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PAGE 4 MONDAY, OPINION Shannon Sweeney Caitlin Wolper Sara B. Cudemo Editor in Chief Opinion Page Editor Business Manager NOV. 16, 2015 Terrorist attacks in Paris no more or less important than others All you have to do is hit “Try it,” and your profile picture is covered by the French flag. That was Facebook’s response to the terrorist attacks in Paris this past weekend. There was no shortage of statuses declaring support either. And then rose the opposition, citing attacks in Beirut and Baghdad, disasters in Japan and Brazil. The question was: what should we care about more? Should we be angry there isn’t a Lebanese or Japanese flag to impose over our profile photo? There is no hierarchy of importance when it comes to a variety of places that have been attacked by terrorists. If anything, the media is more likely to cover an attack in a location like Paris where there are OUR VIEW We can’t rank the importance of natural and human disasters’ media coverage against one another. likely several news outlets stationed as opposed to in Lebanon. We must remember that tragedies are just that: tragedies. We can’t ascribe more importance to one than another. It’s important to be actively seeking out world news. Even when events get less coverage, it doesn’t mean people shouldn’t know about them. It’s not difficult to follow another country’s news source on Twitter. That’s not to say that news sources shouldn’t be covering every event, but as citizens, we do have a responsibility to seek out news even if it’s not immediately visible. It makes sense that France has a lot of media coverage. France, one of our closest allies, was supportive after 9/11, so the United States is acting in reciprocal support. After all, reciprocal support is important. Changing your profile picture to support France is a nice gesture. It doesn’t belittle Beirut or Japan or Brazil to support France. Don’t get mad about one issue being covered more than another. Just stay as informed as you can, and keep in mind that no matter how you react, terrorism is a worldwide problem that clearly isn’t getting better. Branden Camp/Associated Press Cynthia Fleck holds a drawing of the Eiffel Tower as a peace symbol during a rally in Atlanta on Sunday, Nov. 15. Paris FROM Page 1. Library at 8:45 p.m. to study. Adjacent to the library was the National Museum of Modern Art, where she and her family had cheerily mocked postmodern art during a vacation six years prior (a painting that consisted of nothing more than a solid blue canvas was a particular source of amusement). The library closed at 10 p.m. She moved to a Starbucks to continue studying. The streets were thronged with young Parisians making their way through the city: just another Friday night. When the Starbucks closed, she walked to Gare Saint-Lazare station to study some more. She checked her Facebook feed. Someone had posted about an ongoing terrorist attack. She read more: three confirmed attacks, explosions outside a soccer stadium, a death toll that kept climbing. Sirens wailing. Streets awash in red and blue lights. Hostages held at Bataclan theater, less than two kilometers from the library where she had studied. She decided to go home. The 11:40 train to the suburbs was packed. Friends called and texted and Facebooked her, asking if she was okay. She sent a message to her parents on WeChat, telling them she was safe. The messages kept pouring in. Her frère, via Facebook, at 1:14 a.m.: “Hey sister I talked to mom so I know you’re okay. Anyway, just wanted to say that I love you.” Her response: “thanks frère! love you too! i cant wait to see you again during christmas break!” One a.m. became 2, and 2 became 3. Like millions of others, she stayed late into the night, trying to understand what had happened, her face illuminated by the warm glow of her laptop. Beijing When she woke up there were soldiers on the streets. Hundreds of them, sitting in We want to hear from you Send us your comments on our coverage, editorial decisions and the Penn State community. Email: editorinchief@ psucollegian.com Online: collegian.psu.edu Postal Mail/In Person: 123 S. Burrowes St., State College, PA 16801 Letters should be about 200 words. Student letters should include class year, major and campus. Letters from alumni should include graduation year. All writers should provide their armored trucks and manning makeshift barricades. None of them looked older than 20. She saw tires in flames and the burnt out husks of cars. She could make out tank tracks smeared across the road. The night before, June 4, 1989, she and her husband had fallen asleep to the sound of tanks. They lived in a farmer’s shed near the fourth ring road, east of central Beijing. He worked at a factory and she worked at a research institute. Every day she sat through a four-hour bus ride to and from work. Sometimes the buses were so packed she had to wait for the next one. She had worked hard her whole life: straight A’s in high school, acceptance to a university in the capital, a