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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014
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Calendar
Wednesday, Oct. 15
What: Fall Etiquette Dinner
When: 5:30-7 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Ballroom
About: Learn professional and
dining etiquette
What: Pause4Pups
When: 8-9 p.m.
Where: Templin Hall
About: Visit with therapy dogs provided by Loving Paws.
What: Flu Vaccine Clinic
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Anschutz Library
About: A clinic offered by Watkins Health Center.
Thursday, Oct. 16
What: Campus Cupboard Food Pantry When: 4-7 p.m. Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries About: A food pantry that is open to all.
Friday, Oct. 17
What: Fall FanFare 2014
When: All day
Where: Broadcasting Hall
About: Kansas Public Radio's fall membership drive.
What: Hunger Summit When: 9 a.m. to noon Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons About: A summit to identify opportunities to address hunger and engage the community.
Saturday, Oct. 18
What: KU Get the Look Event
When: Noon to 2 p.m.
Where: Lawrence Beauty Brands
About: Watch make-up demos and
get a professional headshot taken
What: Circo Comedia
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: A performance of magic,
acrobatics, juggling and more.
Senate begins work on off-campus lighting initiative with the 'rape lot'
MIRANDA DAVIS
@MirandaDavisUDK
This parking lot at 12th and Louisiana streets, commonly referred to as the "rape lot," is the first on the list of several places Student Senate is working to improve lighting at.
Student Senate began working on developing an off-campus lighting project which, if successful, would give better light to an area along Louisiana street where many students live and walk every day.
The area, between 11th and 13th streets on Louisiana Street, is a path between the GSP and Corbin residence hall complex and the scholarship halls. One particular area of concern is the Alumni Place lot at 12th and Louisiana streets. It is a gravel parking lot often referred to by area students as the "rape lot."
"It's referred to as the rape lot' which is obviously not a great name, and I actually found out through conversations with various students that it's been called that for years," student body Vice President Miranda Warner said.
MIRANDA DAVIS/KANSAN
"In recent history we haven't had any incidents reported there," Anguiano said.
Capt. James Anguiano of the Office of Public Safety said the name has been around for a long time, and there used to be another lot also referred to as the rape lot, but Public Safety didn't have record of
in recent history we have had any incidents reported there," Anguiano said. The lot came to the attention of Wagner when she was a scholarship hall resident during her first two years at the University. She said it's common knowledge that most of the female scholarship hall residents are afraid of that parking lot, so she's excited to be able to do something about it.
"It it seems kind of ridiculous that nothing's been done, but that's what we're here for," Wagner said.
Wagner said the Senate has identified a few of the current problems including the number, brightness and height of lights. She also said using student dollars would be unlikely and a last resort.
Everything outside of that one parking lot, however, is city land. So, if any lights were installed in the area, it would have to be by the City of Lawrence, not the University. Members of the Senate are meeting with the City next week.
Mark Thiel, assistant public
works director for the city, said there are already the standard Westar lights in that area, and if there were a project, he believes it would be for additional lighting.
"We've been asking about lighting there before, but I think its a question of what type of lighting." Thiel said.
In 2011, the Student Safety Advisory Board, which oversees on-campus safety and includes both senators and members of different branches of University administration, partnered with the city to install lights along 14th Street from Louisiana to Vermont, in an
area frequented by students. The lights aren't standard city lights and are lower to the ground.
Wagner said this wouldn't be the only lighting project this year, but that it is a main problem area she wants to focus on first.
Edited by Alyssa Scott
Sexual assault task force begins to review current campus policies with KU attorney
ROCHELLE VALVERDE
@Chelleval
Members of the sexual assault task force have begun their review of the University's sexual assault policies in order to formulate recommendations for revision.
They met with a University attorney to discuss legal aspects pertaining to the sexual assault policies. The discussion was part of the second meeting of the task force last Friday. That portion of the meeting was closed to the public, but the meeting agenda indicated that the attorney, Rachel Rolf, would clarify University jurisdiction and discuss sanctions for on-and off-campus crimes.
Before they can make recommendations to improve the policies, they need to have a thorough understanding of them said Alesha Doan, co-chair of the task force.
"Right now we are simply gathering information; we need all of the relevant pieces," Doan said. "We must have
The discussion between Rolf and the task force accounted for over an hour of the two-hour meeting. Rolf said the discussion was confidential under attorney-client privilege and asked anyone who is not a member of the task force to leave for that portion.
a grasp of what the policy is before we can improve it."
Rolf said she would answer legal questions from task force members regarding the KU Policy and the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The members will discuss the information provided by Rolf at the next task force meeting.
Doan said the task force and Rolf also looked for potential conflicts between how sexual assault is addressed by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities, which is reviewed by Student Senate, and University administrative policy. The task force is evaluating the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities and will make recommendations for how it can be revised and improved.
As part of the process, task
force members will review the sexual assault policies of other Big 12 universities. They will use those policies as a reference point and suggested questions for the task force members to consider in that review.
"We must have a grasp of what the policy is before we can improve it."
ALESHA DOAN Co-chair of the sexual assault task force
"What are the best practices that we see elsewhere?" Doan said. "Is that a model or something we could use here?"
The four goals to be addressed are KU Policy, Student Policy, Survivor Support, and Research and Prevention.
The task force will submit their recommendations to Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little and Jeffrey Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor, on April 20.
Gray-Little announced the creation of the task force in an emailed message on Sept. 11 as one of several steps to help the University develop more effective solutions for preventing and responding to sexual assault. The University's handling of sexual assault has outraged some students and drawn national scrutiny. Student groups, such as the September Siblings, have demanded the University reform its response to sexual assault.
The task force now has an official email address, taskforce@ku.edu, for the public to send questions and suggestions regarding how the University should address sexual assault. They are also in the process of creating a website, SATaskForce.ku.edu, that would post an update after each meeting and include a space for members of the public to comment. The website will be done by the end of this week.
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The task force also set a tentative calendar for the remaining meetings. Among the upcoming calendar events for this semester are guest speakers from GaDuGi SafeCenter and the Willow Domestic Violence Center. A field trip to the Ft. Leavenworth Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Academy is also planned.
The task force's next meeting will be Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Regents Room of Strong Hall and is open to the public.
Edited by Ashley Peraita
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