The video shows Finicum run-ning from his truck at the road-block, trenching through the snow

-ing which he reaches for his jacket two times. Law enforcement had

7 arrested, 1 killed in Oregon militia

LaVoy Finicum was a prominent leader in the Oregon militia group that occupied a federal building for nearly a month. Finicum was killed by law enforcement.Photo courtesy of theguardian.com

“Earths curve indeed blocks 150 (not 170) ft of Manhattan. But most buildings in midtown

In response, B.o.B created and released a new track on Soundcloud that appeared to challenge Tyson to a rap-battle.

Tyson responded by stepping away from Twitter to appear on Comedy Central’s Tonight Show with Larry Wilmore, where he was able to fully address the matter.

“If you want to think the

-ers, as with successful rappers, or even presidential candidates, then being wrong becomes be-ing harmful to the health, the wealth and the security of our

-sage to the rapper. Tyson stated that claims like this are what stops progress from being made.

“That’s right B.o.B - when you stand on shoulders of those who came before you might just see far enough to realize the

told viewers. Tyson ended his speech by dropping his micro-phone in an attempt to explain the concept of gravity to B.oB.

For Americans well-versed in the world of pop culture, it is no mystery that some of the most entertaining and polar-izing celebrities are often ones who have made their livings as rappers.

We commonly see feuds break out more than once a year

Instagram and even through sub-liminal messaging placed into the lyrics of their latest hit singles.

It is rare however, that one chooses to go head to head with

one of the world’s top astrophysicists in a

-tled almost 600 years ago by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

Rapper Bobby Ray Simmons, known by his stage name B.o.B, took to Twitter to spread his mes-

The artist famous for his hit -

ries of messages describing his theory that if the world

were round, it would be obvious when

looking out over the land-scape, tweet-ing that “no matter how high in eleva-

tion you are… the horizon is

always eye lev-el… sorry

BY HENRY EDENStaff Writer

cadets… I didn’t want to be-

The rapper continued his cam-paign by posting a picture of him-self in the mountains of New York at sunrise with the skylines of Manhattan and Newark, N. J., in the background.

His tweet read, “The cities in the background are approx. 16 miles apart… where is the curve?

His tweets were received with skepticism by his 2.3 million fol-lowers, many of whom chose to write back dismissing the rappers claims.

B.o.B was unphased by the backlash and continued to tweet, writing “I’m going up against the greatest liars in his-tory… you’ve been tremen-

Soon after, astrophysicist -

cipient of NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal for

his work on President Bush’s Commission on

the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, joined the conversation.

Tyson, famous for his T.V. series Cosmos, tweeted Photos courtesy of knowyourmeme.com, gawker.com and wikipedia.com

intelligence that the members would be armed, and after his sec-ond movement towards his jacket he was shot and killed. It was lat-er reported that he had a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in the pocket he was reaching for.

Later on Tuesday night, the groups’ leader, Ammon Bundy, his

brother, Ryan Bundy, along with Brian Cavalier, Shawna Cox and Ryan Payne were arrested. Two oth-er members were arrested 30 miles away from the refuge that night.

Four more members were ar-rested on Wednesday, three in Oregon and one in Arizona. The FBI said the Wednesday arrests

were made without incident after the members turned themselves in.

Four members of the group are still in the refuge. In a YouTube vid-eo posted on Friday, one of the four said they would not leave until all the members were given full pardons.

Ammon Bundy appeared in court and was questioned as

to why he and the other mem-bers took over the refuge. Judge Stacie Beckerman denied bond to Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Payne, Dylan Anderson and Jason Patrick. She granted bond to Joseph O’Shaughnessy and Shawna Cox,

Another hearing was set for Feb. 1.

Sports Edited by: Brent Rainesrainesb@xavier.edu

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Xavier demolishes DePaul

BY JOSH BOZZICKStaff Writer

Game Story:In a conference that allows

little room for error, the Xavier Musketeers (19-2, 7-2 Big East) were able to secure a tougher than expected 86-65 victory at DePaul (7-14, 1-8 BE) after a sluggish start.

It looked as if DePaul was ready to upset Xavier for the second straight season at Allstate Center after jumping out to an early 9-0 lead over the Musketeers. Head coach Chris Mack had to turn to his bench early, which contributed 42-points while DePaul’s reserves only notched 12.

