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temple-news.com vol. 91 Iss. 27
Tuesday, APRIL 23, 2013
W. Chester student dies after roof fall Scott Small said. A Brownstown, Pa., native, Fausnaught had recently transferred from the University of South Carolina, Pam Sheridan of West Chester University said. Fausnaught’s Facebook SEAN CARLIN page indicates that she attended JOHN MORITZ Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, Pa. ALI WATKINS For Dean of Students The Temple News Stephanie Ives, the incident was It could have been anybody. devastating. “Our hearts absolutely go That’s how senior adult and out to Ali’s family and friends organizational development maand her West Chester commujor Kellee Pace described her renity,” Ives said. action in the days “Her death was after 19-year-old an absolutely Ali Fausnaught’s horrible tragfatal fall from a edy. It’s somethird-floor roof thing you never last Wednesday. want to see hap“It really pen to anyone, hits home, beso we are truly cause it’s here at devastated by Temple, and it’s it.” so relevant to In the imeverything that mediate afterKellee Pace / senior, adult and we’re doing,” organizational development major math of FausPace said. “That naught’s death, could’ve been the administration is discussing anybody.” the future of Spring Fling, which “Words can’t describe it resome students have labeled as a ally. Just a tragedy,” junior biolday to drink. ogy major Mike Jordan said. “It’s just a day that people A little more than an hour go crazy,” junior advertising after Spring Fling festivities major Kelly Silver said. “I feel wrapped up on Main Campus, like people act like they never Fausnaught, a freshman pysdrank before, and they drink all chology major at West Chester day long. And it’s wild.” University, was killed after she “No decisions have been fell into an alleyway between made yet about Spring Fling an adjacent building on the next year,” Ives said. “The over1900 block of North 18th Street. all concerns about high-risk Police arrived on the scene at drinking at this year’s event 5:14 p.m. and the victim was have provoked a number of distransported to Temple Hospital cussions about the future of it.” where she was pronounced dead at 5:51 p.m., Chief Inspector SAFETY PAGE 2
A tragic end to Spring Fling has led to discussion about safety measures.
“It really hits
Alex Cardinal, an ROTC member and senior history major, will serve in the U.S. Army after graduation. Seniors in the program who are contracted are preparing to take on their assigned duties. | ALI WATKINS TTN
marching orders For seniors in Temple’s ROTC program, graduation brings unique set of plans, challenges. ALI WATKINS The Temple News
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lex Cardinal has a dignified silence about him. Dressed head to toe in camouflage, he refuses to come outside the building without his Army-regulation hat, which is required on dress days like today by ROTC rules. Cardinal is one of 17 seniors currently enrolled in the
ROTC program, headed toward service in the U.S. Army after graduation in May. It’s a college experience that not many non-ROTC students can imagine, with days full of workouts, classes and structured schedules. But Cardinal, who said he knew he wanted to go in to the military since age 13, wouldn’t have it any other way. A four-year veteran of Temple’s program and a senior history major, Cardinal’s life has
differed from the normal college experience since he first set foot on Main Campus. But as his fellow Temple seniors prepare to enter an economically-scarred civilian job market, he has seen his life diverge sharply from the traditional stresses and anxiety of senior year. “It all starts with junior year summer, that’s the biggest difference,” Cardinal said. That’s when he and his fellow ROTC cadets head to Fort
Lewis, Wash., for their leadership development assessment course, or LDAC, where they are evaluated and ranked on a nationwide cadet listing. Completion of the course is mandatory for graduation from ROTC, Cardinal said, and the rankings list can have major implications for post-graduation prospects. “Once you go to this course, you get ranked throughout the country, and then you’re on this
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home, because it’s here at Temple. That could’ve been anybody.
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President talks with students at Student Center President Neil Theobald met with students last week in the Student Center. SEAN CARLIN News Editor President Neil Theobald met with a few dozen students last week, during an informal meet-and-greet in the Student Center Atrium on April 16. Theobald, who’s met with students before in similar events at Johnson & Hardwick cafeteria, said the events allow him to find out what people are talking about on campus better than if he were in his office. “These are important to find out what’s on people’s minds,” said Theobald, who’s in the midst of his fourth month as Temple’s president. He described his short time at the university as “fast-paced” and said one of the more prevalent issues on students’ minds was safety around campus in the wake of a threat referring to the Columbine High School shooting that was written in a bathroom in Gladfelter Hall in
President Neil Theobald met with students and fielded questions at a meet-and-greet last week. Students said they appreciated being able to offer Theobald feedback.| KATE McCann TTN March. Students also inquired about the cost of education and summer class offerings, as well as transfer credits, Theobald
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Sunil Chopade argues that, despite new library plans, Paley will never be outdated. NEWS DESK 215-204-7419
said. For students like Shaquille Outar, who met him in the atrium, being able to meet the pres-
ident “adds to the experience” of college. “He seemed very caring and down to earth. I really
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Graduate student AJ Young’s transformation into a male is being documented online. news@temple-news.com
didn’t feel intimidated talking to him,” Outar said. “It definitely adds to the experience that the president can come out here.” “The best way to get feedback is to find out from the people who are going through it,” Outar said. Outar said the experience helped disprove a fallacy that high-ranking administrators don’t have to meet with students. “The misconception is that the president and everybody else is so high up that they don’t have time for students and the people who are paying,” Outar said. “It’s very important for him to come down here and [connect] with us.” Some students like senior public health major Michael Lombard, who spoke to the president about his thoughts on the cost of tuition, said the simple fact that Theobald was out on campus is good for students. “As the president, we should see you,” Lombard said, “know what you look like.” Sean Carlin can be reached at sean.carlin@temple.edu or on Twitter @SeanCarlin84.
Loaded magazine found in Weiss Hall A student accidentally left a loaded magazine in his backpack. SEAN CARLIN News Editor A student is facing a Student Code of Conduct referral after a a loaded magazine was found in his unattended backpack last week. Around 1:30 p.m., April 17, a professor picked up a backpack in a classroom in Weiss Hall which had been left after class and found a loaded magazine inside, but no gun, Assistant Vice President for University Communications Ray Betzner said. The professor immediately contacted Temple Police who were able to identify the student,
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CHANGING SEASONS, p. 20 Multiple players adjusted to their new positions in the Owls’ annual Cherry & White scrimmage.