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Calendar
Tuesday, Dec. 2
What: Sexual Education Committee
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
About: Rachel Gadd-Nelson from GaDuGi SafeCenter will talk about Rape Culture
Wednesday, Dec. 3
What: Resident Fellows Seminar
When: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Hall Center
About: A lecture by Margot Versteeg,
associate professor of Spanish &
Portuguese
Thursday, Dec. 4
What: Conflict Management
Workshop
When: 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Joseph R. Pearson Hall,
Room 204
About: A workshop about conflict as a natural part of relationships, including confrontation and resolution
Friday, Dec. 5
What: Undergraduate Research Office Hours
When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Strong Hall, Room 151
About: Learn how to get started in research, find a mentor or apply for funding.
Arts Center helps plan 9th street corridor
ALICIA GARZA
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Residents of East Lawrence, City commissioners and leaders from the Lawrence Arts Center met today to discuss plans and concerns for the recreation of the 9th St. corridor — the street located in the newly designated 'Cultural District.'
Many citizens voiced concerns over the project, including its placement along the street, partying, anti-family friendly themes, traffic, parking meters, how far the cor
"One of the ideas of the project is to provide infrastructure related to bikes, sidewalks and lighting. I know many University students live in the area and probably appreciate those types of amenities," McClellan said. "What exactly that will look like, we don't know at this point. We know there will be an art component and I'm sure University students
ridor would stretch and the hours of operation.
Christina McClellan, director of arts and culture for the city, said the corridor will benefit University students.
The project would include working with local artists and businesses to build the project. While a complete plan has yet to be been drawn up by officials, meetings will continue until they reach a unanimous decision.
will appreciate having this really high caliber art in their midst."
her family, doesn't think the project itself is beneficial to the community, but the methods used to come up with the idea are.
"I think the community would be fine without it [the corridor]. They talked about gentrification, which I think we have gentrified it on our own, organically," said Rooney. "It was a slow process, it's different than something coming in and putting itself in your community.
Some of the people in attendance thought that the project was gentrifying — causing a shift in the area's urban lifestyle and rising property values. Sarah Rooney, a citizen living in East Lawrence with
"But there is opportunity, they're doing a really good job opening the lines of communication, trying to involve everybody, so kudos to the commission and everybody involved. I think it was a hard place getting here, and it's uncomfortable, trying to make peace with all the different viewpoints, but it's a new way of working, and just that in itself is a benefit for everybody. Hopefully it will work out the way we've thought about it. Nothing ever works out exactly as it is planned, but at least everyone is trying, and that's what is beneficial to the community."
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IOA working on sexual harassment training
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ALLISON KITE
Last year's sexual harassment training PowerPoint is soon to be replaced by a newly revamped version, created by the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Last year, the office released a sexual harassment training that about 50 percent of the student body participated in. IOA Executive Director Jane McQueeny said. However, she said this year the training will be mandatory for all students and the content will be more interactive. The new version will include videos along with the information and a final quiz.
The training was released via email last year, and McQueeny called it mandatory. However, students who didn't complete the training faced no consequences, and students could click through the basic PowerPoint in a matter
of seconds without a timer on the slides.
"I would also like to say you weren't a very engaged or knowledgeable person of our community if you didn't take the training," McQueeny said.
This year, however, students who don't complete it will receive a hold on their account similar to the mandatory Alcohol Edu, the training the University uses to teach students about alcohol consumption.
Emma Halling, a member of the Title IX roundtable and the Chancellor's sexual assault task force, expressed frustration with last year's training for several reasons including its lack of enforcement. She said she believed that the training should be equally important to Alcohol Edu.
"The quality and the demands of the trainings were so different," Halling said, "So
it seemed like the University was prioritizing alcohol over sexual consent, which was a real problem for me."
Voluntary participation was the hope when McQueeny set out to create the first training in 2012. She said she didn't believe a mandatory training would promote engagement even if it required all students to participate.
"It's important that you know what our University expectations are in terms of sexual violence, sexual harassment on campus," she said. "I have always thought that students would want to do this — would" want to do this not only to inform themselves but to make sure that they protected themselves, knew where to go, knew how to respond to things."
However, in a busy college student's schedule, a voluntary sexual harassment training may not make the cut, according to Halling. She said
she didn't believe students would willingly participate and a voluntary training wasn't enough effort on the part of the University.
EMMA HALLING Title IX roundtable member
"It seemed like the University was prioritizing alcohol over sexual consent, which was a real problem for me."
"I imagine if your professor was like, 'Well, you know, I'm having this final, but I don't want to make it mandatory. I want you to do it as a good faith effort,' and nothing happens to you if you didn't do it," Halling said. "Clearly you would think the professor wasn't taking things seriously and didn't actually want you to be responsible for the content."
This year's training will include videos, making it more interactive and beneficial in the eyes of Halling. Last year's version of the PowerPoint wasn't making the cut, she said.
"We spend a lot of money in our marketing department creating excellent videos that make KU look really good and are really compelling and engaging, and the best thing that we can come up with to educate our students about sexual assault and personal safety is a white PowerPoint?" she asked. "Those priorities are very clear, and I would like to see them put more effort into something that is so significant in people's lives."
IOA has yet to set a completion date for the training, but hopes it will take place before the end of this semester, McQueeny said.
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Campus libraries, like Watson Library, have extended their hours this week and next week for finals studying.
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Libraries have extended hours for finals
Libraries on campus will be offering extended hours for next week and finals week.
"We always extend hours during finals weeks [...] we know finals week is an exceptionally busy week for students." says Rebecca Smith, executive director of communications and advancements at Watson Library.
The decision to extend library hours can be contributed to data and information collected over the years, according to Smith. The hours for next week and finals week are as follows:
Anschutz library: Will be open all 24 hours, while the circulation
desk closes at 12 a.m.
Watson Library: On Friday, Dec. 5, Watson will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., the following Saturday will be open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Starting next Friday, the library will stay open until 3 a.m.
Spahr Engineering Library: Will continue their regular 24 hours.
Spencer Research Library: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.
will regularly 24 hours.
Wheat Law Library: Open
everyday until 1 a.m. for finals
week (which starts next week for
law students).
murphy Art & Architecture Library, Gorton Music & Dance Library, and the Regents Center will not be offering extended
hours during finals week. The normal hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Regents Center is open until 10:30 p.m.
Libraries close their doors for the semester on Dec. 20.
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