J.P. Macura scored 10 of his

Xavier within striking distance. Larry Austin Jr. also contributed a career-high 12 points off the bench with a productive perfor-

and four assists.Tommy Hamilton IV gave

half by knocking down three 3-pointers en route to a 32-25 lead for DePaul. The game went downhill for DePaul when the Musketeers ramped up their de-fensive pressure and went on a 17-1 run to go to the break with a 42-33 lead.

“Trying to have good of-fense with no energy or defense, it doesn’t really work that way,” Macura said. “When we got better energy, like throughout the game, that’s when we made a comeback and then we started pushing the lead.”

Xavier was aided by a technical

Women’s basketaball bounces back against ButlerAfter a three game skid, a string

of games that saw the Musketeers succumb to consecutive losses for

back performance was important

in the Big East alive. The three game losing streak

began Jan. 17 with a home loss

ended with two losses on a short road trip to the land in and around New York City. Xavier (15-6, 6-4 Big East) lost both games in the “Big Apple” to Seton Hall and St. John’s. The games were two days apart.

Neither contest was particular-

ly close during the skid, as the av-erage margin of point differential in the three losses was just above 16 points per contest. Thus, see-ing that the next game was a home tilt against conference rival Butler must have been a pleasant feel-ing of relief for the Musketeers. What better way is there to end a losing skid than by playing a game against one of your bigger rivals among the hometown faithful?

Butler (7-14, 2-8 BE) came into the Cintas Center sporting a losing record, good for ninth place in the Big East conference. Xavier was sure to be licking their wounds from the previous three games, and Butler was the bandage they needed to help begin the healing

process.

quarter, but went into the locker

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room at halftime down 29-26. After three quarters of play, the story of the game remained large-ly the same as Xavier was still trail-ing 46-41.

What no one saw coming was the opposite fourth quarter per-formances for both teams. Butler was held to one point the entire quarter, and Xavier put up 14

After shooting a subpar 40 per-

the Butler Bulldogs only shot 19.4 percent in the second half. Due in

effort by the Musketeers in the last quarter, where Butler shot an abysmal 0-16.

foul on Joe Hanel in the middle of their run. Hanel was unsuccessful in getting a reaction out of Jalen Reynolds after an over the back foul.

Xavier’s momentum carried into the second half with six-straight points to start the ac-tion. Billy Garrett Jr., who had a team-high 18 points for DePaul, stopped the bleeding with a lay-up to pull within 13 but the Blue Demons never got closer.

Trevon Bluiett scored 13 of his team-high 15 points in the second

-nally started playing like the No.7 team in the nation.

Makinde London was another bright spot for the Musketeers. The 6-foot-10 freshman knocked down two 3-pointers in seven minutes of action for a season-high seven points.

Xavier’s depth and size, which helped to give them a 39-27 re-bounding advantage, were ulti-mately too much for the Blue Demons to combat.

The Musketeers now sit one

game out of the Big East confer-ence lead behind Villanova.

A Game of Runs:Xavier has had some

impressive runs this sea-son. They used a 23-1 run to take a commanding lead on DePaul in their most recent outing. They’ve also had runs of 25-0 (Wright St.), 21-0 (Dayton), 21-0 (Marquette), 17-0 (USC) and 21-4 (Wake Forest) this season.

High in the Rankings:Xavier moved up to

No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 6 in the AP poll.

Xavier’s rebounding margin of +9.4 RPG is

13th in the nation. Xavier has held oppo-

nents to 30.5 percent on

For comparison, Xavier is shooting 35.7 percent on threes this season.

Upcoming Game Notes:Xavier will host St. John’s at

6:30 p.m. this Wednesday at Cintas Center before hosting Marquette at noon this Saturday. St. John’s (7-15, 0-9 BE) has been held to 66.4 PPG this season, which is last in the Big East.

St. John’s is still looking for -

ing 10-8 in Big East play in both seasons since Xavier joined the conference. Xavier beat St. John’s 74-66 on Jan. 6.

St. John’s rookie head coach Chris Mullin faced Xavier in

John’s in 1981 in a 75-55 victory for the Red Storm. Mullin was a three-time Big East player of the year before becoming a Hall of Fame player for the Golden State Warriors.

