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Show 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM fi creotsv ris rrc nj n t i n n m 9, 2015 n n BY KARLI KUHN karlikuhn Glow in the dark karaoke, drive-i- n movies and dew pong tournaments are some of the things students can look forward at this semesters Wednes-D events. Dixie State University Student Association plans activities for every student who attends DSU every Wednesday, from fresh' men to tv i.j ' ' V- - 3 hi al students. Kendall Pitts, social events chair of DSUSA -M and a sophomore nursing ' major from Las Vegas, 0 hY ff said Wednes-- activities LY i ' are for the students. i 'V v f I We try to plan someY Ij 1 V -4 and worth fun free, thing Jfv-TAT- ? I.- someone taking time out V b of their day to come to, Pitts said. Y MlCfAt the Dixie dash event Sept. 2, there were 21 groups that participated and had the chance to win $200. Free Swig drinks were also given as an L incentive to get students Students participate in the Dixie dash Wednes-activity on Sept. 2. 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I expect Cajun Syrett, a fresh- Being creative, try to respect the money ger food and karaoke. tc ii X V v i J rr Sc in V D d is ir s 4 Check out Ryan Huskins video on a student filmmaker for DOCUTAH on our YouTube channel. tT r .11) P- -J P. b- - S ai Si di ar D D ar rii w w H in ini D 1 D v well-organiz- E NEWS CONTENT news broadcast online at View our weekly SouthernUtahLive.com First Dixie Forum explores Transgender people in perceptions of Islam, jihad military drive change U.S., Bashir said he experienced racism and profiling, like always being the random guy stopped at airport security, but those post-91- 1 DIXIE SUN NEWS Emily Havens, Editor-in-Chi- ef Spencer Ricks, NewsEditor Nick Anderson, Opinion Editor Karli Kuhn, Sports Editor Markee Heckenliable, Features Editor Jalen Jones, Photo Editor Ryan Huskins, Multimedia Editor Emily Fisher, Social Media Editor Jordan Eames, Copy Editor negative experiences fueled his passion for learning. Justin Badger Jacob Brown J C Collier Brayden Dobson TeeJay Johnson Chaney Kohl Porter Larsen Maria Modica Breanna Opdahl Andrew Pinckney Candy Roland Ashley Thompson Alex Wheeler Shadman Bashir, a visiting professor of law and international relations, spoke at the first Dixie Forum on Sept. 2. He lectured about holy war and perceptions of Islam. BY NICK ANDERSON nickvanderson Rhiannon Bent, Adviser HOW TO REACH US Dixie Stale University Jennings Bldg 225 South 700 East St. George, UT 84770 Phone (435)552-781- 8 Fax: (435)655-401- 9 dixiesundixie edu www.dixiesunnews com Ads. dixiesunadsdixie edu or (435) 41 The Dixie Sun News is distributed each Wednesday during Fall and Spring semesters as a publication of Dixie State University, the communication department, and Dixie State University Student Activities DSU administrators do not approve or censor content The student editorial staff alone determines its news coverage The unsigned editorial on the opinion page the represents position of Dixie Sun News as determined by its editorial board Otherwise, the views and opinions expressed in Dixie Sun News are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Dixie Sun News or any entity of the university Suicide bombing, divine contracts with God and promises of 72 virgins were all topics of discussion during the first Dixie Forum of the semester. Shadman Bashir, a visiting professor of law and international relations, lectured for an hour and answered questions about holy war, perceptions of Islam, and the meaning of jihad. Bashir studied law in Pakistan where he grew up before moving to the United States in 2001. Living in You name it and it happened to me, Bashir said. That increased my interest. Anytime anything negative happened, I would study more. Now he uses his knowledge of law and war along with his personal experiences to share his unique perspective with others. Bashir said it is important for students to be grateful for their opportunities here and to strive to understand the world around them. People in other parts of the world would do everything; I mean literally parents would give up their lives to send their children to school in the .U.S., Bashir said. Also, if you can ... at least once go to a poor country and see it yourself how other people live in other parts of the world. Then youll he able to get away from this syndrome. Bashir distinguished holy wars from other conflicts by explaining how they are started under religious pre tenses. He said divine law is believed to be communicated from a god to men on earth, who follow those laws so they can receive a reward in the afterlife. Bashir said these holy wars are easy to start but difficult to finish because generations are growing up in the middle of these conflicts. Young people are conditioned to perpetuate these wars by seeing the violence around them and through indoctrination into violent beliefs, Bashir said. Because these holy warriors won't know until they're dead if their god is pleased with their actions, there is no way to know if their war is won or lost, Bashir said. Victory in holy war? There is no victory, Bashir said. How do you finish a war that is decided in heaven? Brian Rammell, a sophomore physics from Cedar City, said he appreciated Bashirs firsthand accounts of war and explanation of how a young suicide bomber might feel. Bashir will present the screenings of the film, Manislam: Islam and Masculinity, during DOCUTAH on Sept. 9 and 12. BY ALAN ZAREMBO TNS As a young psychiatry n resident at Ohio's Air Force Base in the 1980s, Dr. George Brown was surprised the first time he saw a transgender patient. Estimates at the tune were that for every 100,000 biological males in the general population, no more than three were transgender. Brown figured the rate had to be even lower in the military. It made little sense to him that a transgender person would choose to join an institution that by its nature had no tolerance for deviance. Yet over the next three years, Brown saw 1 0 more transgender patients, all of whom seeking hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery. He began to suspect the military, despite 'its ban on allowing transgender people to serve, was somehow attracting them at a disproportionately high rate. The Pentagon is now weighing whether to lift its ban on transgender service members and is Wright-Patterso- male-to-fema- le expected to do so next year. As the policy is reviewed, researchers are citing evidence that bears out Brown's hunch of three decades go. Transgender people are present in the armed services at a higher rate than in the general population. The latest analysis, published last year by University of California, Los Angelas, researchers, estimated that nearly 150,000 transgender people have served in the military, or about 21 percent of all transgender adults in the U.S. By comparison, 10 percent of the general population has served. Browns transgender patients told him that they had signed up for service when they were still in denial about their true selves and were trying to prove they were real men. I just kept hearing the same story over and over again, said Brown, now a professor at East Tennessee State University and a specialist in gender identity issues at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Mountain Home, Tennessee. The U.S. Census Bureau does not collect data on transgender people, so see CHANGE page 3 j |