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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
VOLUME CLII, ISSUE 52
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Students talk mental health at town hall Activist articulates nuances of Black Lives Matter NYU professor Frank Roberts talks history, challenges with defining BLM movement By SOPHIE CULPEPPER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
COURTESY OF VANDHANA RAVI
Student panelists at a town hall shared their experiences with mental health resources on campus. They called for increased transparency and access and emphasized the importance of continuous improvement.
Organized by Project LETS, town hall part of Disability Justice Day of Action for Mental Health By ANNA KRAMER UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR
At a mental health town hall yesterday, five student panelists praised reforms to mental health and disability services
on campus while also vocalizing their discontent with a continued lack of transparency and systemic limits to resource accessibility. Students shared their stories as part of a larger nationwide event called the Disability Justice Day of Action for Mental Health, which also took place at Yale, Columbia and Bergen Community College, among others. Most of the panelists described mixed experiences with on-campus resources, ranging from positive and invaluable to
baffling and debilitating. âI still encourage people to use resources. I think we should use them, but also critique them when theyâre not okay,â said Valentina Cano â19, echoing a theme of the nearly two-hour conversation. The town hall, which took place in Barus and Holley, was organized by Project LETS, a student-run organization that coordinates a peer mental health advocacy program and provides mental » See HEALTH, page 2
The speakerâs black t-shirt matched his baseball cap. The shirt read âUNARMED CIVILIAN.â âLetâs be clear: Thereâs a reason why I show up like this. Because I want to assault your assumptions of what political black leadership is supposed to look like. I want to assault your assumptions about what a college professor is supposed to look like. When I show up in the classroom, this is how I show up. Iâm not interested in being in a suit and tie,â said New York University Professor Frank Roberts in a lecture about the essence of the Black Lives Matter movement and its role in the Trump era yesterday afternoon. The event was organized by the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Roberts is the professor of the first class on Black Lives Matter in the United States and creator of the âpublic
educational curriculum,â âThe Black Lives Matter Syllabus,â according to his website. In his lecture, Roberts described Black Lives Matter in 10 terms â a human rights movement, intersectional, feminist, LGBT-driven, youth-led, against the politics of respectability, abolitionist, global, artistic â and a prayer. Often abandoning the lectern, Roberts walked the audience through these points of the movement in ardent words. âIâd like to think of tonight as a kind of provocation and a kind of call to action to and for community that you all can be co-participants in,â Roberts said. He characterized the movement as âmore alive now, more relevant nowâ than it ever has been before in âthis strange and dangerous moment in history that we find ourselves in.â This moment is one to âaffirm our global commitment to being troublemakers,â Roberts said. He considers this an âunprecedented opportunity to engage in coalitional work.â Historical roots Throughout his talk, Roberts explained Black Lives Matter as an evolving entity in a living history. » See BLM, page 4
Non-Brown, Pro-Israel Carly Paul â18.5 sets long jump school record finish in group stirs controversy First-place Alabama meet gives track, Students protest Students Supporting Israelâs messaging, alleged harassment By MELISSA CRUZ SENIOR REPORTER
Tensions rose on campus last week when a non-Brown-affiliated, pro-Israel group allegedly harassed students outside the Stephen Robert â62 Campus Center. On the morning of April 11, Students Supporting Israel set up a table with posters and handouts on the corner of Brown and Waterman Streets to advance their views on the Israel-Palestine conflict, but several students with diverse views on the conflict took issue with the messages being advertised. Some students asked the group to leave, and around 15 others established an impromptu sit-in near SSIâs table, said Ethan Shire â19, a member of Brown Students for Israel. Shire and SSI president Ilan Sinelnikov reported that the conversation became heated at approximately 12 p.m., with many raised voices. A Muslim student who wears a hijab and asked to remain anonymous wrote she
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was called a âterroristâ by SSI members. Sinelnikov denied that SSI members called a student a terrorist. âCompletely not possible,â he said. SSIâs table also featured a sign that read âIran, Hezbollah, Hamas,â wrote a member of Students for Justice in Palestine who asked to remain anonymous for fear of personal repercussions in a message to The Herald. She said she was âhonestly very disturbed and petrified seeing them with their booth and signsâ and disheartened to see that SSI was receiving some student support from passersby. In an op-ed published in The Herald, Shire and former BSI president Benjamin Gladstone â18 condemned SSIâs factually inaccurate and simplistic messaging, as well as its âprovocativeâ tactics. âIt is very important to us to never generalize about Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs or any other national, ethnic, religious or racial group,â they wrote. Sinelnikov said that he and his team of two other SSI members were touring Ivy League universities to hold conversations with students about the Israel-Palestine conflict, film their reactions and gauge their opinions. According to their website, SSI is an âinternational campus movement » See ISRAEL, page 3
field athlete high hopes for national title By EMORY HINGORANI STAFF WRITER
Last weekend, track and field athlete Carly Paul â18.5 traveled to Alabama to compete in the Auburn Tiger Track Classic. Over the course of the two-day meet, she finished in first place in the womenâs heptathlon with 5,509 points and set a new University record in the event. Paulâs score broke the 18-year-old standing record of 5,504 points set by Lindsay Taylor â01 in 2000. She also won and set an additional Brown record in long jump with a 20â 3.75â leap. For her outstanding accomplishments in the heptathlon and long jump last weekend, Paul has been named The Heraldâs Athlete of the Week. Herald: Congratulations on setting two school records last weekend! What was going through your mind before, during and after the meet? Paul: The nature of the heptathlon is that you donât get to do it every week, so I only
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Carly Paul â18.5 broke the Universityâs 18-year-old standing record for her performance in the long jump at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic. do two heptathlons every outdoor season. This was the first one, and the second
will be at our conference championship. » See AOTW, page 2
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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
NEWS 102 members of class of 2018 elected to prestigious honor organization Phi Beta Kappa
NEWS The Heraldâs spring poll found that 22 percent of students call home at least once a day
COMMENTARY Mulligan â19: Portrayal of millennialsâ food insecurity misrepresented as entitlement
COMMENTARY Morelion â20: Rhode Island should take legislative action to secure reproductive rights
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