Marquette (15-7, 4-5 BE) will be looking for a measure of re-venge after falling to Xavier 74-66 on Jan. 16. The Golden Eagles will lean heavily on freshman for-ward Henry Ellenson, who scored 20 points and grabbed seven re-bounds in the teams’ last matchup.

The rebounding edge went to Xavier 47-43. Junior forwards Maddison Blackwell and Leah Schaefer led Xavier in the trench-es, grabbing 13 and 11 rebounds respectively.

Senior guard Aliyah Zantt matched her career high in points with 24 and shot a solid 53 per-

-scious 60 percent from three. Her six baskets from beyond the line were the only threes Xavier hit all game.

The Musketeers look to build off this win with two home games next week. They will host the Providence Friars on Friday night and the Creighton Bluejays Sunday afternoon.

Newswire photo by Adam Spegele

Newswire photo by Adam Spegele

BY DAVID WOELTZStaff Writer

Edited by: Brent Raines

Xavier Newswire

February 3, 20167

Sports

BY BRENT RAINESSports Editor

BY ADAM PURVISStaff Writer

BY ISABEL SMITHStaff Writer

Opinion: Everyone loves CamAt his weekly press conference

following the Panthers blowout of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC championship game, Cam Newton was asked why he seems to be a lightning rod for criticism, despite leading Carolina to a 15-1 record and a trip to Super Bowl. He worked his way through an an-swer before getting to a line that would be the talk of the sports world over the next few days.

“I’m an African-American quarterback, that may scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing they can compare me to.”

Newton ought to be used to answering questions about the amount of criticism he received. Ever since he entered the league

NFL Draft, the narrative sur-rounding the Panthers quarter-back revolved around the animos-ity he has received.

around his talent and whether he was good enough to win in the NFL. Now, the questions typically revolve around the celebratory and exuberant way he plays the game. Regardless, the narrative persisted that Newton is unfairly criticized and hated. That narra-tive needs to change.

First, criticism of Newton’s play has quieted down. It would require a major upset for him to not be named the MVP at the NFL Honors ceremony on Saturday.

There will always be those weary -

terback because he isn’t the best passing quarterback. Though those critics actually have a viable

out of 34 qualifying quarterbacks for highest completion percentage this season, he is still a near unani-mous pick to be the league’s MVP.

The fact that a quarterback with one of the lowest completion percentages will win the League’s top individual honor proves that there is an immense respect for the whole of Newton’s game.

The other dynamic of the Newton narrative is the undue personal hate that he supposedly receives.

There will always be those “old-school” fans who want to see players quietly hand the ball to the ref after a score. Those folks will never like Newton, nor do they like any player known for his celebrations.

But among the rest of football fandom, Newton is immensely popular. It doesn’t take an adver-tising major to understand that hated people aren’t usually paid spokesman for national compa-nies. There’s a reason that the controversial Tom Brady doesn’t appear in many national ad cam-paigns. Even before his likely MVP season, Newton endorsed a plethora of national companies in national ads, including Beats by Dre, Gatorade, Under Armour and Dannon yogurt. Industry experts have predicted that

Newton makes $11 million annu-ally from endorsements, second only to NFL golden-boy Peyton

Despite the inaccuracy of the Newton narrative, it’s easy to see how he answered a question about the criticism he faces with the re-sponse that he did. The media re-peatedly discusses how hated he is, then turn around and ask him questions about it. You certainly can’t blame him for jumping to the attribute that separates him from most NFL quarterbacks: his race. When the media reports on Newton, they have an easy, built-in “angle” available. It’s easy fod-der for any sports media outlet, and, unfortunately, they are too lazy to let it go.

Hopefully, a Super Bowl ring and MVP award will allow us to move on from this tired narra-tive because it prevents us from appreciating Newton’s greatness. Newton is many things, but it’s about time we recognized how fun he is to watch instead of pre-tending that he is hated.

Xavier’s tennis season has picked up since October.

The men’s team had been scheduled to play in four tourna-ments so far but have only seen two due to the “Snowpocalypse” that hit just south of us. However, the women’s team has made it to all four of their tournaments.

The two tournaments that the men’s team attended were at No.

and at home against Morehead State, which they won.

They postponed their tour-nament against Austin Peay and had to cancel against Middle Tennessee.

was a setback but junior Matt

team. “Ohio State really put things

into perspective,” Bishop said. “The spring is going to be exciting because we are a younger team, but all of our guys look to work hard.”

