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Greek task force meets to implement sexual assault prevention programs
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Members of the KU Greek task force met Tuesday to discuss implementing programs to prevent sexual assault and abuse within the Greek community.
Members of the KU Greek task force hope to integrate several programs to prevent sexual assault, which they proposed on Tuesday.
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Greek community leaders from several chapters presented four sexual assault prevention programs to students to help prevent sexual abuse within both fraternities and sororities. Three out of the four programs could work for both fraternities and sororities.
One involved small groups within chapters and leaders would be required to attend six months of leadership training on how to speak to the community about sexual assault, while another required two years of training.
The Greek task force, formed in October 2014, will begin holding bi-weekly meetings this semester. Panhellenic president Johanna Hecht presented the fourth program,"Safe Sisters", which launched at University of Indiana in 2007 and is directed toward sororities.
The Greek task force will begin holding bi-weekly meetings this semester.
Each of the programs involved peer-to-peer discussion and interaction between chapters regarding the prevention of sexual abuse on campus.
"I would hope that it would improve the perception
that people who aren't in Greek life have about our community," said Stephonn Alcorn, director of leadership and development of the University Interfraternity Council.
Alcorn said being willing to have open conversations about improving the community "brings us ten steps forward." He hopes it shows that the leaders care about KU and the community. Interfraternity Council
Interfraternity Council leaders also identified obstacles that might come
with implementing a program that works. Colin Thomas, a leader on the task force last semester, recognized two possible problems if programs pick up speed: continuity and manpower.
"We will cross that bridge whn we get to it and, with the level of interest that we have," Thomas said. "I think that will be something that we can surmount without any real difficulty."
Thomas led discussion at last night's meeting even though he is no longer a
member of the Interfraternity Council.
"I had a role in starting this and I still am involved in it," Thomas said. "I don't want to leave anything undone."
Thomas said it is thrilling to see the administration doing such a good job.
"I think some of the issues with programming will be just having some painful conversations about our community, being real about what's going on, even though it might suck to admit," Alcorn said. "That's going to
be a big opposition we are going to face."
Alcorn said students from almost every chapter on the University's campus attended the meeting.
"We could get [a lot of people] on board and ready to get to work and as the meeting progressed, it showed that people were here for the right reasons," Alcorn said. "We want to make KU a better place for everyone. That starts with our community"
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MONKS FROM PAGE 1
"The Geshe," which is what my name is; it's a title, then, from our monastery. In our monastery, the education is mainly focusing on Sutrayana. After we complete this education at our monastery, we go to one of the other two monasteries. Then, after that, then the monks may came back to the monastery and teach the young, maybe do some social or domestic work for the community, maybe teach in an Indian village. Some do teach at the universities and some, they practice for life, after completing the education. So it's an individual decision.
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KANSAN: How do you learn how to make the sand painting?
LODEM: So, in our monastery,
the monastic education curriculum doesn't include the making of the sand mandala.
In some other monasteries, it is included. To do The Mystical Art of Tibet, we have a selection committee in our monastery,
there are a few elder monks, and they select from the monastery to do this and to perform.
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The cost, which includes the sidewalk with stairs, landscaping, light poles
She said that right now it is basically a dirt path that has been created by students walking to and from class, and it gets slippery and dangerous at times, especially in bad weather.
and contingency fees totals $53,773. The SSAB said that they are willing to help fund a significant portion of this project, but are waiting to see if the Office of the Provost will split that cost. The matter was tabled and will be further discussed and voted on at the next meeting in two weeks.
While some may see problems with the potential bill, Murphy said this resolution has received support from other KBOR schools, and she expects many will pass something similar to Kansas' proposed bill. If the bill passes through committees and is then approved by the full senate at KU and other universities, Student Body President Morgan Said and other student body presidents will submit their transcript notation legislation to KBOR.
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not each case would be handled the same way.
"It wouldn't really matter if we push this through our senate and convince our administration to put a notation on somebody's transcript, because if somebody is suspended or expelled from K-State for a non-academic misconduct and [their student affairs] doesn't have to do the same thing and then student transfers here, KU wouldn't know," she said.
Murphy said it's
important .that KBOR intuitions show a united front.
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CITY FROM PAGE 1
The understanding is also non-binding, so either party may leave the cooperative agreement with 30-days written notice. Each entity will also retains the right to immediately communicate information or not share information at all should there be articulable reasons for either of those situations,
example, LPD will continue to learn about parameters of the Clery Act and Title IX rulings.
Khatib said.
presentation, Lawrence Mayor Mike Amyx thanked LPD and KU Public Safety for their continuing service and commented on the importance of safety to the council and the city of Lawrence.
"One of the things that we want to say is the importance of being able to tell parents when they send their kids to Lawrence, Kan., as their first young or adult home is that they will be safe and
There were no questions or comments from the public, and the motion to approve the memorandum was made and seconded.
University administration approved the memorandum as written in mid-January, according to the city commissioners documents.
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everything that we do is to help them try and feel safe in our community," Amyx said.
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