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VOL. LVI, ISSUE 3
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 2014
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‘In remembrance of Emmett Till’
ABIGAIL KEEFE / STAFF WRITER
Dr. Darryl Mace posing with his recently published book, “In Remembrance of Emmett Till BY ABIGAIL KEEFE Staff Writer Dr. Darryl Mace, associate professor and chair of history and political science at Cabrini College, takes us back to 1955 in his recently published book, “In Remembrance of Emmett Till: Regional Stories and Media Response to the Black Freedom Struggle.” The story of Emmett Till initially took place in Mississippi when racism was strong in the 1950s. Young Till was lynched at the age of 14 when two white men who too were on trial had been set free from charges in a court room with all white jurors. “What I did was an analysis of newspapers from about a hundred or a little over a hundred newspapers and magazines from across the country and looked to see the similarities and differences of the lynching and the trial of
his murder,” Mace said. The media plays a very important role in his new book. The time period in which Emmett Till was charged in court led to many different views on the case from opposing sources. “It actually really involves the media. It’s an intersection of history and media studies,” Mace said. Mace’s publishing process was altogether successful. He accomplished his goal of being published by a university press as he had hoped. “You send out proposals to different presses and I was really pushing for it to be published by the university press so I sent it to several university presses and the university press of Kentucky picked it up,” said Mace. Although there was a specific date for Mace’s book to be published, it came out a little earlier
than expected. This worked to Mace’s advantage with many current opportunities for interviews and events. “The official release date was supposed to be July 11, 2014 but copies were floating around previously so it was really the end of June that it came out,” Mace said. Mace is also currently researching and working on his next book. He hopes to have his second book published within the next three years. “I am actually working on an analysis of the integration of Girard College, which is a school in Philadelphia originally for fatherless boys and they since integrated it by sex and also integrated it by race but it was a huge fight because Stephen Girard, the founder of the college, in his will said that it had to be for all white boys so it was a huge battle,” Mace said. Mace has proposals for more interviews as well as speaking engagements in libraries and other public areas in the near future about his newly released book. He plans to keep the memory of Emmett Till’s life and story alive. “It is a book about Emmett Till and how we remember things so it’s not a getting at one truth that lynching indicates,” Mace said. “It’s a really important event about looking at how people remember Emmett Till.” @ABBIEROSEKEEFE
Big change made to study abroad program BY ERICA ABBOTT News Editor A big change has recently started in the study abroad program. Effective this semester, the financial aspect of the program is making studying abroad more accessible and affordable to students. The financial aid policy was completely revised prior to this semester. “Students were not permitted to use any of their Cabrini scholarships and grants towards study abroad,” associate professor of romance languages and study abroad coordinator, Dr. Nick Uliano said. “Now a limited number of students each semester may receive half of their Cabrini aid and scholarship money to apply towards their tuition abroad, which makes a big difference in affordability for many of our students.” The financial changes will also have an effect upon the affiliate schools in England, Australia and Italy. Prior to this year, students studying at those schools had to pay Cabrini’s tuition, despite studying at those institutions. “Now students who study at those institutions will actually be paying their tuition, which in every case is less expensive than ours,” Uliano said. “It’s a double win-win for the students.” Three different types are semester-long programs, summer programs and short-term study abroad. “We have students right now
on “Semester at Sea” who have benefited from the new policy,” Uliano said. St. Mary’s University, located in Twickenham, London, England will now cost students $8,365 in tuition and $5,522 in housing. At The American University of Rome, Italy tuition will now be $10,308 for housing $5,223, while The University of Notre Dame Australia cost to students will be $13,043 in tuition and $3,882 in housing. The tuition costs at each respective university do not include the Cabrini financial aid assistance that is now available. All-inclusive trips include Semester at Sea ($23,950) and the six-week program at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland ($5,995). These changes did not have anything to do, however, with Cabrini’s drop in tuition last year or the International Studies and Foreign Language grant that was also received last year. The purpose of the grant was to create new study abroad short-term courses. This newly implemented change comes from committed funding from the college. “The college is deeply invested in making global opportunities available for our students,” Uliano said. “Students who may not have previously been able to afford a semester abroad can now find the price much more within their reach.” CONTINUE READING ONLINE @ERICA_ABBOTT