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September7, 2016
STUDENTS SPEAK UP
On Friday September 2, Brock Turner was released after serving three months in jail for sexual assault, according to CNN. His official sentence called for six months of jail time. Students shared their opinions on the situation. By KELLY RYAN Photography by JULIA GALLOP Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER AND KRISTEN RIELLO
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kristen Riello WEB DIRECTOR David Friedlander
Sharon Barry | Freshman | Undeclared Business
NEWS EDITOR Hannah Feakes
“It’s messed up that he gets away scratch-free with nothing else just because maybe he goes to a prestigious school, or because he’s white or because he’s an average American compared to other people. Spanish people could do something less bad and be locked away for the rest of their life.”
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Thamar Bailey ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Kelly Ryan CO-ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Madison Fraitag CO-ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Nisha Gandhi ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Amanda Perelli SPORTS EDITOR Max Molski ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Justin Cait
Alex Morgart | Senior | Health Sciences “He doesn’t deserve to be released early and I think he should die in a hole, alone and scared because no one should ever do that to another person.”
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Sam DaCosta COPY EDITOR Jeanette Cibelli ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR Caroline Millin
Ryan Purdy | Freshman | Behavioral Neuroscience
DESIGN EDITOR Christina Popik
“Obviously, if a guy takes advantage of a girl that’s not okay. But, if a guy’s drunk and a girl’s drunk it can kinda go both ways. The guy was drunk too and they need to take that into effect.”
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Sarah Wiederecht | Junior| History “This piece of trash kid just got out of jail after three months claiming it on ‘good behavior’… I’m stunned at it. It’s just wrong. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been through this or if you know someone who has been through this, you should be disgusted no matter who you are. It says a lot about how our society works and what people favor.”
Beyond the Bobcats
A rundown on news outside the university. By Samantha Bashaw
Silverback gorilla dies in Mexico City Zoo
Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ Gene Wilder dies at 83
Facebook implements computer based algorithms
A silverback gorilla died on July 6 at Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City after having a heart attack from being sedated, according to the Telegraph. The gorilla, named Bantu, was the main attraction at the zoo and was being transported to another zoo to mate, when he had to be sedated in order to get him to cooperate. The 24-year-old gorilla suffered a heart attack and could not be resuscitated. This comes after the death of Harambe, the gorilla who was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 3-year-old boy slipped into his enclosure last May, according to CNN.
On Aug. 29, Gene Wilder died as the result of Alzheimer’s disease complications, according to People Magazine. The actor died at the age of 83 in his home in Stamford, Connecticut, just an hour away from Quinnipiac. Wilder is most widely known as the original Willy Wonka who made his first major appearance in the 1971 movie production of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”
Facebook’s “Trending Topics” are no longer run by journalists, but rather by computer-based algorithms, according to Forbes. The new system promotes no bias via conservative or liberal websites and replaces human error with mathematically sound facts. Facebook is confident in its decision to switch and hopes a more algorithmic driving process allows the company to cover more topics and make it available to more people globally.