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Robbs, a fourth-year
criminal justice student and
member of Omega Psi Phi.
Williams began the
forum with information
from an interview he did
with DJ Frosty who was
at the Capital Center
building party and who is
involved with the party and
entertainment scene here
in Columbia. Williams said
DJ Frosty did not directly
link music with violence,
although he thought music
was a lot like alcohol in that
both influence behaviors.
Another hot topic
discussed by Williams and
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Wall Streep Journal article
about the ban on rap music
in Las Vegas because of
recent violence against
police officers in the city.
DJ Frosty said he thought
banning certain types of
hip-hop and rap in one
city could lead to bans on
music in cities around the
country, but to stop this
from happening, individuals
had to become responsible
for themselves.
Individual responsibility
was a main focus for all
discussions in the forum,
although points made by
the panel and audience
members linked individual
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responsibility in different
ways.
Booker said. to. “be
yourself and know who you
are, know what you’re here
for — don’t let celebrities
influence you or take you
out of character.”
Turner agreed with
Booker’s opinions and added
that goals and knowing
where you’re heading
should be most important
to college students.
Turner also added that
violent acts by certain
individuals should not
be linked with an entire
organization since not all
members think the same
way and participate in
negative actions.
Williams said, members
of Greek Life need to hold
each other accountable and
take responsibility for their
actions.
“Exemplifying success
breeds success,” he said.
Another important
discussion point in the
forum was that individuals
come into the USC campus
and join fraternities without
having a true identity, and
therefore quickly pick up
traits of older brothers in
fraternities.
Vanterpool said that those
in leadership positions
within fraternities have
to help mold others and
show them the right things
without being afraid to be
different.
Goodwin agreed but put
a charge to all present,
saying “we’re not helping
those who need help within
our own fraternities and
sororities; to do that we
have to work in house, talk
before going out and work
towards stopping stuff inside
chapters.”
Some thought the
shooting occurred because
people failed to resolve
their issues in a non-violent
manner.
Lack of security and
training also played a
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party’s promoter says was a
“random act of violence not
directly targeting anyone,”
but simply “a response
to feeling like his (the
shooter’s) manhood had
been taken away.”
Before the forum, Alesha
Brown, a first-year political
science and business
student, said, “The Kappas
are doing a great thing
because it’s actually relevant
and a necessity that college
students discuss issues that
pertain to violence. This is
the first step towards solving
these problems.”
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“Walk In My Shoes,” a
display of various shoes, will
be on Greene Street from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each pair
has a true story of someone’s
experience with sexual
assault attached to them.
“Walk in my Shoes” is
for people to see the sheer
volume (of sexual assaults),”
Carney said.
Following the event the
shoes will all be donated to
local shelters.
According to the Rape,
Abuse and Incest National
Network (RAINN),
someone in America is
sexually assaulted every two
and-a-half minutes.
According to RAINN.
org, “sexual assault is one
of the most underreported
crimes, with more than half
still being left unreported.”
Sexual assault is an issue
on many college campuses.
According to The National
Center for Victims of
Crime, 1 in 4 women in
college have been victims of
rape and many knew their
attacker.
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