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Dance Macabre
Charged with Killing Her Baby at the Prom, a Teen Faces An Uncertain Future
That would be the Melissa Drexler who turned one of the school's last rites of passage—June's senior prom—into fodder for tabloid headlines. That night the soft-spoken senior, now 19, gave birth to a baby boy in the secrecy of a lavatory stall, and, police charge, strangled the infant, dumped his body in a trash bin and returned to the dance floor.
Though she was arraigned Oct. 27 on murder charges, few of her schoolmates believe she will feel the full weight of the law. "The girls are worse than the boys," says Jed Herb. "They'll be screaming, 'She killed a baby! She should die.' "
Prosecutors have, in fact, decided not to pursue the death penalty. "She undoubtedly was frightened and upset," Monmouth County prosecutor John Kaye said in September. "It just doesn't fit." Of 25 similar investigations Kaye has handled, 12 of the babies were found to have been stillborn and all but one of the remaining cases resulted in modest jail terms.
As shocking as the story first seemed, it is hardly unique. "For centuries," says Stephanie Coontz, a historian who has written about the role of changing families, "girls have been giving birth to babies and, terrified of what their parents or others might say or do, they've abandoned those babies to die or buried them alive or disposed of them in any way they could think of." With contraception and abortion widely available, infanticide rates have plummeted, yet such crimes still are committed. Explains Phillip Resnick, a professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University who has studied the phenomenon: "[These women] may have denied their pregnancy, missed the opportunity for abortion and then passively feel that the situation will somehow take care of itself—that the infant will be stillborn."
That may well be the crux of the defense for Drexler, who from the beginning claimed her baby was born dead, though an autopsy showed it had oxygen in its lungs. "The baby was born alive and died from manual strangulation and asphyxiation," said prosecutor Kaye. But for two hours following the baby's discovery—an estimated half hour after birth—bystanders and rescue workers desperately tried to revive him with CPR, which the defense is expected to argue could account for the air in his lungs.
Until the nightmarish events at the prom, no one could have anticipated such notoriety for Drexler, an average student with a small circle of friends who had made little impression at Lacey Township. "She's a good kid," says the mother of a friend. "She's sweet." Somehow she was able to maintain that demeanor through a full pregnancy that apparently went undetected by anyone, including John Lewis, 21, the Wal-Mart stockroom worker she had been dating on and off for two years, and her adoring parents.
On the fateful night, immediately after arriving at Garden Manor, an Aberdeen, N.J., banquet facility, Drexler had gone into the bathroom and stayed there alone for more than half an hour, eventually moving from one toilet stall to another. Lisa Brewer, a friend who had waited outside, checked on her, at one point noticing blood dripping to the floor and a plastic bag with something in it. Drexler assured her she was simply having a heavy period.
But soon after Drexler had dabbed on some makeup, zipped her dress and left the rest room, a maintenance worker found a blood-streaked mess in the stalls and a sanitary-napkin dispenser wrenched from the bathroom wall. (Melissa had apparently used its jagged edge to cut the umbilical cord.) Perplexed by a heavy trash bag that had been tied shut, the cleaner had a coworker carry it outside, where they opened it to discover the body of a 6-lb. 6-oz. baby boy. Confronted on the dance floor by two teachers, Melissa first denied giving birth, then admitted it and was sent by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where she delivered the placenta and the baby was declared dead.
By June 27, when the family buried the baby—whom Melissa had named Christopher—in a Bergen County, N.J., cemetery, shocked classmates and neighbors were left with two questions: How could she do it? And why didn't she confide in someone—her parents, a friend?
Though she had participated in all her normal school activities, including gym classes, and had gone shopping for a prom dress just weeks earlier with friend Rebecca Ganelli, apparently no one noticed Melissa's pregnancy. Unlike some classmates who were quick to condemn Drexler, her close friends have staunchly defended her. "Melissa is not a bad person even though she did a bad thing," says Debbie Jacobson, speaking on behalf of her daughter Amanda, a friend of Melissa's since fourth grade. "She's not one of those kids that has no regard for life."