Work hard they did, with their

struggle on the Musketeers, but they overcame this with a strong performance in the singles com-

six matches.The men’s team will head to

Greenville, N.C. to take on East Carolina on Feb. 5.

The women’s team, also, start-

Ohio State in Columbus. The Musketeers suffered a defeat from Ohio State with sophomore Amina Ismail earning the only point of the tournament in her singles match against Gabriella De Santis.

The Musketeers turned it around in their next tournament against Liberty University at

of the season. They won 6-1 while suffer-

ing only one defeat in each of the doubles matches and singles matches.

“We all played with passion today and I could feel the energy from all around,” senior captain Alex Brinker said. “I am very proud of my team and can’t wait to compete this season with these amazing girls!”

In their last tournament, the

victory against No. 55 Indiana University in program history with a close match at 4-3. Xavier took the doubles point with vic-tories from teams of Ismail, ju-nior Sydney Liggins, sophomore Lauren Ghidotti and freshman Sophia Abelson.

Xavier managed to pull out the win with three wins from Brinker, Liggins and junior Christina Di Lorenzo after Liggins was able to win the tiebreak for the third set of her match.

The women’s team will con-tinue play 6 p.m. Friday at home against Eastern Kentucky University.

Buddy Ball: Hield likely to be POYBuddy Hield deserves the top spot in the list of Player of the Year candidates.

Following the close victory over a team with the best fresh-man player in the country, LSU, Hield’s average points per game

season. The Oklahoma senior guard had a rock star perfor-

rebounds. Hield helped carry his team back from a double-digit

a way that exuded comfort and

In the second half of the LSU matchup, Hield knocked in seven of his eight three-pointer attempts. Earlier in the season against No. 1 ranked Kansas, Hield posted an inspiring 46 points through the triple overtime game.

Hield deserves the top spot because he consistently performs at a high level, especially under pressure.

isn’t as clear. Ben Simmons, Buddy Hield’s opposing force of power

candidate. In his inaugural college season,

LSU forward Simmons has aver-

he didn’t post a double-double

Alabama, the Australian native

decide the crucial victory. Though Simmons’s team hasn’t

proven to be a top contender this season, the freshman still shows his power and ability to attack on the court.

Providence’s Kris Dunn is a Player of the Year contender as

well. The junior point guard aver-ages 17.4 points per game, 6.1 re-

A key game for Dunn was the

Friars went up against No. 4 Villanova. Dunn wasn’t the high-est scorer of the game (Ben Bentil had 31), but the guard showed his strength in how he supported his team. Dunn tied his career-high 14 assists in the victory.

The Wildcats focused heavily on the team’s biggest threat, and Dunn used this to his advantage, aiding his teammates.

Despite his surgery and miss-ing four of this season’s games, Denzel Valentine deserves con-sideration. Michigan State’s senior guard had much to prove after missing so much action and taking time to get back up to speed. He’s certainly working his way back to putting on Player of the Year performances. Valentine posted

rebounds in a key win over No. 7 Maryland.

If Valentine’s stat line contin-ues to improve for the remainder of the season, his place on the list should go unchallenged.

Tennis nets some wins

Hield (24), from Freeport, Bahamas, drives against LSU’s highly touted freshman guard Antonio Blankeney.Photo courtesy of wsbtv.com

Newton’s signature dab celebration.Photo courtesy of today.com

I can’t speak on behalf of Mattel or other chil-dren’s experiences, but I can share my perspective. When I played with Barbies as a little girl, I wasn’t concerned about having perfectly straight hair or

used those toys to reenact actual events, memories -

spirations for the perfect bodily image; in an overly cheesy and nostalgic way, they became tools that

-er or favorite characters. Playing pretend reiterated those characteristics that made my role models special. In turn, this offered a starting point for how I wanted to turn out as an adult.

My opinions aren’t meant to bash the Barbie business for tak-ing more than 70 years to redesign its items with in-clusive features or scold advertising agencies for hav-ing some sort of “hidden agenda” behind their mes-sages. I do, how-ever, have a con-cern that these c o r p o r a t i o n s abuse their social power by reshap-ing politics into a commercialized system where loy-al consumers are built through the right pitches for

whatever the trending issue is.So I have a message to the businesses contend-

ing for the most viral campaign about standard-ized beauty: Please stop using our external repre-

for feminism. At the minimum, your values should be placed

on inspiring younger generations to dream big and believe that their curiosity and love for others leads to a future of possibilities.

