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"We had to learn how to tie ties from our neighbor," Gomez Montoya said.
Learning how to tie a tie, change a tire and catch a baseball weren't the only things Gomez Montoya missed out on by not having a father present. He also missed out on having the awkward, but necessary, conversations fathers have with their sons.
These father-son conversations about how to treat women, to set goals, to lead by example, to be humble and even how to carry yourself as a man are difficult for mothers to emulate. Many of these lessons Gomez Montoya learned on his own.
GOMEZ MONTOYA AS A ROLE MODEL
Gomez Montoy currently works as a retention specialist
environment at the University where men can express issues they're having with school, work, family and any other areas of life.
"If I needed it 10 years ago, chances are students need it now," Gomez Montoya said.
There are not a lot of role models and men are trying to figure it out on their own."
MALE GUIDANCE NEEDED
Male students are in need of direction especially at the college level. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, only 57.7 percent of male students at the University are graduating within in six years, compared to the 64.2 percent of female students at the University that are graduating in
GOMEZ MONTOYA retention specialist
MALE GUIDANCE NEEDED
"The research would suggest that the statistics on 'bad behavior' judicial offenses brought up at college campuses are most men." Davis said. "Why we don't pay attention to this is a great question."
an expert in identity and development as well as men and masculinity issues. He said these group behaviors among men are extremely
The University, in fact, is starting to pay attention to these unhealthy behaviors among male students. Each year,
negative and can sometimes develop into illegal activity, such as DUI citations or violence.
men by creating a masculinity symposium.
The goal of the symposium was to create a space for men to gather and openly discuss problems they were facing as well as help men develop a view on what healthy masculinity looks like.
"It was a sense of duty and obligation," Velasco said. "Now that we won, we have a duty to teach people what it means to be a man."
Velasco graduated in the spring of 2013, but during his time at the University he was involved in a number of organizations. He said his masculinity was challenged at times because of his sexual orientation.
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social media has on politics is difficult to measure. He also said trending Twitter hashtags likely have the most influence.
"This may help put pressure on politicians to resolve the issue," Seo said. "At the same time, social media has amplified polarized views on issues, as people tend to follow online influencers, communities or media sources that they agree with."
Shelby Webb, junior from Ottawa, Kan., said she was prompted to tweet to the Speaker of the House John Boehner by an email from Barack Obama's Organizing for Action campaign.
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has on a broader level. She has never been swayed to a different position based on social media communications and is skeptical that Congress members would be either.
She said she thinks social media has a more indirect effect through popular hashtags because politicians always want to know how people feel about a particular issue.
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