According to experts, that would not make her unusual among girls who commit such crimes. "These are not bad kids," says psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers, "but kids who are so responsible and dependent emotionally on their parents that they simply refuse to face the horror of having to tell their folks."
By all accounts, John Drexler, 47, who works with computers at an import company, and his wife, Maria, 45, who recently left her job at a bank, doted on their only child, indulging her with gifts, including a gray Nissan Sentra. "Her dad was always saying, 'Melissa does this good, Melissa does that good.' She was special to him," says a friend, Jim Botsacos. "They were overprotective of her." Debbie Jacobson concurs: "If you can say anything about the parents, they did too much for her.... She might be 18 chronologically, but emotionally she's definitely not. She wouldn't be prepared to handle this."
Nor, apparently, did she find a way to reach out for help in her middle-class Forked River neighborhood, where, socially at least, the Drexlers seem to have kept to themselves. The family belonged to St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church but didn't attend regularly, and they weren't close to most of their neighbors. "Lacey is as tightly knit as a community can be with nearly 30,000 people, and very few people said they knew the family," says Cori Anne Natoli, a reporter who covers the area for New Jersey's Asbury Park Press.
As ever, John and Maria Drexler have stood by their daughter. They hired local defense attorneys Steven Secare and Donald Venezia, who have recruited an arsenal of high-powered witnesses, including criminal pathologist Michael Baden, who testified at both of O.J. Simpson's trials, and forensic psychiatrist Robert Sadoff.
Even if found innocent, however, or let off with a minimal sentence, it is hard to imagine Melissa, who once dreamed of a future in fashion design, ever leading a life unmarked by the events of last June 6. Choosing to forgo her graduation ceremony, she took refuge for most of the summer in her parents' modest cedar-shingled ranch house and has not enrolled, as planned, in a local community college. "She's a young girl with dreams and plans," says lawyer Venezia. "She wants to get her life on again." That is a wish that may not soon be granted.
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NEW YORK - This city's huge teachers' union has selected the candidate it prefers in the mayoral race now underway here.
United Federation of Teachers president, Michael Mulgrew, announced Wednesday his union's prestigious endorsement of Bill Thompson, the only African American candidate in the race. Thompson is the former president of New York City's Board of Education.
"Mayor Bloomberg has damaged the school system in this city and we need to repair it and we need a real partner to make that happen," Mulgrew declared. "The UFT is saying we need to create a city that gives the opportunity for all and not a few: a city with a school system that is supported, not attacked, a city that provides real education - not just test prep."
The UFT endorsement translates for the Thompson campaign into over 150,000 robo calls, tens of thousands of mailers and 3,000 rank and file volunteers ready to hit the streets.
Mayor Bloomberg has been quick to show his contempt for the teachers as well as much of the voting public.
"Almost the kiss of death," is how the billionaire mayor characterized the anticipated endorsement of William 'Bill' Thompson by the United Federation of Teachers in an interview before the union's official announcement on Wednesday. "I don't know what goes through voters minds, but maybe they understand that if the UFT wants it, it ain't good for you and you don't want that person."
"It is Bloomberg's last 12 years that have been the real kiss of death," said Zakiyah Ansari, a Brooklyn mother of eight public school children and leader of New Yorkers for Great Public Schools (NYGPS).
"That was smoke in mirrors because he is trying to deflect and distract NYC from real solutions," Ansari continued. "Groups like NYGPS are doing research and studies finding solutions to the crisis facing our schools They are organizing parents and community members to demand results."
NYGPS, which says "the Bloomberg education agenda is not working for our kids, notes that "only one in four of all students and only 13 percent of African American and Latino students graduate high school ready for college. Despite some increases in student performance, the racial achievement gap at all grade levels is as wide as ever and in the last decade. New York City has lost ground to other cities on the national assessments called the NAEP."
