18 arrested during Dayton street fest
A group of students at the University of Dayton held their annual Lowesfest last weekend despite a warning from university officials that the party would not be tolerated.
During the open-invitation event Friday night on Lowes Avenue, 18 people were arrested – seven by Ohio Liquor Control – and over 50 alcohol violations were issued. Several bottles were thrown at police officers, and now some students fsay they are being punished for the actions of a few.
The event ended up costing UD $10,000 in public safety officers, Ohio Liquor Control officers, City of Dayton Police and cleanup. The bill for this will be handed to the students whom the university has decided were responsible for the planning the party despite warnings from the university.
Talk is going on about further punishment for these individuals, including suspension from May graduation for some seniors.
Students said this was one of the calmest Lowesfests ever to take place and no student should be made to pay for the bad choices of others.
Genocide images upset OU students
At Ohio University on April 14 the pro-life club displayed murals on campus of a lynched black man, Rwandan genocide victims, bodies in a Cambodian killing field, a Native American mass grave, Holocaust victims and aborted fetuses.
The project was called the Genocide Awareness Project and was meant to raise awareness about abortion by comparing it to genocide.
Many students on campus were very upset by the images, especially after just losing three of their own in a fire at Ohio State.
The group was being accused of doing this project because it was a holy week for most religions, and many people will not protest during their holy week.
Jane Bullington, who works for the club, said the pictures were just meant to start debate about abortion.
Task force to ease sexual tensions
Bowling Green State University began the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Issues Task Force, a student group trying to make the atmosphere on campus more accepting to other people’s sexual preferences.
The LGBT issues task force, begun last fall, is trying to help all students feel more comfortable on campus, such as straight women in sports or straight men in dance.
They believe the best way to ease tensions on campus is to decrease homophobia and create an environment in which students can feel free to talk openly.
Currently the group is conducting surveys with people of all sexual preferences and holding open forums to gather research. After the research is complete they will then make recommendations to the university on how to make the atmosphere a more accepting place.
They believe this research will also help teachers in the future deal with students who have parents of the same sex, as well as help to make students more comfortable in the classroom.
Porn investigation begins on director
The University of Pennsylvania’s director of the libraries and vice provost, Paul Mosher, resigned Thursday after being caught with over 2,000 downloaded images of child pornography on his computer.
Mosher had allegedly paid for the pornography with his personal credit card, and his personal computer was confiscated on the morning of April 11.
No arrest has been made, but there is an investigation in progress that could come to a conclusion as soon as this week.
– compiled by Raechel Remenyi
