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Volume 128 Issue 107
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The student voice since 1904
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'WE SUPPORT SURVIVORS'
From left, Susie McClannahan, Nichole Flynn, Kira Karry and Noemi Goza protest outside Watson Library. The protest was held as part of the Carry That Weight National Day of Action regarding sexual assault policies on college campuses. Noemi Goza organized the event and led the chants Monday afternoon.
Lawrence Feminist Movement protests rape culture with Carrv That Weight demonstration
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MACKENZIE CLARK
@mciark59
When Nichole Flynn was sexually assaulted during her freshman year, she didn't know where to go to report it, so she never did.
"I didn't feel like there was anyone I could go to about it, particularly due to my status as a freshman and their status as an upperclassman," Flynn said. "I didn't know about the [Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access] until last semester when all of this stuff blew up."
That's one reason why Flynn, a senior from Hutchinson,
Susie McClannahan, a senior from Prairie Village, is not a member of LFM but participated in the demonstration because she said she thinks it's important to continue to be an activist for sexual assault survivors.
Participants in front of Watson Library didn't carry mattresses, but chanted, "end rape culture," "stop profiting off rape," "we support survivors" and "survivors' rights now."
"I feel that the administration is hoping that this issue just kind of disappears without being addressed, and that
The movement was inspired by Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz, who began carrying her mattress around campus when the man she accused of sexually assaulting her was cleared of rape charges by Columbia.
said she is part of the Lawrence Feminist Movement, which organized a demonstration on campus Monday afternoon to raise awareness about rape culture and support survivors of sexual assault.
"This event is really about demanding policy changes, demanding that people who perpetrate sexual assaults are brought to justice, regardless of whether or not they work for the University," said Noemi Goze, a junior from Chicago and founder of LFM.
The demonstration was part of a National Day of Action for the Carry that Weight coalition. The movement was inspired by Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz, who began carrying her mattress around campus when the man she accused of sexually assaulting her was cleared of rape charges by Columbia.
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Person responsible for writing slurs on dorm room calendar banned
University officials have banned from campus a person who wrote racial slurs on a dry-erase calendar in a student's room in McColum Residence Hall last November, a KU spokesperson said in a statement this afternoon.
Dates on the calendar were marked with "catch [N-word]," "feed [N-word]," and "kill [N-word]." A photo of the calendar appeared in a tweet posted more than a week ago, with the hashtag #RockChalkInvisible-Hawk.
Several students with knowledge of the situation said housing staff members found the calendar while checking rooms over Thanksgiving break and reported it to the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Officials said the University investigated and found the writings were the work of a non-student visitor, and it was reported to IOA, but provided no other details.
"The language depicted in the photo is reprehensible and entirely inconsistent with the values of our university community." Director of News and Media Relations Erinn Barcomb-Peterson said in
the statement. "While we do not release names or details from these types of investigations, we can say that the person who wrote this awful language was not, and is not, a KU student. Additionally, that individual has since been banned from visiting KU residence halls or dining facilities."
Kennedi Grant, a sophomore from St. Louis who currently works in McCollum, said she is concerned with the University's response.
"The language depicted in the photo is reprehensible and entirely inconsistent with the values of our university community."
ERINN BARCOMB-PETERSON Director of News and Media Relations
"This is one of the most vile things I've seen on this campus and it's more concerning that KU hasn't taken the appropriate measures to help students feel more safe," she said. "When you have people that think it okay to write things like this, no one is safe and no one is exempt."
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Former university student speaks out about hazing, sexual assault in fraternities
After the exploitation of The Rolling Stone's "A Rape on Campus" article, an anonymous former student from the University who pledged a fraternity his freshman year responded by writing a post for Feministing.com. The piece questions the idea that some men in fraternities are the "bad apples" and contrasts that idea to what many, including the author, believe is a systemic issue. He also discusses his experience pledging an unnamed fraternity at the University.
The writer states he and other new members of the frat were expected to "be seen and not heard" while scrambling to make sure their upperclassmen brothers' rooms are cleaned as
The former student also writes that on any given night per week, he and other new members would stand shoulder-to-shoulder in nothing but boxes, while sophomore members of the fraternity would "quiz, interrogate and berate us." The former student later states he found out that members of other fraternities on campus dealt with hazing more often and worse than he did.
well as put together parties that are staged to help "boost the chances of drunken koop-ups."
A study from 2009 found that binge drinking occurred with 89 percent of fraternity members, compared to 45 percent of non-members. Last fall, all four publicized sexual assaults involved underage drinking, and three of which were located at a fraternity, according to the Lawrence Journal-World and the Kansan.
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Rock Chalk Revue execs revise rules,plans for 2016
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MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59
Rock Chalk Revue executives have made changes in hopes of preventing stereotyping in future shows, following backlash over an incident in March.
A character named Paco in one of the shows last month sparked reaction from the Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) and others on campus for what the Greek Governing Council later called "an egregious and offensive misrepresentation of the Latino community."
Cameron Smith, executive producer of Rock Chalk Revue, said the executive team has changed some procedures for next year, although some specific details of plans have not yet been finalized because the executive team turnover is
at the end of this week.
He said the team has changed bylaws to ensure all shows will be reviewed by a sensitivity panel in script form and in live rehearsals. New rules state that participants in the annual philanthropy must adhere and make changes when the sensitivity panel makes recommendations.
Ramiro Sarmiento, president of the Multicultural Greek Council and junior from Wichita, said he would like to get to the point where sensitivity panels aren't necessary at all.
"We should not have to have a filtering process because people should just naturally know that certain things are offensive," he said.
Marilynn Chavez, president of HALO, said she is unsure of how much progress has been made, and the central
University administration has still not recognized the incident.
"I think that's a really important part of addressing these types of issues — having the University actually recognize that these issues are going on, and taking steps to improve campus and to improve cultural competency," she said.
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Chavez suggested participants in Rock Chalk Revue could be encouraged to attend any events sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs to hopefully glean a better knowledge of topics in diversity.
Smith said the executive team members hope next year's Rock Chalk Revue
"It's more of a process — not just a one-time thing," Chavez said.
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The University announced that Javbowl will close permanently in May. The last day for bowling will be on May 9.
Iconic Jaybowl will close in May
Jaybowl is shutting its doors due to "growing losses, escalating down time and new space needs," according to a University press release.
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To celebrate 62 years of success coming to an end, Jaybowl, located on the first floor of the Union, will host a final day of lane activity on
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Saturday, May 9.
8-10 p.m.: Free hot dogs, popcorn and soda as well as free bowling for all guests — students, alums and their families.
The slated times for May 9 are as follows:
1-4 p.m. jaybow队 and alumni gather for one last tournament.
10 p.m. - 12:55 a.m.: Cosmic bowling and a goodbye sendoff.
Don't Forget
wend the night's events.
Entrance into and exit from the Kansas Union after 11:00 p.m. on May 9 will be through the Mississippi St. entrance on the first level.
Memorabilia can be purchased at the Jaybow counter starting Monday, May 4, until 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 9.
At 12:55 a.m., a sequential sweep
of the pins from lane one to lane 12 will end the night's events.
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