The group also notes that the 13 percent college readiness recorded for the city is a serious problem and it is starting to call Mayor Boomberg Mayor 13 percent.
"The mayor," says NYGPS, should use the remainder of his term to "make as graceful of an exit as possible."
The group admits, however, that the election battle is an uphill one. NYGPS has warned that "a coalition of hedge fund managers and billionaires has pledged to raise $50 million to preserve and expand these same policies under the next Mayor."
In contrast to the current mayor's remarks regarding teachers and their union Bill Thompson, also the son of a NYC Public School teacher, began his acceptance of the UFT endorsement saying, "This is one of the proudest moments of my life... I know she (Mom) is looking down right now with a huge smile on her face and is telling me that I had better make sure and not let the teachers down."
Thompson declared, "You can't care about education and demonize teachers... You cant care about our schools and then shut them down. That's a dangerous game I will never play in this city ever!"
"We need to involve parents in the schools," Thompson said. "We must make sure to give them a voice and together create great schools in every community."
He went on to pledge to reduce the number of mayoral appointees on the Panel for Educational Policy. In recent years the board has come to be know as a rubber stamp for the mayor's policy of school closures and colocation.
In response to the demand of the cities unionized workforce for "fair contracts now!' Thompson said, "Teachers deserve a raise and the fact that they have gone without one for four years is disrespectful."
The UFT was a main organizer of the recent Rally for Fair Contracts at City Hall, where thousands of union and community members joined city employees in their demand. Elizabeth Christian, a teacher who was at the demonstration, said afterward, "That rally gave us all such a strong feeling of what is possible when the working people of this city unite. But it can't just be protesting. We need to be united on the street and at the voting booth to turn this our schools and our city in a better direction."
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If it's Friday night in Buffalo, museum-goers and gallery lovers can leave their wallets at home.
As part of a national marketing trend aimed at ushering more people into cultural institutions, the city is now home to some brand of "Free Friday" event every week of the month. But as good as that may sound to cash-strapped culture-seekers, it could be the wrong approach to boosting attendance.
Four of these events are sponsored by M&T Bank, a huge proponent of the free Fridays approach. The bank, known for its support of local art and cultural groups, now sponsors free events at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (First Fridays), the Burchfield Penney Art Center (Second Fridays), the Buffalo History Museum (Third Fridays) and Buffalo Arts Studio (Fourth Fridays).
The ascendant free Fridays business plan here emerged in part from M&T's genuine desire to shore up the finances of local cultural institutions.
"The concept of these free Fridays allows for an ongoing perception of the activity in our culturals," said Nancy Brock, vice president and program director at the M&T Charitable Foundation. "We've been getting a little away from sponsoring just exhibits and trying to support events or initiatives that create more of an ongoing buzz about a cultural."
Since the Albright-Knox scaled back its free Fridays program from a weekly event to a monthly one, Brock said, it's seen increased revenue from memberships, admissions, its gift shop and its caf�.
As corporate supporters of the arts go, no other company in this area gives as much as M&T, and for that the bank deserve a great deal of praise. But as a long-term strategy for building audiences or improving the fiscal stability of cultural institutions, the monthly free Friday philosophy is myopic at best.
What the program really boils down to is a rickety incentive for people to buy memberships. The hope is that by entering the Albright-Knox on a free Friday, seeing how much it costs to take your family into a special exhibition versus how much it costs for a one-year family membership, the smart cultural consumer will opt for the membership.
In that way, it's a little like the free HBO or Showtime previews that Time Warner provides in the hopes you'll get hooked on "True Blood" or "Homeland" and then sign up for the full subscription.
If our taxpayer-funded museums were for-profit enterprises rather than the public educational institutions they were designed to be, that approach would make perfect sense. But as it stands, the once-a-month free Friday approach serves as a quarter measure toward solving the mammoth public access problem faced by places such as the Burchfield Penney, the Albright-Knox and the History Museum in a city that remains one of the poorest in the United States.
