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It has been a busy few weeks for the Furman Softball team, with thirteen games since February 20. This includes five games in the Buzz Classic in Woodstock, Georgia at the beginning of spring break. In these thirteen games the Furman Softball team is 5-8, with an overall record of 7-13 since the season started.

The dehumanization and demonization of an entire religious tradition, the perpetuation of stereotypes, and the hateful rhetoric employed against Muslims in this statement is appalling – yet Mrs. Darwish, who has also described the Qur’an as “violent, incendiary, and disrespectful,” was hosted by CSBT on March 1 to speak on “Cruel and Unusual: Islamic Law, Women, and Minority Rights”.

Many of us have been raised with the mentality that we need to stand up for what we believe, support free speech, and utilize our talents to further ourselves in society. It is our duty to protect and serve the world, topple dictators, aid victims of natural disasters and defend individual freedoms.

During the week before Spring Break, Furman started out a hot stretch with a 6-4 victory over Gardner-Webb that kicked off a five-game win streak. In addition to the win over the Bulldogs, during that streak, Furman claimed a weekend series sweep over Toledo and a win over UNC-Asheville.

The headmaster of CCES will select a few students to receive a $10,000 scholarship once those students have been accepted at Furman. In turn, Furman faculty will be able to send their children to CCES at reduced tuition. This deal has been a controversial issue for two months. From where we sit,the issue at hand is the overall direction of Furman expansion.

In response to the current campus dialogue regarding Islam, I would first like to point out that much of what I hear is spoken from an openly unfamiliar perspective on the religion or its followers. There is no fault in misunderstanding or not knowing, but to proudly and heartily denounce that which is misunderstood can be harmful to the credibility of the dialogue.

The Cultural Life Program needs to be changed. That’s not a new idea, no matter who you’re asking. You can hear people wondering about CLP status in the DH and club meetings alike. This section has made a habit of critiquing CLPs over the years. At the start of this school year, the administration changed the way that CLPs are handled and submitted.

Over the past several weeks, the Furman women’s tennis team played in Boston, MA on Feb. 25-26 and in California on March 7-10.

Hip-hop has been rapidly growing over the past decade, thanks to increased variety within the genre and increased accessibility. It has journeyed from its storytelling and street conscious origins to being the life music of parties to its much more complex and varied makeup today. Recent trends in hip-hop have shattered commonly held stereotypes about the genre.