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Calendar
Wednesday, Sept. 17
What: Office of Fellowships & Scholarships Office Hours
When: 10 a.m. to noon
Where: Anschutz Library, 320-A
About: Ask questions about the University and Global scholars programs and available scholarships.
Thursday, Sept. 18
What: Open Mic Night
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union Plaza
About: Students are invited to show off their talents and compete for a cash prize.
What: Veggie Lunch
When: 11:30 a.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus
Ministries
About: Dish up a free vegetarian
lunch.
What: Dominique Christina
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union About: The slam poet will hold a sexual assault workshop.
Friday, Sept. 19
What: 15th annual Collage Concert
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: Performers include the KU
Symphony Orchestra, Graduate
Woodwind Quartet and Etta Fung.
What: Campus Movie Series: "The Parent Trap"
When: 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
About: Attend a free showing with friends. Also showing Sunday 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 20
What: Family Weekend Tailgate
When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Memorial Stadium, The Hill
What: Monarch Butterfly Tagging
When: 7:30-11:30 a.m.
Where: Baker-Haskell Wetlands
About: Monarch Watch and Jayhawk
Audubon Society will provide tags,
nets and instructions in how to net
and tag monarchs.
Sexual assault investigator describes IOA's process
MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHartford
For Jennifer Brooks, an investigator for the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, a sexual assault investigation begins with a report from a victim or witness of sexual assault.
She said a victim can choose to report the rape to the school through IOA over the phone, in an email or in person. Victims can also go to faculty, housing or campus police, but the reports are all investigated by IOA.
Anyone who thinks he or she was a witness or was informed of a violation of the Student Conduct Code, which outlines an unwelcome act or acts that create a hostile environment that is severe or pervasive, can also report it to IOA.
Once Brooks contacts the victim, she schedules an interview. During the interview, she asks what the complainant remembers from the incident and tries to get as many details as possible. For complainants
who were incapacitated or can't remember, Brooks asks sensory questions relating to what they heard or smelled.
"We have to get those specific answers if they don't come out and tell me what happened, and a lot of times they don't know or don't remember ... or they might have inconsistent statements because they've gone through trauma," Brooks said. "Everybody is looking for chronological events, when that's not always going to happen. We will ask down to every detail that we can if they can remember."
An interview checklist for investigators also includes a discussion of applicable policies, the right to confidentiality and anonymity, the opportunity to provide witnesses or evidence and the right to file a criminal complaint.
Brooks will also interview the respondent or accused student, and any witnesses. Both the respondent and the complainant can bring lawyers or advocates to the interviews, but they are not
required.
"Both parties can bring anyone to the interview process that they think is important to them," Jane McQueeny, executive director of IOA, said. "We are not victim advocates, we are neutral fact finders."
"When the recommendations of IOA and the victim are ignored, we are revictimizing them, disenfranchising them and marginalizing them."
ANGELA MURPHY
Title I X Roundtable
development coordinator
IOA typically has 60 days to complete its investigation. Notes taken from the interviews along with any other evidence collected during the investigation, such as a rape kit or video surveillance, are compiled in a report with recommendations from the investigator on whether there was a violation of the Student
Conduct Code, and what measures should be taken.
It is then up to student conduct officers in the Office of Student Affairs to decide if there was a violation of the Student Conduct Code and what sanctions, if any, should be levied against the respondent.
This second tier of investigation is part of the university-wide Discrimination Complaint Resolution Process that states that any IOA findings and recommendations must be reviewed by the appropriate administration, which is the Office of Student Affairs.
"It seems to be that the second step is where a lot of the fallout is happening because we don't have required punishment for things like sexual assault where there is a clear admission of guilt," said Angela Murphy, Title IX Roundtable development coordinator. "When the recommendations of IOA and the victim are ignored, we are revictimizing them, disenfranchising them and
marginalizing them."
Optional sanctions for a respondent include a warning, restitution, fine, disciplinary probation, campus or community service, suspension and expulsion.
The Title IX Roundtable is recommending the University hire a victim advocate, make sexual assault training mandatory and work with Lawrence Memorial Hospital to have an on-call sexual assault nurse examiner. Previous complaints made by the roundtable were not addressed by administration.
"As an institution we claim that we are so far ahead of federal mandates and other Big 12 universities, and you can claim that all day, all night, all week, but you can't say that and in the same breath tell me that you have let an admitted rapist walk free on my campus," Murphy said.
Edited by Alyssa Scott
KU IT stresses importance of cyber security, passwords
ANDY NELSON
@UDK_Nelson
Cyber security is one of the most important issues university students face. Though its importance seems to be downplayed, universities are a common target for cyber attacks because of the large amounts of personal information and research housed within campus networks.
"We typically observe tens of thousands of attempts [to infiltrate KU's networks] every day."
DAVID DAY Director of IT External Affairs
KU IT works to keep students' staff's and faculty's private information from becoming accessible to potential hackers.
According to Rob Arnold, a KU IT security officer, there are many attempts to infiltrate the University's networks by hackers every year, especially during the back to school season, when there's a large increase in traffic.
While KU IT does not share its procedures with the public, Arnold said there's a procedure the University follows in situations when online information is at risk. That procedure is executed by trained staff who know what they are doing, Arnold said.
every day," said David Day, director of IT External Affairs.
"We typically observe tens of thousands of attempts
They best way to keep information safe is keeping password information confidential and changing passwords frequently.
The IT department said there is little to worry about in terms of private information being exposed.
"We know that it is unpopular," Arnold said. "But in terms of safety, it is one of the fastest and cheapest ways to protect everyone."
Students' and faculty's personal information is among the top priorities for
Victoria Eberlein, a sophomore from Minneapolis, was recently affected by Target's cyber breach. Eberlein said she had to replace her debit card because of the breach. Along with the pains of changing her cards, she had to watch her personal information as well.
the university in terms of cyber security. Since this is a higher education institution, the amount of cooperation among schools is remarkable. Arnold said. The schools speak freely and openly to one another about cyber security to keep everyone's information safe.
"It really sucked knowing that someone out there could just pretend to be me and do whatever they wanted," Eberlein said.
- Edited by Ashley Peralta
TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE ONLINE:
- Change passwords monthly
- Only use secure, familiar networks
- Treat passwords like private information
- Download from only trusted sites
- Turn off file sharing when on public networks
ASSOCIATED PRESS
An overweight man rests on a bench in Jackson, Miss. A CDC study found that 54 percent of adults have abdominal obesity.
CDC study: Bellies are expanding fast
People whose fat has settled mostly around their waistlines instead of in their hips, thighs, buttocks or all over are known to run a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and other obesity-related ailments.
CHICAGO — The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures — the most dangerous kind of obesity — has climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, according to a government study.
Fifty-four percent of U.S. adults have abdominal obesity, up from 46 percent in 1999-2000, researchers reported in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Abdominal obesity is defined as a waistline of more than 35 inches in women and more than 40 inches in men.
During the 12-year period studied, the average waist size
in the U.S. expanded to 38 inches for women, a gain of 2 inches. It grew to 40 inches for men, a 1-inch increase.
"The increase is a concern. There's no question about that," said Dr. William Dietz, an obesity expert formerly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, now at George Washington University.
The expansion in waistlines came even as the overall level of obesity — as defined not by waist size but by body mass index, of BMI, a weight-to-height ratio — held fairly steady.
"What it suggests is that even though the obesity rate may be stable, fat distribution may be change, which would mean that we shouldn't be complacent about the plateau," said Dietz, who was not involved in the study.
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