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Film screening delves into rape culture on college campuses
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Nearly 350 students, faculty and members of the public, including the University's football team, attended a showing of "The Hunting Ground" on Tuesday night in the Woodruff Auditorium. The movie gave viewers a close-up look at rape on college campuses and the lack of action from administration.
The film, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, opens with the notion of college as a place filled with opportunities and engagement, but quickly zeros in on the fact that one in five women will be sexually assaulted during their college careers and many incidents go unreported.
If you remember nothing else from tonight, I want you to remember at the University of Kansas, you report sexual assault to the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA," said Jane Tuttle, assistant vice provost for students, after the screening.
Throughout the hour-and 45-minute documentary, you see dozens of women and a few men share their stories of being sexually assaulted and reporting to their campuses only to find authorities blame victims and do little in the way of sanctioning.
"My rape was bad, but the way I was treated was worse,"
said one survivor in the film.
one survivor in the film Universities like Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are a few of the schools the film singles out.
Fraternities and university sports teams were also closely examined as being major contributors, but rarely punished by administrators.
"My rape was bad,but the way I was treated was worse."
RAPE SURVIVOR "The Hunting Ground"
According to the film, less than 4 percent of college students are athletes, but student athletes commit 19 percent of sexual assaults on campus.
Forensic Specialist David Lisak, who spoke at the University earlier this month, also appears in the film, as does former Syracuse football star Don McPherson, who spoke at the University in 2011 during National Hazing Prevention Week.
"The Hunting Ground" also pointed out the growing list of colleges being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights for violations when
handling sexual assault cases under the gender equity law of Title IX. Currently, 94 colleges are being investigated, including the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.
Following the screening, a short discussion unfolded where audience members could ask questions of administrators from the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, Student Affairs, Student Housing. The University's Public Safety Office and the Lawrence Police Department.
One audience member asked about the number of sexual assaults reported last year at the University compared to the number of expulsions. IOA Executive Director Jane McQueeny said over the last two academic years there have been eight expulsions and in the last year IOA had about 120 reports of sexual violence, which is a broad category including stalking, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual battery and rape. McQueeny also said some of those reports have not been recorded yet, so there is potential for the number to increase.
"It just shows that there's a lot of work that needs to be done nationwide for sure, so it was negative, but I think it's a very good start that needs to be put out everywhere," Kate Kasper, a junior from
Belle Plaine, Minn., said.
Belle Plaine, Minn., said. Kasper, who came to watch the film with a few of her friends, said she was disappointed with the number of expulsions compared to reports at the University.
"That's better statistics than other schools, but it's still bad," Kasper said, "especially knowing the punishments that they've given out, like a paper, that's not OK. Not acceptable."
Although the film's overall tone focused on the lack of action by universities, throughout the movie viewers also follow the stories of activists like Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, who were both raped at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill several years apart, but found each other and formed a strong friendship. The women began to travel across the country helping victims from other universities file Title IX complaints.
The film ended with the message, "Students, parents, faculty, alumni — together we can stop this epidemic."
Tuttle encouraged University students to report sexual assault to IOA.
"They will take your story, they will listen to you, because at the University of Kansas, we do believe you when you tell us that you were sexually assaulted," Tuttle said.
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San Diego man recovering after sea lion yanked him overboard
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The animal, weighing hundreds of pounds, smashed the 62-year-old San Diego accountant against the boat's side and sent his legs flying into the air like a rag doll's before it dragged him some 20 feet underwater, Carlin said Wednesday, more than three weeks into his recovery after the April 5 incident.
Dan Carlin holds a recently caught yellowtail at the moment a sea lion leaped up to grab the fish — and him — at Mission Bay in San Diego. Carlin, of San Diego, is still recovering more than three weeks later.
SAN DIEGO — Dan Carlin's wife told him to smile for a picture on their 29-foot boat as he held up one of the yellowtail fish they had caught that day. Then a sea lion leaped 7 feet out of the water, bit into his hand and yanked him overboard.
Underwater, the sea lion whipped Carlin side to side.
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Church's picket schedule listed a picket of the event from 11:15 a.m. to noon, but the group never showed.
"After 15 seconds, I thought I was going to die," Carlin said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I continued to struggle, but thought this is the way I was going to die. It was unbelievable to me."
The group's listing for the event read, "WBC will not sit by quietly as this abomination of desolation parades through the streets and across campuses of this nation. Instead, [it] will shine a light to show everyone your transgressions."
"The best part [of the counter-protest] is being a visible community that supports love," Carrasco Cooper said.
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of how far you've made it already."
Other members added pieces of advice for the new Senate.
Brooks said the Westboro Baptist Church had picketed the drag show in the past. Marsha Carrasco Cooper, assistant director of the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, said the counter-protest turnout showed great support for the LGBT community within the University and Lawrence.
Then, as quickly as the attack happened, Carlin was released. He swam toward the surface as the sea lion bit his foot, punting a bone.
After its failure to show, the group tweeted a parody drag show it recorded and posted to YouTube, saying, "To all the queens who missed our picket signs at the KU Brown Bag Drag, we made you this."
"Remember how key collaboration is moving forward." Wagner said. "Remember that sometimes there's bigger things than party lines. But seriously, there's a lot to be said for working together and I...hope you remember that." Finally, the former chief of staff also had words of encouragement for the new Senate.
"Do what you need to do to keep that success going, remember you need to continue and build upon the foundation you've built for yourselves today," Cota said. "Only with that will there be true success for our university."
The video mocks the LGBT community, targeting transgender people.
"Tonight marks the first night of the 2015-16 Student Senate year," Pringle said. "In one year, you'll be sitting in this room, but it will be very different. No matter what, you'll be different from who you are today, but don't let that scare you; let that excite you. All of you have made a commitment to be a part of the change and you have an opportunity here, so take it."
As the 2015-16 Student Body President Jessie Pringle took the podium for the first time of her term, she addressed an important goal for her and student senators.
He managed to make his way back to his boat that was in a bay off San Diego. He and his wife moved it closer to land while his hand gushed blood and he struggled to breathe because of his battered chest. At one point, Carlin said, he lost his vision.
Carlin hopes his hand will have healed enough so he can go back out fishing next week. An experienced surfer, scuba diver and fisherman, Carlin
Carlin spent two days in the hospital. The gash on his hand required 20 stitches.
said he and his wife, Trish Carlin, always took precautions to properly dispose of any guts or carcasses to ensure they did not go in the water.
"So many times, you see videos of cute seals, sea lions, but I'm sharing what happened to me because I want parents to realize these are wild aggressive animals that can take you down," he said. "They should be given a wide berth. At least a small child should do that, but also just about anybody should."
Still, his experience shows just how dangerous sea lions can be, despite the fact that people often do not fear them, Carlin said.
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