research position after graduation. She met her husband in graduate school. They were poor enough to live in a farmer’s shed and not own a television or telephone; they were ambitious enough to dream of moving to America. When they woke up and saw the soldiers on June 5, they had no idea what had happened. They heard rumors, though: that Tiananmen Square had been cleared of the student protesters who had camped there for months, that there had been gunfire, that people had died. They stayed inside and didn’t talk to anyone. They were afraid. They started to panic. What had happened the day before? What would happen tomorrow? Would things ever go back to normal? Everything was shut down: no buses or subways ran, no restaurants were open and no one went to work. It was as if someone had pushed the pause button on an entire city. And they sat in their shack and waited. A few days later, when life started to regain some semblance of normality, she headed to a dian bao da lou, a telegraph building, near Tiananmen Square. Her workplace was near Tiananmen and throughout the spring she had seen huge crowds address and phone number for verification. Letters should be signed by no more than two people. Members of organizations must include their titles if the topic they write about is connected with the aim of their groups. The Collegian reserves the right to edit letters. The Collegian cannot guarantee publication of all letters. Letters chosen also run on The Daily Collegian Online and may be selected for publication in The Weekly Collegian. All letters become property of Collegian Inc. Who we are The Daily Collegian’s editorial occupying the space. Now, it was empty. She waited in line to send a telegram to her parents. She didn’t feel particularly concerned about her family; she just wanted to let them know. Telegrams were charged by the character, though, and since she was poor, she tried to keep it as short as possible: “Everything’s fine.” State College “Have you heard from Xiaomeng?” I hesitated. It had been a month since I had contacted my sister. “No, not for a while,” I said. “Do you know if she’s okay?” he asked. “You know, with everything going on in Paris.” Then I remembered: the TV at the HUB-Robeson Center showing footage of a terror attack in Paris. My sister attending grad school in Paris. Oh my god. “The school she goes to is in a suburb,” I said. “She’s not in the city. She’s fine.” But was she fine? How did I know? How did I not make the connection? How did I watch news of a terror attack in Paris, shrug my shoulders and then meet up with a friend for dinner? What kind of brother was I — that a friend of hers immediately put two and two together when he saw the news while I, her own flesh and blood, saw the news and stuffed my face? I called my mom. Was Sister okay? Yes, she said, Sister is fine. She had received a message from her on WeChat. Sister should be safe in her apartment now. I logged onto Facebook and sent my sister a message at 7:14 p.m. I told her I loved her, that I was sorry for not messaging her more regularly, that I would pray for her. She told me she loved me too, that she was sorry as well, that she would pray for me. I went back to my room and Skyped my mom. I told her I felt terrible: that I had failed as a brother, that I didn’t even think of her when I saw the news and that worst of all I couldn’t see past myself. opinion is determined by its Board of Opinion, which is made up of members of its Board of Editors, with the editor in chief holding final responsibility for content. The opinions expressed on the editorial page are not necessarily those of Collegian Inc., a separate institution from Penn State. That while my sister was safe and sound there were dozens of families that were irrevocably broken. Yet, I didn’t feel relief, only an inbent spiral of self-hatred and guilt, that I was a fundamentally selfish and loathsome person. I felt terrible for feeling terrible. She said: it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. She told me about sending a telegram to her parents after the Tiananmen Square massacre. Months later she went back home and her parents told their side of the story. Unlike my mom, they owned a TV and saw the news about Beijing. They tried calling her workplace, but no one knew where she was. Days passed and they still didn’t hear from her. They were about to send their two sons, my uncles, to Beijing to look for her when they received her telegram that was as short as possible. Were they angry at her? Of course not, my mom told me. They were relieved. But my mom felt terrible. “At that moment I didn’t think about how much my family cared about me. All I thought about was myself. I was young and naive. Looking back, I realized how stupid I was. To let my family go through so much heartache, all because of my selfishness,” she said. Mom was at home, Dad had gone to a hotel in Limerick, Pennsylvania for a conference, Sister was in her apartment and I was in my dorm. Behind my mom I could make out family photos on the shelf: Sister in