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U crime down in April from last year University Police respond to disorderly conduct, assault, harassment complaints last month By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer Disorderly conduct, assault and harassment complaints all reached University Police in April, but the overall
number of reports dropped from the same month last year, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. Aside from one false report, University Police responded to 184 incidents last month, down from the 215 in April 2014.
Disorderly conduct An officer noticed a group of individuals jaywalking at the intersection of Route 1 and Knox Road after midnight on April 15 in front of a driver who had the right-of-way, Hoaas said. When the officer attempted to gain information from a male university student involved, the man disobeyed
the officer’s orders. Hoaas said when the officer realized the student was giving him fake information, he told the student he would have to put him in handcuffs, which led the student to attempt to run from the scene. After a struggle between the two ensued, the officer called other See crime, Page 3
Campus recycling has seen significant gains, a waste audit found. file photo/the diamondback
Audit shows composting, recycling progress
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About 10 percent of dining hall waste is improperly disposed By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer The results of a university waste audit showed significant progress for recycling and composting in various university buildings. SCS Engineers, an environmental consulting and contracting company, analyzed waste gathered from four dorms, two dining halls and Stamp Student Union and published results in its 2014 Waste Stream Analysis report. Cindy Felice, Department of Residential Facilities associate director, said the report could help departments understand how current waste-disposal issues compare with the past two campuswide waste
Jessie J performs Friday at Xfinity Center as part of SEE’s Art Attack. The annual concert, which also featured rapper Logic and EDM duo The Chainsmokers, drew an announced 6,486 people.
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New Scholars program aims to promote discussion
U chapter of oldest music fraternity recharters
Care in Action initiative will be unveiled at Scholars convocation
Phi Mu Alpha initiates 9 students last Sunday By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity initiated nine men to this university’s chapter last Sunday, rechartering the music fraternity that hasn’t been on this campus since the 1970s. T he Eta Psi Colony now has 12 members — including three men who joined the fraternity at other universities and now attend this university — and is working to advance music in America through their group. “For the flagship university of the state, and one of the well-respected music programs in the region, to not have a chapter of Phi Mu Alpha was very strange, so to recharter was really significant,” said Scott AuCoin, the fraternity’s music director and a 2014 alumnus. AuCoi n sa id he watched t he
By Andrew Dunn @AndrewE_Dunn Staff writer
Phi Mu Alpha members sing around a piano. The university’s chapter of the nation’s oldest, largest music fraternity rechartered April 26 with its initiation of nine new members. josh loock/the diamondback rechartering process fall short every year of his undergraduate career until the spring semester of 2014. He said through better leadership and greater involvement, students this year were able to complete the requirements to form their own chapter. “To finally go all the way this fourth time is so great,” he said. “Last Sunday was just a really emotional day, and to finally be on our own is really awesome.” After going through a pledging process, which was aided by visits from the Xi Epsilon chapter at Shepherd University, this university’s chapter is working on next year’s recruitment with a goal of almost doubling its size, AuCoin said.
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Current are looking for men with goodwill and a love of music, AuCoin said, but there is no requirement to be studying or majoring in music. “We have something really cool for non-music majors that want to stay involved in music,” said the fraternity’s alumni relations chair Matt Rosenfeld, a sophomore electrical engineering and jazz studies major. While the group receives many traditions from their national organization — which is the largest and oldest music fraternity in the nation — they also hope to establish chapterspecific traditions, said Drew Pascoe, the fraternity’s historian. “It’s a little stressful, because these See FRATERNITY, Page 2
A new initiative for the College Park Scholars living-learning program hopes to promote open discussion on sensitive topics students encounter. The program, Care in Action, held its fi rst event Apri l 14, hosting a discussion on the offensive January 2014 email sent by a former Kappa Sigma fraternity member that went viral in March. T he m ission statement for Care in Action is to be a studentled, staff-supported initiative promoting the well-being of the Scholars community of about 2,000 students, said Marilee Lindemann, the Scholars program’s executive director. “There are always going to be tensions and conflicts that go along in a diverse space, and we don’t want to shy away from that,” Lindemann said. “We don’t want to
pretend that those kinds of things aren’t happening; we want to have open, healthy discussions around those kinds of things.” The idea for Care in Action started when Ben Parks, a Scholars assistant director, saw a video for Indiana University’s Culture of Care program. Parks said the Rolling Stone’s University of Virginia fraternity gangrape investigative piece came out at about the same time. He said it created the perfect opportunity to start this program. While the initiative is heavily based on the school’s Culture of Care program, Lindemann said she channeled the hands-on nature of Scholars by putting students in charge of planning the program’s events. “I’m a huge believer that when you create this space and create an environment, students step up,” Parks said. Senior journalism major Mia Si mon sa id she help e d c re ate t he prog ra m a f ter Pa rk s contacted her at the beginning of the spring semester. Simon was in the Media, Self and Society Scholars program for two years and said she has enjoyed giving
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