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Show WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER DAVENPORT continued from page 1 23, 2015 1 There was no explanation, which was kind of dev - astating, Davenport said. Present and former students of Dav- enport organized a protest on campus and one created a petition to reinstate him, ; which received ' nearly 1,400 - signatures. Davenport said when a student " - applying for jobs in the area that will allow him to provide for his family, but the looming court date is turning potential employers off. His unemployment benefits run out in roughly two weeks. Our plan is to sell the house and move into my ils 66 Davenport is a good friend to a lot of people. The department that he dedicated himself to creating is moving forward, not in a separation from him, but in honor of what he did. base- ment, he said. Campus police began conducting an investigation three months after the incident occurred. Davenport hired a lawyer, and said he was told he was being presented the petition to Williams and asked him to recon- Michael Harding, sider, Williams investigated associate theater cautioned the for child professor student by say- abuse because the student mg once more information was 17 at the becomes availtime. Davable, nobody enport said will want to be associated Washington County prosecuwith the petition. It has been tors looked at the case but seven months since then, and declined to press charges. no new information has been The fact that officials released from the university. from the county decided not Public Relations Coordinato press charges should have tor Jyl Hall said because the said it all, he said. My case is now in legal proguess is that campus security ceedings between the city of said, Well, if the county St. George and Davenport, wont prosecute him, maybe comments from university we can get the city to. officials including Williams Davenport said his relaare irrelevant. tionship with Mark Houser, the theater departments Davenport said hes been 99 program director, has been challenging. Michael Harding, an associate professor of theater and head of the department of theater and dance, said Davenport spent a large portion of his life building the theater department, and students and faculty members are trying to honor that. He said although losing Davenport was unfortunate, it gave the department the opportunity to bring in a new, impressive faculty member, Kathryn Syssoyeva, an assistant professor of theater. Certainly there have been some changes in the department, Harding said. Davenport is a very good friend, and Im sorry hes not here, but I have to say it opened the door to bring Syssoyeva in. Lizzy Peterson, a DSU alumna from St. George, said she quit being involved in the theater department after Davenport was terminated. I dont intend on returning until things get better, she said. Harding said Davenports termination brought many faculty members closer together. Davenport will be missed by a lot of people, Harding said. He is a good friend to a lot of people. The department that he dedicated himself to creating is moving forward, not in a separation from him, but in honor of what he did. Twitter reveals political affiliations, study says BY KAREN KAPLAN - TNS y broad catego-rie- s reli- Ones Twitter feed can reveal a lot about his or her political views, according to new research. It's not simply because liberals tweet phrases like universal healthcare while conservatives tweet about the military although there are certain political buzzwords each side tends to favor. According to the study, whether a person tends to tweet in the first person singular or plural also can be revealing, and so can the intensity of emotion contained in the tweets. Language encodes who we are, how we think, and what we feel, Karolina Sylwester and Matthew Purver wrote in their study. Even though only about 14 percent of American adults are on Twitter, their tweets have the advantage of being more candid, Sylwester and Purver wrote. The pair, both members of the Cognitive Science Research Group at Queen Mary University of London, rounded up all of the Twitter users who were following the GOP, House-GO- gion, national j identity, party identity, govem- ment and law, and political opponents. The differentiating words used by Democrats tended to focus on cultural items that were in the news when the tweets were collected in June 2014 as well as words the study authors described as more emotionally expressive, such as love, feel, and obscenities. These results suggest that language used on Twitter does, indeed, reflect individual differences between liberals and conservatives, the researchers wrote. The pair hinted their efforts to mine Americans political expressions on Twitter had just gotten started. It would be exciting to investigate how the language of Democrats and Republicans on Twitter changes over time in the context of the 2016 U.S. election, they wrote. (c) 2015 Tribune Content Agency. ? -, TheDemocrats, HouseDemocrats and SenateDems accounts. They removed anyone who followed feeds from both sides of the aisle, leaving 316,590 