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Vol. # 97, Issue # 14
| February 11, 2013
Release of students’ names may have violated handbook By DYLAN MCHUGH News Editor
The names of 13 students who admitted to involvement in the improper removal of a pro-life display were revealed in an online article by the Young America’s Foundation (YAF), the national organization behind the DePaul Young Americans for Freedom chapter, which erected the display. Revealing the list of students may be a potential violation of DePaul’s Student Handbook and the federal Family Educational Rights and Protection Act (FERPA). According to a “Supplemental Investigation Report” dated Jan. 31, 2013, students admitted in person to DePaul’s Public Safety office that they participated in the removal of the pink and blue flag display. “They … had seen anti-abortion
posters around campus earlier in the day In addition, “All hearings, proceedings that they found offensive,” stated the and case information are considered report. “They had an emotional discussion confidential except to those who have a … and they all walked to the quad together. legitimate educational interest in them.” Then they started pulling up all the flags An article was posted to YAF’s website and put them in garbage cans … All stated Feb. 5 about the students that included they realized that the scanned their actions were report, with The vandals demand respect not appropriate.” the names Kevin Connolly, of students and sensitivity to their prian investigator for listed. YAF vacy, where was their respect Public Safety, signed program towards the YAF chapter’s the report. officer for views?” Afterward, the chapter KATE EDWARDS, students entered services YAF program officer the judicial review K a t e process. According to the “Student Edwards, who wrote the article, said YAF Rights Within the Judicial Review was very concerned about insensitivity and Process” section of DePaul’s Code of intolerant atmosphere on campus towards Student Responsibility, students under the those who express conservative and projudicial review process have “the right life views. According to their website, to have proceedings and documentation the Young America’s Foundation is “the kept confidential,” as stated in item 11. principal outreach organization of the
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conservative movement.” “The vandals demand respect and sensitivity to their privacy, where was their respect towards the YAF chapter’s views?” said Edwards. Though she did not reply to a request from the DePaulia regarding a potential violation of the DePaul Student Handbook, Edwards published a tweet on her Twitter feed Feb. 7 that said the article was not in violation of code because “we have a ‘legitimate educational interest.’” One of the students on the list, who wished to remain anonymous, said the release of the students’ names led to online threats and harassment. In the comments section of the YAF article, some comments included links to the students’ personal information, such as Facebook accounts and email addresses. The student has “lost count” of the threats directed to the group, See YAF, page 6
History redefined
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DePaul Black History Month events hold new meaning this year
By COLLEEN CONNOLLY Copy Editor
MICHAEL BROSILOW| Theatre School at DePaul
“Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika,” DePaul Theatre School’s winter production, opened Friday, Feb. 8, and will run through Feb. 17 at The Merle Reskin Theatre. Arts & Life, page 16.
Black History Month is celebrated at DePaul with events throughout the month – from speaking engagements to a production in the Theatre School – but for those involved, the significance transcends the limits of the 28-day span. “I believe that Black History Month is more than about celebrating the accomplishments of the great black leaders that came before us,” said JoAnna Fernandez, a student assistant in the African and Black Diaspora Studies department at DePaul. “Black History Month should be a time of reflection and criticism, especially after the re-election of President Obama.” Many of the events at DePaul will focus on past and present African-American leaders. Francesca Royster, an English professor at DePaul, will speak about the musical group P-Funk Feb. 11. P-Funk was a fusion of the music groups Parliament and Funkadelic, led by George Clinton. Although the funk band’s peak performance days were in the 1970s, its influence lingers in hip-hop, rock, psychedelic and soul music today, inspiring artists such as Snoop Dog, Public
Enemy, LL Cool J, Outcast, Prince and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “Their songs were sometimes explicitly political, writing about black ghetto culture and everyday life; about sex and about racism in the music industry; and also about rebellion, self-expression and survival,” said Royster. “What I’ll focus on in my talk is the way that the band presented new versions of black masculinity – what I call ‘nonnormative heterosexuality’ for its listeners – and provided a way for listeners, men and women, to rethink relationships, sex and desire through music.” For those who have never heard of P-Funk, Royster recommends listening to the song “Flashlight.” The Theatre School is also paying homage to Black History Month with their new play “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.” The story is fictional, but the historical context is not. “Lizzie Bright” follows the story of Turner, a reverend’s son who lives in Maine in 1912, and an African-American girl named Lizzie Bright who lives on nearby Malaga Island. As their friendship grows, so too does racial prejudice in the community. In 1912, the culturally diverse residents of Malaga Island were See HISTORY, page 6