If you decide to continue playing this game, choose a strategy that represents the public, not this double-sided of social construction.

Emily Linginfelter is a staff columnist at the Newswire. She is a junior advertising & public relations double major from Richmond, Ind.

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content and advertisements that focus on the re-

advertising agency Badger & Winter produced the

again. In the same breath, Mattel — an interna-tional toy manufacturing company — announced a new product line of “body relatable” Barbie dolls designed with four body types, seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hair textures.

I applaud the media for taking the risks to change business practices in a way that accepts and

as though this idea is growing into the blurred area between self-expression and monetary interests. How many of these

-tions truly deliver the desire for inclusion, and how many feed off the consumer in-terests to boost reve-nue and brand aware-

“exposés” paint sto-ries about wrongfully

but the campaigns ironically seem to use this same theory of targeting women’s outward appearances as the resolution.

-dent with the Barbie example, because Mattel conspicuously made the attempt to spell out key issues and strategies and went to the lengths of getting their campaign,

reads, “Now can we stop talking about my body?” What Barbie’s new shape says about American beauty,” and it pairs with a lovely side angle of the

-ing a stretch, but doesn’t the brand aim to generate more talk about its purpose for the doll’s physical appearance?

-tory of Barbie. Ruth Handler designed the doll in 1945 when she noticed her daughter using paper cutouts to play out the mature roles for her stories. Handler presented her idea and product to buyers

of Barbie was extensively controversial, but offen-sive material was neither the intention nor purpose of its creation. Rather, Handler wanted to give her daughter and other children toys that were absent from the marketplace: Representations of people.

Barbie’s commercialized inclusivity

At times in life, especially in college, we are called to take on a new opportunity that will forever change

graduate school or studying abroad this coming summer. It could be some-thing small, such as moving off campus next year. Maybe none of these are calling you. Maybe the opportunity is something unique only to you and only

calling because it might be risky, scary or beyond your limitations. God has presented numerous callings in my life. Ones that have taken

me to living abroad in Russia, Spain and now the United States where I am soon to be completing my master’s degree. I am glad God presented me with

changed me for the better, and I wouldn’t be who I am without having taken them.

So if you have been “called” and are unsure of what to do, I have one thing

you could be missing out on something big. But if you should take it and don’t succeed, don’t worry. At least you tried. If there’s one thing you can take away from my rambling, it’s this quote, which I use as my motto: “It’s no tragedy to try and not succeed, it’s a tragedy not to try.”

Mike Fisher is a copy editor at the Newswire. He is a secondary education graduate student from Toronto, Canada.

A d v i c e : Tr a g e d y i n n o t t r y i n g

line, then you’ll run out of moti-vation and sanity on a short term scale.

Instead, learn because you love the process of science. Ask your professor why or how an ex-

Learn more about how a process is related to medicine.

for what you are learning, you will -

tions, organic molecules or even physics equations. Being a doctor will only make you happy if you get there with your own sanity and motivation intact.

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How pre-med degrees misuse col legeIf you ask a pre-med student

why they want to become a doc-tor, you’ll probably get a variety of answers. Some might say they want to help people, others might say because their parent did it and many might honestly tell you that they don’t know.

As a pre-med major, I came in knowing that I want to help peo-ple, but it took me two years to re-alize that I wasn’t actually learning

two years of my academic career, I learned how to stress and slide through my lab classes with mini-mal effort.

It wasn’t until the second se-mester of my sophomore year that I discovered I wasn’t really learning anything meaningful to me or directly applicable to the real world.

When I started my internship at a research lab, I started it be-cause I wanted to improve my ap-plication for medical school, not because I was actually interested in research.

I expected to come in, perform the same experiments that we saw in general biology lab and breeze

right through the job. Little did I know that I learned nothing of application to research in my lab classes.

Now, this is not an article to blame any of the science depart-ments at Xavier. Xavier’s sci-ence departments are great, and the professors will do just about anything to help students get to wherever they want to go. The real problem is students.

A large number of pre-med students, myself previously in-cluded, just study the facts. They have a reason for this memoriza-tion, and it’s called the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT.)