This brand of incentivized museum-going encourages institutions to develop audiences independently of one another, when a collaborative approach would be more effective in creating the critical mass these institutions collectively desire.
Corporate funders such as M&T should pay closer attention to the mounting pile of data that shows why smartly executed free museum admission in places such as Minneapolis and Kansas City works and why it seems poised to do so at Maxwell Anderson's Dallas Museum of Art.
The intentions behind M&T's ubiquitous free Fridays events are obviously good. But as a viable, long-term strategy to increase the community's access to the museums public taxes fund and the financial health of those institutions, the concept needs a lot more work.
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The battling owners of The Inquirer's parent company are vowing to outbid each other if the company is dissolved and put up for sale in a process that could take months.
H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest said Tuesday that he and Lewis Katz have tried to recruit new investors in their bid for Interstate General Media.
"We'd seek other appropriate investors who want to join us," Lenfest said in an interview, declining to elaborate.
George E. Norcross III, their main rival, "has made it clear" that he, too, will bid to own the company, said his spokesman, Dan Fee.
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Obama administration plans to push organizing rights
Private employers will be required to post large signs informing workers about their right to form unions under a new rule the Obama administration plans to institute by executive order.
Defend unions at those holiday parties!
A few quick and easy responses you can use when your friends or relatives come out with anti-union comments at holiday get-togethers.
Steelworkers tell feds about oil industry safety woes
The rampant safety hazards exposed by the fatal, catastrophic fire, explosion and sinking of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year unveil a catalogue of wide-ranging problems in the oil industry, the Steelworkers say. And they're safety problems industry executives ignore, downplay and refuse to deal with, the union adds.
Where are the jobs? Angry workers put Pulte CEO on the run
TROY, Mich. - PulteGroup CEO Richard Dugas ran for cover when he heard labor and community folks were going to show up at his fancy luncheon - but 300 came anyway, demanding jobs.
Locked out workers give traditional posada new twist
Re-enacting the Biblical story of Mary and Joseph was apt, because like the religious heroes, 57 janitors, cooks and other support workers have been locked out.
Union catalogue highlights books for the holidays
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Hilton unionists rock San Francisco
Hilton wants to cut workers' wages and health care - even though it has billions in spare cash.
AFL-CIO head: Unemployment benefits fight just opening shot in long battle
"Soon, the same lawmakers who fought to get tax cuts for millionaires will come after Social Security and Medicare in the name of deficit reduction and 'shared sacrifice'," AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka warned.
Bakers enlist international backing for locked-out Iowa members
240 locked-out workers from the Roquette corn-milling plant turned to national and international unions to garner support.
Unions differ on Korea trade pact
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is setting up a fully integrated state of the art manufacturing complex for Float Glass in the Royal Commission's Industrial City of Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Plant is envisaged to produce 800 Tons per day of Clear Glass.
Land for the project has already been acquired in the Light Industrial Park (LIP) of the Royal Commission Industrial City, Yanbu.
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September 2013 - Fall 2013 Faculty and Student Updates
Faculty - Your resource, the Student Technology Center – Collaborating with faculty to teach students the technology needed for success in their coursework
Students can falter in courses because they don't know how to use the software or technology needed for assignments. There is a solution! The Student Technology Center partners with faculty to support student success in overcoming technology related barriers. Using a peer teaching model, the Student Technology Center's student assistants teach students how to use technology, so faculty can focus on meeting course learning objectives. Learn about our custom workshops, large scale printing, and expert technology support for your students by contacting the Student Technology Center Faculty Services at 916.278.5012, emailing email@example.com, visiting the Faculty Staff Resource Center in AIRC 3012, or calling Director Maureen McQuestion at 916.278.2315. If you just want to browse our services, check out our web site at http://www.csus.edu/irt/STC/.
