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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015
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Health activist to share eating disorder story
SHERYL MILLER
@KUSheryl
As an end to National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, health activist Ali Dostal will speak tonight at 7 p.m. in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union about her experiences battling an eating disorder, as well as the resources available for those who suffer from disorders.
Dostal
Dostal, from Blue Springs, Mo., is a volunteer speaker and activist for the National Eating Disorders Association. Dostal said she decided to become a speaker because she is passionate about helping others who live with eating disorders.
"People that have eating disorders need to know there are resources out there and that people truly do want to help, even when they think they are stuck," Dostal said.
Dostal is in recovery from an eating disorder. During her treatment, she learned that almost half of the men and women in treatment with her had developed their eating disorders while in college.
"That to me is incredibly sad. College is supposed to be a fun experience and no one should have that taken from them." Dostal said. "If I can give hope to one person at my speech, I did my job right."
For Dostal, it is especially important for students with eating disorders to attend the lecture.
"The last thing someone with an eating disorder wants to do is hear someone talk
about how they recovered, but I promise it is worth it," she said. "Recovery is worth it."
Dostal said it's important not to make someone suffering from an eating disorder feel forced into going to the event. She suggested demonstrating care and support as a way to persuade those with disorders to attend.
Kirby Knipp, a senior from Overland Park, is a peer health educator (PHE) who helped organize Celebrate EveryBODY week.
"A lot of Jayhawks have been taking part in this," Knipp said. "We hung up positive messaging posters throughout bathrooms on campus. It really is a peer-driven campaign."
Other PHEs will be in attendance at Dostal's presentation because it is an important issue to college students, Knipp said. He said it was important that PHEs understand the severity of eating disorders and how to treat them.
that nearly 20 percent of college students, both men and women, surveyed said they had or previously had eating disorders." Knipp said. "We believe shedding light on this will help students become aware of the effects an eating disorder can cause and hopefully help their fellow Jayhawks or even themselves."
Christian Vargas, a licensed psychologist with the University's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), said it's important to have public conversations about mental health in order to reduce stigma.
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"Acknowledging that eating disorders exist on our campus is the first step to bringing awareness to encourage understanding of the causes and treatment options," Vargas said.
This year's theme for National Eating Disorders Awareness is early intervention, said Kelsey Fortin, an education program coordinator for the Health Education Resource Office in Watkins Health Center.
"We are choosing to put a positive spin on the week by titling it 'Celebrate EveryBODY Week,' Fortin said. "A part of the presentation will be dedicated to body acceptance and loving yourself."
CAPS representatives will be available for consultation and for more information about treatment options during the event.
— Edited by Lane Cofas
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Rep. Annie Tietze (D-Topeka), right, criticizes a bill allowing nonunion teachers to bargain directly with local school boards as members of a House committee look on Friday, Feb. 20 at the Statehouse.
Kansas teacher negotiations compromise moves forward
NICHOLAS CLAYTON
Associated Press
TOPEKA — The Kansas House unexpectedly voted Wednesday to advance changes to collective bargaining between public school teachers and school boards based on a compromise those groups agreed to in January.
The chamber gave firstround approval to a bill that would allow school boards and teachers' unions to each bring five issues up for discussion during negotiations, in addition to salary and work hours. They can currently discuss dozens of issues, from pensions to vacation time.
The 67-52 vote, a surprise victory for the education groups, came after Rep. Sue Boldra (R-Hays) replaced a competing conservative
bill's language with the compromise provisions. That bill would have allowed non-union teachers to negotiate separately for pay, and school boards would not have been required to extend to them deals reached with the union. That language was stripped from the version that passed.
Boldra said she was not confident until Wednesday that the compromise would have a chance to pass, but she said after increased lobbying by school superintendents, it gained more support in the chamber.
The school boards and teachers' unions came to the compromise agreement after 18 months of negotiations, and representatives of both sides have said they would not support alternative terms.
"We continue to beat up
on teachers; we continue to devalue them, and this is one victory for them," Boldra said after the session.
Rep. J. R. Claeys (R-Salina) said that because the majority of teachers in the state are not members of the unions collectively bargaining their wage and work conditions with the school boards, the original bill would have given them greater freedom.
But, Rep. John Doll (R-Garden City) said in the 20 years he worked as a teacher who was not a member of the union, the bargaining units would still update him and other teachers on the talks and gather their input.
"I lived that for 20 years. I didn't belong to the union and I had a lot of say-so." Doll said. "I felt I had as much say-so as I wanted to have in negotiations."
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