While the MCAT actually tests a student’s ability to apply the facts that they’ve learned in their class-es, pre-meds don’t understand or expect this. They do understand, however, that they need to learn a daunting amount of information in the three years before this test.

A lot of pre-med majors ex-pect that if they memorize the material throughout their science classes, and do well in those class-es, then they will do well on the MCAT. But memorizing facts isn’t

learning.It wasn’t until I was forced by

the primary investigator of my lab to apply the knowledge from my biology classes that I understood that I learned nothing. I realized

that all of the biological process-es and chemistry reactions that I had memorized meant nothing if I couldn’t take them and apply them.

After realizing the issue that I forced myself into, I got upset.

However, once I learned how to apply my knowledge, I got mo-tivated and happy. In fact, I was

that I considered dumping medi-cal school and doing research instead.

After all, both are ways to help people and I was getting real world hands-on experience with research, while becoming a doctor is so distant that it almost feels like a dream.

However, most pre-meds aren’t forced to apply what they learn until they take the MCAT, and even then their only motivation for applying their knowledge is for a seven-hour test. My intentions are not to dissuade anyone from becoming a pre-med student. In

medical school myself. Instead, my intentions are to persuade pre-

-tivation than the MCAT.

Yes, the MCAT is important, but so is your sanity. If you’re con-stantly motivating yourself with the threat of a seven hour test or the prospect of becoming a doc-

“Most pre-meds aren’t forced to apply what they learn until

they take MCAT, and even then their

only motivation for applying their knowledge is for a

seven-hour test ... the MCAT is important, but so is your sanity.”

- Luke Byerly

Luke Byerly is a copy editor at the Newswire. He is a junior Honors Bachelors of Arts & biophysics double major from Villa Hills, Ky.

that is in the world. Ignorance should not be an excuse but cause for motivation to know more.

an interesting blog, watch a movie you’ve never seen or turn on the news. There are at least two sides to every argument and more excit-ing things in the world than you

-tle for stereotypes or plead igno-

Grant F. Vance is the Managing Editor at the Newswire. He is a senior English & Digitial Innovation Film and Television double major from Jeffersonville, Ind.

The other day in one of my classes, we were discussing this idea: Stereotypes are not untrue, but rather, they are incomplete. I agree with the idea. Stereotypes are present in pretty much every facet of our lives, but they are lim-iting.

Since I am from St. Louis, people assume that I must be an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, and I

-denly know all that you need to know?

People constantly toss around stereotypes and, at times, assume they are all they need to know. The

-terday: A jerk, not a father racing home to his kids.

The homeless man standing out on the corner who asks you for some help: A drunk and not a person just hungry for a meal. The girl you always see sitting alone in the cafeteria: She’s an-tisocial and not someone who is

just shy and wants someone to talk to her. Republicans? They’re just a bunch of closeminded, gun-crazy white people that are trying to keep wealth with people that are already rich. Muslims? They’re desert-dwelling terrorists with weird clothes and radical tenden-cies. Mexicans? They’re lazy, un-educated and stealing our jobs.

To me, stereotypes are rooted in ignorance, and if there is one thing that I cannot stand, it is self-imposed ignorance.

Ignorance is not an excuse in life but an indication that it is time for you to seek out the knowl-edge about that topic, person or whatever it is. And let’s be real here, there is so much out there to know about, so many little intrica-cies to discover.

iceberg that is the stereotype or what society has taught you, but

out more.As an English major, one of

the places where I make such discoveries is in the books that I read and discuss in classes. I have learned about the modern history of Ireland through nov-els and plays written by its great authors and set on the Emerald Isle. I have learned of the great value that Rome put on honor and political strength by reading Cicero.

This semester, I am learning about African literature for the

the things that matter to modern people who are from the conti-nent.

With each new topic that I read about, I realize how small the perspective that I am getting is and how there are so many more things for me to understand. I can’t expect to totally understand what an author is talking about in

a story or the historical situation that is at play, but that does not mean I shouldn’t try to under-stand as much as I can.

One of my favorite parts of college is that I get the oppor-tunity to learn new things every day. Obviously, I learn things in my classes (and if you are not, then either you or your teacher are doing it wrong). However, just by my daily interactions with people, some of who are my best friends and others who are merely acquaintances, I can learn more valuable lessons.

For instance, at Xavier I have learned not only that people from

their city, but also why they care so much.