Students – Check out the Student Tech Center
Have you visited the Student Technology Center yet? Staff and students are available to assist you with the technology you need to learn and complete your coursework. The Student Technology Center is located in AIRC 3007-3008 and is open from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm Monday through Thursday. We offer workshops throughout the semester along with drop-in tutoring and help hours. We cover many applications like Word, Excel, and SPSS, as well as classes on thesis & project formatting, and much more. Don't let technology stand between you and successful completion of assignments. Stop in today! For a full list of services, go to www.csus.edu/irt/stc/. To go directly to the workshop list, go towww.csus.edu/irt/stc/workshops/.
Students - New 365 Email
Your Sac State email will be upgraded in the next few weeks, as we convert to more robust cloud email services through Microsoft 365. Although we anticipate a nearly seamless transition, we are keeping you fully informed about the email upgrade on the www.csus.edu/emailupgrade website. Future enhancements include web based Microsoft Office applications and cloud storage, provided to you at no cost. Stay tuned!
Computer Access for Students
Hopefully you already know about the availability of computers for students through the campus-wide computer labs and our laptop loan program. If not, full information is provided through the links below. Keep in mind that, although the computer labs in the AIRC and Library are often crowded, you can usually find space in the other computer labs in Mendocino, Solano, and Folsom Halls. We've planned major improvements for the laptop loan program for later this semester, so stay tuned!
Computer Labs
Campus-wide computer labs are available in the AIRC, Library, Mendocino, Solano, and Folsom buildings. Details can be found at www.csus.edu/irt/labs. Also, check out the digital signs around campus, which show how many computers are currently available at each of these campus-wide lab locations.
Laptop Loan
Students may check out laptop computers for FREE for up to four hours from the IRT Service Desk in AIRC 2005, the ASI Business Office in the Union, and the Library circulation desk. Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, SPSS, and other popular software titles are installed on the lab and laptop computers. Details can be found at www.csus.edu/irt/servicedesk/support/laptop-loan.html.
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IRT's Classroom Services group provides long-term and just-in-time support to faculty in campus-wide classrooms and computer labs. To reach Classroom Services, just call 916.278.7337, and choose Option 1. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
A searchable inventory of campus learning spaces is available using the Learning Space Inventory database. This summer a new Intermediate Smart Technology level was added to our menu of classroom media levels, allowing us to add twenty three new technology-assisted classrooms. There are now the following four classroom media levels:
- Advanced Smart Technology: Features a smart podium with a touch panel control system, PC and laptop connection, document camera, DVD/VCR Player, projector, and screen.
- NEW Intermediate Smart Technology: Features a smart podium with a control panel, PC and laptop connection, projector, and screen. May also have an overheard transparency projector.
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- No Technology: Does not have any Smart Technology. May include an overhead transparency projector and screen. May also have a TV and DVD/VCR player.
For more information about classroom technology and services, visit our Classroom Services website, check out classroom media levels via ourLearning Space Inventory link, or call Classroom Services at Extension 87337, Option No. 1.
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The IRT Service Desk is a "one stop shop" for faculty members to get assistance with passwords, accounts, wireless network access, email, the My Sac State Faculty Center, and other IT services and systems. The IRT Service Desk works closely with college and program center IT support staff to resolve problems. If you are not sure about where to go for technology help, visit or call the IRT Service Desk and our helpful staff will guide you to the right resources. Call 916.278.7337 or visit AIRC 2005. Detailed information can be found at www.csus.edu/irt/servicedesk.
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Malone University Honors Student – Emily Mills – will present work November 18
November 14, 2013 | Release # 6774
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Emily Mills, an honors student and senior art and psychology double major from Olmsted Township, Ohio, will present her work, "Art, Aging, and Memory" on Monday, November 18 from 6-8 p.m. in the McFadden Gallery of the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts, located at 2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W. in Canton, Ohio.
Mills worked with several residents of the Canton Christian Home and House of Loreto in preparing and presenting her research and final gallery show. She will give an oral presentation at both 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. The program and gallery are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone has been recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2014,has been awarded the designation Military Friendly School by Victory Media, and is named to AffordableCollegesOnline (ACO)'s Best Lifetime Return on Investment list for the State of Ohio.
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