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Nasty, Hateful Roommate Faces More Charges; Univ. Of Hartford Attempting To Cover Tracks
City Of Baltimore May Sell Homes For $1 Instead Of Demolishing Them
HARTFORD, CT — The racist white undergrad who bragged about “finally” get- ting rid of her Black room- mate by spitting in her coconut oil, putting her toothbrush in her privates and rubbing used tampons on her backpack is facing a serious charge.
As previously reported Brianna Brochu, 18, of Harwinton, Connecticut, was arrested October 28 and charged with second-degree breach of peace and third-de- gree criminal mischief, both misdemeanors for her ac- tions against roommate Jazzy Rowe.
Now however according to The New York Daily News local police will be requesting an added charge of intimida- tion based on bigotry or bias, a second-degree felony charge for a hate crime.
Brochu’s actions first sur- faced when she posted on In- stagram on Oct. 17, referring to her roommate as “Ja- maican Barbie” and boasting about how she had spit in her roommate’s coconut oil, put moldy clam dip in her lo- tions, rubbed used tampons
Briana Brochu is facing felony charge for bullying and other things she did against her black roommate, Chennel ‘Jazzy’ Rowe.
on her backpack, and put “her toothbrush places where the sun doesn’t shine.”
Brochu later said that she licked the victim’s plate, fork and spoon and put her own tampon blood on the victim’s backpack, but denied other actions that she posted on In- stagram. She told police that “anything else she bragged about on social media was a lie in an attempt to ‘appear funny.’”
She claims she did some of the things because Jazzy was “rude” to her.
Without her Instagram post, her actions might never have come to light.
When her roommate did- n’t think that the university had responded adequately to the situation, she posted a lengthy video on Oct. 31, de- tailing what Brochu had done to her, questioning whether it was related to the unexplained throat pain she was suffering, and expressing her frustration at what she perceived to be the univer- sity’s lack of action.
Jazzy Rowe’s motivation for posting a video explaining her point of view is clear and may have exceeded her aims, garnering national and inter- national attention and a #JusticeforJazzy campaign.
This is a row of homes in Baltimore that is on the demolition list.
BALTIMORE, MD — It would cost Baltimore $700 million to demolish and re- place 4,000 vacant buildings. So, five Baltimore City Coun- cilors are seeking the city's ap- proval to sell the homes for $1, a program that worked well in the 1980s and pre- served historic neighbor- hoods.
Baltimore's Project CORE (Creating Opportunities for Renewal and Enterprise) has nearly $100 million to demol- ish entire rows of buildings and leave lots that are “clean and green.”
In addition, the state has promised $600 million in in- centives and subsidies from existing programs to spur new development. The total proj- ect would cost $700 million. However, Preservation Mary-
land and Baltimore Heritage disagree. They are pushing to revive a 1980s program to sell the properties for just $1 each.
Selling properties for $1 would allow prospective own- ers to purchase the building for $1 and commit to living in and repairing it. The proposal would also include a one per- cent interest rate which would allow new homeowners to pay as little as $300 per month to repay the loan.
The program is designed to provide more housing op- portunities for low-income families while also preserving historic neighborhoods.
Baltimore's population has declined from nearly 950,000 to 615,000 people in 2016, leaving an increasing amount of vacant buildings that now numbers 16,000.
Clemson’s Student Government Did Not Have Enough Votes To Impeach Its Black V. P.
Clemson Student government V.P. Jaren Stewart will remain in office after his pending im- peachment received national attention. Miller Hoffman is behind the impeachment.
Florida State becomes at least the third university this year to suspend Greek life be- cause of alcohol-related tragedies.
Florida State University’s president John Thrasher announced on Monday that it will indefinitely suspend all fraternities and sororities fol- lowing the apparent alcohol- related death of a freshman pledge and, separately, the ar- rest of a member of a different fraternity on cocaine charges.
“I just feel like for whatever reason, the message is not get- ting through,” Thrasher said. “Unfortunately we’ve got to take steps with our students, to make sure this never happens again.”
Andrew Coffey, a pledge at Pi Kappa Phi, died Friday after he was found unrespon-
Florida State Suspends All Greek Life On Campus Due To Student’s Death
CLEMSON, S.C. — Clem- son University’s student gov- ernment voted not to impeach their student vice president early Tuesday morning after a hearing that lasted through the night.
Senate President Leland Dunwoodie presided over the hearings against Jaren Stewart.
The student government drama has made national headlines in recent weeks after Student Vice President Jaren Stewart was one of the student government members who protested against racial tensions by sit- ting during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in student government meet-
ings, per The State. Dunwoodie said the im-
peachment and the charges brought up against Stewart were not related to his protest.
Clemson student govern- ment member, Miller Hoff- man began pushing for an impeachment trial after an incident report dated from April 2017 claimed Stewart would “’take, food, cleaning supplies and their vacuum,’” and mentioned that Stewart would leave the room “’cov- ered in sweat, dirt and grass’” after his rugby matches.
Hoffman twice entered motions for an impeachment trial. The first motion failed but the second motion
passed.
The trial began Monday
evening in a closed session. 65 student senate members had the opportunity to speak about the impeachment and the hearing lasted through the night and into the morn- ing hours on Tuesday.
The student government body began voting by secret ballot around 5:45 a.m. Tues- day.
44 votes were needed to im- peach Stewart. Dunwoodie recused himself from voting.
Just before 6 a.m. Dun- woodie announced that the votes had been tallied and Stewart would not be im- peached. Only 42 votes were in favor of impeachment.
FSU’s Thrasher.
president John
sive following a party.
On Monday, Garrett John
Marcy, a member of Phi Delta Theta, was charged with the sale and trafficking of cocaine. Marcy, 20, was arrested by Florida State University police and booked into Leon County jail, where his bail was set at $75,000.
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