Friday, September 15, 2000 The University Daily Kansan Section A·Page 5 Student-athletes to address assault By Karen Lucas writer@kanson.com Kansan staff writer A group of KU student-athletes will attempt to make a difference on and off campus by addressing the issue of sexual assault. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee proposed a Student-Athlete Response Team at its meeting Tuesday. The team would work with Athletics Department administration and the community, said Gary Kempf, committee sponsor and director of student-athlete life and coaches development. Response team members have not yet been named. "I think it's a fantastic idea," Kempf said. "I think it shows that the athletes are aware of many different situations on campus and would like to help and be supportive wherever possible." The committee's proposal came just one day after the Kansan published an article about the results of a recent survey of about 300 student-athletes at the University of Kansas. According to the survey, 11 student-athletes said they had been victims of sexual assault. Yet Kempf said the survey was not the only driving force behind the proposal. "We've been working on a response to sexual violence for a while now." Kempf said. He also said the team would have two primary goals — to play a supportive role if other incidents of sexual assault were to occur on campus, and to inform the public about the problem by speaking in local schools and elsewhere in the community. Bethany Lero, Erie freshman, said she thought the team would make people on campus pay more attention to sexual violence. "If the athletes stand up and speak out, that will help others do the same: Be more open about it." she said. Lero also said that if the student-athletes had a positive outlook, children would look up to them as role models. Mike Palomba, Somers, N.Y., junior, expressed a slight reservation about the team, however. 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