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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022

Student privacy case moved to May

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The scheduled hearing for a case involving a Northwest student who was charged with invasion of privacy, a Class E felony, has been moved to May 17 after he appeared in court Tuesday. Logan D. Fainter, 19, appeared in court April 12 with his attorney, who requested the case be moved to a later date. Associate Circuit Judge Robert Rice approved the proposal and set a preliminary hearing for 2 p.m. May 17. Fainter was arrested by University police after an investigation into two reports of a suspect recording individuals in a female bathroom on the third floor of Millikan Hall. In arraignment, Fainter entered a not-guilty plea. The case was originally set for docket call March 1 in a criminal setting. The case was granted continuance to April, and after his most recent appearance, again to May. While it is still under investigation, UPD declined to comment on the details of the ongoing case. According to a probable cause statement from University police, two female students completed voluntary written reports describing similar incidents that took place Jan. 27 and Feb. 5. The voluntary reports described a white male pointing a cell phone camera over or under the shower stall they occupied while they were nude. Both victims verified they did not give anyone consent to photograph, film, videotape, produce or otherwise create an image of them in the shower.

A majority of the open session of the April 12 Board of Regents meeting was dedicated to a time for public comment. Regents agreed not to respond to any questions at that time. Another public comment session will be held at its May 4 meeting.

Northwest community members voice concerns at Regents meeting SIDNEY LOWRY News Editor | @sidney_lowry

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ust 11 days after President John Jasinski sent an “All That Jazz” email saying that the Board of Regents decided not to renew his contract, 168 community members, faculty, staff and students joined a Zoom meeting with the Board to express their concerns about the Regent’s decisions and the lack of transparency that has followed. Regent Chair John Moore said the Board would be in “listen-only mode,” and would not be replying to any of the public comments. Regent Mel Tjeerdsma was the only regent not in attendance. Ken Scribner, 1987 Northwest graduate, has remained active in the University as a Founding 50 donor, a contributor to the Agricultural Learning Center, and has a scholarship endowment for first-generation students. He addressed Chair Moore directly. Scribner said he and Moore sat down and spoke two years ago after he became aware of the dissension between Moore and President Jasinski. “At that point in time, you made it known to me that your challenges were related to the way a request for a statue of Mel Tjeerdsma in front of his building was rejected,” Scribner said. “You didn’t disagree with the rejection; you disagreed with the way it was rejected. And if that is one of the key drivers that have driven you to continue to pursue his removal from office after two plus years, I challenge you to make sure you’re thinking about the

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students of which we care for.” “Please make sure that as you continue to make decisions for the best of the University, that you do so with the mindset of the students and not with a conversation that happened two years ago. You’ve made your pain with that,” Scribner said. “Go on and think of the students and the University. If you look for a new president, make sure you use qualifications that are as equal to or outstanding to what we have in place today.” “We agreed not to reply, so I won’t,” Moore said in response. Tracey Steele, 1993 Northwest graduate, wrote a letter looking for answers on the Board’s decision after confusion of Jasinski’s nonrenewal. The letter has over 130 signatures in total. “In that letter, we call on the Board to provide transparency into the decision to oust President Jasinski,” Steele said. “I understand there are certain privacy considerations, but I would urge you to not use those legitimate concerns as a pretext to entirely conceal your decision-making process in this matter or any other.” Steele then went on to question the metrics the decision to not renew Jasinski’s contract was made on and why the Board has lacked transparency with voting on the contract. He said the process was “troubling” and “a cause for concern.” He also mentioned the possibility of a conflict due to the Tjeerdsma statue, along with other issues.

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Voting reveals 100th Student Senate representatives KENNEDY KALVODA News Reporter | @KKalvoda1

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Internal Relations Vice Chair Garrison Kennedy and Internal Relations Chair Elizabeth Motazedi speak at the Student Senate meeting March 22. Motazedi will serve as the next Senate president.

After a week of voting, the official results for the 100th Student Senate were finalized. The president for next year will be sophomore Elizabeth Motazedi, vice president is junior Dami Popoola, secretary is junior Garrison Kennedy and treasurer is Jillian McNamara. The Missourian was unable to obtain the official results of the election despite an official request (see the sidebar story for additional information). Motazedi, Student Senate president elect, said she is grateful for the opportunity to serve in such capacity for the next school year. “One thing I hope to do in my time on exec is to increase the involvement within Senate and on campus,” Motazedi said. “I am ready to not only get myself into the full swing of things but motivate other Bearcats to do the same.” “I am so honored to have been elected to this position. I am looking forward to being able to serve the students of Northwest in new ways.” McNamara said. “I hope to increase campuswide awareness of what Student Senate can do for organizations, as well as students as a whole. I also hope to spark interest in students

to join Student Senate and have that desire to have a voice for positive change at Northwest.” “It has been a surreal last two weeks for me. I am grateful to everyone who voted for me, and I cannot wait to begin working during my tenure,” Popoola said. “My plan is to support the Senate president in whatever way and form required in order to inspire, impact and include all the students here at Northwest. We hope to achieve these goals with whoever the incoming president of the University is and cannot wait to get started”. The off-campus representatives are Brayden Major, Drew Belden, Sophia Sander and Zayden Rawlings.There is one off-campus representative position open. On-campus representative is Zoe Chagnon. There are four on-campus representative positions that remain open. Sophomore class president is Chloe DeVries, and sophomore class representatives are Lucas Prater, Grace Heater and McKenna Grimmer. Junior class president is Jenna Byrd, and junior class representatives are Carson Siebert, Joe Connelly and Jaelee Pittel.

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