her cap and gown, Sister beside the Lion Shrine, me and Dad and Sister in front of the Notre Dame during our vacation in Paris, the whole family smiling in our living room. My mom and I talked late into the night. Our faces were illuminated by the warm glow of our laptops. Boen Wang is a junior majoring in engineering science and is The Daily Collegian’s Monday columnist. Email him at bvw5180@psu.edu or follow him on Twitter at @boen_wang. About the Collegian The Daily Collegian and The Weekly Collegian are published by Collegian Inc., an independent, nonprofit corporation with a board of directors composed of students, faculty and professionals. Penn State students write and edit both papers and solicit advertising for them. During the fall and spring semesters as well as the second six-week summer session, The Daily Collegian publishes Monday through Friday. 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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN LOCAL MONDAY, NOV. 16, 2015 | PAGE 5 Students honor coach Fritz Spence through Walk-A-Thon By Azure Chesney FOR THE COLLEGIAN Student athletes and other participants laced their sneakers, filled their water bottles and warmed-up to today’s latest hit songs in preparation for the third annual Fit for Fritz Walk-A-Thon on Sunday, Nov. 15. The Walk-A-Thon, which was held in the Multi–Sport Facility, was first created in 2013 to support assistant track and field coach Fritz Spence after he was diagnosed with leukemia seven years ago. “Our former head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan, thought it would be a good idea to help raise money for medical bills,” Spence said. “So she got the team together and started Fit for Fritz.” At the event, the track and field team was split into groups of four and competed against one another in multiple exercises to gain points in order to win the competition. These included push-up contests, walking around the indoor rack and some less physically demanding activities, such as, karaoke. This year the team raised over $6,000, with the proceeds going to Central Pennsylvania’s Hope Lodge Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides a place for patients and family members to stay free of cost. “I stayed there in 2008 and 2013 and they are really great, so I thought it’d be a good idea for us to give back to them because they have done so much for us, for me and for my family,” Spence said. Spence said last year the team raised over $11,000, with proceeds going to Be The Match foundation, a nonprofit organization with the largest marrow registry in the world, according to the foundation’s website. The organization gathers marrow transplants for patients with blood diseases like leukemia and sickle cell anemia, according to the website. Alongside the indoor track, Jennifer Benovy, a volunteer for Be The Match, set up a table for students to get on the donation registry. Spence said that a majority of the team has already signed up to be on the registry, but he is expecting more sign-ups due to a large freshman class that joined the team this year. Anyone between the ages of 18 to 44 can donate, but Benovy said younger donors are ideal due to generally better health. “Eighteen to 25-year-olds are the best ages,” Benovy said. “They can save lives and to have that privilege is pretty amazing.” In order to raise funds, members of the team were encouraged to send out a link on Facebook through the American Cancer Society so friends and family members could donate, track and field member Megan McCloskey said. “I think it’ll make a huge difference — I mean coach Spence is my personal coach and he had leukemia, so it’s near and dear to our hearts,” McCloskey (sophomore- public relations) said. Students organize events to bring awareness to hungry and homeless By Elisa Staniec FOR THE COLLEGIAN With Thanksgiving just around the corner, some may not be able to enjoy the same turkey and mashed potatoes as others. This week is the official National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. In order to raise awareness, the Beaver Residence Assistants and Leadership and Service Special Living Option are hosting events on campus throughout this week. On Wednesday, the Beaver Residence Assistants and Leadership and Service SLO hosted room service for Beaver Hall residents in Pollock Commons. Starting at 11 a.m., the RAs handed out ‘Beaver Bucks.’ Each person who walked through the ground floor received an envelope with a random amount of Beaver Bucks. These bucks were used to buy pizza and snacks during Beaver Hall Room Service from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Students were given a number to call so that when they ordered, their floor’s RA would be able to come and deliver it. Sarah Bruce (junior-public relations), an organizer of the event, By Tyler Arnold THE DAILY COLLEGIAN With the Democratic Party’s pool of presidential hopefuls now down to three candidates, those remaining went back and forth during Saturday’s debate on CBS on topics including fighting ISIS and helping the lower and middle classes. One constant throughout the debate was Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s criticism of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, the moderators asked what action each candidate will take to go after the Islamic extremists. Each candidate stressed that ISIS is a problem; however, they disagreed on how to go about defeating the terrorist group. Clinton said this election is not just about electing a president, but also about choosing a commanderin-chief. The United States should look at ISIS as its leading threat, she said. ISIS cannot be contained, but rather it must be destroyed, Clinton said, and the United States Camille Stefani/Collegian Volunteers keep track of teams’ lap count as participants walk during Fit for Fritz Walk-A-Thon, rasing awareness for Be the Match, in the Multi-Sport Indoor Facility on Sunday, Nov. 15. said the idea came from “a [graduate] student in student activities who tried this at her old school” so she organized “a building-wide event to tie in service and leadership too.” Each person was given a random amount to represent the differences in income of those who suffer from hunger and homelessness, according to a pamphlet issued by the RAs. The SLO has other events coming up this week for students to have an opportunity to participate in other campus-wide fundraising and awareness programs. Tonight there will be a “Hunger and Homelessness” forum from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 129 of the HUB-Robeson Center where students will be able to interact with hunger experts from Penn State and the surrounding community, according to the pamphlet. If nothing else, the SLO “wants people to learn facts about homelessness and hunger” at these events, John Paulmeno (junioraccounting) said. Today and tomorrow there is a Thanksgiving Basket Drive Collection in the HUB to donate to a must cooperate with its allies. However, she said it is not America’s fight, but rather it is the fight of the nations in the area that she believes the United States should support. O’Malley countered Clinton and said although it isn’t America’s fight alone, it is still America’s fight. Sanders said he will rid the world of ISIS if he is elected president. However, he stayed consistent with his beliefs from the last debate saying that the greatest national security threat to the United States is climate change. “Climate change is directly related to the threat of terrorism,” Sanders said. O’Malley and Sanders went on to criticize Clinton for what she has done on foreign policy in her career. They both said that the invasion of Iraq, which Clinton voted in favor of, was responsible for destabilizing the region and led to what happened in the region afterward. Clinton said her vote for the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, but that one has to look at the historical context to understand why she made the decision, arguing family in Centre County hosted by Students Engaging Students and the Office of Student Activities. “Poverty Fight Night” will take place Tuesday night in the Noontime Lounge of the HUB where students can participate in an overnight sleep-in simulation to learn about the homeless experience. On Wednesday the OXFAM Hunger Banquet, will be held in 129 HUB from 6 to 8 p.m. Students will have the opportunity to learn about unequal food distribution. The purpose is to explain the “differences in income of those who suffer from hunger” and to focus on the luxuries that “some people can’t afford,” Travis Eckman (junior-telecommunications) said. In a traditional family, one partner is generally working outside of the home, and the other at home, according to the pamphlet. The first partner will have more access to financial resources and therefore be more subject to starting an abusive relationship, because of the inequity within the family. that the United States had been a target of terrorists since the 1980s. She went on to say she had success in Libya by helping with the overthrowing of the country’s former leader, Moammar Gadhafi, and having moderates elected in Libya. But O’Malley said Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan are all a mess right now. Clinton was also not in agreement with the two on the issue of minimum wage laws. Although all three supported raising the federal minimum wage, Clinton argued that it should be raised to $12 an hour, while Sanders and O’Malley argued that it should be raised to $15 an hour. O’Malley said that he was able to raise the minimum wage as the governor of Maryland. Sanders said Americans need a living wage and he will create jobs by putting money in the hands of workers. Another spot where Clinton was hammered on was the funding she received from Wall Street. Clinton said her donations did not affect her attempts to regulate Wall Street. However, Sanders said her answer was “not good enough.” Growing Tree opens its doors, boxes for community to play By Lauren Zelasko FOR THE COLLEGIAN Stuffed animals, science kits and Slinkies