Too often we allow ourselves to be shallow and assume the stereotype is all there is to a sto-ry.

We are so limited by time and our location that we can’t ever hope to experience all the good

S t e r e o t y p e s a r e j u s t l i m i t i n g

Jeff Ullery is a copy editor at the Newswire. He is a senior English & economics double major from St. Louis.

H o w i g n o r a n c e e n c o u r a g e s m i n i m a l d i s c u s s i o n i n r e a l l i f e

The problem with the mindless r epetition associated with medicine

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'The Book of Mormon' comes to Cincinnati

The Girl on the Train 'keeps you guessing'BY ANNA SHAPIROStaff Writer

Paula Hawkin’s “The Girl on the Train” has been near the top of the New York Time’s Best-seller List for quite some time now, and doesn’t seem to be budging any time soon. Such no-toriety is well deserved.

“The Girl on the Train” is a classic thriller, possibly the best since “Gone Girl,” which uses multiple narrators to explore the

Have you ever wondered what Mormons believe? Are you curious about how two 19-year- old kids would try to convert people in Uganda? Do you want to watch a musical composed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of “South Park” and “Team America: World Police?” Your prayers have been answered, as “The Book of Mormon” will soon return to Cincinnati.

This play follows Elders Price and Cunningham, two young Mormon missionaries, who are sent to Uganda. They try their best being thrown into a new setting with harsh new challenges. These challenges come in the form of a bru-

of relating to people suffering from famine, poverty, clitori-dectomies and AIDS.

This is not a musical for the faint of heart, as there is lib-eral use of profanity, vulgarity and sacrilegious humor. There is even a song dedicated to

Though they mock the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its religion through-

BY JAMES NEYERStaff Writer

disappearance of one of the characters.

One of the most interest-ing aspects of “The Girl on the Train” is that one of the main narrators is a drunk. She doesn’t even remember exactly what happened most of the time, and therefore, her accounts are en-tirely unreliable.

This is a story of deception

started it, I was unimpressed by

the writing style, which I found to lack a certain poetic touch, a certain melodic beauty that I so crave in the books that I read, but by a few pages in it didn’t even matter. I was hooked on the story and had devoured the entire book by the next morning.

This thriller is so great be-cause you don’t necessarily know what is going to happen next.

or a book and the entire plot seems to unfurl before me within

to guess every twist and turn that is going to occur is no fun.

This book isn’t so unpredict-able that the ending seems un-realistic, but it is unpredictable enough that it keeps you guess-ing until near the end, when all the pieces of the puzzle seem to click together and you have this wonderful “AHA” moment,

as though you yourself have solved the mystery.

Every person who saw me carrying “The Girl on the Train” around the bookstore stopped me to gush about what a great read it is and how much I would enjoy it. They were right, and now I’m spreading the message.

Photo courtesy of bookofmormonbroadway.com"The Book of Mormon" is a religious satire musical with book, lyrics, and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone.

out the play, the writers do not hate it. Instead, Parker and Stone describe “The Book of Mormon”as an “atheist love let-ter to religion.”

The play pokes fun at what they consider the more ridicu-lous parts about Mormonism, such as the Garden of Eden be-ing in Jackson county Missouri, “turning off ” ones feelings and

which allegedly happened in the 6th century BC. Although they poke fun at religion, they do not express any hate for it.

Parker and Stone worked closely on the play with songwrit-er Robert Lopez. Lopez has won many awards for his work on “Frozen,” “Avenue Q” and the “Scrub’s” episode “My Musical.” The musical won nine Tony awards, including Best Musical and a Grammy award for Best Musical Theater Album.

The show, which The New York Times dubbed “the best musical of this century,” runs from Mar. 29-Apr. 3 in the Aronoff Center. Tickets are on sale now with prices starting at $44. Though it’s costly, it’s worthwhile to see, even though, according to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “the

book is always better.”

After nearly seven years of development, "The Book of Mormon" opened on Broadway in March 2011. It was awarded nine Tony Awards, one of which was for Best Musical, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.Photo courtesy of bookofmormonbroadway.com

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'Grease' premieres as live production

Contemporary Arts Center announces free admission

Photos courtesy of twitter.com

Photo courtesy of popsugar.com"Grease: Live!" is based on the original 1971 musical “Grease” and Paramount Pictures’ 1978 feature adaptation.

