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Calendar
Monday, Nov. 17
What: Jayhawks for Higher Education Brownbag When: Noon to 1:30 p.m. Where: Kansas Union, Centennial Room About: A discussion designed to provide information to help students engage with lawmakers and Kansas citizens.
Tuesday, Nov. 18
What: Idea Cafe
When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: A free public event featuring speaker Maximilian Schich
What: Open Mic Night
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Alderson
Auditorium
About: Speak into the microphone to share talents and for a chance to win prizes.
Wednesday, Nov. 19
What: GIS Dday When: 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Where: Kansas Union About: A nationwide event to promote awareness of geographic information systems (GIS) and how society uses it.
What: Walking Group
When: Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Meet outside Wescoe Hall.
About: A 10 to 20 minute walk around campus.
Thursday, Nov. 20
What: Sustainability Film Series Part II
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Chancellor's residence,
Panorama
About: A showing of the documentary "Shored Up."
What: Great American Smokeout
When: 11:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Where: Watson Library, Lawn
About: Tobacco cessation information and support.
Senate travels to Iowa for Big 12 conference
DALTON KINGERY
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The University Student Senate's executive staff traveled to Ames, Iowa, this weekend for the annual Big 12 Student Government Association conference. The Kansan caught up with Student Body Vice President Miranda Wagner to talk about what was discussed and accomplished at the conference and what she took away from the weekend.
Q. What was the purpose of the conference, and what did Student Senate do there?
A: All the student governments come together for a conference every year, and it's partly to share ideas and learn from all the other schools and see how we're different and how we can improve from each other, how we can help each other out. It's also largely to discuss what we want to advocate for when we travel to Washington, D.C., in the spring. All the Big 12 schools travel to D.C. and advocate for different higher education issues, so each of the schools brought forth some of the issues that are really important to us, so we kind of decided as the Big 12 what we want to start thinking about. It was just really great because it was a good time of community and learning from other people and seeing how other schools operate.
a: What did you find out about the other Big 12 schools, as far as the issues they are facing and how they're handling them?
A: Campus safety is definitely something that each campus is facing in its own way. Not only with sexual assault, but also with the rise of social media. A lot of schools are seeing some different safety issues arising. We ended up talking about Snapchat and Yik Yak for a while; at Iowa State specifically, they've been having a lot of safety and
peace-of-mind problems related to those.
a. What have other universities dealt with specifically?
A: Well with Yik Yak, people have been posting some very specific claims against individual students, and it's kind of a hard thing for the police to know, is this something we actually investigate or not? Like, how much weight do we put on Yik Yak? We even saw that on our own campus the week before last. The problem with Yik Yak is it's all anonymous, so there's no way to track anything. The University of Texas actually went to Yik Yak as a company and said, "You need to take us off." So at the University of Texas, you couldn't access Yik Yak in the area for awhile and they completely banned it from campus. But it actually came back recently, and now they're dealing with it again.
Q: What are some of the differences you noticed between KU and other Big 12 schools?
A: Not a lot of other schools have SafeRide programs, and the ones that do are quite different from ours, so it was really interesting to learn about those differences. Also, just from my perspective, we at the University have a lot more fee oversight over all the student fees we pay every semester than the other schools. So, when people were talking about, "How do you do SafeRide, how do you do XYZ," I was really trying to encourage them to not just hand that off to administration, [but to] make sure you do make this a part of your student government, that way you always have student input.
A: Andy MaeCracken, who is from the National Campus Leadership Council, he's been calling all the
Q: In regards to sexual assault, what was discussed at the conference?
student body presidents since the summer to discuss the "It's On Us" campaign, and he actually came to our conference and spoke for a while. One of the big criticisms of "It's On Us" has been that there's not a lot of follow-through. It's just kind of like messaging and branding, and then it's like, okay, now what? So I kind of asked him, "Hey, here's some problems we've had; this is why our campus hasn't signed on yet." He said, "Yeah, we understand that," and I think that they're really trying to get that conversation started on a national level. Specifically, he said your schools should create a task force — well, we're already ahead of them on that one. And that your schools should have a Title IX coordinator — well, we're already ahead of them on that one. Even though the University is obviously working really hard right now, it was interesting to see we're on pace with the national level on some of those things.
a: What did you learn that you'll apply to the rest of your time in office?
A: I guess overall there were a lot of school-specific ideas that I want to pitch to the rest of our staff as far as reaching out to student groups and getting people more involved in Student Senate. For example, I've been working on mental health services on campus and looking into how effective we're being, do we need more staff, etc. I got a lot of feedback from other schools about how their mental health services work, so I'll be following up on them and trying to gather information from them. So that's just one specific example of what I think. Now that these relationships are built it'll be that much more beneficial for the rest of my term to make sure I'm getting some feedback and input from other people.
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country, current events, and then it may get people interested in doing different things throughout the rest of the year. So it's just a nice way to highlight all the great things that are offered at the University in the international arena.
KANSAN: Why should people participate in the weeks events?
WATKINS: I just think there are so many interesting things going on at the University and we have so many great opportunities that I think it's a shame for people to miss out if you're interested or just wanted to try something new. If there is a part of the world that you're interested in or a subject matter that people would like to explore, I think International Education Week, and international education in general, is just a great way to learn more and be a "global citizen," as we like to say.
NANSAN: Is there anything different about this year's events compared to past years?
have pretty much arranged the same activities. I will say one thing. My office, with other offices' help, [is] offering a couple workshops - one for faculty and one for staff, just in terms of some tools to internationalize the campus. You know the growth of international students on campus offices and faculty may be seeing more international students in their offices and in their classrooms. This is to give some people some information and ways to work with international students and answer any questions they may have about situations or concerns that they have.
KANSAN: Are there international events students can participate in during the rest of the year outside of International Education
Week?
WATKINS: On a weekly basis. One of the area studies is [always] offering something - a movie, a lecture, something being offered by one of the departments - so I'd say just keep an eye on the University calendar. There is a field on there called "international program," so if people are interested in seeing what's going on in that area, just go to the websites of the area studies centers. There is a lot of ways to find out. The International Students Association also sponsors events for students as well at cultural nights and other things. So the ISA is also a great way to be involved with what's going with international students as well as international education.
KANSAN: What are the benefits of participating in the events of International Education Week and other internationally themed events during the year?
WATKINS: The opportunity to learn, to be a global citizen, to participate in what's happening in the world. As we keep saying, it's cliche but the world is becoming so much smaller. And at the University, international students and scholars are here. It's a great opportunity to learn from your friends, make new friends, learn from your peers and just to explore the world. Especially if you don't get the chance to study abroad perhaps or travel, this is another way to learn about what's happening in the world. The world is coming to you and the University is great at having the world come to us. There are so many opportunities that people can take advantage of.
Anybody can participate in the events during the week by looking at the calendar and attending what interests them.
- Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
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