lined the shelves of local toy store Growing Tree Toys, which celebrated Neighborhood Toy Store Day on Saturday. Growing Tree Toys, 202 S. Allen St., offered crafts, snacks and dozens of toys for children to play with, which usually would not be available for use. “Children get to play with things, build things and try things that usually would be boxed,” owner Kay Emigh said. Originally from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Emigh said she came to State College to study elementary education at Penn State, and never wanted to leave. Emigh said she opened the store 33 years ago with the goal of giving children access to toys that also promote learning. Growing Tree is one of many toy stores that welcomed kids on Neighborhood Toy Store Day, which is sponsored by the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association. The ASTRA is composed of dozens of independently owned toy stores across the country, setting them apart from chain retailers, Emigh said. “We offer toys that are developmentally helpful to kids,” Emigh said. “We try to choose toys that are fun but worthwhile to growing children.” There was no shortage of activities for the children visiting Saturday. Magnetic building blocks sat in one corner and a table full of crafts and coloring in another while plenty of laughter filled the store. “Kids are learning from playing, so it’s important that Sanders and O’Malley go after Clinton in debate Sanders said that he hasn’t taken any money from Wall Street and that he is the only candidate without a Super PAC. “It’s easy to talk the talk,” he said, but one must lead by example, by not taking money from them, he added. O’Malley said Clinton’s plan to regulate Wall Street is like “weak tea.” Clinton, however, said her donations from Wall Street are not because they feel they will get something in return, but rather because they have seen what she can do. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Clinton said she helped rebuild Wall Street, and although some of them do not agree with her policies, they know that she can take control and do what has to be done, she said. Toward the end of the debate, Sanders strayed away from the others, calling for a single-payer healthcare system and for tuitionfree education. Clinton stood up for the Affordable Care Act and said the United States should keep it and work on improving it rather than transition to a single-payer system. She also said students should be debt-free coming out of college, “Play is crucial to development. You see in kindergarten [that] play is essentially out, so the more you have to do it at home.” Micki Hull Customer kids can take part in [playing],” Ivy Rim, of State College, said while her daughter played with a stuffed animal. “Now that I have a kid and I see kids playing, it makes me happy knowing [they] are learning.” Dozens of families wandered in and out of the store, playing with the numerous games, puzzles and crafts left out to enjoy. The toy store not only caught the attention of toddlers and tweens, but many adults could also be found bobbing around the store and tinkering with the toys. “Play is crucial to development,” customer Micki Hull, of Williamsport, said. “You see in kindergarten [that] play is essentially out, so the more you have to do it at home.” Hull’s sons, Andrew and Michael, agreed, saying they enjoyed playing with dinosaurs, puzzles and anything that could be built. “Having toys out to play with allows kids to experiment with what they like and to try new things,” Growing Tree Toys employee Tiffany Card said. “Toys don’t always have to be directly educational. They don’t have to have an alphabet on them to help [kids] learn — just playing stimulates developmental growth.” Alonna Brumbaugh/Collegian Brighton Bean, age two, cheers his car around the track while he accompanies his mother, Jen Bean, as she shops for Christmas presents in Growing Tree Toys on Nov. 14. but their tuition should not be completely free. O’Malley agreed with Clinton and added he has experience making education affordable because he did it as the governor of Maryland. “It’s important to talk about these issues, especially in times of crisis,” Penn State College Democrats Communication Director Luis Rolfo said via email. “The Democratic party, once again, showed that they were the leaders America needs.” Penn State College Republicans President Darian Gist joined in on the criticisms of Clinton. Gist said via email that she is “a little confused as to why [Clinton] continually threw [former President George W. Bush] under the bus when she was in a position to change his course of action” as the Secretary of State. Gist also said that Clinton is hypocritical because she supported many of Bush’s policies when he was the president, and because she criticized the Republicans “for being cozy to [Wall Street] … while she serves as [Wall Street’s] lapdog.” To email reporter: tja5227@psu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @TylerArnold18.
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