Photo courtesy of contemporaryartscenter.org"Passage" is an exhibit by Korean sculptor Do Ho Suh, who immigrated to the United States in 1993. Every house he has lived in throughout his life serves as inspiration for his work. Each abode becomes manifest in an ongoing series of life-size fabric replicas that hover like constructions of the mind. It's metaphorical to the struggle of resettlement and will be available Feb. 12-Sept. 11.

Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) recently an-nounced a three-year plan for free admission called the “Love Gift.” The museum titled the “Love Gift,” since the starting date is Feb. 12, just before Valentine’s Day weekend.

The upcoming change is possible through donations of

making Johnson Foundation and $150,000 from a newly estab-lished circle of philanthropists

who call themselves “The 50.” The contemporary culture

enthusiasts are 25-45 years old and also regularly donate their expertise.

Raphaela Platow, director of the CAC and charter member of “The 50,” said the institution worked on the idea of incorpo-rating young supporters for many

-nally unfold.

“Since our lobby renovation that created one of the most used community spaces in downtown, we have strategized about offer-

ing free admission,” Platow said in a news release. “This single change will send a clear message that all are welcome, and would open the doors to countless visi-tors who might not otherwise experience contemporary art in Cincinnati.”

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played during the winter 2015 renovation.

Throughout the two-month project, the institution used a side entrance and opened its galleries to the public without

charge, and attendance nearly doubled from 3,500 to 6,000 visitors.

Prior to this, admission was $7.50 per adult and free on Wednesday evenings thanks to a partnership program with Macy’s. The CAC will continue offering annual memberships at $45 ($25 for educators, seniors and stu-dents), which grants discounts and free admission to select pro-grams, performances and artist talks. In addition, membership

The CAC free admission an-

nouncement coincides with the launch of the ArtsWave com-munity campaign. ArtsWave is Greater Cincinnati region’s local arts agency and the nation’s larg-est community campaign for the arts. Their work contributes to the impact and additional sup-port of this campaign and oth-ers that are similar in the local arts.

For more information, visit the

www.contemporaryartscenter.org and the ArtsWave website at www.theartswave.org.

Fox television network’s highly anticipated live-action

the network the evening of Jan. 31.

The three-hour show was performed in front of a live studio audience in Burbank, Calif.,and was shot on two dif-ferent soundstages, one indoors and one outdoors.

Rehearsals for the show start-ed in November of last year. Fox announced plans for the live musical in 2014, but pro-duction was delayed until the perfect cast could be found.

across generations, “Grease” is one of the most beloved musi-cal stories ever told – and we can't wait to bring it to our air in a spectacular live event," Shana Waterman, Fox Event Series executive at the time of the an-nouncement, said.

“Its iconic characters and ad-dictive songs make it the perfect

give it the kind of star power and production quality to make every Sandy, Danny, Rizzo and Kenickie out there want to get up and sing along,” she said.

The musical starred actress and former “Dancing with the Stars” dancer Julianne Hough as Sandy and actor Aaron Tveit, best known for his roles in the musical “Next to Normal” and

“Les Miserables,” as Danny. “Big Time Rush’s” Carlos

PenaVega played the role of Danny’s sidekick Kenickie, singer Carly Rae Jepsen played the role of Frenchy and Keke Palmer, known for her role in

popular television series “Scream Queens,” played Marty. The mu-sical also featured musical ap-pearances by Joe Jonas, Jessie J and Boyz II Men.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens, best known for her starring role in the “High School Musical” series, played the role of Rydell High School’s bad girl Rizzo.

The morning of the show, she took to Twitter to announce that she planned on dedicating her performance to her father, who died from cancer before the show.

Paramount Television’s live production of the 1971 Broadway musical “Grease,” was

-rectors Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski and choreographed by Zach Woodlee. Woodlee is best known for his choreography on the Fox television show “Glee.”

Although this version was

version, many of its classic songs were censored for lyrics. According to executive produc-er Marc Platt, corporate spon-sors urged for the lyric censor-ship in an effort to make the show more family-friendly.

“It’s going to be a very fam-ily-friendly show, but with the appropriate edge that it needs to have,” Platt said.

-lar trend of live televised mu-sicals. NBC broadcasted a live performance of “The Sound of Music” starring Carrie Underwood in late 2013, “Peter

Williams the following year

Shanice Williams as Dorothy this past December.

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