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Show ) FEBRUARY 28, 2018 3' DIXIESUNNEINS.COM 'fiesta grants freedom to understand NPR BY HANNA POLLOCK irre said. "We've come a long way, but we're still fighting the oppression of ignorance. Diesta is an opportunity for us to educate people... education is freedom and progress." ghannaPollockDSN r- pixie State University "dicwill be throwing a sta" on April 7 to encourve networking within community between Latinos, higher educati- on opportunities and the Jeneral public. Diesta will be a celebrati- on of Latino culture, food vendors, iacluding music, crafts and cultural entertainment. The event aimed toward educating the community on culture while showcasing higher education opportunities for Latino students. "There's a large disconaect between the Latino community and DSU," Adelante project specialist Genesis Schaerrer said. rn hoping this event can help bridge that gap, and people who have never been on campus can come to feel comfortable, welcome and most importantly feel like they belong here." In spring 2017, 10.8 percent of Trailblazer students were Hispanic; however, in fall 2016 to 2017, Is MOLINA GRONBERG BYCAMILA MD RAY INS in Duke Universits famous tent village, where they wait for admission to men's basketball games, were given a grace period to leave Wednesday evening for an indefinite time because of the severity this year's flu season and student illnesses. Krzyzewskiville, a village set up by students, will be cleared out in a move reported by Duke's student newspaper, The Chronicle, and confirmed by campus Students officials. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta told Parents the university acted because it has "had several new cases of influenza among our student population" and has "identified some students from K-vi- le with the flu." As a "we've elected cautious approach" With the tent village, he said in a posting to the Duke parents' Facebook group. "The continued high-levactivity of this flu season is consistent with the severe seasons of 2009 and 2014," Moneta said. "While the virus is not more inherently infectious than average, it's making its way to a lot more to result, take a el ?tople." Duke students set up tents major men's basketball games to stake out a Place in line to get admission to games. Tenters stay there in groups to hold their efore in line. The tent Spot more at onlY and is city often attracts than 1,000 campers strictly regulated by stndents. a Depending on the week, certain number of tenters - t ! ' 3 ' . 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Dixie State University will be holding a "Diesta" to encourage networking within the Latino DSU. and for everyone to learn all community about culture and opportunities." 48.5 percent of Hispanic don't always know about our country, but the rates Sandra Aguirre, a junior Diesta is open to evstudents were retained at the initiatives presented to at which these students individualized studies eryone in the community DSU, while 52.8 percent are going and staying in help them. She said these from Los Angeles, and organizers hope to major of white students were resources are there to help college is much lower said there are a lot of educate as many people as retained. Schaerrer said students stay and advance than their counterparts," people uneducated about possible, Schaerrer said. DSU has a lot of resourcin their college and career Schaerrer said. "DSU is the Latino community. "Instead of segregating es for Latino students, pursuits. "I'm a firm believer that people we want to bring hoping events like this like the Multicultural and "The Latino group is the can open students' eyes to the civil rights movement everyone together," AguInclusion Center, but they is still in progress," Agu largest minority group in opportunities." irre said. k I - , "--- I 1 o's, ---) - - i , ; , , - -- y P , , - ,, , ' (.- - - ,,,,,,,,,..., i , , 1. - ,. 1 A - .i vegi , - .1 1 I ,,,,,,,,,,- - 1 t , : "... .W.,,,,,,..,,,,s,am.,,,,,4a, ,.,C. , , LA sites flue severity Duke ,,,1 , EONESOAVi from each group are required to be inside the tent during the day and at night. Duke Student Government, which regulates the tent city, gave all tenters who had staked out a spot an "indefinite grace period" starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday, The Chronicle reported, meaning tents would not be checked. Between Jan. 29 and Feb. 6, one person in each group of 12 is required to be in the tent during the day, and six must be there during night hours. But during this grace period, tenters will not lose their spot for leaving. There are 70 groups camping in Krzyzewsldville, according to the report. The winter storm in which brought almost a foot of snow in some parts of Durham County, also shut down KrzyzewsIdville, the student newspaper said. The tenting period this season began Jan. 12 and lasts until Feb. 22. The Centers for Disease Control reported that flu cases across the country have season. spiked early this Moneta said Duke officials will "be evaluating conditions daily and hope as soon to reopen asked also He as possible." sons their parents to "prod univeror daughters at the sity who are feeling the symptoms" to go to for ascenter student health sessment and treatment. 67 The flu has killed Carolina North people in two this season, including of flu children. The number is deaths this season already flu 6 more than the died season, when 59 people in the state. News & (c)2018 The Observer. mid-Januar- y, le flu-li- 2015-201- ke Protesters have new strategy to remove Confederate statue from UNC campus BY JANE STANCILL INS Several people have submitted petitions to the North Carolina Historical Commission to move the Silent Sam Confederate statue from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Four petitions were received in January and February, said Neel Lattimore, director of communications for the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The documents are identical to each other, and similar to the one filed by Gov. Roy Cooper's administration, which last year petitioned the commission to move three Confederate monuments from the State Capitol grounds to a his-- . toric battlefield in Johnston County. A study committee is now taking public comments on the issue of whether to move the State Capitol monuments. It will make a recommendation to the full commission in April. The petitions on Silent Sam say the statue poses "an ongoing threat to public safety," citing potential violence between protesters and counterprotesters, continued police presence at the monument and even UNC's deployment of an undercover officer who befriended protesters last year. The petitioners quoted previous statements from UNC Police Chief Jeff McCracken, who wrote last year that "the statue now serves, more than ever, as a magnet drawing together extreme factions intent on committing acts of violence." The statue has also been vandalized in recent years, prompting the university to install surveillance cameras. Earlier this month, a video emerged from last summer that shows a man climbing the statue and beating it with a hammer. One of the petitioners, Heather Redding, a Orange County resident, said there is nothing in state law that prevents private citizens from petitioning the commission. "We figured it wouldn't hurt to try," Redding said. The petitions come from members of the Campaign to Move Silent Sam, a group that wants to remove what it views as a monument to white supremacy and racism. University leaders have said they cannot take action on Silent Sam because of a 2015 state law that prohibits the alteration of historic monuments on state property. There are exceptions, however, to preserve the object, to make way for construction or transportation projects, or in cases when a building inspector has determined that the object poses a hazard because of its physical condition. Last August, Hill Chancellor Carol Foil and UNC President Margaret Spellings signed a letter to Cooper, saying they were worried about an impending protest that could have been dangerous for students. Their letter followed deadly protests in Charlottesville. Cooper responded that the university could act to take ,.. , 1 '. t q i., ' .(' r:".,';, ,', UNC-Chap- el ir : .,? t, , .;,,, ,,,, 47 4' i -- - ,., :, ."., t . ,, A,,. 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Because the statue itself was still in good condition, they said, it didn't qualify under the physical hazard exception. Folt and Spellings have been under pressure from many students and faculty who want to see the statue gone, as well as others, including alumni, politicians and the Republican-majorit- y Board of Governors, who want Silent Sam to remain. The university did not join the Cooper administration's petition to the historical commission. For now, Silent Sam still stands on campus, its fate in question. "I think a lot of people are waiting for the university to make a move," Redding said. "It doesn't seem like they ever will petition the historical commission, or they're waiting to see what happens with the statues in Raleigh.... Even if the monuments in Raleigh are moved, then we're going to have to start over by asking the university to make a similar request, and so it's going to be this long, drawn-ou- t process. I feel like they will make every excuse they can." So the petitioners decided to go it on their own, Redding said, and they hope the commission will act on their request. Lattimore said the petitions are under review. (c)2018 The News & Observer. . |