presumed Republicans and 363,348 Democrats. From that pool, they randomly selected 17,000 people from each party. After eliminating users who didn't make their tweets public, who hadnt tweeted recently, or who didn't tweet very often, they were able to analyze 466,386 tweets by 5,386 Republicans and 457,372 tweets by 5,373 Democrats. Instead of focusing on the words people used most, they examined the most differentiating words. For Republicans, the researchers found, these words fell into several P, SenateGOPs, Homecoming week kicks SCORECARD continued from page doesnt give students transparency. Where the data on College Scorecard is being Scorecard is the clearest sourced from still hasnt and the most reliable, said been confirmed. Roos Lisa Gelobter, chief digisaid it should be using the tal officer at the DepartIntegrated Postsecondary ment of Education. Education Data System. However, DSUs statisIPEDS and College tics are not up to date. AcScorecard are both operated by the Department cording to College Score-carDSU is a two-yeof Education. IPEDS school, but DSU hasnt provides the most recent been a junior college since information about DSU. 2000. However, IPEDS doesnt David Roos, executive provide all the statistics director of enrollment College Scorecard is atservices, said if students tempting to provide. were to use College Katrina McColl, a Scorecard to learn about freshman engineering DSU, they would get an major from Poplar Bluff, incomplete picture. Missouri, said one of the main reasons she came to According to College DSU was because it is a Scorecard, DSUs enrollment is 1,200 less than university with affordable what is actually is, says tuition. since no data is available McColl said College for ACT scores, and it Scorecard may be able to doesnt list all the degrees provide useful informaoffered at DSU. tion, but the site needs to Roos said he thinks Colget the facts straight. is Scorecard That is just bad relumplege search on their part, Mcing some of the degrees into categories, and that Coll said. 2 d, ar 4 , 4 - theme "Rock the Red" greeted students on the first day of Homecoming Week Monday Homecoming Week features of different activities for alumni and students from Sept 21 to Sept 26 The "D" on the hill will also glow red in honor of Homecoming For coverage of the homecoming events, follow Dixie Sun News on social media Decorations with the a variety CONFERENCE continued from page 1 women and girls develop positive body image. Pom dehumanizes women and makes them an object of their sexuality, Lexie Kite said. The over sexualization of women has infiltrated every aspect of Pop culture, from movies and commercials to magazines in the grocery store. Pom is giving women an unhealthy ideal beauty is. of what Austin Snyder, a freshman communication major from Nibley, said the topics covered at the conference are important for college students to hear. Pom is very real its all over in the media, Snyder said. The UCAP conference covers topics that are especially good for my generation to hear because it resonates with more of us. Its important to address what harm pom does in our society. Clay Olsen, CEO of Fight the New Drag, led the session geared toward young adults. Fight the New Drug is a nonprofit that raises awareness for the harmful effects of pom through social media, short films and speeches around the country. Pornography is an issue that affects so many of todays youth its an epidemic, Olsen said. Our mantra at Fight the New Drug is, Pom kills love. Jordon Sharp, director of student involvement and leadership at Dixie State University, brought several young adults from his religious congregation to the conference. He said the ways in which pom affects people when they use it is something more college students should be aware of. As a bishop, I can honestly say Ive seen hundreds of people struggle with pornography, Sharp said. It pushes people into a dark comer. Gabby Cabanero, a sophomore computer science major from Las Vegas, volunteered at the conference with nine other members of the DSU womens basketball team. Cabanero said she enjoyed how open the speakers were i Its good There was hardly an open seat dutring the first session of the Utah Coalition Against Pornography conference Saturday Speakers touched on the harmful effects of pornography about pom and sexuality. She said she attended the session, Dating and Pornography: Starting the Conversation, because she was interested in learning how pom affects relationships. You really need to have an open mind coming into this and discussing topics like pom, Cabanero said. to see so many conference at the people who are interested in making a difference. Olsen said many people who indulge in pom dont realize how their actions harm society. There is a definite link between pom and crimes like sex trafficking, Olsen said. Every time you click on pom, you are fueling the sex trade. Stop the demand for pom, and youll be stopping the demand for sex trafficking. Olsen said the best way for college students to get involved is to understand how pom harms society and relationships and spread awareness. Fight for love, Olsen said. |