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Volume 128 Issue 99
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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KANSAN SPECIAL SECTION.
DAY IN THE LIFE VOL.2
The student voice since 1904
Day in the Life is an exploration of the daily lives of University students, faculty and staff. The section, composed entirely of features on people in the KU community, focuses on what makes someone's typical day unique and how the University fits into their lives.
Sexual harassment reporting policy raises faculty concerns
ABBY WALSH
@abbywalsh20
A policy requiring faculty to report sexual assault and harassment complaints by students has led to an increase in reports, but some faculty members say they wouldn't feel comfortable making reports without the student's permission.
"We have had reports from professors," said Jane McQueeny, executive director of Institutional Opportunity and Access. "Are there some that may not? Probably. But I think the whole campus is pretty sensitive to making sure the students get help if something has happened."
the mandatory reporting requirement issue was raised recently in an article in Inside Higher Ed, revealing concerns that such policies, which have been widely adopted, can violate the trust students place in faculty. The University adopted its policy in 2012. McQueeny said there has been an increase of faculty reports in the three years since the policy was enacted at the University, but did not have an actual number of cases.
Not all professors think it's in the best interest of students to require reporting unless there's a real safety issue involved.
"I like treating my students like adults. If they didn't want me to report something and I was convinced they were safe and could take action on their own, then I don't know that I would report, to be honest."
ALICE LIEBERMAN Social welfare professor
Kathy Rose-Mockry, the executive director of the Emily Taylor Center, said mandated reporting is a way to ensure students are getting the help they need.
"I would not feel free to report what I had heard from a particular individual unless I had that individual's permission," said James Carothers, an English professor and president of Faculty Senate. "I feel like it's my responsibility to keep that to myself. Obviously if I heard about a felony, I would pass that
William Staples, professor of sociology, said it seemed like common sense to file a report. He said professors should stand in the place of a parent for students while they are in college, and that makes reporting an obligation in order to keep students safe.
dents' abilities to succeed seriously, and we need to get rid of any roadblocks that prevent student success," Rose-Mockry said. "Title IX legislation is in place for a purpose, and the intention is to get rid of any roadblocks that might make a student feel unsafe in the classroom."
"As a campus, we take sm.
Alice Lieberman, a professor in the School of Social Welfare, said she also believed that while the policy has good intentions, she would have reservations about notifying University officials about student complaints without their permission.
While not all students knew this policy was in place, they agreed professors should be required to report.
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"I like treating my students like adults. If they didn't want me to report something and I was convinced they were safe and could take action on their own, then I don't know that I would report, to be honest," Lieberman said.
"I didn't know this was a policy, but I think it should be," said Mariah Morley, a sophomore from Shawnee. "Psychologists are required to report things like this, so teachers should have to. They have a similar responsibility."
on, but I would not be comfortable filing [that] kind of report."
sponsorally Miranda Wagner, Student Senate vice president, did know the policy was in place and said student safety should always come first.
"It is really important that our faculty and staff are insuring the safety of students, so they do have an obligation to do that reporting." Wagner said.
Edited by Valerie Haag
Ryan Riedel creates a perfume bottle Saturday in class at Illuminated Glass. The studio is located inside the Brewhaus Coffee Shop at 624 N. 2nd St.
For Lawrence glassmaking duo, teaching is an art of its own
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley
Crafting a new generation to twirl, mold and blow molten glass is what Illuminated Glass partners Brad Chun and Ben Kappen have focused their business on. Their combined experience of more than 35 years allows them to pass on their knowledge to anyone eager to learn.
Kappen and Chun both have experience in glassmaking, but each is specialized in a different area. Illuminated Glass currently resides in The Brewhaus coffee shop at 624 N. 2nd Street and offers classes twice a month.
Kappen opened Illuminated
Glass in 2004, making pieces from soft glassmaking and lampworking. He teamed up with Chun in 2012.
When they started, Kappen focused more on soft glassmaking, where a furnace and large space is required. Soft glass is generally seen in drinking glasses or larger chunks of glass without intricate detail. Chun focused on lampworking, where hard, or borosilicate, glass is heated by a lamp or torch and then molded into a figure.
