Georgetown
Outrage Over Hoya April Fools’ Issue
About 60 students staged a sit in at 11:30 p.m. on April 2 and lasted for a half an hour. This sit-in was in response to The Hoya’s April Fools issue, which they believed included racist and inappropriate remarks. The sit-in in the office occurred after a meeting at the Intercultural Center. The students remained silent and would not talk to the Editor in Chief, Andrew Dwulet, when he offered to discuss their concerns with him. The Department of Public Safety came to the scene to make sure it did not escalate. A Facebook group was created to facilitate meeting times and highlight the articles that they were angry about. These articles include, ‘Is ‘Georgetown’ a Synonym for ‘Diversity?’ Hell Yeah!’; ‘We Need More Interracial Loving’; ‘Georgetown Ruined My Life’; ‘DPS Plotter: Saturday March 28’; ‘Russell, Inc. CEO – Slavemaster’; ‘Brown to the Virgin Mother: Gimme That Or Else’; ‘Thompson III to Take Pop’s Advice Next Year.’
Source: The Hoya
Loyola New Orleans
Student Breast Cancer Survivor Holds Benefit Concert
A Loyola New Orleans junior, Ashley Fallon, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 21 is organizing a ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit Show’ featuring student and local bands. The Susan G. Komen Foundation will receive all of the donations. Their fundraising goal is $10,000. This money will benefit a three day, 60 mile walk that Fallon plans to participate in.
Fallon wants to spread awareness and share her story to show that even teenagers and young women can get breast cancer. She worked with fellow music students to plan this benefit concert. The two seniors that she worked on this show as a part of their senior seminar project.
Source: The Maroon
St. Joseph’s
Commencement Speaker Announced
This year’s commencement speaker is Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s Hardball. Matthews graduated from Holy Cross and grew up in Philadelphia. The St. Joseph’s community is anticipating some anger from conservatives of the university because of their liberal guest speaker. Chris Matthews has penned four books and was the speech writer of former President Carter. The last political speaker to visit St. Joe’s caused a stir because of his controversial views on homosexuality and during his address, a walk out was staged.’
Source: The Hawk
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