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Page 2 Friday, December 5, 2003
Report sparks student crusade SECURITY BRIEFS
By Tim Green
Enterprise Reporter The Internet Isn’t Free
With leaflets and a stapler A male faculty mem-
in hand, one student pounded ber complained that an
the pavements on Wednesday, unknown person or persons
Dec. 3, covering the campus attempted to steal seven
with 600 fliers determined to monitors from the Science
get her anti-intolerance mes- and Tech Center located
sage out there for all to see. in the Science Building, on
Senior Katie Heimsch said Friday, November 21, at 11:
she developed this campaign 30 a.m. The staff member
as a reaction to a report that tried to enter his office and
appeared in the Oct. 31 issue noticed it was locked. Upon
of The Rider News, which entry, he noticed that seven
described multiple acts of monitors were moved and
intolerance toward Rider’s gay placed in box in another
community. One such inci- area of the room. If anyone
dent involved the statement has information or is aware
“Kill the gays” scratched into a of some unusual activity,
bathroom stall in the Fine Arts contact Security at x.5029
building. “Kill the gays” was
erased hours after the initial
Photo by Allen Huang
news story revealed that this A Little Early for Winter
hate incident was reported to A bulletin board on the second floor of the Fine Arts building is adorned with the fliers.
Olympics
a university-based intolerance ing hall, the academic annex Collegiate Press. direction with the project. During a patrol, Security
website six months earlier but and the Bart Luedeke Center Heimsch said that it was “I think Katie works espe- observed a male resident
never removed. (BLC). Heimsch also plans to because of encouragement cially hard at it because she student exiting the lake in
The message on the flier hang 400 more fliers next week from Deborah Cordonnier, her wants to make a change, and his underwear on Saturday,
takes its cue from that deroga- throughout the residence halls. instructor in a Race, Class and that is what the action project Nov. 22, at 12:58 a.m. He
tory statement and turns it But her campaign doesn’t stop Gender course, that she became about,” Cordonnier said. “It’s proceeded to flee the area
into a message of anti-intoler- with fliers. so motivated to hang the fliers. used to teach students that on but was apprehended. Upon
ance. It reads: “KILL THE “I will also be covering the Heimsch’s crusade to wipe out some level they can make a questioning, it was clear that
IGNORANCE, In response to location of where the kill the intolerance has an academic difference.” the student was under the
a recent demonstration of hate, gays incident took place with a purpose also, serving as the Heimsch said that she just influence of alcohol. On the
your community respectfully bumper sticker that will not be mandatory “action project” for had to do this. matter of swimming, he said
requests that you please not removed,” said Heimsch. “I am the course. “I was really struck by the he jumped in the lake on a
deface walls of any property on authorized to put the bumper “The action project article about the kill the gays dare and his friends stole his
this or any campus, as it is both sticker in that area. There will requires us to take some kind of incident,” she said. “I really clothing while he was in the
illegal and offensive.” also be banners hung in Daly’s “ism” such as racism or sexism, don’t get angry very quickly water.
“Instead of writing an and the BLC on Wednesday, analyze it, and do something except for when people are
2 article in response to The Rider Dec. 10, that bear the same about it,” said Heimsch. “It so publicly ignorant as to Run-by in Gee
News, which these ignorant message as my fliers.” was interesting that the kill the do something this offensive. A female resident
students may or may not read, The University fully sup- gays incident happened while I Although I was not personally filed a complaint that three
I decided to hang up fliers that ports the project and approved was in the class, because I took targeted by this incident, I was or four male suspects ran
I knew everyone couldn’t miss,” the distribution of the fliers. It the event very seriously and still very hurt that there are past her as she came up the
said Heimsch. even printed up the banners decided to speak out against students on this campus—my stairs to her room in Gee
These fliers are visible in for free, according to Heimsch. vandalism and hate crimes.” peers—that are so hateful.” on Saturday Nov. 22. The
all of the academic buildings, The 1,000 leaflets only Cordonnier said her stu- complainant noted that
Moore Library, Daly’s din- cost Heimsch $20 through dent was headed in the right the one of the four was
‘PENN’ students already do anyway
would not be beneficial, such
carrying a handgun along
with CD’s and DVD’s.
FROM PAGE 1 as junior Kate Devlin.
“I always thought Napster
The suspects wore all black
jeans and sweatshirts along
was cool, but I’m paying with bandanas. Security
enough for the technology fee and LPD responded
the subscription has ended, so as it is; I don’t want to pay immediately and could find
does the rental period for any more,” she said. no trace of the suspects.
and all songs downloaded. According to Friedman- They are actively pursuing
Songs may also be permanently Krupnick, if students really leads and anyone that has
downloaded with the ability to would like to see a legal music information should contact
burn to CDs for 99 cents per Photo courtesy of limewire.com and kazaa.com downloading program put in Security at x. 5029 or LPD
track, paid for by the individual place at Rider University, or at 896-1111.
Lime Wire and Kazaa are two extremely popular peer to peer
student. anything else for that mat-
music trading sites.
According to Spanier, it is ter, they should seek out Lighting up in Conover
ly been presented to us so there “Everyone here downloads
his hope that other educational the Student Government When a female
are no plans right now to make music all the time,” he said.
institutions will follow in Penn Association (SGA) to make a student returned to her
any kind of deals of our own,” “Even if it made our technol-
State’s footsteps in ensuring proposal. room after Thanksgiving
she said. “I think it has to do ogy fee a little more expensive,
“honesty, integrity and respect “Students should realize the Break on Sunday, Nov. 30,
also with how much money it room and board is already high
for individual achievement” in kind of resource they have in at 7:50 p.m., she noticed
would cost and institutional enough that another hundred
terms of people’s intellectual student government,” she said. that the poster on her door
priorities. I can’t see students dollars or so a year wouldn’t
properties. “Right now the University’s had been set on fire. The
wanting a higher technology make much of a difference
However, at this time, financial priorities are else- glaze on the door melted
fee just to download music, but and it would let us continue
Rider University’s administra- where so if students would like and a bit of the wood was
if it’s something the student doing what we’re doing with-
tion has not addressed the to see something like this in burning, causing $100
body really makes clear that out breaking the law in the
issue and has no plans to sign place, they should make it clear worth of damage. If anyone
they want it can be addressed.” process.”
a music sharing deal of its own, to SGA that this is the kind of has any information please
Many students would However, others feel that
said Jan Friedman-Krupnick, proposal they need to be draft- contact Security at x.5029.
jump at the chance to be able the $130 technology fee is
assistant vice president of ing. It will then be addressed on
to download music legally already high enough and that
Student Affairs. the administrative level.” Information provided by Captain John
on campus, said junior Chris additional costs for something
“The issue hasn’t even real- Hanusi of Rider Security
Hemphill.