The pair said they hope to move into a larger space and reach out to the University and the Lawrence Arts Center to teach an adjunct class.
The two began working together after Chun noticed Kappen's glass work in Third Planet's upstairs pipe shop. They met and said they immediately knew they wanted to work together.
"I hope to make a thousand new glassblowers," Chun said. "I love to teach."
- To contact Ben or Brad or to enroll in a course, visit their website: www.illuminatedglass.com.
Kappen, from Olathe, said he first saw soft glassmaking at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., and was immediately captured by it. He attended the University in the '80s — after the glassblowing courses were removed from the curriculum — and studied illustration, but he dropped out when he realized his passion was glass work. Kappen then moved to Oklahoma and took a glassblowing class. Later, he moved back to Lawrence, opened a soft glass shop (which is now closed) and started to learn lampworking.
- Classes are offered twice a month, and a maximum of four people can enroll in each class.
- Illuminated Glass is located in North Lawrence inside The Brewhaus coffee shop at 624 N. 2nd Street.
Chun, who is from Hawaii, became interested in lampworking when he followed the
Grateful Dead on tour in the early '90s and noticed glass pipes were a trend, so he began making and selling them. He later moved to Oregon and worked as a glassmaking apprentice. From there, Chun's abilities far surpassed making pipes.
"While we started in the pipe movement, that's not really a part of it anymore," Chun said. "We're focused on sculpture, on teaching, and now we'll be selling raw supplies."
When the two began working together, Kappen said Chun polished his self-taught lamp-
SEE GLASS PAGE 5A
MACKENZIE CLARK/KANSAN
Class conducts focus groups on OMA perceptions
Jameelah Jones, the Student Senate director of diversity and inclusion speaks to the "Research Methods in Communication" class.
Student perceptions and knowledge of the Office of Multicultural Affairs are the subject of focus groups currently being held by the "Research Methods in Strategic Communication" class.
MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59
Patrick McFarland, a junior from Olathe and student in the class, said the focus groups give the class an opportunity to learn about how to conduct this type of research while also helping the OMA gain relevant information.
themselves and help them understand why students aren't really partaking in some of their programs," he said.
"[This information] will help [the OMA] reposition
McFarland said the group's questions were fairly generic to start, then moved into discussing students' perceptions of the OMA and the reasons they choose whether to participate in the office's programs.
Blane Harding, director of the OMA, said the office has been expanding across campus and wants to continue to do so.
"The class research will give us a better idea of the image
SEE OMA PAGE 2A
OPINION 4A
A&F 5A
Phillip Vardiman, an associate professor in the department of health, sport and exercise sciences (HSES), will receive the 2015 Athletic Trainer Service Award from the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristIDK
HSES professor receives national trainer award
"I was honored to even be nominated, but I'm very grateful that I have been selected as a winner", Vardiman said.
Vardiman said the NATA award is given to individuals nominated by peers in recognition of their service to the HSES profession at the district, state and national level
He was nominated by Dr. David Carr of Missouri State University. The two worked together on the executive board of the Kansas Athletic Trainers Society.
"We provide service through our profession on a daily basis," Vardiman said. "I want to try and teach to students the importance of providing any type of service, not just when it comes to athletic training."
Vardiman teaches and has taught numerous classes here at the University, some of them regarding rehab injuries and a therapy class for athletic training students.
One of his students is Emily
Vardiman
Ball has taken multiple classes with Vardiman, including therapeutic modalities, rehabilitation, manual therapy techniques and emergency care instructor training.
Dr. Vardiman's classes are all about involvement, and being able to get your hands on a person or patient so that you can actually learn the skill and get experience with it," Ball said.
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SPORTS 10A
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"He is one of my greatest mentors and he's helped me in every way he can," Ball said. "He has encouraged me to follow my dreams of being an athletic trainer and to overcome any obstacles that I may encounter."
Ball, a senior from Lawrence. She said he has influenced both her educational and personal life.
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DAILY DEBATE 7A
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